Some Black Hat SEO Campaigns Look like DDoS Attacks These Days

Some Black Hat SEO Campaigns Look like DDoS Attacks These Days

Customers panics when sees huge traffic, calls in the help of a cyber-security vendor to protect him from a DDoS attack

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • January 12th, 2016
Black Hat SEO Campaign Leverages SQL Injections to Boost Search Rankings

Black Hat SEO Campaign Leverages SQL Injections to Boost Search Rankings

Akamai tracks down culprit, exposes his actions

Google Gives Another SEO Boost to HTTPS Websites

Google Gives Another SEO Boost to HTTPS Websites

HTTPS pages to become more important in search results

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 18th, 2015
Googlebot May Accidentally DDoS Your Spam-Infected Website

Googlebot May Accidentally DDoS Your Spam-Infected Website

Cleaning out spam infections may yield some unwanted results

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 23rd, 2015
Malware Spread via Black Hat SEO Campaign

Malware Spread via Black Hat SEO Campaign

Careless users searching Google for Java JRE, MSN 7 and Windows 8 got more than they were looking for

Google Sues SEO Firm for Impersonating Its Staff While Robocalling

Google Sues SEO Firm for Impersonating Its Staff While Robocalling

Google goes after SEO company that was harassing clients

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 14th, 2015
Attackers Use Google Webmaster Tools to Hide Hacked Websites

Attackers Use Google Webmaster Tools to Hide Hacked Websites

After hacking your website, hackers will then take over your Google Search Console account to hide their infections

Yoast SEO Is Coming to Drupal Sites

Yoast SEO Is Coming to Drupal Sites

The best WordPress SEO plugin is crossing over to Drupal

  • Web Blog
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 2nd, 2015
Google Will Penalize Websites Showing App Install Banners That Cover the Entire Page

Google Will Penalize Websites Showing App Install Banners That Cover the Entire Page

Annoying mobile app ads on mobile sites are about to go away

The Robots.txt Configuration Mistake Which Will Impact Google Search Rankings

The Robots.txt Configuration Mistake Which Will Impact Google Search Rankings

Blocking Googlebot from accessing CSS and JavaScript files has become a big no-no! in terms of optimal SEO

Google's Mobilegeddon Affected Online Advertising More than Search Results

Google's Mobilegeddon Affected Online Advertising More than Search Results

Ad costs go up, while ad-generated traffic goes down

Google Search Results Poisoning Achieved via PDF Files

Google Search Results Poisoning Achieved via PDF Files

SophosLabs details how a combination of keyword-stuffing and link-spamming tricks has polluted Google's search results

Google's Matt Cutts Prolongs Absence from Company

Google's Matt Cutts Prolongs Absence from Company

Matt Cutts extends unpaid leave indefinitely

There's a Way for Search Engines to Crawl JavaScript Websites and Applications

There's a Way for Search Engines to Crawl JavaScript Websites and Applications

Until Google officially announces it can crawl content rendered through JavaScript, Prerender is the best solution yet

​Google Confirms Search Ranking Algorithm Changes

​Google Confirms Search Ranking Algorithm Changes

The search engines confirmed a significant update

CSRF and Blind SQL Injection Risks Removed in Top SEO Plug-In for WordPress

CSRF and Blind SQL Injection Risks Removed in Top SEO Plug-In for WordPress

Plug-in has tens of thousands of daily downloads

vBulletin Warns of vBSEO Vulnerability

vBulletin Warns of vBSEO Vulnerability

Admins advised to select a different tool for the SEO job

 
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