Post Google Penguin Link Building Tips

May 9th, 2012 by Navneet Kaushal

The World Wide Web is buzzing with ideas and advice to rise back again after being pecked by the Penguin. Webmasters are contemplating on ways to beat the Penguin and we have been discussing for ways of Penguin recovery too. Read the rest of this entry »

Some Features Getting Removed From Google Webmaster Tools

April 25th, 2012 by Navneet Kaushal

Google Webmaster Tools is running a spring cleaning drive and after a check of all the features and functionalities, the Subscriber stats feature, the Create robots.txt tool, and the Site performance features are being removed from the interface. These are being removed as Google feels they have low usage as compared to their maintenance and support requirements.
Read the rest of this entry »

Developers Can Now Build Badges For Mozilla Open Badges

April 11th, 2012 by Zach Walton

Mozilla has been playing around with the idea of Open Badges since 2010. If you’re not familiar with the concept, think of it like game achievements applied to what you see, learn and do on the Web. Mozilla has partnered with some major players over the past year and has been testing the concept with them. Now it’s time for Open Badges to take on its next big challenge – a public beta. Read the rest of this entry »

Are You Hurting Your Site By Blocking Javascript And CSS?

March 28th, 2012 by Chris Crum

If you’re blocking Google from crawling your javascript and CSS, you may potentially be hurting your own search rankings. It’s not that using that javascript and CSS will necessarily make you rank better, but if you don’t let Google crawl it, you’re not giving Google the entire picture of what’s on your page. Read the rest of this entry »

Crawl Errors Get a Facelift at Google Webmaster Tools

March 13th, 2012 by Navneet Kaushal

Google has revamped the crawl errors in Google Webmaster Tools. Now webmasters will observe quite a few user interface changes. Read the rest of this entry »

Bing Webmaster Tools Now Has the API!

February 29th, 2012 by Navneet Kaushal

Webmasters using the Bing Webmaster Tools can now access the application with additional features. Three new features have been announced by Bing, and this includes the Bing Webmaster Tools API. Read the rest of this entry »

17 Google Search Quality Changes from January

February 14th, 2012 by Rene LeMerle

Although Search Plus Your World dominated Google ‘s improvements in January there were quite a few minor but still important improvements that you should know about.
Read the rest of this entry »

Google Analytics Product Update – New Content Navigation & Site Search Features

February 1st, 2012 by Navneet Kaushal

As the first month of the New Year draws to a close, Google Analytics has updated and presented before webmasters a whole new version of Google Analytics. According to the Google newsletter, the Google Analytics team is focusing on features including email, scheduling, pdf export, profile copying and dashboard sharing. Read the rest of this entry »

The Changing Image of the Tech Prodigy

January 18th, 2012 by Trevor Boland

The preconceived image the average person has of a web developer has changed in recent years: From lonely geek living in his mother’s basement lit only by the flickering light of a dozen haphazardly stacked CRT’s to the dashing Mark Zuckerberg-esque college students trying to mirror his success with varying results. This is a step in the right direction as far as I’m concerned but, it seems the image may change again: To children. Recently child developers seem to be falling into the news, proving that with dedication and a few hand cramps, anybody can change the face of tech. Read the rest of this entry »

The 2012 Successful Website Checklist

January 4th, 2012 by Rene LeMerle

Yep…it’s a new year, and everyone’s made their resolutions…

If you’re like many business owners, you’ve probably committed to improving your web presence in 2012 …and why wouldn’t you – it’s promising to be bigger and better online than ever before… Read the rest of this entry »