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FAIRFAX, Va., May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ThinkGeek, a Geeknet (GKNT) company and the premier retailer for the global geek community, is proud to announce that it has risen to the rank of #175 on Internet Retailer's 2012 list of America's 500 largest e-retailers. When told the news, ThinkGeek staff attempted to create a human pyramid in celebration only to have the effort devolve into a discussion about the merits of a right versus oblique pyramid.

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"This is a tremendous company and we have the opportunity to continue growing at a solid pace," states Colon Washburn, President and CEO of ThinkGeek. "Our development of custom products is something others can't do and it has earned our customers' dedication."

In the past year, ThinkGeek has experienced continued growth led by products like the iCADE and the Electronic Rock Guitar Shirt driving steady sales. Not content to simply sell unique items, ThinkGeek takes a great deal of pride in entertaining their customers, as is evidenced by the company's yearly April Fool's shenanigans.

Internet Retailer's definitive ranking and analysis of America's 500 largest e-retailers is based on annual 2011 Internet sales, researched by Internet Retailer and confirmed by retailers. This report includes company financial, operational and performance data, as well as vendors in key categories.

For more information, visit http://www.ThinkGeek.com or contact Steve Zimmermann at 703-259-8423 or Steve@thinkgeek.com.

ABOUT THINKGEEK

ThinkGeek is the premier retailer for the global geek community. A wholly owned subsidiary of Geeknet, Inc. (GKNT), ThinkGeek was founded in 1999 to serve the distinct needs and interests of technology professionals and enthusiasts. Today, ThinkGeek has grown to become the first choice for innovative and imaginative gifts that appeal to the geek in everyone. For more information, please visit http://www.thinkgeek.com or call 1-888-GEEKSTUFF.

ABOUT GEEKNET

Geeknet is the online network for the global geek community. We serve an audience of approximately 50 million users* each month and provide the tech-obsessed with content, culture, connections, commerce and all the things that geeks crave. Want to learn more? Visit geek.net

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POMPANO BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Clearband Hi-Speed Internet Service has debuted in South Florida and today announces a major expansion in coverage area and the creation of a number of professional positions at all levels. Clearband, with headquarters in Pompano Beach, currently offers premium Internet services to residential and small business customers in the Margate area, with significant expansion scheduled to take place in Broward and Palm Beach counties throughout 2012-13.

In gearing up for its expansion, Clearband is looking to fill a number of positions, including Field Sales Executives, Field Technicians, Customer Service Representatives, Engineers, Data Analysts, Network and Operations Managers and IT Project Managers to name a few.

This is a great time to launch a high-tech company in South Florida, said Darren Nichols, Clearbands Regional Director. We have a great pool of candidates in the area who are ready and eager to work, and a rapidly growing demand for premium Internet services at affordable prices. Its definitely a recipe for success.

Clearband offers a modern alternative to standard wire-line technologies: a high-bandwidth state-of-the-art wireless delivery system that is engineered from the ground up for Internet service. Customers receive a direct broadband signal from Clearbands tower transmitters to their homes. Clearbands wireless bandwidth is extensive and the electronics are optimized for Internet service, resulting in Internet speeds that are significantly faster today with plenty of headroom for tomorrow. Clearband offers premium performance at competitive pricing for homes and small businesses.

About Clearband

Clearband Hi-Speed Internet is a broadband wireless Internet services company that offers residential and small business solutions. Led by veterans of the telecommunications industry, its state-of-the-art wireless technology provides secure, premium service to meet the varying needs of its customers.

For additional information, visit http://www.clearband.com.

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RAMAT GAN, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Internet Gold Ltd. (NASDAQ Global Select Market and TASE: IGLD) ("Internet Gold" or "The Company) today reported its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2012.

Bezeq - On-Track Performance: The Bezeq Group reported another stable quarter, delivering revenues of NIS 2.7 billion ($ 738 million) and operating profit of NIS 850 million ($ 229 million) for the period. Bezeqs EBITDA for the first quarter of 2012 totaled NIS 1.2 billion ($ 323 million), representing an EBITDA margin of 44.1%. Net profit attributable to Bezeq shareholders for the period totaled NIS 582 million ($ 157 million).

Dividend from Bezeq: On April 24, 2012, the general meeting of Bezeq's shareholders approved a dividend distribution of NIS 1,074 million ($ 289 million) to Bezeq's shareholders of record on May 4, 2012. The dividend, which is in line with Bezeqs stated dividend distribution policy, is expected to be paid on May 21, 2012. Internet Golds subsidiary, B Communications Ltd., is expected to receive approximately NIS 334 million ($ 90 million) representing its share of the dividend.

On May 21, 2012, Bezeq is also expected to distribute the third NIS 500 million installment of the NIS 3.0 billion special dividend that was approved by its shareholders on January 24, 2011. Accordingly, B Communications expects to receive an additional NIS 155 million ($ 42 million) on the payment date, representing its share of the special dividend. On March 29, 2012 and on April 4, 2012, objections were filed with the Economic Division of the Tel Aviv District Court, opposing the continued payments of such distribution. Both objections were filed by holders of B Communications Debentures (Series 5), who filed similar objections in the second half of 2011. Bezeq denied the arguments set forth in the objections and asserted that there is no basis for the relief sought. The Court heard the closing arguments on the objections on May 2, 2012.

Cash Position: As of March 31, 2012, Internet Golds unconsolidated cash and cash equivalents totaled NIS 325 million ($ 87 million), its unconsolidated total debt was NIS 1.1 billion ($ 304 million), and its net debt totaled NIS 806 million ($ 217 million).

Internet Gold Unconsolidated Balance Sheet Data*

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* Does not include the balance sheet of B Communications

Internet Golds First Quarter Consolidated Financial Results

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Google is continually updating its Webmaster Tools to bring the best features to users. This week brings some pretty major changes in the form of an updated navigation, new dashboard, and a compact view for the home page site-list.

The features that you know and love in Webmaster Tools have been regrouped which facilitated a change in the navigation structure. Some of the features have been renamed as well. The example provided is HTML Suggestions is now called HTML Improvements. All the features can now be found in one of four new groups:

Configuration: Things you configure and generally dont change very often. Health: Where you look to make sure things are OK. Traffic: Where you go to understand how your site is doing in Google search, whos linking to you; where you can explore the data about your site. Optimization: Where you can find ideas to enhance your site, which enables us to better understand and represent your site in Search and other services.

The dashboard has received a complete redesign. With the new design, youll find recent, important and prioritized messages regarding your site sitting at the very top now. Equally important, there is now a brief summary of your sites current status just below that. Three of the new feature navigations have widgets with Crawl Errors, Search Queries and Sitemaps representing Health, Traffic and Optimization. In what may be the best change, however, is that more messages and charts are now on the front page. With this, you can see how your site is doing without having to dive into the tools if you dont have the time to do a thorough check.

The final change is the addition of a compact layout. This allows you to see your sitelist without having to view the site-preview thumbnails. You have a choice between the two, but I personally like the compact view more. It also has the added benefit of loading faster since it doesnt have to stream in large images.

These new updates should make it easier to see site statistics at a glance. You can still dive in and get all the detailed information youve expected from Google Webmaster Tools, but now a lot more of it is on the front page. If thats not convenience, I dont know what is.

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Posted 09 May 2012 19:55pm by Heather Taylor with 0 comments

Negative SEO is not a new concept but it is one that has recently become more mainstream. These are underhanded tactics where companies do SEO activity for their competitors so it appears that they are breaching Google's guidelines and they get penalized.

This SEO campaign then ruins the competitor's organic rankings in order to improve their own rankings. The most common practice is to build low quality, anchor text links to a specific domain in order to trigger a Google penalty for that site or specific page.

We asked some SEO experts in the UK and US their opinions on negative SEO, what techniques are being used and how you can prevent it from happening to you.

It's actually pretty scary at the moment - as there is truth in negative SEO working effectively, see posts like this one from Aaron Wall. Of course Google are looking to favour brands in its search results and big brands will be more protected by this due to the fact that they have authority and more natural back link profiles.

This means that negative links wouldn't stand out as much percentage wise and the strong domain should be enough to protect it from any potential influx of negative links. It's definitely the smaller and less authoritative sites which are at more risk from this.

It is potentially possible...but it is extremely rare. I was chatting to one of the Google Quality team who reckoned they'd only ever seen a couple of cases ever that fell into this category, and they look at thousands of websites a month.

Yes, it is, and the SEO industry chatter on this topic is at its highest level in years. Google has rolled out the Penguin algorithm update on April 24, 2012 which is supposed to target websites that use spammy sources of links. However, the SEO community is in agreement that this update has increased the danger of negative SEO tremendously. Basically, a competitor would be able to engage in tactics that the Penguin update deems spammy and hurt a companys rankings.

Yes I used to believe that the worst case scenario from a negative link would be that it would have no impact. But we've seen a few sites take drops recently and the most obvious explantation is due to negative links. Of course you'd like to think that the only way to get to the top of Google is to focus on yourself and building a brand but you can't be nave to what is actually happening out there and you need to make sure that your site is well protected from any negative SEO activity.

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