There is no question that the market for buying and selling web sites is depressed due to the worldwide economy and pressure from Google’s Panda and Penguin updates that have reduced the profitability for many web sites. That means that there are tons of opportunities for buying web sites at bargain prices. This also means that hungry scammers are coming out of the woodwork with new ways to steal your hard-earned money. Read the rest of this entry »

Google just added new features to Webmaster Tools that allow a web site owner to better control the way that a site is crawled by Google’s search engine spiders. The examples that they show in the video are very real problems for a large number of e-commerce sites, as well as many older web sites. Read the rest of this entry »

I have been using Mozilla’s FireFox and Thunderbird for many years and have always been a big fan; however, my patience with their rapid release program is wearing thin. Read the rest of this entry »

The W3C HTML Markup Validator is very useful for assuring that the HTML code your site generates is valid code that is compatible with any browser that complies with the coding standards. However, the error messages generated are sometimes very cryptic and hard to understand. We can take the mystery out of some of the messages. Read the rest of this entry »

The W3C is the World Wide Web Consortium. This groups sets the coding standards for client-side code that runs in browsers. This includes HTML, XHTML, and CSS. Their web site, W3.org includes tools that validate a web page’s HTML/XHTML and CSS code to assure that it meets the proper coding standards. This article coves the HTML validator. Read the rest of this entry »

Amazon’s Kindle is very useful e-book reader, and if you upgrade to the Kindle Fire, you can use it as a basic tablet computer, as well. Read the rest of this entry »

Be aware that images found on the web or in Google Images are not necessarily free to use. It appears that Getty Images is going after web site owners who are using copyrighted images illegally. Read the rest of this entry »

This isn’t really a trick question, but it is one where you will rarely get an honest answer from the sales person in your favorite electronics store. Prices for HDMI cables vary widely. You can find cables that sell for less than $10 and will also find major name brands selling for more than $100. Read the rest of this entry »

At one time many people bought a Macintosh computer because they believed it was immune to viruses, Trojans and other malware. That was never really true, but for a long time the Mac was not a target for hackers. Those days are long gone. Read the rest of this entry »

In March 1, 2012, a new unified Google privacy policy takes effect. This one policy will cover all Google web properties and allows them to combine the data and use it however they wish. Read the rest of this entry »