John Rampton is the founder of Palo Alto, California-based Host, a hosting company specializing in helping businesses with hosting their website for free, for life. Connect with him @johnrampton. Your SEO and content marketing strategies have the potential to work beautifully together. In fact, I’d argue you can no longer successfully pull one off without the other. But...Read More
Google is adding new features to Data Layers in its JavaScript Maps API, which will allow developers to build a new breed of interactive apps that collect geographical data input from users. With the revised API, you can now use interactive Data Layers to collect user reviews on the best places to visit in an...Read More
A vulnerability in the popular WP Super Cache plug-in for WordPress could allow attackers to inject malicious scripts into websites. The scripts, when loaded by administrators, could trigger unauthorized actions. WordPress websites are a popular target for hackers and many of them are compromised due to plug-in vulnerabilities. Just on Tuesday, the FBI warned that...Read More
April marks the beginning of Q2 — which means you should be reviewing your local SEO program’s performance over the last quarter to see how you’ve done. Did you achieve the goals you had for Q1? If you’re not sure, then it’s time to walk through a quarterly business review (QBR) so you can find...Read More
This article was co-authored with Benj Arriola, VP of SEO at Internet Marketing Inc. It is not uncommon that many digital marketing professionals write about their SEO predictions in the beginning of the year. Some play it safe and state the obvious trends that will most likely become reality, while some make bolder claims at...Read More
For people who are hosting sites via WordPress, you may want to check if your site is running on the latest Flash Player. Apparently there is a new malware going around victimizing WordPress sites. The culprit was identified as a Pirate Bay copycat which has been slinging some malware which may pose a big problem,...Read More
Even though Google favors big brands, the truth is that small businesses can compete with the bigger names for organic search engine traffic. This is possible even though big brands often spend tens of thousands on SEO without batting an eye, and even though small businesses are spread thin on budgets and staff. Here’s how a small business...Read More
File-sharing company Dropbox plans to take on Google Docs and Evernote with a new online word processing service. Or at least, it appears so. The new product, Composer, surfaced today on Product Hunt, an online bulletin board for tech products, before Dropbox shut down access. Composer is an online notepad similar to Google Docs for...Read More
Some WordPress sites are at risk of being targeted by a fake Pirate Bay copycat site that is launching attacks, according to Malwarebytes researchers. The campaign uses compromised WordPress sites as a means to redirect customers to a page with an exploit kit. All of the compromised sites appear to be injected with the same...Read More
As you sit down with your new SEO consultant it starts out well, but soon he says “We’ll need to implement a good 301 redirect plan so that you don’t lose organic rankings and traffic.†Then he says something about title tags, which you’ve heard of although you’re not quite sure exactly what they are...Read More
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