Web Dev SEO
Learn about the search engine optimization techniques web developers need to know to create a good experience for users and search engines.
Multiple WordPress Plugins Vulnerable to Security Flaw, Immediate Update Recommended
WordPress Security watchdogs, Sucuri have issued a warning that multiple WordPress plugins are vulnerable to a security flaw: “Cross-site Scripting (XSS) due to the misuse...
FBI Issues PSA: ISIL Defacements Exploiting WordPress Vulnerabilities
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a public service announcement about continuous website defacements occurring as a result of a vulnerability in the...
5 Subtle Changes That Directly Impact Your Search Rankings
How responsive design, reviews & ratings, social engagement, HTTPS, and intelligent use of images can push up your search rankings on Google SERPs.
Popular WordPress Plugin ‘SEO by Yoast’ Vulnerable To Hackers
Hacker News reports that a vulnerability affecting millions of users has been found in industry leading WordPress plugin SEO by Yoast. According to an advisory,...
6 Important Metrics to Assess the Growth, Value, and Quality of Any Site
To most webmasters, their site is like their baby. It’s the most beautiful and perfect thing in the whole wide world. The fact is, people...
The 6 Key Steps to Improve Your Website’s Loading Speed
Throughout 2014 (and the decade prior), Google hasn’t been shy about telling people what its algorithms are looking for. Initially, algorithms targeted spammy backlinks, keyword...
SEO for E-Commerce: Why You Need Structured Data
Marking up product information using structured data to enhance search results with rich snippets has long provided a nice SEO benefit to a company’s product...
WordPress 4.1 is Now Available: Here’s What’s New
WordPress announced the release of version 4.1 of it’s software today, which is now available to either download or update directly from your WordPress dashboard....
Google Blocks Thousands Of WordPress Sites Following Malware Attack
Security firm Sucuri reports that Google has blacklisted over 11,000 malware-infected WordPress domains, and over 100,000 sites in total have been affected by a new...
Using Requirements to Improve Usability For Your Website
What makes a user experience fantastic? Simply put, in order to make a fantastic user experience, the user has to be able to accomplish their...
SEO 101: The Importance of Adding Structured Snippets
A rich snippet, also known as a structured snippet, is the extra text that can be found underneath search results used to provide additional information to...
WordPress Releases Critical Security Update, Immediate Update Recommended
WordPress announced today that it has released a critical security update for all previous version, and encourages everyone to update their sites immediately. If your...
The Psychological Benefits of Simple Design: Why Less Really is More
It’s a question that marketers and designers ask themselves every day: What is the key to a conversion-based design? And the answer: As little design as possible....
How to Track The Impact of Your Website Redesign
When a website redesign takes place, the first thing I’m always interested in is how that redesign translates into better marketing performance. If you’re an...
WordPress vs. Drupal: How to Choose a CMS for Your Business
Like any sibling rivalry, WordPress and Drupal have been competing to be the best content management system (CMS) ever since their ‘births’ in 2001 (Drupal)...
WordPress 4.0 Now Available To Download
WordPress Version 4.0, which is being called “Benny” in honor of jazz clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman, is available for download or update in your...
LinkPatrol Update: Top-Requested Feature Added, First Reviews are In
Last month, Search Engine Journal introduced LinkPatrol, a WordPress plugin we’ve developed that empowers site owners to find, review, and clean up outgoing links. Since then,...
Don’t Hit That Buy Button: 6 Red Flags in WordPress Themes
When you activate a plugin that’s not compatible with your WordPress setup, it’s likely to be immediately apparent. If something’s not right, odds are your site...
Faster WordPress: Need For Speed
Nothing is more frustrating to an internet user than a slow website. You wait 3 seconds…4 seconds…10 seconds…and your site is still loading. Research has...
11 Cool Things You Can Do With WordPress (But You Probably Aren’t)
Over the past decade, WordPress has proven itself to be a powerful blogging platform and content managing system. In fact, that’s why the NFL, CNN,...
WordPress 3.9.2 Security Release Out, Immediate Update Recommended
WordPress 3.9.2 has just been rolled out as a security release for all previous versions. WordPress strongly recommends that you update your sites immediately. This...
Site Speed vs Responsive Design: Which is More Important?
Some of you may recall the early days of the Internet. It was an amazing experience to have all of this information at your fingertips...
7 Essential WordPress Plugins for Content Marketing
Many website owners spend a great deal of time planning an effective content marketing strategy. And with good reason. In this article, I will share...
10 Visually-Appealing Business WordPress Themes
For over a decade WordPress has proven to be one of the most popular and reliable platforms for blogging. But did you know WordPress can...
13 Beautiful and Responsive WordPress Themes
Appearance is just one factor in developing a blog that entices readers to return over and over again – after all, the display often up sells your...
WordPress 4.0 Beta Is Now Available: Here’s What’s New
WordPress recently announced that the first beta version of WordPress 4.0 is now available. WordPress prefaces its announcement with a word of caution that the...
Introducing LinkPatrol: A WordPress Plugin by Search Engine Journal
Search Engine Journal has been on WordPress for just over 10 years– we moved from Blogspot to our own hosted WordPress installation on April 22, 2004....
Critical Vulnerability Found In Popular WordPress Newsletter Plugin
Web security firm, Sucuri, found a critical vulnerability in a WordPress plug-in that has over 1.7 million downloads. The vulnerability allows potential attackers to take...
This Week in WordPress
More than three out of five CMS based websites now are powered by WordPress, according to a W3Techs survey. Since it’s more likely that you’re a...
The Art of Peripheral Persuasion: Visuals in Web Design
They say that content is king, and that’s true. Quality, keyword-rich content will go a long way for your SEO and conversion rates. But people...