A major exploit has been discovered in the popular WordPress plugin Shareaholic earlier this month that has left some websites with spam from being hacked through the exploit, with many more sites that re vulnerable. Shareaholic is one of the two most popular social media sharing WordPress plugins, with over 100,000 active installs with AddThis […]
Archives for March 2015
Taking Over a Pay Per Click Account? Quick Checklist for Auditing Before Making Changes
Nearly everyone who works in pay per click will take over a pay per click account, whether it is from another agency, another consultant, or even from someone else within the company. Not only do you have to get up to speed with the client’s particular industry, many people have their own way of setting […]
It is 2015 – Do You Know What Your Brand Looks Like in Google and Bing?
Who really likes RC Cola anyway? Like the soda/pop or not, their own Web presence gets as much love from Google as its brand recognition, when also compared to Coca Cola. In 2015, Google and Bing provide both bigger and smaller brands with all the avenues they would need to improve the way the search […]
How to Attribute Correct Currency Type in Google Search Results with Rich Snippets
For some product searches in the Google search results, they have begun placing the price of the product right on the search results page. However, Google isn’t always attributing the correct currency in the search results, despite other cues that would normally lead a user to know what currency is used, such as a country […]
Submitting Reconsideration Request Alone Can Lift Google Penalty for Linking Between Network Sites
Many SEOs have been very wary of linking between networks, as this is a common footprint of spam sites, and is often done for the sole purpose of spreading PageRank. However, on the flip side, this is actually something that should be a legitimate practice, because from a user experience perspective that can be very […]
Non-Optimized Images are the Major Site Speed Issue Google Sees
In a recent Google English/Hindi webmaster central office hours, the topic of page speed came up, which is one of the components that Google uses when determining if the site is mobile friendly or not. And not only that, longer loading times often results in users clicking back to the search results to go with […]
Separate Mobile URLs? Submit a Separate Mobile Sitemap to Google
If you have a mobile site, it’s worth remembering that you can actually submits two site maps to Google, one for desktop and one for mobile. Many webmasters mistakenly believe that you can only submit one sitemap – or in the case of a super-sized one, split it into multiple parts – but you can […]
Google’s Mobile Ranking Signal Will Have Bigger Impact Than Penguin & Panda, According to Google
Today at SMX Munich, Google Webmaster Trends Analyst Zineb Ait Bahajji was in the hot seat about the new Google mobile ranking changes that are coming next month. And she dropped a bombshell on just how much of an impact this new ranking signal will have on the search results. One of the big questions […]
Google Filling Autocomplete in Google Search With Competitor’s Names
Are you a well-known brand? Well when a searcher types in your brand name into the Google search box, Google Instant will auto suggest your competitor’s names as well. For example, if you search for Macy’s, but don’t quite hit enter right away, Google will auto suggest eight different competitors to Macy’s. It does not […]
What SEOs Need to Know About Google’s Doorway Pages Search Ranking Adjustment
Google has announced that they will soon be launching a ranking adjustment that will negatively impact doorway pages on websites, as well as potentially impacting an entire site if Google feels there are enough spam doorway pages on a site to warrant it. And this ranking change is coming into effect soon. Doorway pages have […]