If you're a fan of adding fancy plugins to your WordPress installation to spice up your website, you might want to hold back a bit. A new malware campaign from SoakSoak.ru has exploited certain vulnerabilities in a well known slider plugin to infect various domains. As a result, Google has blacklisted thousands of these malware-infected websites, many among them WordPress installations.

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The European Parliament has finally voted in favor of a resolution to break up Google by 'unbundling' the search engine from the rest of its business. The vote calls upon the European Commission, which is the EU’s antitrust regulator, to “enforce EU competition rules [and] to consider proposals with the aim of unbundling search engines from other commercial services.”

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Some recent evidence suggests that Apple might be gearing up to enter the search game and compete with its two biggest rivals - Microsoft (Bing) and Google. The story aired on an Apple Insider report where developer Jan Moesan was reported to have first discovered a 'mysterious' web crawler bot originating from Apple's servers. While Apple has announced nothing of the sort, this might be an official Apple project and could pave the way for Apple to enter the search market.

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Google PageRank is a link analysis algorithm that rates websites on a logarithmic scale of 0-10, with 10 being the best. While Google has had a tradition of updating it regularly in the past, it might now be time for us to move on as according to Google's John Mueller, the December 2013 update might have been its last one. PR was technically last updated in October 2013, and the December update was unplanned, accidental.

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Google was the first one to introduce the idea of social networking as we know it today with Orkut. Launched 10 years ago, mere months before Facebook, Orkut fast became popular before giving in to Facebook. With the competition getting so hot from other social networks, and Google Plus also competing in the fray, Google has now decided to bid the old network farewell. 

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Ever felt the need to open up an app associated with a website and look for something in that app while browsing on your smartphone? You might, for instance, need a list of places on a map application, or perhaps look up a recipe. Switching context from webpages over to applications can be annoying, and might not always give you what you wanted. Luckily, Google is here to help - it has finally released the much anticipated app-indexing feature for everyone!

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What is this new "Right to be forgotten" that everyone seems to be talking about all of a sudden? Well, earlier this month, Europe's top court ruled that people can ask Internet search engines to remove links to content that is inadequate, irrelevant or could be deemed to infringe on their right to privacy. In response to this ruling that sent shock waves through the internet industry, Google has created a portal where it is handling all such requests from residents in Europe.

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Search engines are great for answering specific questions. For example, a tutorial for building Android apps, weather conditions in a city, and so on. But don't you sometimes feel at a loss to pinpoint what you're looking for, and randomly sift through the internet for a chance encounter? Perhaps you need some creative ideas for your upcoming vocations. But there never existed a search engine that could help you with such stuff.

Until now.

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Wireless telecommunications has made huge leaps and bounds in technology over the years. The world now relies on mobile telecommunications, without which the entire social infrastructure can collapse. Gone are the days of old cellular GSM - the world has moved on to next-gen wireless networking. We often hear the terms 3G and 4G with respect to mobile telecom. What exactly are they? And how exactly do they differ from each other?

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The Heartbleed Bug is a major security threat that has effected millions of websites around the world. It has the potential to expose users' private information, including passwords, financial details and instant messages, among other thing. While many big websites have applied patches to fix it, a deeper look into the security loophole has revealed that your privacy might be compromised at this very moment, and hackers could have access to your personal information through your home routers!

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What is this 'Heartbleed' everyone is suddenly talking about? I won't blame you if you're as clueless as I was when I first heard about it. The term suddenly exploded as if out of nowhere, and had me thinking; meh, it's probably another messaging app that someone has discovered a bug with. But no. Heartbleed is a major security bug that was discovered Codenomicon, a software security firm, and a member of Google's security team. It is a serious security threat that has the potential to expose users' private information, including passwords, financial details and instant messages, among other things. So if security is one of your concerns, you need to read this!

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So I guess Facebook has, unwittingly, become our theme of the week month, though not without reason. Facebook marketing strategies are becoming a hot topic, as more and more businesses are wondering why their Facebook Pages are losing reach, while Facebook seems to be going stronger than ever with its advertisements. In a fresh wave of enhancements to the social network, Facebook has just announced a major overhaul to its news feed which aims to "reduce stories that people frequently tell us are spammy and that they don't want to see." Page admins, prepare to bear the brunt!

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You might have noticed that when you search for your favorite band on Google, you don't just get search results, but a knowledge graph with information about that band, upcoming event schedule, discography, and so on. While useful, this information isn't very accurate, because the data is pulled from various different sources. Google has just announced that it will now get this data directly from the Artists' official website, which means that if you're a music artist or a band, then you should read through the rest of this post!

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The name Facebook is not new to anyone, it is today’s most famous online social networking website or service that came from a idiom for the encyclopedia which was handed over to some of the students of some American university. The founder of Facebook is Mark Zuckerberg in collaboration with the colleagues named Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. It is due to its immense success that now it is considered as worlds 5^th most successful startup company of all times in terms of its market capitalization, in terms of its revenue generation and the speed of its growth. After a chain of great successes, Facebook is now again ready to surprise its users by making its largest requisition.

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karachiites surprise! Pakistan Helpline in association with Talib e Ilm Society, Anima and students across Karachi has organized a mega event on 23rd March 2014 at EXPO center, to share the spirit of being a devoted and loyal Pakistani. 23 March holds great respect in attaining a separate state for Muslims. It was that famous resolution at Lahore that led to the creation of this great new country for Muslims.

It was a pleasure meeting President of TALIB E ILM Society (Syed Ali Raza) and Ayesha Gull (President Anima "Towards Light" ) at my house.  After a detailed talk we have confirmed our participation in the event at the annual Pakistan Festival at city's biggest EXPO Center. I was extremely delighted to meet Ayesha and Syed Raza Ali, people with extreme potential and energy. It is amongst the biggest events that will bring a crowd of over 3000 people from across the country on a single platform. I have a lot to share with you all, that most of you missed at Unexplored Success Treasures. Its time to meet Karachi with a lot of fun and excitement!

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WhatsApp, the super-popular messaging app, has once again come under the spotlight, and became a sensation all over again as Facebook moves to bid $19 Billion for its acquisition. The deal is all but done, making it Facebook's biggest ever purchase, and the second-biggest tech-acquisition of all time. So what is it that makes WhatsApp so special? Let's take a look at the story behind WhatsApp, which is one of the most incredible and motivational success stories of this age.

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Brothers and sisters at the end of every semester, you often found me screaming "Exams over!" but this time I would say "It's all over! no more exams ever in my life!" :-) I am just done with the longest academic journey of my life and that was surely the most hardest yet a memorable one. I have completed my bachelor's study in "Computer & Information System Engineering" and once granted a degree in February 2014, it would add an extension to my current signature i.e. Engr. I am extremely gladful to greet you all again with a new zeal and energy. I had almost stopped blogging this year due to hectic study schedules and the final year project which is no less than a nightmare for every engineer as you would discover with the surprise post tomorrow.

Let me share some beautiful memories of university life with all of you for I consider you guys no less than a family and later I will let you know about MBT's new year gift that will surely be the biggest ever from us.

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So as most of you might know, Google made yet another update to its PageRank algorithm recently, and we saw improvements on our sister blogs. SmartEarningMethods now has PR 3, whereas our new blog RichIncomeWays has jumped from Nil to 2 PR! The PR for MBT remains 5. This update comes much later than expected, which left us wondering when the next algorithmic change will come again. Keeping up with these changes is a big part of being a blogger and a webmaster, so today, we'll talk about resources that'll help you keep track of Google Search Algorithm changes.

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While browsing the web on your smartphone, have you ever felt the need to open up an app associated with the website you're on, and look for something in that app? For example, if I am on an eBook reading website, I might need to add a book ID given on the website in the reader app, or I might need to see a list of places on a map-reading app. Switching context from webpages over to applications can be annoying, and might not always give you what you wanted. To help address this issue, Google has announced a big addition to Google Search - App Indexing, which will help searchers look for information within mobile apps just like they would on websites!

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Aah! At last! Just when we thought we would be stuck with the ridiculously long (and insane!) Google Plus profile URLs forever, Google finally announces a much anticipated feature on its social network; customizable profile URLs. Yes, that's right! It's time to join the Google Plus username bandwagon, because you can now get rid of those rusty old and chunky profile URLs, and get a nice Google Plus username and URL for your profile! Let's take a look at how you can create a personalized URL for your Google Plus profile!

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