Checkout the latest 25 Keyword searches for 30th December 2008 on Google International search.
1. roland burris
2. mike shanahan
3. soullow
4. shanahan fired
5. todd doxey
6. twyla tharp
7. george jones
8. rob thomas
9. barbara streisand
10. bobby rush
11. dane cook married
12. nikki o connell
13. lark previn
14. supper solutions
15. idaho lottery
16. brittany fuchs
17. kennedy center honors
18. senior skip day
19. soylent green
20. olivia palermo
21. 49th parallel
22. cynthia mckinney
23. nathan gunn
24. superhero registry
25. idaho raffle
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Serious Security flaw in Microsoft IE 7
So far Firefox (FF) is considered as a secure browser, here is one more feather in the cap of FF.
As per wikipedia, here is a market share comparison among web browsers -
Internet Explorer: 70.72%
Firefox: 20.27%
Safari: 6.77%
Chrome: 0.78%
Opera: 0.73%
Netscape: 0.48%
Other: 0.24%
Adding to the security woes, CNN reports a serious vulnerability in Microsoft IE.
Here is the news:
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Users of Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) Internet Explorer Web browser could be open to attacks from criminals hoping to glean passwords and financial information as the software giant works to fix a security flaw.
"Microsoft is continuing its investigation of public reports of attacks against a new vulnerability in Internet Explorer," said the company in a release on its Web site.
The attack on Internet Explorer differs from many in the past that were successful only when users downloaded attachments that could exploit security cracks in the browser. In this case, victims' computers could be taken over simply by going to an infected Web site.
"This type of attack has been happening for a while, what's new is the unpatched IE tips off and draws attention that this sort of attack is working," said Cross Research analyst Richard Williams. "Ordinarily, by the time the news hits, the flaw has been fixed."
Microsoft said it is only aware of attacks on the Windows Internet Explorer 7 version of the browser, though all versions of the world's most popular program for surfing the Web are potentially vulnerable.
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Microsoft released an urgent security update today for Internet Explorer on all currently supported versions of Windows.
How to get the updates
If you are using Windows Vista you can manage your updates through the control panel. For more information, see Windows Vista: How to update your operating system.
To manually download available updates, go to Microsoft Update or in Windows Vista go to your control panel. After your computer has been scanned to see which updates it needs, click the Custom button to find and choose the update you want to install. We recommend you install all High-Priority Security and Critical updates immediately.
Microsoft Update is a new service that brings you all the features and benefits of Windows Update plus downloads for other Microsoft applications including Office.
As per the official site, there are much benefits to use Microsoft Update plus downloads,
Benefits :
Improve your computer’s health and security.
Regularly update your computer with the latest software from Microsoft to boost the security and reliability of your Windows PC.
Easy and flexible.
Microsoft Update is easy to set up and use. Download and install updates automatically, or customize the choices that are right for you.
New features, better performance.
Every month, Microsoft releases new drivers and software that increase the performance and functionality of your Windows-based computer. Get enhancements as soon as they are available using Microsoft Update.
The below URL can help you find your appropriate service packs and updates from Microsoft :
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-078.mspx
As per wikipedia, here is a market share comparison among web browsers -
Internet Explorer: 70.72%
Firefox: 20.27%
Safari: 6.77%
Chrome: 0.78%
Opera: 0.73%
Netscape: 0.48%
Other: 0.24%
Adding to the security woes, CNN reports a serious vulnerability in Microsoft IE.
Here is the news:
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Users of Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) Internet Explorer Web browser could be open to attacks from criminals hoping to glean passwords and financial information as the software giant works to fix a security flaw.
"Microsoft is continuing its investigation of public reports of attacks against a new vulnerability in Internet Explorer," said the company in a release on its Web site.
The attack on Internet Explorer differs from many in the past that were successful only when users downloaded attachments that could exploit security cracks in the browser. In this case, victims' computers could be taken over simply by going to an infected Web site.
"This type of attack has been happening for a while, what's new is the unpatched IE tips off and draws attention that this sort of attack is working," said Cross Research analyst Richard Williams. "Ordinarily, by the time the news hits, the flaw has been fixed."
Microsoft said it is only aware of attacks on the Windows Internet Explorer 7 version of the browser, though all versions of the world's most popular program for surfing the Web are potentially vulnerable.
------------
Microsoft released an urgent security update today for Internet Explorer on all currently supported versions of Windows.
How to get the updates
If you are using Windows Vista you can manage your updates through the control panel. For more information, see Windows Vista: How to update your operating system.
To manually download available updates, go to Microsoft Update or in Windows Vista go to your control panel. After your computer has been scanned to see which updates it needs, click the Custom button to find and choose the update you want to install. We recommend you install all High-Priority Security and Critical updates immediately.
Microsoft Update is a new service that brings you all the features and benefits of Windows Update plus downloads for other Microsoft applications including Office.
As per the official site, there are much benefits to use Microsoft Update plus downloads,
Benefits :
Improve your computer’s health and security.
Regularly update your computer with the latest software from Microsoft to boost the security and reliability of your Windows PC.
Easy and flexible.
Microsoft Update is easy to set up and use. Download and install updates automatically, or customize the choices that are right for you.
New features, better performance.
Every month, Microsoft releases new drivers and software that increase the performance and functionality of your Windows-based computer. Get enhancements as soon as they are available using Microsoft Update.
The below URL can help you find your appropriate service packs and updates from Microsoft :
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-078.mspx
Friday, December 12, 2008
Top Google search keywords this month!
Google has just published the top keywords for the month. Interesting to see that top searches on google are prominently search engines and email providers. This leads to conclude that in India, internet is still used for search and email purpose for most of it.
The rising searches include web 2.0 awarness of video chat and messaging. Considering the recent terror attack on Mumbai , news websites are mostly searched for the updates and chat / messengers to convey and discuss things.
When checked for the SEO ( Search Engine Optimization) term awarness, there is still a lot of scope. In practical many people working in IT companies under technology and consulting dont know the meaning and the profile. So dont be surprised if someone compares an SEO with the CEO of a company ;)
When it comes to check the regional interest ( search about the search engine keyword)
Delhi tops the list followed by Tamilnadu and Maharashtra before the state of IT capital Bangalore.
concluding to all the searches in India, we can say that there is still a lot of scope for search, search result refinement and search experience to the end user which will be improving each day as the search engines are getting 'smart' with search trends and records.
A search engine optimizer (SEO) has a moral responsibility to help quality website get the desired value and avoid any black hat techniques to stuff the search results.
The rising searches include web 2.0 awarness of video chat and messaging. Considering the recent terror attack on Mumbai , news websites are mostly searched for the updates and chat / messengers to convey and discuss things.
When checked for the SEO ( Search Engine Optimization) term awarness, there is still a lot of scope. In practical many people working in IT companies under technology and consulting dont know the meaning and the profile. So dont be surprised if someone compares an SEO with the CEO of a company ;)
When it comes to check the regional interest ( search about the search engine keyword)
Delhi tops the list followed by Tamilnadu and Maharashtra before the state of IT capital Bangalore.
concluding to all the searches in India, we can say that there is still a lot of scope for search, search result refinement and search experience to the end user which will be improving each day as the search engines are getting 'smart' with search trends and records.
A search engine optimizer (SEO) has a moral responsibility to help quality website get the desired value and avoid any black hat techniques to stuff the search results.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Doorway pages and search engine ranking
What are doorway pages?
Wikipedia's definition about doorway pages:
Doorway pages are web pages that are created for spamdexing, this is, for spamming the index of a search engine by inserting results for particular phrases with the purpose of sending visitors to a different page. They are also known as bridge pages, portal pages, zebra pages (a humorous arbitrary coinage by Jill Whalen of High Rankings Advisor), jump pages, gateway pages, entry pages and by other names. Doorway pages that redirect visitors without their knowledge use some form of cloaking.
How do search engines deal with them?
Doorway pages / orphan pages are generally used to cheat the search engines, showing that there are static pages on the site , while they are actually created on the fly and are not static pages.
These are dynamically generated pages depending upon the user's search, mostly used to fool the search engines by spam.
Wikipedia's definition about doorway pages:
Doorway pages are web pages that are created for spamdexing, this is, for spamming the index of a search engine by inserting results for particular phrases with the purpose of sending visitors to a different page. They are also known as bridge pages, portal pages, zebra pages (a humorous arbitrary coinage by Jill Whalen of High Rankings Advisor), jump pages, gateway pages, entry pages and by other names. Doorway pages that redirect visitors without their knowledge use some form of cloaking.
How do search engines deal with them?
Doorway pages / orphan pages are generally used to cheat the search engines, showing that there are static pages on the site , while they are actually created on the fly and are not static pages.
Search engines currently don't have much defense, they are still learning, but they do put such pages in secondary index as most of the data is common and also take action if reported as spam.
Does it help to increase ranking ?
This is a myth that doorway pages help in ranking of a site.
Reasons:
1. You will not get the link benefit as these pages are not at all connected to other pages.
2. These pages are hardly indexed
3. This is a spamming technique which will ruin your complete site if found by search engines.
Moral of the story is : Keep away from spamming and give quality content to the visitors from a long term perspective.
Does it help to increase ranking ?
This is a myth that doorway pages help in ranking of a site.
Reasons:
1. You will not get the link benefit as these pages are not at all connected to other pages.
2. These pages are hardly indexed
3. This is a spamming technique which will ruin your complete site if found by search engines.
Moral of the story is : Keep away from spamming and give quality content to the visitors from a long term perspective.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Cheating via Google Tools
There are some sites, my friends are getting many references with the messages like " earn online", " no investment required" , "work from home", earn X amount of money per day, X person got a flat via online earning .
I would like to convey my view on such sites.
Not essentially every site is a fraud saying all these stuff, but the user has to decide on its own with conscience and logic.
One case recently came to my notice:
The site is offering a work from home opportunity and showing the dreams to earn a lot without "any" efforts. Those who are not quite aware of the Google's webmaster tools and Google's options for webmasters and publishers such as Google Adwords ( for advertisers) and Google Adsense ( for website owners / webmasters) are possible targets to fall in to the trap.
The dreams which start "twist" the data - facts to show what they want to.
For example one site says, you get a site from us, then you will get a code from Google, you have to put that code in your site, you will earn per click ( minimum 5 to 200 Rs.), Google will send you a big cheque every month and this is all without any effort !!
Well some of the things are true here, of course like the model of adsense is explained without naming the Google property. Although its suspicious how much one can earn ( Rs. 5 is definately not a minimum) and there are website owners who have earned 50 Rs. for a complete year!!
My advise as a responsible netizen to those who are in search of quick money, wake up, see the world in the practical light.
There are no free lunches my friend!
I would like to convey my view on such sites.
Not essentially every site is a fraud saying all these stuff, but the user has to decide on its own with conscience and logic.
One case recently came to my notice:
The site is offering a work from home opportunity and showing the dreams to earn a lot without "any" efforts. Those who are not quite aware of the Google's webmaster tools and Google's options for webmasters and publishers such as Google Adwords ( for advertisers) and Google Adsense ( for website owners / webmasters) are possible targets to fall in to the trap.
The dreams which start "twist" the data - facts to show what they want to.
For example one site says, you get a site from us, then you will get a code from Google, you have to put that code in your site, you will earn per click ( minimum 5 to 200 Rs.), Google will send you a big cheque every month and this is all without any effort !!
Well some of the things are true here, of course like the model of adsense is explained without naming the Google property. Although its suspicious how much one can earn ( Rs. 5 is definately not a minimum) and there are website owners who have earned 50 Rs. for a complete year!!
My advise as a responsible netizen to those who are in search of quick money, wake up, see the world in the practical light.
There are no free lunches my friend!
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