Yahoo Releases New Version of Site Explorer
Autor admin | 22.08.2008 | Category SEO
Yahoo Releases New Version of Site Explorer Yahoo has released a new look for Site Explorer. Currently, the new version can be found at https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/new, but will be made default in the future. The new look also comes with an update that increases the number of rules for Dynamic URL Rewriting from 3 to 10. Here are some screenshots of the new look: What do you think of the new look? Let us know in the comments. (Read the full post about ‘Yahoo Releases New Version of Site Explorer’…)
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U.S. Clamps Down on Suspected Botnet Operator
Autor admin | 22.08.2008 | Category SEO
A federal grand jury has charged Leni de Abreu Neto for his alleged involvement in a ring responsible for maintaining, leasing and selling a botnet (define), a network of hijacked computers often used to send spam.
According to the indictment, Neto, a citizen of Brazil, used a botnet consisting of more than 100,000 computers worldwide. The indictment, which was returned by a jury in New Orleans, said Nordin Nasiri, a resident of the Netherlands, created the botnet. It also alleges that between May and July, Neto agreed to help Nasiri sell the network and its source code to an unspecified third party for 25,000 Euros — about $40,000.
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A Disaster Recovery Plan for Small Business
Autor admin | 22.08.2008 | Category SEO
It isn’t easy adopting a comprehensive disaster recovery (DR) strategy if you are a small business.
Memphis-based Lipscomb & Pitts Insurance LLC has a little more than 100 employees, so it can only afford to have one or two people in IT.
“Although we had had two IT staff, one was more of a lower-level desktop support person, so in reality we only had one technically skilled network-based person,” said Mike Yates, vice president of finance at Lipscomb and Pitts. “If he was out of the office, sick, had a sick child or was overwhelmed by service calls, everything else shut down.”
One guy backing up data for 100 staff and looking after a whole lot more besides was a recipe for failure.
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Oops! I Fixed the Linux Kernel
Autor admin | 22.08.2008 | Category SEO
When Linux crashes, users don’t get a Blue Screen like they do on Windows. Instead, Linux generates an “oops” — a crash signature that can help developers to figure out what went wrong. The feature may have a silly name, but it’s increasingly serious business. Keeping track of the “oopses” is the duty of the Kerneloops.org project, and according to supporters, its efforts have improved kernel quality and fixed a large number of bugs — a thrust that’s critical for Linux as it angles for even greater adoption in the enterprise and elsewhere. RELATED ARTICLES Who Writes Linux? There Are a Lot of Unknowns Would-Be Linux Contributors May Get a Leg Up Linux 2.6.26 Opens Up to Debugging Sweeping Changes in New Linux Ke (Read the full post about ‘Oops! I Fixed the Linux Kernel’…)
Will Solid State Drives Go Beyond Enterprise?
Autor admin | 22.08.2008 | Category SEO
Solid state disk (SSD) drives currently cost as much as 30 times more than Fibre Channel drives, but the return is impressive. The high cost has kept SSDs primarily tied to high-end enterprises that can afford such pricey performance.
But given that prices for SSDs are dropping rapidly, the drives may become more ubiquitous than in enterprise. Research firm IDC reports that cost is decreasing by as much as 40 to 50 percent annually, and industry insiders and vendors predict SSDs will be saturating storage systems as early as next year.
“The popularity really hinges on cost,” Charles King, an analyst at research firm Pund-IT, told InternetNews.com.
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A Quiet iPhone 3G Launch in India?
Autor admin | 22.08.2008 | Category SEO
A new iPhone 3G owner in New Delhi. Source: Reuters Apple’s hugely popular 3G iPhone made its debut in India on Friday, but with a price of $700, none of the mass hysteria occurred that marked its launch in the United States, Europe and parts of Asia last month. At about three times the U.S. retail price and twice the monthly salary of white-collar middle managers, the phone may still find buyers among affluent young professionals who are snapping up iconic brands and luxury items and helping fuel the Asian giant’s trillion dollar economy. A midnight launch in the Indian capital drew a small but enthusiastic crowd to Vodafone Essar, one of the two retail distributors in India, at the city’s Connaught Place commercial district. (Read the full post about ‘A Quiet iPhone 3G Launch in India?’…)
The Secondary Payoff to Intel’s Cool Chips
Autor admin | 22.08.2008 | Category SEO
Source: Reuters What started as a breakthrough of chemical engineering 17 months ago has resulted in Intel breaking into new territories where it had never been in the past, at least with any success. In January 2007, the company announced a design breakthrough called high-k metal gate, which would allow it to continue shrinking the manufacturing size of its processors while avoiding a heat build-up. Intel co-founder Gordon Moore’s infamous 1965 theorem that the number of transistors per square inch would double every 18 months, a.k.a. Moore’s Law, had enjoyed a decent, 30-plus year life span, but was in danger of coming to an end. Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) was finding it impossible to shrink its transistors any further using silicon dioxide technology. (Read the full post about ‘The Secondary Payoff to Intel’s Cool Chips’…)
Princeton Review Breach Avoidable: Experts
Autor admin | 22.08.2008 | Category SEO
Another week, another data breach. One of the latest to hit the headlines was Wells Fargo, which recently revealed that personal information on thousands of consumers was stolen.
Then there was the New York-based educational and test preparation provider The Princeton Review, which apparently exposed information on its Web site about 100,000 students based in Florida and Virginia. Another case in the news is InterActive Financial Marketing Group (IFMG), which may have exposed the personal information of more than 92,000 applicants for credit.
The breach cases are becoming frequent enough that Premier Management Services of Charlotte, N.C., recently began offering data privacy and network risk liability insurance to its healthcare facilities clients.
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Google, Verizon Talk Deal Despite Spectrum Clash
Autor admin | 22.08.2008 | Category SEO
U.S. mobile service provider Verizon Communications is nearing an agreement with Google on a wide-ranging partnership, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the situation. The deal under discussion would make Google the default search provider on Verizon (NYSE: VZ) devices and give it a share of ad revenue, the paper said. Verizon operates Verizon Wireless, the nation’s No. 2 mobile carrier, in a joint venture with Vodafone (NYSE: VOD). The deal is not yet final and the two sides are still negotiating on key issues, such as Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) desire to save information from user mobile phone searches, it added. (Read the full post about ‘Google, Verizon Talk Deal Despite Spectrum Clash’…)
6 Tips for Aligning Your National, Local SEM Efforts
Autor admin | 22.08.2008 | Category SEO
The volume of local searches continues growing, which means national-level search advertisers must develop strategic plans for incorporating local search into their national search programs. The benefit: lower cost leads with higher conversation rates.
However, achieving maximum benefit from the local campaign segments is a direct result of how the local search additions are executed.
Today, we’ll explore the main strategies for advertisers who want to successfully incorporate local search campaign segments into a national SEM buy.
Develop Your Keyword List — Mine the Long Tail
As with any SEM initiative, a local search strategy begins by developing a target keyword list.
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