On December 21, Google announced another Panda data refresh, affecting nearly 1.3 percent of English queries. The tech giant unveiled the update via Twitter, confirming a change in the algorithm that many in the industry had already noticed. The Panda algorithm is designed to assess website quality, which means low-quality sites get punished with low […]
GOT NEGATIVE REVIEWS ON YELP?
Getting a negative review on Yelp is not the end of the world. With a solid game plan in place, you’ll be ready for whatever curveballs the social Web throws your way — negative Yelp reviews included! Negative Review Removal Sometimes it is possible to have a negative Yelp review removed, but it takes great […]
NEGATIVE YELP REVIEWERS BEWARE, YOU COULD GET SUED
You ate at a fancy restaurant but were not satisfied with the service. So you decided to write a negative customer review on Yelp, and fib just a little to make the review seem more believable. Harmless, right? Wrong! You could get sued for parts of the review. And this is exactly what happened to […]
BING RELEASES WEBMASTER GUIDELINES AND WEBINARS
Bing has released its Webmaster Guidelines, the company’s first set of rules covering topics such as technical SEO, social media, content, links, and things to avoid. Webmasters can find the official guidelines in the Help section of Bing Webmaster, under the Content Guidelines section. However, Bing admits the guidelines are broad. “They are not exhaustive […]
YELP MEDIATION, SMARTER WAYS TO LASSO IN YELP REVIEWS
As a business owner, you’ve probably had countless discussions with peers about the impact of Yelp reviews, which can be incredibly constructive and boosterish, or detrimental to the point of nearly sinking you. One particularly bad spate, and then it’s rough-water sailing for a good while. But you don’t have to just hang on for […]
Muslim Hacker Attacks Submit Express – By Pierre Zarokian
Article by Pierre Zarokian On October 4, a hacker attacked our site submitexpress.com and several other websites on our server. Our main site SubmitExpress.com was only own for 5 minutes as our backup kicked in. However, the other sites were down longer as they had to be restored manually and messages removed. The hacking happened total of […]