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This post outlines one of the worst techniques of novice SEO “experts”. The following list of words on the linked page are the same color as the background – making the words invisible to viewers. Search engine robots can see the words, but they can also compare the text color to the background color and decide that these words are not viewable in the browser.

This technique imposes a search engine results penalty, making this page show up lower in search engines.

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via Best Laptop and Computer Repair Center – Huntington Beach CA | Computer Repair Huntington Beach | Lapop Repair Huntington Beach.

There are ways to deal with negative links, but they all relate to following an SEO strategy that focuses on relevant content

via Local SEO – Internet Marketing Huntington Beach.

Apple has posted great refernce material on HTML 5, CSS 3 and Web 2.0 technologies at the link below.

I am excited about the new typography elements.

Safari CSS Reference: Introduction to Safari CSS Reference.

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GoDaddy Price Increase Announced for .Com & .Net Domain Registrations

I just received an email from GoDaddy, the world’s largest domain registrar, and the email announced a price increase for .com and .net domain registrations. As of July 1, 2010, the price of .com domain names will increase 7%, while the price of .net domain names will increase by 10%. The email cited VeriSign’s price increase as the reason.

I am sure that other registrars will send similar emails to their customers, so keep this in mind if you want to renew and/or extend the length of your domain registrations prior to the price increase.

A 7% increase may not seem like a lot of money, but if you have a portfolio of 1,000 names at Godaddy and pay the full price of $10.69, a 7% increase means you will pay $11.44 per name, an increase of $750 for your entire portfolio.

Here’s the email that was just sent by Godaddy:

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On July 1, 2010, VeriSign®, the registry for .COM and .NET, will increase prices – .COM will go up 7%, and .NET by 10%.

The increase will be passed to registrars like Go Daddy and then, unfortunately, to consumers like you.

As of July 1, we will be forced to raise registration and renewal* prices for these two popular top-level domains.

If you wish to avoid this price increase, you can renew your domain names by June 30 and add another year to your current expiration dates. You have the option to register or renew for multiple years and lock in long-term savings. Of course, should you have any questions, please give us a call at 1-480-505-8821.

Thanks as always for being a Go Daddy customer.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Microsoft’s dominance as the tech industry’s most valuable player has ended.

On Wednesday, Apple’s market capitalization edged past its longtime rival’s as investors made official what consumers have long suggested: Microsoft is no longer the industry’s alpha dog.

via Apple exceeds Microsoft in market capitalization – May. 26, 2010.

About Mac OS X v10.6.3 v1.1 Update (Combo)

The 10.6.3 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes that:

* improve the reliability and compatibility of QuickTime X

* address compatibility issues with OpenGL-based applications

* address an issue that causes background message colors to display incorrectly in Mail

* resolve an issue that prevented files with the # or & characters in their names from opening in Rosetta applications

* resolve an issue that prevented files from copying to Windows file servers

* improve performance of Logic Pro 9 and Main Stage 2 when running in 64-bit mode

* improve sleep and wake reliability when using Bonjour wake on demand

* address a color issue in iMovie with HD content

* improve printing reliability

* resolve issues with recurring events in iCal when connected to an Exchange server

* improve the reliability of 3rd party USB input devices

* fix glowing, stuck, or dark pixels when viewing video from the iMac (Late 2009) built-in iSight camera

For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4014.

via Mac OS X v10.6.3 v1.1 Update (Combo).

Rush to Publish

Weaving a spring-tight narrative of pictures and words was made that much more challenging by the team’s self-set publishing deadline. “We gave ourselves 100 days to get it done, starting on Inauguration Day,” says Smolan. “Obama had his agenda; we had ours.”

Feeling the pinch of that deadline, Rylander nevertheless turned the book out quickly, using Adobe Creative Suite for Mac to create custom scripts (InDesign), to proof pages (Acrobat), and to fine tune layout (Photoshop). “My go-to design tools are Adobe CS4, specifically Photoshop and Illustrator,” says Rylander. “To pull this off, all the apps had to work in concert, and they performed as advertised.”

via Apple – Pro – Profiles – Rick Smolan, pg. 1.

“Having university data easily accessible on iPhone is a marriage made in heaven,” adds Chang. “iPhone is a game-changer that is transforming this university.”

via Apple – iPhone in Business – Profiles – University of Washington.

For the third straight year Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) takes the No. 1 spot — this time by the highest margin ever

via World’s Most Admired Companies: Who does business trust? – Mar. 4, 2010.

Which is why we love Apple.

f you are AT&T, you stop selling the iPhone in New York City, and have your customer service people tell callers that “the phone is not offered to you because New York is not ready for the iPhone.” Why? Because New York doesn’t “have enough towers to handle the phone.”

via AT&T Stops iPhone Sales in NYC | Gadget Lab | Wired.com.