Content Analysis added to Google Webmaster Tools

The Webmaster Tools at Google have a new feature – content analysis. It lists potential problems that were found while Google was indexing your site. It lists potential problems as issues with the title tag, duplicate meta description, short meta description, long meta description, and something called “non indexable content issues”. The only problem that [...]

FxIF plugin for FireFox

For those FireFox users out there there is a new plugin called FxIF that will allow you to view EXIF data on any image by right clicking and selecting Properties.

Ubuntu forums helping identify malicious code

Most users new to Linux spend a lot of time browsing web forums looking for help. Unfortunately some people on those forums may post commands that do not do what they say. The Ubuntu Forums have added a page listing a few dangerous commands that you need to watch out for. CrunchBang has an interesting [...]

AdSense ads less clickable

A change in AdSense is making the clickable areas smaller. While before a click anywhere on the ad would take the visitor to the page advertised and credit the publisher with the click, now only the title and URL are live as shown in the graphic below. My thought is that this change will result [...]

WordPress cross site scripting vulnerability

The WordPress development team has released a new version that patches a vulnerability which can allow attackers to execute arbitrary scripts. The exploit is caused by an input validation error in the file ‘wp-admin/edit-post-rows.php’ when used with the posts_columns parameter. Versions of WordPress prior to 2.3.1 are all affected and the solution is to upgrade [...]