Sunday, August 31, 2014

Google To Kill Authorship Once And For All!

Google To Kill Authorship Once And For All!

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Google To Kill Authorship Once And For All!

Posted: 30 Aug 2014 11:04 AM PDT

Google Retires Authorship
It's official! Google will kill Authorship from search results entirely. Last month, the company took us all by surprise when Webmaster trends analyst, John Mueller announced that profile pictures will be stripped away. Seemingly, all that was in a bid to free up some real estate on search result pages, but at least it left author names in search results. Google, however has now decided to strip all Authorship information from search results.
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Saturday, August 30, 2014

Find Bugs In Oculus Rift And Earn Money From Facebook

Find Bugs In Oculus Rift And Earn Money From Facebook

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Find Bugs In Oculus Rift And Earn Money From Facebook

Posted: 29 Aug 2014 11:27 AM PDT

Oculus Rift Bug Bounty Program
The concept of bug bounty is nothing new. You play around with an online service, discover security vulnerabilities and get paid for identifying them for the company instead of exploiting them. Facebook has a bug bounty program as well, and that includes some select acquisitions as well such as Instagram, Onavo, Moves and Parse. Facebook recently announced that it will now extend this program to its latest acquisition, Oculus Rift - a virtual reality product from Oculus VR.
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Friday, August 29, 2014

How To Keep Your Site From Hacking Attempts?

How To Keep Your Site From Hacking Attempts?

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How To Keep Your Site From Hacking Attempts?

Posted: 28 Aug 2014 11:27 AM PDT

It's not uncommon for sites, even large ones with lots of protection to get hacked. Indeed, it's usually the large and popular websites that are more prone to hacking. Security is a major problem these days. And if your site gets hacked, it can get damaged in a number of ways. You could either lose all your data, or your site could lose its ranking due to malicious activity. So while you can do backups and stuff, you cannot prevent someone from hacking into your site. But here are some tips to help you keep your site safe.
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Facebook Now Cracking Down On Clickbait Posts

Facebook Now Cracking Down On Clickbait Posts

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Facebook Now Cracking Down On Clickbait Posts

Posted: 26 Aug 2014 11:27 AM PDT

Facebook cracks down on clickbait
In an attempt to minimize spam on users' news feeds, Facebook is working on a new tweak to crack down on 'clickbait' posts, i.e. posts that attract user-attention (and clicks) explicitly. Headlines such as "You will never believe what happened next" qualify as such, and will come under scrutiny. Not only are such posts irrelevant, a majority of them also link to spam websites with potentially malicious intent.
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