Apple will be releasing a firmware update very soon to version 1.1.2. If you have “jailbroken” your phone, don’t install the update for it will most likely “brick” your phone to a useless paperweight. Jail breakers, be sure to check your firmware version before visiting the snap-app site for one missed click could trigger the [...]

Defamation Per se Some statements are so defamatory that they are considered defamation per se; and the plaintiff does not have to prove that the statements harmed his reputation or that the statements were false. The classic examples of defamation per se are allegations of serious sexual misconduct; allegations of serious criminal misbehavior; or allegations [...]

Update your copyright notice. WordPress users, depending on your theme – your copyright may be echoed and you don’t need to worry. If it’s not and it’s hard-coded in your footer then fix it in your theme’s ‘footer.php’ file. You can do this in your WordPress Dashboard if permissions were set properly by your web [...]

Though most people here are to learn about SEO or to just see what my opinions are from day to day, I am always weighing how much information I should offer. Some people have told me “careful not to say too much” but I think it’s fair to share. To show that I’m a nice [...]

There are several ways to make that first inch of your website – your logo, help your overall SEO efforts. Most sites have a logo called, get this – “logo.jpg”! Wow that’s so unique. Here’s a 2 minute way to optimize your logo code to help your rank as well as your users. Change the [...]

I’d like to touch on the Indianapolis Board of Realtors (MIBOR) issue, where they have mislabeled Google as a scraper site, tomorrow on FrankySpeakingTV. The webcast is loosely centered around real estate but often deviates to other topics.  I’ll be a guest on the show talking about SEO. Combining real estate and SEO on this [...]

Authority is an “accepted source of expert information and advice”. On the web, a link to a page is a vote, and its existence is because the site linked to is found to be useful and informative – in a perfect world. So, if more sites link to it, it becomes authoritative. So, building a [...]

I know the song, I knew a girl whose face could launch a thousand ships. Without the fanfare I gotta get it rolling somehow. My nickname is Knox. Some call me other things, other names… a clever person (or stalker) can easily figure it out but I write under under Knox to provide some safety [...]

I’m watching the Greatest Real Estate Agent in the World Contest and what’s happening is what all web property owners need to learn. The rich get richer. But new wealth can be made. The “natural” creation of “rank” theoretically is based partly on Democracy. Links to a site from another are votes, right? The more [...]

The diagram to the right is to aid you guys who may later complain about splashback. Here’s a quick ramble, not a rant. Another common sense issue. A while back I wrote about some sites getting “penalized” by Google after the discovery of some spammy techniques used to boost their search rankings. I bring this [...]

After a website becomes successful, after the SEO is on to newer projects, it happens. A phone rings on the hip of the SEO responsible for that beautiful 1st page search result of last month. “What happened? Why did it fall?” Here it is: short list. Your site became stale Link decay Aggressive competition You [...]

I admit I’m a fan of the iPhone.  But, unlike those that camp out for days to be one of the first to acquire a new Apple toy (like these guys a week ahead of the release), I am waiting a week or so. Yeah, my phone has been dropped and kicked a few times [...]