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Off-Page Optimization | |
| Off-Page Optimization refers to off-site factors and processes not controlled by a website’s owner or the coding for their website that has an effect on its rankings in search engine results. | |
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| If you’ve ever been denied access to a file or folder in Windows, chances are you need to take ownership of them with your user account. Here’s how. | |
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| Google Assistant, originally a Pixel-exclusive feature, has now made its way to pretty much all Android devices. As a result, it’s harder to actually get to Now, since the default action has been hijacked by Assistant. | |
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| Facebook, as a social network, is a bit crazy. You're interacting with hundreds of people at the same time; your main connection being that you've probably met them at least once. Unless you have your page locked down, everyone from your "psychic" aunt to your high school buddies are free to weigh in on everything you say. | |
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| Chrome includes quite a few features that send data to Google’s servers. We don’t recommend you disable all these features, as they do useful things. But, if you’re concerned about the data Chrome sends to Google, we’ll explain what all the various settings do so you can make your own decisions. | |
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| AirDrop is a very useful way to transfer local files between iOS devices, but if you have it improperly configured, it’s a bit of a privacy risk. Let’s configure it properly so you don’t end up with strange photos from strange people—even if you don’t use AirDrop, it’s easy to misconfigure it, so follow along anyway to ensure you’ve got the optimum settings. | |
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| Someone sent you an iCalendar file, but you’re a Google Calendar user. Can you even use this? | |
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| If you lose your phone, you can call it or locate it with GPS. If you lose other important things like your keys or wallet, however, you’re usually out of luck. The Tile keychain and card gadget trackers aim to solve that by letting you call your valuables from your phone. | |
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| Like other modern browsers, Firefox includes a few features that send your data over the Internet. Firefox contacts Mozilla, Yahoo, and Google’s servers by default. We don’t recommend you disable all these features, as they do useful things. But we’ll explain what the various options are so you can make informed decisions. | |
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| If you’ve noticed that your phone’s screen is turning on without you touching the phone—or whenever you pick it up—it’s thanks to a (somewhat) new feature in Android called “Ambient Display”. Here’s what it is, and how to turn it off. | |
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| Twitter is great, but sometimes, in the heat of the moment, you can tweet something you shouldn't have—perhaps an overly defensive reply to a follower or off-the-cuff comment you didn't put enough thought into. | |
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| Browsers want to be helpful, so they always offer to save your passwords when you sign into websites. If you use a separate password manager like LastPass or 1Password—or if you just want to store your passwords in your own brain—you can make your browser stop asking you to save passwords. | |
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