http://kenhood.net web and email consulting Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:14:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Truth About Search EnginesThere is a huge new industry of "Search Engine Experts".... most of them are not. Most of them took a two week course and now they know everything. Two important things you need to know.... 1. Just because you got to "page 1" with certain key words does ... http://kenhood.net/search-engines According to a breaking story on MSNBC.com, Comcast, the nation's second-largest ISP, has started down the slippery slope of deciding what its users should be allowed to see on the Internet. Below is the firrst paragraph of the MSNBC story... I encourage you to read the rest of the story."NEW ... http://kenhood.net/comcast-blocking-internet-traffic At first blush, the thought of "ad overlays" on YouTube seemed frightening."Starting Wednesday, the popular video-sharing site plans to feature semitransparent "overlay" ads at the bottom of selected video clips." Fox NewsBut read the article in full and you will see that 1) they ain't makin' no money the way things ... http://kenhood.net/video-ads-on-youtube-impact MSNBC's Redtape article http://kenhood.net/great-article-on-spam I am definitely not an *expert* in this area, and you will find better answers elsewhere on the web. But here is part of an email I recently sent to a customer to attempt an answer. I may modify this post frequently as others correct my understandings. Short answer... there ... http://kenhood.net/does-my-website-collect-private-data The following article emphasizes why you need protection.So install Adaware today.Google searches web's dark sideFrom the BBC onlineOne in 10 web pages scrutinised by search giant Google contained malicious code that could infect a user's PC.Researchers from the firm surveyed billions of sites, subjecting 4.5 million pages to "in-depth analysis".About ... http://kenhood.net/malware-and-spyware Link PopularityThe founders of Google worked off a premise that has been active in academic papers for years: citation authority. They found that the more academic papers cited another's work, the more likely that cited work was to be an authority on the subject. Similarly, when a lot of sites ... http://kenhood.net/reciprocal-and-mutual-linking OK- this is a hot topic, and much is written on the Internet about it. So like everyone else, I'll weigh in.Internet ExplorerMost of you are still running version 6. Good for you. I upgraded one of my machines to IE 7 and I'm still trying to get past the ... http://kenhood.net/ie-vs-firefox