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To disavow or not? Getting it right, 10 years later.

Determine whether a link disavow is needed and avoid costly mistakes. Google’s disavow links tool launched nearly a decade ago, on October 16, 2012.  As we approach the tenth anniversary, webmasters still have confusion and disagreement regarding how to approach a link analysis...
Posted On 10 Feb 2022
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Level-up your PPC forecasting with free modeling tools for Excel

Use these tools to quantify unknowns and real-life scenarios. Have you ever found yourself in the room with an executive — whether your client or your boss or even your client’s boss — recommending a strategy that you genuinely believe to be the best marketing decision for the...
Posted On 09 Feb 2022
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Want to Save RAM? Hide the Windows 11 Teams Icon

Teams may be one of the most popular messaging platforms, but it’s not so popular with users wanting streamlined performance, using extra RAM if the icon is visible. Teams is included on all copies of Windows 11, occupying a spot once taken by Skype. While the service has grown...
Posted On 08 Feb 2022
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Have Eight Hours? Windows Will Need That Long to Update

Windows updates are about to get much longer, with Microsoft saying the OS needs at least eight hours to properly update. Windows updates are already one of the most frustrating part of many users’ daily lives. The process is long and involved, and happens far more often than...
Posted On 07 Feb 2022
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Who To Follow For Political Tweets? Bing Endorses Sarah Palin!

Do a search for politics on Bing Social Search, and its new “who to follow on Twitter” feature offer exactly one person: Sarah Palin. Gary Price of ResourceShelf tipped me to this gem. Hey, perhaps it’s designed to help balance out the seemingly left-leaning recommendations that...
Posted On 05 Feb 2022
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Evolving Core Web Vitals tactics using Cloudflare and WebpageTest

In this article, we demonstrate an evolution from an original concept for a testbed to a project suitable for our future events and articles. In our guide to Core Web Vitals tactics using Cloudflare and WebpageTest, we outlined basic requirements for using Cloudflare as a reverse...
Posted On 04 Feb 2022
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Sony Purchasing Game Make Bungie for $3.6 Billion

Less than two weeks after Microsoft announced it was purchasing Activision Blizzard, Sony has announced a deal to purchase Bungie. Bungie rose to fame as the original makers of Halo. Microsoft quickly swooped in, purchasing the company in 2001. Just a few years later, in 2007,...
Posted On 03 Feb 2022
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Microsoft earnings: Search, LinkedIn advertising revenue rise

Advertisers invested more than $3 billion on Microsoft Advertising last quarter, fueling the revenue growth. Microsoft released its earnings report yesterday for its second quarter. In it, we learned that search and news advertising was up 32 percent year over year. LinkedIn...
Posted On 02 Feb 2022
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Your guide to Core Web Vitals tactics using Cloudflare and WebpageTest

Here is how to test Core Web Vitals scores and code changes using Cloudflare Workers as a reverse proxy and WebpageTest. One of the best ways to be able to perform tactical edits to webpage code and improve Core Web Vitals scores is to set up a comparison, like A/B testing. As a...
Posted On 01 Feb 2022
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El Salvador Increases Its Bitcoin Stake

El Salvador has taken advantage of bitcoin’s latest dip, increasing its stake by 410 coins. El Salvador became the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. The country has since purchased additional rounds, taking advantage of dips in bitcoin’s price. President Nayib...
Posted On 31 Jan 2022
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