Steven Lutrov

May 22, 2014
Google rolls out Panda 4.0 updates
We have all been expecting it and it finally occurred. Yesterday Google’s Matt Cutts confirmed the release of Panda 4.0 on his Twitter account. This is a new Panda algorithm and not your typical monthly refresh. Matt Cutts told Search Engine Land that this Panda 4.0 update impacts approx […]
April 3, 2014
Why am I losing Google rank
Just the other day a client who does not see the value in SEO called and said “Hey, I didn’t do anything to my website for the last year, I didn’t touch it, and now I am not on page 2 anymore, there is something wrong”. My reply […]
March 13, 2014
Australian Privacy Principles
Privacy issues are being reviewed globally and Australia is no exception. New privacy legislation and Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) came into effect on 12 March 2014 to regulate on how organisations handle personal information. The APPs, replaced the Information Privacy Principles (IPPs) that previously applied to Australian and […]
October 2, 2013
About DDOS attacks
Its called a Distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack. Here is the scenario. You operate a small business and have a website and some email accounts for your staff. You pay your hosting company a few hundred dollars per year. All of a sudden you become the target of a […]
March 21, 2013
SecurePay vs Eway
A few months back one of my clients had expressed an interest in changing his Payement Gateway options on his website. This particular client sells services through his website and offers his users to pay via Paypal. A high number of those clients pay via Credit Card through […]
November 2, 2012
Russian Underground 101 a Booming Economy
If you think crime does not pay then you have not been keeping up with the developments of the Russian underground market. This place is buzzing with cyber-criminals where anyone can purchase exploit kits, VPN services and custom-built malware. Maxim Goncharov from Trend Micro has released a 29 […]
April 25, 2012
So you want to be a Webmaster
WordPress is one of the most popular content management systems on the Internet today. According to WordPress they have more than 47 million deployments worldwide. Unfortunately, with this type of claim, it attracts all sorts of want to-be web developers, web masters and hackers. By their own admission […]
April 19, 2012
Black or White Hat SEO for Google
In September 2011 Google had won a case in a lower court brought by the ACCC over claims that they sponsored misleading links as part of their search results. This prompted an appeal from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) where the Federal Court found in favour […]