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This past week or two has seen quite a bit of news in the SEO world. Penguin aside, a major announcement came from those at the beloved SEO tools and blog site, SEOmoz.
It has officially changed its name to Moz and its website URL to simply Moz.com. Those in charge at the popular SEO website felt it was time to move on to bigger and better things for a number of different reasons. For one thing, too many people who didn’t know what SEO was didn’t know how to pronounce their company name. On a more serious note, Moz felt it had broadened its scope of expertise into a mission directed toward “helping people do better marketing.” This change has sparked a website redesign as well as the release of some refreshed tools like Moz Analytics.
Moz Analytics
Moz Analytics is currently in beta, but it will eventually be replacing the original tool, SEOmoz PRO. What’s the difference? Well, according to Moz.com, Moz Analytics dramatically upgrades its SEO features that originated in SEOmoz PRO. In addition to this upgrade, it adds four more areas of tracking for inbound marketing channels (more…)
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20 Things to Think Twice About Before Including Them On Your Blog
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Facebook to Integrate RSS and Instagram, Says Report
Facebook developers are keeping quiet, but rumor has it the social networking giant may soon integrate RSS and Instagram videos into its site. Although Facebook developers said they’re “not commenting” in an interview with TechCrunch, the technology site reports its found evidence to suggest Facebook may incorporate an RSS feed, claiming “lines of code referring ...(Read More)
Netflix, Dreamworks Ink Deal for 300 Hours of Original Content
Netflix and Dreamworks are teaming up to offer 300 hours of original content sure to entertain children ands kids at heart. The two entertainment companies today announced a multi-year deal making Netflix the destination for original new series from the award-winning creators of global box-office hits Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda and How to Train ...(Read More)
Apple Received 4,000 to 5,000 Requests for User Data in Past Six Months
Apple has followed the examples of Microsoft and Facebook, releasing the number of national security-related requests it received for the past six months after securing the go-ahead from the government. “Like several other companies, we have asked the U.S. government for permission to report how many requests we receive related to national security and how ...(Read More)
Google Technology to Help ‘Eradicate’ Child Porn Online
Google has long been an advocate of children’s rights, working with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to fight against child abuse images on the Web. The search engine company announced over the weekend it has new technology it will use to “eradicate child abuse imagery online.” Google is now hard at ...(Read More)
Facebook, Microsoft Get OK to Reveal More Info on NSL Requests
The government has given Microsoft and Facebook the green light to divulge the number of national security-related requests they receive — but the information must be grouped together with other data requests, the companies announced late Friday. Both companies received thousands of requests for data from U.S. government agencies — local, state, and federal — ...(Read More)
