In Heated Race For Georgia Governor, Is Blackhat SEO Pushing The Limits?

Blackhat SEOFor the most part, search experts use their powers for predictable reasons: helping their own or their clients’ site become more visible on search engines for targeted keywords. Over the past few years SEO has become necessary to keep up with the competition online and today is a multi-billion industry. But an Atlanta-based SEO volunteer group has been using their powers for other reasons altogether — reasons that are both more personal and more political.

In Atlanta, a group of SEO volunteers have been using search engine optimization tactics to wage a “Google war” against Georgia’s Republican candidate for governor, Nathan Deal. The effects of the campaign have been hard to ignore: Every time a user types “Nathan Deal” into Google, the search engine instantly suggests “Nathan Deal ethics”.  Try it yourself!

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Most Popular College Majors

It is difficult to decide what you should major in when you go to college. Many people have so many different interests (and often little hands-on experience) when they go to college that they can’t even pick a broad field, let alone a specific degree. This is true whether you choose traditional institutions or colleges with online programs like the adult programs at Warner Pacific. One way to narrow down your options is to choose one of the most popular college majors.

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Why Choose a Popular Major?

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6 Ways To Ensure SEO and User Satisfaction with Your Content

customer satisfaction surveyIt’s a thin line to walk between ensuring search engine optimization and keeping your readers satisfied with your content.

If your content awkwardly uses SEO keywords you can easily turn off your readers.

Also, too many SEO keywords can hurt your ranking on Google and other search engines as well.

Follow these six tips to help your content maintain the balance between marketable and valuable.

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Computer System Compliance Under Sarbanes-Oxley

computer compliance under sarbanes-oxleyIf you are buying, designing, or implementing a computer software system that will deal with financial information for a publicly traded company, it is essential that you are aware of, and strictly comply with, the Sarbanes -Oxley Act of 2002. Sarbanes-Oxley is a federal law that requires publicly traded companies to keep readily accessible copies of every financial or accounting document available.

How Sarbanes-Oxley Affects Computers Software Implementation

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 covers computer software systems in which financial and accounting information are stored. A major provision of Sarbanes-Oxley is that companies may not dispose of, or alter, financial information. This means that a computer software system will now have to preserve financial documentation and information.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Online Social Networking

online social networkingOnline social networking sites permit you to get together and bond with new friends.The majority of the popular online social networking sites permit users to bond with new friends from across the world. A member connecting to these sites needs to register for membership and to build their profile which will list all of their personal details, as well their likes, dislikes and other hobbies and interests.You can make use of various online social networking sites to get together and keep in touch with like-minded people who share your interests.

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How something like #NewTwitter can destroy the integrity of an innocent human being

Marsy, author of Giddy Fingers, presents you with a real life story
of how #NewTwitter almost ruined her life.

I was a happy person back in 2008 when I didn’t have too
many things to think about.

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That being until my dog mentioned a new social
networking platform that was quickly making an impression
on the way the world wrote about things…

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Which led me to ponder a thought I should never have
pondered…

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SEO for Sites in Various Countries/Languages (International SEO)

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One of the most common dilemmas owners of successful sites face is how to expand their web businesses to different countries.

The most common questions are:

1. Is launching a site in a different country going to have any impact in my existing rankings?

2. Are there any duplicate content issues if all sites are going to be written in the same language (e.g a site for the UK and another one for the U.S or Australia)?

3. Does Google give more value to sites which site be hosted within the targeted country so they rank higher than if hosted elsewhere?

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Websites to Help You Borrow Better

websites to help you borrowBorrowing can save you time and money.

It can also keep your home from being cluttered with things you barely ever use.

If you have a kind neighbor then you might already be a big borrower but some people don’t know where to turn when they need to borrow something.

There are lots of great websites to help you borrow better and here are just a few of them.

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