There's a common misconception that SSL certificates are not needed if a website has no "sensitive" data worth protecting.
At OC, we contend that every login or registration form should be SSL encrypted, no matter if there's 1 user account or 10,000. Sites with only internal users can get by at zero cost. A real SSL cert can cost as little as $20-30 a year.
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There's something I really need to get off my chest. The only thing in this world I care less about than your Gowalla check-in is the ridiculous prize that you probably just picked up from your latest Gowalla check-in. Whew. That feels good. Now that that's done, I'll try to keep the hating to a minimum.
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Randfish at SEOmoz.org tells a really great tale of the connection of cooking and SEO with some delicious photos in his article, "Cooking Up Great SEO: An Analogy in Photos." The way he uses creating a mouth watering goat and pasta dish to exemplify the intricacies of creating great SEO, is really quite fabulous. He backs up his analogy with the following connections:
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The We Are Feeling Lucky experience is one of the coolest things to happen in Greenville since I've arrived. The outpouring of support from the government, business, and individuals is something special and pretty unique to Greenville. Our favorite side project was a photo essay of some Google mice falling in love with the Greenville mice. Southside High School's IB Design Technology class, led by Tom Rogers, thought up, created and executed on this vision quickly and with little budget. We were smitten by the idea and the execution and asked Mr. Rogers to tell the story of how a couple Mice found love.
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