It can sometimes be tricky to judge whether a first time poster is a spammer. Stop Forum Spam can help you discern spam from ham. (more…)

Living in Australia, I see this message all too often. At least Stephen Colbert’s crew makes it amusing. (more…)

Sometimes it’s necessary to take your site totally offline – but it can and should be done in a Google-friendly way. (more…)

Do drastic circumstance call for drastic measures? Perhaps. (more…)

I wonder how long it will be before most consumers are awake to the BS that goes on behind some testimonials on reviews sites. (more…)

That “scoop” you may have for your blog could be a hoax – be careful. (more…)

A survey of 1,088 US adult smartphone Internet users in July 2012 on behalf of Google reveals what mobile users want – and there’s no real surprises. (more…)

One of the major causes of soft 404 errors is very easy to fix. (more…)

Wanting a little more variety in fonts for your web pages that will render properly in most browsers? You don’t have to use images – try Google Web Fonts. (more…)

It’s been encouraging to see a few more publications and journalists publicly questioning blog comment quality as it’s a really important topic. (more…)