Google Releases “Help for Hacked Sites” to Combat Compromised Websites
Google Releases “Help for Hacked Sites” to Combat Compromised Websites
In an attempt to reduce the number of hacked or compromised sites, Google has released an online tutorial series dubbed “Webmasters help for hacked sites”.
There are 8 different steps in the recovery process, each of which is targeted towards a different level of user. If you are unfamiliar with any of the steps outlined in the guide, then Google recommends contacting your hosting provider or support team to let them handle the issue.Even the most tech savvy webmasters occasionally fall prey to vulnerabilities in popular scripts. This is particularly true of CMS platforms like WordPress or Joomla, with one of more memorable issues in recent history being the heavily exploited vulnerability within TimThumb.
If you’ve recently seen instances within Google’s SERPS of any of the following messages for your website:This site may be compromised
This site may harm your computer
Reported attack page!
Phishing (web forgery) suspected
Notice of suspected hackingThen your website may be compromised.Head on over to http://www.google.com/webmasters/hacked/ to learn more about the removal process or start by watching the video below.
Does Guest Blogging Really Work? – A Live Case Study
Does Guest Blogging Really Work? – A Live Case Study
Now that Guest Blogging has become an SEO’s weapon of choice, there has been a substantial increase in the level of outreach that is currently being undertaken on a day to day basis (and subsequently a decrease in the quality of outreach and content) but the question at hand today is, does guest blogging really work and if done corrently how effective is it?
The Challenge & The Benchmark
Starting from the 7th of January 2012 I will attempt to write 30 guest posts over the course of 60-90 days (although 20 will probably be my limit) and have them all published by the 7th of April. All content will be unique and anchor texts will be diversified. I will be completely transparent with regards to all the posts and they will be available to read below.
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Deciphering The Google Reconsideration Request Responses
Deciphering The Google Reconsideration Request Responses
For those that feel that they may have been hit by a penalty, Matt Cutts has released a video explaining the various responses that you can expect to receive. In the wake of the numerous Panda/Penguin updates, Google also released the disavow links tool (16th October 2012). As a result, the response time for a recon-request may have increased while webmasters purge their low-quality backlinks and disavow links they were unable to move.
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EMD, Panda & Penguin – The “Trilogy of Search Terror”
EMD, Panda & Penguin – The “Trilogy of Search Terror”
Over the past few weeks Google have released an onslaught of new updates dedicated to reducing spam and increasing the quality of their organic results. As if releasing the EMD and Panda updates back to back wasn’t bad enough, Google decided to release their latest data refresh of Penguin yesterday (5th October 2012). Today I’m going to be covering what these new updates mean for you and discussing the close proximity of all three updates dubbed “The Trilogy of Search Terror” by Search Engine Watch.
The TimelineGoogle Panda “20″ – 27th September 2012
The EMD Update – 28th September 2012
Google Penguin 3 – 5th October 2012(more…)
Directory Submissions – Is It Time To Call it a Day?
Directory Submissions – Is It Time To Call it a Day?
The Wonderful World Of DirectoriesHave you ever been searching for a link building service and come across a pitch similar to this? “What if I told you I could submit your website to hundreds of on-topic targeted directories, increase your organic visibility and bring in a boat load of a traffic all for the low low price of $9.99″.
Sound too good to be true? That’s because it is…
But It Used To Work!Indeed it did and in certain cases still does, but so did keyword stuffing, spamming and other techniques that are long defunkt. Google has started the equivalent of the crusades on spammers and those who don’t start utilising other strategies will find that not only are their sites no longer ranking, but they could end up doing damage to websites they are attempting to rank.
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