Tips to Adequately Protect Your Copyrights Online
Copyright protection is a huge issue for those who have blogs and/or websites with original content. Unfortunately, most bloggers and website owners have experienced their content being used without their permission. The most common reasons content is stolen are: stealing content from a blog to gain readership; taking graphics or pictures from a site to make their site more attractive; and/or stealing music.
Read MoreMore Fiyah! Firegate Leaves Viruses Up in Smoke
Remember when all you needed to protect your computer from hackers, spammers, and viruses was a decent firewall and some anti-virus software? Fast forward to today and the digital delinquents always seem to be two steps ahead of our most advanced security methods. Until now. Wiresoft, maker of high security products specifically for small to [...]
Read MoreBlackVoices Diversifies with Domains
Like most of you I primarily use Quantcast and compete to measure the traffic of other websites. When someone happens to hook me up I use Comscore as well. BlackVoices.com looks to have had a huge dip in traffic on sites like Quantcast and compete. this is largely because they are not classified into a network, Comscore’s equivalent to a media type (M). being classified this way has it’s benefits especially if you are hard at work serving niches as part of your strategy. September Comscore numbers show that Black Voices is actually at about 4.9M unique visitors (October numbers aren’t out yet) classified as a media type. I chatted briefly with Tariq Muhammad today about Black Voices’ new strategy.
Read MoreHow to Follow Two-way Conversations on Twitter
While Twitter is a pretty cool place for sharing stuff, it’s just about impossible to actually follow a discussion. I can’t count how many times I’ve seen two people carrying on a discussion about something interesting and was left scrambling to follow the thread of conversation. Twitter’s API does provide a way to see what a tweet was in reply to, but this does little to help you follow an ongoing discussion. Here are a few tips you can use to keep up with conversations on Twitter:
Read More5 Easy Ways to Test Your Website’s Usability
Ever wonder you could be a fly on the wall and see just how your website’s visitors are interacting with your application or content? Join the club! Many of us do but don’t have big budgets for lengthy usability testing. Here are five ways to test your site’s usability easily, affordably and conveniently:
Read MoreTwitter Lists Gather Latest Info on Fort Hood Tragedy
Last week’s shooting rampage at a military installation in Fort Hood, Texas quickly became the top news story across the country, and several major news organizations used Twitter Lists to aggregate information coming from local news outlets after the shooting, including the New York Times, CNN, and the Austin-American Statesmen. The Times prominently displayed their [...]
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