The following is specifically written for business owners, marketing managers/directors, and others who engage with SEO in some form or another, but who don’t actually do the work themselves. It could be that you have an internal SEO team, and/or external suppliers such as SEO companies, or consultants. Ignoring Google’s warnings could destroy your business’s […]
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In this study we look at how to protect your SEO rankings from dropping when moving onto CloudFlare while having your website protected by the advanced features and protection that the CloudFlare platform offers.
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A few months ago, I discovered a security loophole in Facebook that allows hackers to decrypt and sniff out Facebook user IDs using one of Facebook’s APIs in bulk – therefore allowing them to gather millions of users’ personal data (name, telephone number, location, images, and more). This post is an attempt to catch Facebook’s attention to get this issue […]
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As part of a Google roadshow to help over 10,000 people keep safe online, the search giant will be offering free training and guidance in five UK cities throughout August, September and October. According to new insights released by Google, “change my password” searches have risen by 300 per cent over the last three years, alongside “Email been […]
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Bradley Horowitz stated last week: We want to formally retire the notion that a Google+ membership is required for anything at Google… other than using Google+ itself. With Google+ being broken down into just 3 components (Hangouts, Photos & Streams), and the rest of it’s features being binned, it really feels like this is the […]
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In conversation with Search Engine Land, Google has confirmed that it rolled out a Panda refresh over the weekend. As usual, the update is expected to take months to complete and will take some time to fully affect sites. Google said that the changes will impact around two to three per cent of English language […]
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Typically, as part of a technical SEO audit or troubleshooting session, it is extremely important to analyse server logs. These logs generally contain all requests made to the web server and contain important information such as: Host name Date and Time of access URL they have accessed User Agent Method used HTTP status code Below is an example of a […]
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With the recent news of unemployment rising for the first time in two years, and the fact that a robot has just passed a self-awareness test, we thought we’d take a look into the issue, and separate fact from fiction. Of course, people have been concerned about machines taking their jobs for hundreds of years. The […]
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A recent survey of roughly 5,000 employers, managers and HR personnel found that 43 per cent of employers conduct background checks using social media accounts when filling a vacancy. This is but one survey of many that confirms the same thing – that employers are now vetting potential employees by carrying out quick online background […]
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If you’ve checked your information through the Social Profile Checker and have decided that you want to fine-tune a few privacy settings on your social accounts, here’s our guide on how to do it: Facebook Despite some bad press, Facebook is pretty good when it comes to adjusting your privacy settings, and it can all […]
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For those of you who don’t already know, Uber started life in 2009 in San Francisco, and what started as a top-end luxury car service in one state in America has since become an international taxi lift app phenomenon. Uber is regarded by many in the UK to be the best thing since sliced bread, […]
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‘Do you know what your marketing is doing?’ is the question being asked by Adobe in the recent advertisements for their integrated digital marketing software. Well, it seems they certainly know how to bring marketers’ attention to their own wares with these three commercial offerings. These ads are currently airing in the US and Australia, […]
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