ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers organization that oversees internet domain names, has been hacked. In late November 2014 they were targeted with a spear phishing attack, and then this month they discovered that the … [Continue reading]
According to a Google Plus post today, Freebase is shutting down, and will no longer be available after March 2015. The current Freebase data will be ported over into WikiData. … [Continue reading]
Ever since I originally noticed that Apple was registering nonsense domain names, I have been intrigued about why they would be registering and then not renewing nonsense domain names. And it's not just one or two domain names, or a dozen of … [Continue reading]
There is nothing about Negative SEO in Google's Webmaster Guidelines. Are you surprised? Well, I am, and I am not. After a review of Google's Webmaster Guidelines, from what I can tell, there are no actual references to the practice of Negative SEO. … [Continue reading]
Apple has deleted over 500 domain names this week, and decided not to renew these domain names. Most of these domain names were registered by Apple exactly one year ago, and after coming up for renewal they have not renewed them. … [Continue reading]
Google has removed the Google Carousel from the search results. A search for keyword phrases such as Dallas Hotels, Chicago Hotels, and New York Hotels, popular searches that previously showed the Google Carousel, now shows a different type of search … [Continue reading]