Web Dev SEO
Learn about the search engine optimization techniques web developers need to know to create a good experience for users and search engines.
Learn about the search engine optimization techniques web developers need to know to create a good experience for users and search engines.
Domain = branding component. The right domain extension can sometimes be challenging. Here are alternative domain extensions you’ve probably not considered.
There maybe a lot of reasons to buy an online business, but there’s always one major objection: buying an established website takes money.
If you run a WordPress site, don’t miss these tips on how to proactively protect yourself from security vulnerabilities.
Google Analytics Annotations is a feature that is quickly growing in popularity among companies, but many are still using it incorrectly. Learn more here:
There are several reasons why WordPress has become arguably the most popular content management system in the world – more than 18% of all websites are...
After Mobilegeddon, you need to be sure you have a responsive Wordpress theme. Check out this list for six options to get started.
Web security firm Sucuri has reported on the discovery of a WordPress plugin vulnerability affecting any site that uses the genericons package. At this time,...
A new comment XSS exploit vulnerability, being called “Zero Day”, has been found in the latest versions of WordPress: 4.2, 4.1.2, 4.1.1, and 3.9.3. The...
In this #MarketingNerds episode, Carolyn Shelby of Tribune Publishing talks about switching website platform without hurting your SEO rankings.
Version 4.2 of WordPress is now available to download. The update has been labeled Powell in honor of jazz pianist Bud Powell, and comes with...
WordPress Security watchdogs, Sucuri have issued a warning that multiple WordPress plugins are vulnerable to a security flaw: “Cross-site Scripting (XSS) due to the misuse...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a public service announcement about continuous website defacements occurring as a result of a vulnerability in the...
How responsive design, reviews & ratings, social engagement, HTTPS, and intelligent use of images can push up your search rankings on Google SERPs.
Hacker News reports that a vulnerability affecting millions of users has been found in industry leading WordPress plugin SEO by Yoast. According to an advisory,...
To most webmasters, their site is like their baby. It’s the most beautiful and perfect thing in the whole wide world. The fact is, people...
Throughout 2014 (and the decade prior), Google hasn’t been shy about telling people what its algorithms are looking for. Initially, algorithms targeted spammy backlinks, keyword...
Marking up product information using structured data to enhance search results with rich snippets has long provided a nice SEO benefit to a company’s product...
WordPress announced the release of version 4.1 of it’s software today, which is now available to either download or update directly from your WordPress dashboard....
Security firm Sucuri reports that Google has blacklisted over 11,000 malware-infected WordPress domains, and over 100,000 sites in total have been affected by a new...
What makes a user experience fantastic? Simply put, in order to make a fantastic user experience, the user has to be able to accomplish their...
A rich snippet, also known as a structured snippet, is the extra text that can be found underneath search results used to provide additional information to...
WordPress announced today that it has released a critical security update for all previous version, and encourages everyone to update their sites immediately. If your...
It’s a question that marketers and designers ask themselves every day: What is the key to a conversion-based design? And the answer: As little design as possible....
When a website redesign takes place, the first thing I’m always interested in is how that redesign translates into better marketing performance. If you’re an...
Like any sibling rivalry, WordPress and Drupal have been competing to be the best content management system (CMS) ever since their ‘births’ in 2001 (Drupal)...
WordPress Version 4.0, which is being called “Benny” in honor of jazz clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman, is available for download or update in your...
No one in the industry would deny the importance of performing regular site audits. Your site, clients’ sites, your uncle’s side business’ site, they all have...
Last month, Search Engine Journal introduced LinkPatrol, a WordPress plugin we’ve developed that empowers site owners to find, review, and clean up outgoing links. Since then,...
When you activate a plugin that’s not compatible with your WordPress setup, it’s likely to be immediately apparent. If something’s not right, odds are your site...
Nothing is more frustrating to an internet user than a slow website. You wait 3 seconds…4 seconds…10 seconds…and your site is still loading. Research has...