- Server related
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 30th, 2016
Latest WordPress SEO Spam Tactics Include Directory-In-Directory Installs
Webmasters that keep sites updated are safe
- SEO-Related
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 27th, 2016
ProtonMail Claims Google Suppressed Site in Search Results
Company says EU is right to charge Google of monopoly
- SEO-Related
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 19th, 2016
Google Search Index to Split in Two, One for Mobile and One for Desktop
Google will maintain two separate lists of search results
- Spam Reports
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 27th, 2016
Top US Universities Hacked and Injected with SEO Spam
Stanford portal falls victim to SEO spam campaign
- SEO-Related
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 24th, 2016
Google to Lower Search Rankings for Sites with Aggressive Popups
Google removes "Mobile Friendly" label as well
- Server related
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 17th, 2016
WordPress Plugin Hijacks Websites to Show Payday Loan Ads
Plugin author recognizes mistake, fixes plugin
- Server related
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 15th, 2016
Hackers Insert SEO Spam on Legitimate Sites via WordPress Core Files
Crooks use whatever technique they can to prevail
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 11th, 2016
Website Takeover Issue Fixed in WordPress' Most Popular Plugin
All in One SEO Pack affected by stored XSS issue
- SEO-Related
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 30th, 2016
Google Adds SEO Spam Notifications to Google Analytics Dashboard
Google detected a 180% increase in SEO spam
- Server related
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 9th, 2016
Hackers Break into Websites Using SQL Injections to Leave SEO Spam Behind
Over 700 websites infected during recent campaign
- Spam Reports
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 22nd, 2016
Old Black Hat SEO Technique Used to Deliver Spam
Old SEO trick finds new life in spammy Web pages
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 31st, 2016
Black Hat SEO Campaign Uses Fake jQuery Lib and Hacked WordPress & Joomla CMSs
Second black hat SEO campaign comes to light in the last 48h
- Server related
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 30th, 2016
Hacked Websites Used in Black Hat SEO Campaign Redirecting Users to Adult Sites
Infected websites are hard to detect, only show up for users coming off search engines and for search bots
- SEO-Related
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 27th, 2016
Google Engineer Reveals Top 3 Search Ranking Criteria
Despite this information, SEO still remains complicated
- Web Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 18th, 2016
Google Gives Mobile-Friendly Sites an Even Bigger SEO Boost
More mobile-friendly sites will appear at the top of search results starting May 2016, Google announces
- SEO-Related
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 10th, 2016
Google Will Discontinue Public PageRank Scores, Will Only Use Them Internally
There will be no other places to query for a PageRank score
- SEO-Related
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 8th, 2016
Google's Search AI Is like Skynet, Engineers Don't Understand What It's Doing
Google engineer admits that they're having problems understanding Google Search's new RankBrain AI system