Over the past few weeks and months there has been much speculation and rumors surrounding changes coming in Google. Matt Cutts, the head of Google’s webspam team, has also hinted at changes to come. And while we don’t know when…
Google Shutters Reader – Now What?
It was almost a week ago that Google announced more “Spring Cleaning” this time focusing on a few products that will no longer be supported by Google. Some of the more prominent cancellations include the CalDAV API, which provided users…
Common SEO Myths
It is interesting how much bad information is out there when it comes to techniques and tactics which can have an impact on your site’s search engine optimization & marketing efforts. For example, there’s the myth that link building is…
Revisiting Hacked Websites
Just over a week ago I published this article documenting a hacked website and how to find and fix the issues. In this article I decided to delve into the whole hacking issue to provide some ways to harden your…
Posted in Non-SEO
A Case Study on a Hacked Website
Last week I helped out someone whose website rankings had been dropping for no apparent reason. The site was properly optimized and they had been doing some non-aggressive link building which had been helping until about a month ago. It…
Posted in Beginner SEO, Google