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Fight Internet Censorship! Do You Dare To Go Black?

Posted by Greg Buckskin on January 18, 2012 | 10 Comments

Do you have the courage to stay off the Internet for just one day – a mere 24-hours? If so, you’ll be joining one of the most important websites and voices on the World Wide Web. Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, the world’s encyclopedia, announced that on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 Wikipedia will “go dark” in protest over two internet censorship... Read more »

2012 Jobs: The Rise Of Social Media Consultants

Posted by Admin on January 1, 2012 | 18 Comments

Considering the difficulty in finding jobs in previous years, finding any job will be top of a lot of people’s To-Do lists of 2012. Thanks to the advent of social networking in general, the increasing popularity of social media has seen a sudden increase in social media job vacancies. Consequently, the rise of social media consultants is one of the most unintended results... Read more »

Can I Pinterest You In Better SEO?

Posted by Greg Henderson on December 14, 2011 | 20 Comments

Many webmasters and SEO strategists are now finding that image optimization is nearly as much of an important wild card in organic search ranking as content is. However, the newest and seeming effective means for link building and possibly SEO is the newest bookmarking trend Pinterest, a website that acts nearly identical to the Delicious concept except with pictures. And while... Read more »

Buzzing In: What Will 2012 Buzzword Be?

Posted by Greg Henderson on December 9, 2011 | 9 Comments

So far throughout the 2011 months that have swiftly passed, the word on the block seems to be ‘cloud computing’, and the amazing wonders it does for on-the-go retrieval of applications and data through a ‘data pool’, of sorts. However, it may slightly depress the general consensus to know that you have been using cloud-based applications for years, according... Read more »

Are Cell Phones Responsible For The Superbug?

Posted by Bethany Winston on December 6, 2011 | 7 Comments

The research paper, ‘Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials’ carried out in Ondokuz Mayis University suggest that the cell phones which the health professionals including the doctors and nurses use in the hospital brings in a number of contaminated and lethal pathogens. The cross contamination even keeps on taking place even when you see these people washing their... Read more »

#YearInReview: Top Ten Tweeters’ Revealed

Posted by Admin on December 3, 2011 | 14 Comments

Twitter has compiled a list of the year’s top ten tweets selected from 90 billion sent this year. This yearly tradition consists of what Twitter believes to have been the most important tweets posted from around the world. It is estimated that over 100 million people log into Twitter daily and send over 250 million tweets to share information and search for updates on those... Read more »

Basic Facebook SEO For Fan Pages

Posted by Denise Gabbard on October 20, 2011 | 24 Comments

When building a new Facebook page for your business, there are several things it is important that you know about. Things that you take for granted normally are useless on the social media site. Naming photos with your keywords does not really help on Facebook; Facebook tags them with a long numerical name instead. Linking your Facebook page to your website is great to get more... Read more »

7 Action Steps For Guest Posting

Posted by Philip Russell on October 17, 2011 | 19 Comments

Guest posting has become the quintessential Internet marketing strategy for gaining more exposure for your web site. It allows you to reach a new audience, build your brand, get more traffic, and build links all in one. And if you target the right websites, you can really begin to maximize your potential with guest posts. Not only can guest posting do all of these things, and do... Read more »

RIP Steve Jobs

Posted by Admin on October 6, 2011 | 13 Comments

In Pictures:1 ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 11Following the death of Apple founder Steve Jobs who died yesterday after a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer, tributes, led by President Barack Obama, has been pouring in. The world has indeed lost a very rare gem with the passing away of the mastermind... Read more »

iPhone vs. Android: Possible Outcomes Of The Smartphone Wars

Posted by Greg Henderson on September 22, 2011 | 40 Comments

The battle between Apple’s iPhone platform and Google’s emerging Android platform is heating up. Both sides have rabid fans, snatching up the latest and greatest that each platform has to offer. Where the future of smartphones is headed is anyone’s guess, but this article will hope to elucidate the manner in which the smartphone wars may play out. Currently, the... Read more »