CAPTCHA Hacks For Gmail, Blogspot, Craigslist Causing Problems
Autor admin | 26.05.2008 | Category SEO
CAPTCHA Hacks For Gmail, Blogspot, Craigslist Causing Problems
Seems the hackers have found a way to work around CAPTCHA - the once great hope of stopping bots from spamming. SEW Forum member, Sitetruth, notes that there are now programs being offered that work around the filter.
So if you notice a lot of spam coming from Gmail accounts and hacks of Blogspot you will know why. Even the spam fight over at Craigslist is getting to be a major problem according to TechDirt.
Matt Cutts’ team over at Google must be working over time on this one.
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Is Yahoo Gouging For Domain Registrations?
Autor admin | 26.05.2008 | Category SEO
Is Yahoo Gouging For Domain Registrations?
A thread over at WebmasterWorld has reported that Yahoo will be increasing its charges for domain registration as of July 1, 2008 to $34.95. Now I have not heard that the major domain registries have increased prices so is this another way Yahoo thinks it can help increase revenue?
Most companies charge about a third of the new price so it looks like Yahoo will be losing a lot of that business. Guess the ones left will pay extra and Yahoo can cut back on staff.
This is not a smart move given all that is happening right now. Almost looks like they don’t want to do it any more and figure to just boost the prices to a level where everyone leaves.
The price seems to include a starter hosting package.
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Smartphone Users Getting More Social Online
Autor admin | 26.05.2008 | Category SEO
Source: Reuters Smartphone users are browsing the Web more than ever these days, spending an average of 4 hours and 38 minutes each month, according to a new survey from M:Metrics. The top Web site for U.S.-based mobile users is classified vendor site Craigslist, where users spent about 1 hour and 39 minutes in March. eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) came in second place with users visiting one hour and 38 minutes, followed by MySpace and Facebook, where users averaged 1 hour and 25 minutes on each site. Walt Disney’s Go.com grabbed users’ attention for about 1 hour and 7 minutes for the month of March. (Read the full post about ‘Smartphone Users Getting More Social Online’…)
Revisiting Semantic Web’s Pros and Cons
Autor admin | 26.05.2008 | Category SEO
Mention the Semantic Web, and some people think it’s going to be a little slice of heaven, while others see it as the end of the world. The first camp, which mainly includes scientists and researchers, wants to use computers to link up data from different sources to create a holistic view of the world. The second, which is more concerned with the social impact of technology, counters that this would result in a massive invasion of privacy and that it will create useless results in part because it misses out on the implicit or ambiguous communications of the real world — where a wink is often as good as a nod. (And how would you wink if you were a computer?) Of course, they both could be right. (Read the full post about ‘Revisiting Semantic Web’s Pros and Cons’…)
Carriers Ask FCC to Squash Exclusive Phone Deals
Autor admin | 26.05.2008 | Category SEO
The Rural Carriers Association (RAC) wants the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to investigate what it calls “anticompetitive effects” of exclusive device deals between handset makers and the nation’s top five leading wireless carriers.
In a petition filed this week, the group claims that such arrangements are contrary to the public interest, hurting both consumers and smaller carriers.
“We want the FCC to consider rulemaking on this issue so that people can comment and contribute to the process as these arrangements are increasing with more frequency,” David Nace, RAC counsel, told InternetNews.com. The RAC group represents 80 small and mid-size wireless players.
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Google Docs the Latest Spam Vehicle
Autor admin | 26.05.2008 | Category SEO
Spammers have proven themselves as creative as they are tenacious. We’ve seen image spam, PDF spam and MP3 spam, and now the latest trick involves using Google Docs to get by spam filters.
Sending attachments like JPGs or Word .doc files has proven less than successful when compared to just sending the user a link in the hopes they will click on it, but spam with just a URL isn’t foolproof, either. Spam filters have relied on checking the links in e-mails and blocking them based on suspicious Web addresses.
So by adopting Google Docs, spammers gain the credibility of Google’s domain, since no spam blocker is going to automatically declare a Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) link to be spam.
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