Search Week in Review for Oct. 23, 2010
Get a security team, and audit your apps and your app companies. Help customers remember your phone number with new Vanity Numbers for Phone Extensions - Google Mobile Ads Blog Twitterfeed Adds Easy...
View ArticleClass Action Suit Targets Google for Revealing Users Search Queries
The user search queries disclosed to third parties can contain, without limitation, users' real names, street addresses, phone numbers , credit card numbers , social security numbers , financial...
View ArticleGoogle Crawler May Have Helped Leak Colorado Drug Informants
Colorado sheriffs are working with Google to find out how their database "mistakenly revealed the identities of confidential drug informants and listed phone numbers , addresses and Social Security...
View ArticleSearch Week in Review for Dec. 18, 2010
Colorado sheriffs are working with Google to find out how their database "mistakenly revealed the identities of confidential drug informants and listed phone numbers , addresses and Social Security...
View Article12 Days of Business Listings For Holidays and the New Year
How is your local business identity performing online? Twelve tips to help consumers find you this holiday season and in the New Year.
View ArticleDoodle 4 Google Contest a Tool to Collect Kids Social Security Numbers?
Why would Google need the date of birth, city of birth, and last four digits of children's social security numbers for what is supposed to be an innocent art project? Was it to try to get parents to...
View ArticleSearch Week in Review for Feb. 26, 2011
Doodle 4 Google Contest a Tool to Collect Kids Social Security Numbers ? Why would Google need the date of birth, city of birth, and last four digits of children's social security numbers for what is...
View ArticleDoodle 4 Google Ireland Winner Posted
Controversy surrounded the contest after it was discovered Google's application requested the social security numbers of the children participating in the contest. Google Ireland is sporting the...
View ArticleMars, Unmasked: RedZone Zapped from Second Life Grid
RedZone goes down in flames, but highlights security and privacy issues that Linden Lab must now work to solve.
View ArticleSearch Week in Review for March 19, 2011
MHTML vulnerability under active exploitation - Google Online Security Blog The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) voted 8-3 to approve an XXX gTLD (generic top level domain)...
View ArticleSearch News & Headlines Around the Web - April 11, 2011
Beware: Social Security numbers available online via indexed tax documents - ZDNet Social Media Marketing Search Industry News Google Products Lacked Key Government Certification, DOJ Says - Bloomberg
View ArticleSearch News & Headlines Around the Web - April 13, 2011
Google In Trouble Over Lying About Security Of Apps To The Government - Business Insider Exclusive: The Bleak Financial Numbers From The MySpace Sale Pitch Book - TechCrunch Social Media Marketing...
View ArticleNew AdWords Rule Changes on Sites Collecting Personal, Financial Info
This includes credit and debit card numbers , bank and investment account numbers , checking account numbers , wire transfer numbers , and national identity, pension, social security , tax ID, health...
View ArticleDoodle 4 Google 2011 Winner Dreams of Being an Astronaut
This year’s competition did face some criticism after it was discovered Google collected the social security numbers of entrants. Someday, Matteo Lopez of South San Francisco, Calif.wants to be an...
View Article6 Ways to Avoid a Social PR Hangover
Security . With the numbers coming in reporting social media delivering as much as 100 percent to 200 percent and in some cases 1,000 percent ROI , the party is more than just a spectator sport for...
View Article10 Key Things I Learned From Working at a Search Startup
I’ve learned a lot in my time in the search community, which has always been generous with its knowledge. In my continuing effort to give back, here are 10 important tips, from search marketing, to B2B...
View ArticleLawsuit Accuses comScore of Major Privacy Violations
A lawsuit accuses comScore of recording private consumer information (including social security numbers and payment data), manipulating computer security settings without authorization, and embedding...
View ArticleSOPA Explained: Why It’s Bad for the Web & How to #StopSOPA
Rep. Lamar Smith promises to revive the SOPA bill in February. Here’s what has happened to date, who created the piracy problem, how SOPA affects marketers and website owners, where we are now, and how...
View ArticleGoogle Search Warns Users of Bad Websites 12-14 Million Times Daily
Somewhere between 12 million and 14 million Google searches every day trigger warnings about "compromised" sites, while dedicated attack websites built to distribute malware are on the rise, according...
View ArticleExtreme Negative SEO: Know Your Vulnerabilities
Most of the negative SEO chatter is about links. “If I get so many unnatural links, will I get a Google-y letter telling me how Google-y wrong I have gone?” In reality, there are worse and more...
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