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Bellingcat hosted its first ever hackathon earlier this month with the event focussing on developing network analysis tools. We were impressed with the quality of the projects and had a great time getting to know the developers, many of whom work at the intersection between open-source research and open-source software. We’re excited to present their final projects here with a brief explanati...

To rank on the first page of Google, you need to give Google and your customers what they want. It is usually easy to understand what your customers want—but it can be confusing to please Google. The simple way to know if you’re not pleasing Google is to look at where you rank in the Google search engine results. Not on the first or second page? Chances are high, Google isn’t impressed with y...

After President Biden announced his sweeping student loan forgiveness plan in August, borrowers flooded the studentaid.gov website for information on what to do next. For a lot of them, the answers weren’t particularly satisfying: sign up for an email alert and wait for the application to be released in early October. Carolina Rodriguez says she’s already getting emails from anxious clients w...

SARASOTA, Fla., Sept. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In public relations, sometimes even the most newsworthy announcements can fall flat. There are many best practices to follow, according to various experts. For CEOs, leveraging media outreach can generate an impressive return on investment even in challenging times for businesses. Newswire, an industry leader in media technology and press rele...

Let’s be honest—search engine optimization (SEO) can take a lot of work. This is especially true if you’re on a small in-house marketing team, or if you work for a busy agency with just a few dedicated SEO experts.  While it would be great to stumble upon a magic genie who could grant you the power to finish your SEO tasks with the snap of your fingers, that’s most definitely a pipe dream...

I didn’t get a chance to check out the car and motorcycle show or much else at the 30th Annual Fairfield Tomato & Vine Festival on Sept. 10 and 11. That’s because for the second straight year I did double-duty there as a vendor and as the emcee for the various bands that performed. After surviving the scorching Venus-like temperatures of a couple of weeks ago, it was such a relief the wea...

Ariel Koren started at Google fresh out of college, thrilled to be “working on the world’s largest search engine to democratize access to information for people across all different language backgrounds and people of all kinds of diverse language communities.” What started as a dream job ended with an ideologically motivated resignation in protest of the company’s cooperation with the Israeli...

Aspiring to become a role model as a champion of diversity, equity and inclusion in the legal profession, Armstrong Teasdale LLP is pursuing a difficult-to-obtain DEI certification. Achieving Mansfield Rule 6.0 certification requires dedication and a commitment to showing improvement. To become certified, a company must consider a pool of candidates that includes a minimum of 30% female, unde...

Google has changed its iconic logo to an all black version on its homepage to mark the Queen’s funeral today. The search engine giant’s usual bright red, yellow, blue and green colours was replaced by a sombre grey in the UK on the day of the Queen’s death on September 9. Today, the logo turned black along with a link to watch the funeral service for Queen Elizabeth II. At 00:00 BST on Sunday...

It’s no secret that Google’s helpful content update has caused quite a stir in the SEO community. While Google’s emphasis on “people-first” content may have come as a surprise to many content creators, users (and many SEO professionals) have been craving this change since the gain in popularity of the pre-recipe life stories that trended on food blogs for many years. Here are some tips on usi...