Critical Vulnerability Found In Popular WordPress Newsletter Plugin
Web security firm, Sucuri, found a critical vulnerability in a WordPress plug-in that has over 1.7 million downloads. The vulnerability allows potential attackers to take...
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Matt G. Southern, Senior News Writer, has been with Search Engine Journal since 2013. With a bachelor’s degree in communications, Matt specializes in gathering details, checking facts, and making complex subjects easy to understand. In addition to writing articles, Matt oversees strategy development for SEJ’s news department.
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Matt Cutts Is Going On Leave For Several Months
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, announced today that he will be going on leave for several months. Matt cited the need to spend...
Vine Highlights Popular Videos With New Loop Counts
Have you ever wondered how many times a Vine video has been viewed? Now you will see loop counts on videos to indicate how many times...
ClearVoice Launches New Tool to Showcase Content Authority
A new tool designed to show the author authority of content creators was recently launched by ClearVoice. The new tool is a no-cost, web-based platform...
Google Acquires Songza To Improve Its Music Services
An announcement was made today that Google has acquired Songza, a music streaming service that specializes in predicting the songs users want to hear. The...
Google To Shut Down Its First Social Network, Orkut
It was announced today that Google intends to shut down its very first social network, Orkut. As of September 30, 2014, Orkut will no longer...
Twitter Offers Mobile App Promotion To All Advertisers
Today, Twitter announced that they’re going to begin offering mobile app promotion to all advertisers after seeing strong results during a beta test earlier this...
Facebook Introduces Multi-Product Ads And Enhanced Custom Audiences
This week, Facebook announced two new advertising enhancements that designed to make remarketing on Facebook even more effective. The enhancements include the introduction of multi-product...
Search With “Ok Google” From Any Screen On Your Android Device
Google recently announced, via the Official Google Search blog, that Android users will now be able to conduct a voice search using the “Ok Google”...
Buffer Launches ‘Daily’, An iOS App For Discovering And Sharing Content
Buffer, the makers of the popular social media scheduling tool of the same name, launched a new iOS app called Daily. When I got the...
Bing Explains How They Choose The Title Tag For Your Web Pages
Despite your best efforts to define the title tags for your web pages, Bing may take it upon themselves to serve a different title in...
PR Newswire Responds To Panda 4.0 By Taking Action Against Spammers
When Panda 4.0 was rolled out last month, press release sites were hit particularly hard. PR Newswire lost around 63% of their SEO visibility as a...
Chicago SEO Conference “Visibility_14” by Searchmetrics [GIVEAWAY]
This July 16 – 18, SearchMetrics hosts their Visibility_14 conference on search experience optimization. We’re giving away 10 free tickets to SEJ readers! Keep reading to find...
Google Authorship Pictures In Search Results Are Going Away
The Google Authorship pictures that we’ve grown accustomed to seeing in search results are about to go away. Google’s John Mueller detailed this change in...
Facebook Releases New Version Of Pages Manager For iOS and Android
Facebook announced on their Facebook For Businesss blog that they have released an updated version the Pages Manager application for iOS and Android. Facebook Page...
Google Is Testing Their Own Domain Registration Service
It’s 2014, and 55% of small businesses still don’t have a website, according to research conducted by Google. As a result, Google has begun exploring...
Diane Von Furstenberg Introduces High Fashion Frames For Google Glass
First, Google introduced the Google Glass Titanium Collection. Then they teamed up with the makers of Ray Ban and Oakley to add more style to...
Facebook To Improve Rankings Of Videos That Are Uploaded Directly
Twice as many watch videos on Facebook now compared to six months ago, Facebook executives said in an announcement today, which is why there’s about to...
Snapchat’s Most Popular Feature Isn’t Actually Snaps
The Verge reports that Snapchat’s most popular feature is no longer self-destructing, private snapshots. On the contrary, its most popular feature is actually the most...
Google Announces Update To The Google Shopping Feed Specification
Google announced yesterday, via the Inside AdWords blog, that they have issued an update to the Google Shopping Products Feed Specification. This update is designed...
Now You Can Search For Music On Google And Play It Directly In Your Favorite App
Today, Google announced a change they have introduced to the mobile search experience on Android devices in the US. Starting today, when you search for musicians...
LinkedIn Releases A New iOS App For Job Seekers
Today, LinkedIn released a new app called LinkedIn Job Search which is now available on iOS in the US. Using the new app, users can...
Twitter Now Supports Animated GIFs: Why This Is Good For Marketers
Twitter made an announcement today that many of us have all been waiting for: You can now share and view animated GIFs on Twitter.com and...
Facebook Ads Improve The Performance Of Paid Search Campaigns, According To New Study
Today, Facebook released the results of a study commissioned by the company that analyzes the effects of Facebook ads on paid search campaigns. The study...
Wikipedia Editors Must Now Disclose Any Paid Contributions
A word of warning to content marketers out there: if you make a contribution to Wikipedia on behalf of a client or employer, a new...
Facebook Officially Launches Slingshot, A Snapchat Competitor
Last month we reported that Facebook was said to be working on photo and video messaging app that will be a direct competitor to the wildly...
WordPress Takes A Stand Against Abuse Of DMCA Takedown Requests
Torrentfreak reported yesterday that WordPress has issued a lawsuit demanding $10,000 in compensation to cover damages suffered through a false DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) takedown notice. WordPress...
Microsoft Takes A Shot At Google With Updated Terms Of Service
Microsoft and Google don’t have the best history of getting along. Case in point: Microsoft’s ‘Scroogled’ campaign, and Google’s refusal to support Microsoft platforms. The...
Pinterest Introduces A Faster Search Experience For Place Pins
Pinterest has been gathering feedback from users since launching Place Pins a little over six months ago. Place Pins are geo-tagged pins that users can...
Ranking Factors Post-Hummingbird, Panda 4.0 by @marcustober [SESSION RECAP] #SEJSF
This is a session recap from Marcus Tober’s presentation on “The Search (R)evolution” from our June 13 San Francisco conference, “SEO, Content Marketing and Analytics:...