Brett Tabke reported today with a couple tidbits [edited: the thread was removed, but it is back and located here; edited again: thread is now here] from Pubcon that were being tossed around at the conference about Google’s new mobile friendly algorithm that launched today, although unfortunately they weren’t attributed to anyone in particular to […]
Archives for April 21, 2015
Many WordPress Plugins With XSS Exploit, WordPress SEO, All in One SEO & Google Analytics by Yoast Affected
Many very popular plugins for SEOs, including WordPress SEO, Google Analytics by Yoast, All In one SEO and WPTouch. WPTouch is particularly noteworthy as many webmasters used it to get their websites ready for Google’s mobile friendly ranking algo. Securi disclosed the issue and the known affected plugins. This particular exploit could be done on […]
Google Testing Mobile Friendly Tag in AdWords Ads
Google is testing adding a “Mobile-Friendly” tag onto the front of the description lines of Google AdWords ads. Here is how Google is displaying AdWords ads with the “Mobile-Friendly” tag. And some from the AdWords footer in the mobile search results. Some advertisers weren’t concerned about whether their sites were mobile friendly or not, as […]
Using Google Analytics To Track PPC Content Performance
Content marketing is all the rage these days. I probably see 5 or more tweets per day about how to do effective content marketing. And it’s not just hype: content works, especially for high-consideration products or services that have a long sales cycle. The phrase “long sales cycle” can strike fear in the hearts of […]
Twitter Adds New Setting to Direct Messages, Allows Users to Accept DMs Without Following the Sender.
Twitter has finally made a great move for brands – the ability to allow Twitter users to Direct Message (DM) a Twitter user, even if they aren’t following. This will make customer service easier for brands without having to worry about who follows who in order to facilitate it. It is one of the pain […]