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Google launched a major update to their search engine algorithm, titled the Penguin update on April 24th. The Penguin update targets websites and businesses that Google has identified as over-optimized and penalizes them for trying to trick their search algorithm and increase rankings. This update is predicted to impact 3% of all search queries.  Read more

Kenneth Wisnefski, founder and CEO of WebiMax, a leading search engine optimization firm, announced today that the company launched PenguinWatch.com, a Google search engine update resource center.  Read more

The success with which "The Hunger Games" film harnessed social networks, en route to becoming 2012's biggest blockbuster, underscores a growing threat to billions of dollars in movie-advertising revenue on which broadcasters rely.  Read more

A new bill proposed by Eliot Engel (NY-D) and Jan Schakowsky (IL-D) known as the “Social Networking Online Protection Act” is the first legislation in Congress that addresses the practice of pre-employment Facebook screenings and is intended to make the practice itself an illegal act.  Should SNOPA be signed into law, it would outright ban employers from requiring their employees to submit confidential information (such as passwords or other login credentials) to their social networking accounts.  Read more

Small business owners who just filed their taxes are heaving a sigh of relief that the season is over and their returns are in. That leaves time for the bigger questions, of course: What’s next year going to be like? Am I in a good place? How can I pay lower taxes in the future?  Read more

"The minute you get a message out there that has engagement that gets people's imaginations fired up or gets their emotions or passions stoked, it's going to go beyond your network because you may have your 130 Facebook followers but each one of them has 130 of their own so the message can spread like wild fire," said Michael Stricker, director of social media with the Internet marketing firm Webimax.  Read more

The problem with most daily deal sites is that the bargains you're offered aren't necessarily the ones you want. That's where Amazon (AMZN) thinks it can gain an advantage over rivals like Groupon (GRPN) and others.  Read more

The layup that was Facebook's initial public offering is no longer a sure thing. That's the most obvious conclusion

WebiMax, a leading search engine optimization firm, was recently named a 2012 South Jersey Fastest Growing Company in a contest jointly conducted by the Philadelphia Business Journal and the Rohrer College of Business at Rowan University.  Read more

As Google launches its Drive service, we check in with WebiMax CEO Ken Wisnefski. Alisa Parenti also gets an update on Facebook, just a few weeks before its IPO.  Listen here

WebiMax, the top-rated search engine optimisation (SEO) firm in the United Kingdom, has recently launched their London Internet Marketing Initiative offering a comprehensive suite of web-based marketing services. The initiative brings their award-winning solutions to London-area and UK businesses catering specifically to the influx of visitors to the city and surrounding areas in the coming months.  Read more

Now that Rick Santorum has suspended his campaign and the race is on between President Obama and Mitt Romney, an unprecedented media war has begun. We've seen big media battles before. But in money, in woman- and man-hours, and in technical and strategic sophistication, this will be the biggest ever. Especially in Pennsylvania and other swing states, you'll see television ads from both camps, and from the semianonymous political action committees that have become the coin of the 2012 realm.  Read more

Just weeks after touting a reorg that would set it on a new and profitable path, Best Buy has jettisoned its CEO of 28 years, Brian Dunn. Best Buy has been in trouble for a while and has not made enough strategic moves to improve its position, said Kenneth C. Wisnefski, founder and CEO of Webimax. "That is a reflection of the CEO and could shed light on the resignation."  Read more

Most online shoppers have been there: You find a product you like online, you add it to the shopping cart and proceed to checkout . . . and then, at the last minute, you have second thoughts and close the window, telling yourself you'll sleep on it and come back later.  Read more

Kenneth Wisnefski, founder and CEO of WebiMax, a leading search engine optimization firm, announced that WebiMax [the company] has seen a major growth in overseas markets through Q1 of 2012. In particular, the company has successfully partnered with over 200% more clients in Asian and European markets.  Read more

It comes as little surprise that Amazon is stealing Wal-Mart’s discount thunder, says Kenneth Wisnefski, founder and CEO of Webimax, which develops online marketing strategies for retailers such as Aéropostale (ARO) and Sam's Club (WMT).  Read more

"This major change serves as a call-to-action for marketers to re-evaluate their on-site and brand message," Kenneth Wisnefski, founder and CEO of search engine optimization firm, WebiMax, said. "Google is calling this the 'next generation of search,' and appears to be placing more precedence on facts and direct answers."   Read more

Kenneth Wisnefski, founder and CEO of WebiMax, a leading search engine optimization firm, announced the online search industry has undertaken major changes in the past year and further indicates more changes are expected in the short-term.  Read more

In hopes of giving a boost to small businesses in need of capital, President Obama signed the bipartisan Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act into law today (April 5).  Read more

Kenneth Wisnefski, founder and CEO of WebiMax, a leading search engine optimization firm, announced the online search industry has undertaken major changes in the past year and further indicates more changes are expected in the short-term.  Read more

But while requesting this information might be unusual among employers generally, Kenneth Wisnefski, social media expert and founder/CEO of WebiMax, said: “We see this very often, especially in public service work including teachers, police and government officials.”  Read more

Large companies often have the luxury of investing in their employees by offering to pay for graduate education programs. While that is not always an option for small business owners on tight budgets, there are ways to implement continuing education strategies that will keep a workforce happy and informed without eating into a company’s bottom line.  Read more

Recent reports that some businesses and government agencies are asking job applicants to share their personal login information for Facebook is driving a heated debate on online privacy. Online marketing expert Kenneth Wisnefski wrote in the Washington Post that the debate could lead to litigation brought by job seekers and possibly to legislation protecting job applicants’ privacy vis-à-vis social media.  Read more

When it comes to cell phones, lower prices and competition among service providers transformed what was once a luxury for the privileged few to a necessity for the masses. They evolved from the expensive “car phone,” carried in bags, to today’s tiny-by-comparison smartphones, which are used for far more than making calls and sending text messages. Read more

The Mega Millions lottery jackpot has hit a record $500 million. Would you quit working if you won it?  If you have a job interview this week, that is hardly an idle question. The lottery, to be drawn Friday, is on a lot of people’s minds this week, and as a result hiring managers may pull out a doozy of an interview question.  Read more

A heated debate has emerged over social media users’ right to privacy stemming from recent reports of corporations and government agencies asking potential applicants to surrender their Facebook login credentials during job interviews.  Read more

A rare piece of bipartisan legislation aimed at helping spur job creation is currently making its way through Congress. The Jumpstart Our Business Startups (or JOBS) Act is a package of six bills that would ease various Securities and Exchange Commission rules that apply to small businesses looking to secure financing.  Read more

Retail sales for February exceeded expectations by one-tenth of a percent, according to official figures released by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The results, buttressed by strong automotive sales, were largely driven by customers using the power of the Internet.  Kenneth Wisnefski, founder and CEO of Internet marketer WebiMax, said he feels "the increase is ... due [to] consumers researching product reviews and finding price-competitive deals online."   Read more

Remember those step-by-step procedures you learned in school for calculations and data processing? Those procedures your teacher told you you’d never need because other people would take care of it?  Well those other people work for Google, and those procedures—those operations that result in what is essentially automated reasoning through an algorithm—well, they are changing. And although you may still not remember how to write an algorithm, you better darn well know how to adjust to those changes or your business could face some seriously crappy results.  Read more

When WebiMax, a Mount Laurel, N.J.-based search engine optimization firm, placed its first QR code on a banner at the 2011 Search Marketing Expo in New York, company founder Ken Wisnefski was impressed that it was scanned by 250 people. That led him to refine his QR strategy to track people who arrived at the company's website via seminars, trade shows or marketing materials. WebiMax has also embedded its e-mail within the code, so scanners can immediately contact the sales department.  Read more