WordPress powers roughly 1/3 of the entire internet, but starting next month more than half of the WordPress sites out there could become much less secure. Is yours one of them? Learn more about this from this article on Search Engine Journal. So, a major piece of software that helps power WordPress is PHP. PHP […]
DigitalCast Episode 037 – A higher page count doesn’t necessarily help you rank better
Having more pages can potentially help a site rank better in Google, for a few reasons, but simply having a bunch of pages means nothing in and of itself. You can read more about this over at Search Engine Roundtable. We mentioned this a bit back in episode 32, but it’s worth reiterating based on […]
DigitalCast Episode 036 – Google wants you to fill in your own meta descriptions
When you search for something on Google, the text the appears below each link often comes from the “meta descriptions” on those sites. While Google will generate them automatically when needed, they suggest you write you own. You can read details about John’s comments in this post from Search Engine Roundtable. If you have a […]
DigitalCast Episode 035 – Google gives more details about how 301 redirects work
If you remove a page or change websites, or somehow just need to set up a redirect, the best way to do it (for the sake of Google) is with what’s know as a “301 redirect”. Much has been said over the years about how they work, but Google has just revealed a bit more. […]