How Trailing Slash on URLs Affect SEO – Clarification from Google
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:57 amDuplicate content is a big deal for SEO. Different versions of same content on your website can create big SEO issues, and if not dealt with properly, can lead to SEO disasters. Trailing slashes have been notorious in creating duplicate content. SEOs have been asking the question [...]
How To Do Link Building In 2018: 19 Strategies That Work
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:57 amWhy is it worth to talk about link building? Because namely links have long been one of the decisive factors used by Google and other major search engines to rank websites and pages. Everybody wants to rank in search and you are not an exception either, so you have to build links. [...]
Google Introduces New Rich Results Testing Tool
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:57 amGoogle today introduced a new tool into its arsenal of Google Search Console – Rich results testing tool. Ever since Google introduced rich snippets in 2009, it’s been growing in popularity, and Google’s only tool available to test rich snippets was this one. But [...]
Popular WordPress Captcha Plugin Detected with Backdoor Script!
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:57 amDo you use Captcha, the WordPress plugin from BestWebSoft? You might want to scan it now because the plugin has been found to carry a backdoor script in its recent update. Unfortunately, this plugin was pretty popular on WordPress official site and had been downloaded more than 300K [...]
Google’s Own Ad-Blocker Coming in Feb ’18 – Will Block Bad Ads on Chrome!
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:57 amTurns out, Ad blockers will be a default feature on Google Chrome, starting this new year. By Feb ’18, Google Chrome will add its own Ad-Blocker by default, so it can filter out bad ads on websites. That means, your Ad-blocking addons can go! What kind of ads would Google [...]
Now Google Will Help You Opt Out of Email Lists You Don’t Need – Automatically!
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:57 amI’m sure all of us have a ton of emails in your inbox from email lists you either haven’t subscribed to or were once interested but don’t read anymore. What to do with them? Delete manually? Unsubscribe? Report as spam? Of course, there are third-party apps like [...]
Google Begins to Edit Out Fake News Sites from Search Results!
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:57 amSo, turns out Google quietly introduced a new algorithm update recently (most likely Friday), that is targeted at fake news/propaganda sites operating from outside US. The new rules are introduced to ban foreign (non American) news sites that write about US local topics, and at the [...]
Google Assistant Might Finally Let You Choose a Custom Trigger word
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:57 am“Ok Google” on phones, “Hey Google” on Google Home speakers (Google’s Echo). Confusing isn’t it? Many users have reported that each assistant having their own trigger words, is not an easy thing to live with. Alexa has one, Google has one on the [...]
New WordPress Security Alert: Malware injecting Ads & Fake Admin Found
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:57 amA new malware affecting WordPress sites have been detected. According to Sucuri, a new malware is identified which injects a fake admin role and redirects WordPress websites to temporary spammy domains, and adds spam advertisements on WordPress sites. This is not a new kind of [...]
Google Launches a New SEO Guide for Webmasters
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:57 amIt is things like this that makes you feel old. Remember the classic ‘ol SEO Guide from Google? If you’ve been a blogger, it should’ve been your bible (sort of). And it’s been that way for years. The golden guide of do’s and dont’s from Google [...]