Month: June 2014

June 17, 2014

Hosting Related, SEO Related

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With Google's recent algorithm updates, webmasters have started believing that links no longer work and it does not matter to Google anymore. But the truth is, links are the most crucial element in Google’s ranking algorithm and it is really important to have the right links if you want your website to rank high and attract more visitors. Google’s Matt Cutts has also stated that links are very essential if you want to rank high. From transcript: “Backlinks are a really, really big win in terms of quality for search results [... ] backlink relevance still really helps in making sure we return the best, most relevant, most topical set of search results.” This was confirmed by Matt Cutts in another video: Last month, Matt Cutts confirmed this in another video: read_more From transcript: “Backlinks still have many, many years left in them [...] for the next few years, will continue to use links in order to assess the basic reputation of pages and websites.” Link building can be difficult, but it is required. If you do not do it the way it has to be done, then link building can get you penalized. It is important to know, in and out about link building if you are looking for success. Better not use spam automated link building tools and services that can create backlinks in abundance. It will not do good for you. Link building and link spamming are different from each other. With link spamming your website is likely to get penalized and link building will get your website on top of Google’s search results. Though having great content in your website is important, but if the web page does not have good backlinks, your web page will not be noticed. How to get these good links? Good links attract targeted visitors to your website. Links that are of value will not only increase engine rankings, but will automatically attract real visitors. Though, link building is time-consumptive, it is worth it. The journey through the intricate world of backlinks reveals one undeniable truth: backlinks are still a vital part of SEO. From their historical significance to their evolving...

June 10, 2014

Hosting Related, Security, Security Related

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It has been roughly a year back the truth that US national security agency NSA has been accumulating huge amounts of personal data on American and other international citizens secretly. This year, a year after Edward Snowden leaked the documents on how and to what extent government has collected huge amounts of personal data, he has become an icon of the movement that demands more transparency from government agencies when they are using Internet technologies for the purpose of surveillance. However, transparency is just a one-way street in that regard to this heavily corrupted and non-constitutional government. They want to know everything you are doing but they want you not to know how they are spying on you, and are secretive in dozens if not hundreds of other ways. Dauntless and strident calls for reforms in government government surveillance are coming from the companies that hold large amount of customer and client data on the Web. The compulsions come in the form of threats of prosecution through court orders issued by the Foreign International Surveillance Court. The orders seek the information without intimation of such a move to the customer. This sounds like the Nazi era during World War II. The companies who are responsible for personal data are working over strengthening their security backbone through encryption of customer's data at least at some key junctions. The move came after NSA managed to intercept customer data flowing between various private data centers of Google. read_more Tech companies are of the view that government can take considerable steps to safeguard the consumer's data and protect them from unreasonable access to government agencies. But in contrast, government seems to be working in violating the 4th amendment rather than protecting it. An interest group named Reform Government surveillance is working to bring together the large hitech companies like Google, Yahoo, Apple, Dropbox, Microsoft and others to address the government to help them in bringing back the lost faith in their Internet user community. They believe that the surveillance of the government should be constricted by clearly demarcated by laws and the laws should be transparent. They should be proportional to the risks and...

June 3, 2014

Hosting Related, SEO Related

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Millions of websites have began lost their rankings after the update. Has your website affected? Perhaps your ranking went up as others float down? What can you do to avoid new ranking problems? According to several recent reports, major sites such as ask.com (competition to google), ebay.com, biography.com and aceshowbiz.com have lost as much as 70% of their rankings on Google. It seems that the content (often automatically server generated) of these web pages is not appetizing for Google's new ranking algorithms. How does this affect your web pages? If your website mainly consists of quite similar pages, it's likely that your site will be affected by Google's new ranking manipulations and similarly if the content/structure of your pages has been created automatically or 'dynamically'. These algorithms now additionally target webpage spam. If you do not get too spammy with your pages, you shouldn't have to worry much. If you want to get long-term results, do not use spammy methods to promote your website. Use 'white-hat' methods and play by the rules. Your website's Google rankings will be much more stable then. Please contact us for more information: http://4goodhosting.com/seo-services.html