So your site got hacked. Google identified some malware on it and put "This site may harm your computer" notice next to your site listings in SERPs.
It happens so often today that you don't even need to be too surprised: no panic, just take action.
Steps to take:
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Thinking of the URL structure of your future site is a very important step. Give it more time to make sure you plan everything ahead.
One thing to take into consideration here is whether your site URLs need an extension at the end or not (examples: .html, .php, etc).
Two contradicting points of view are based on the following:
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So you've built a site and started to see some Google traffic and feel happy. And then one day comes when you wake up in the morning and find your site penalized (here are some ways to find out if you are penalized). A nightmare... But life goes on and you have two choices: either you give up and start from scratch or you try to give that old site new life. One way...
Sometimes the most genius ideas are just at your finger tips. You just need to go ahead and take them. For example, don't waste hours of your precious time wrecking your head over new post ideas. When you are stuck, look for inspiration within already published content. Google Analytics is the perfect tool for that: Go to your "Top Content" section: Click on each link and then go to "Entrance Keywords": now you've got the whole list of...
For a long time SEOs have been wondering about the SEO value of named anchors (/page#headline1) linking to some parts of the page. It is often used for FAQ pages where each link qauickly takes you to the chosen answer. A really great find by WebmasterWorld member: Google adds Wikipedia on-page navigation to mini-sitelinks within Google SERPs. Here's one of the examples: Here's how Google SERPs look like for [Star Wars]: Notice those mini-sitelinks under...
Getting your page to top 10 results in Google is one thing but getting people to click through is yet another story. It is easier if you are #1 of course - but if you are somewhere in the middle, catching surfers' eye is quite hard. One way is to make your title short and concise, as well as do your best to make it contain the search terms (which will be...
A WebmasterWorld thread discusses a great case study which should be shared with as many webmasters as possible to warn them against the screwed start. Here's what it is about: A guy decides to create a network of 100 sites following ALL Google guidelines; Each site has only one page and almost no content; The sites are NOT interlinked (as this is against Google rules); Each site targets tiny keyword all in the same niche; All the sites...
We have already discussed why adding breadcrumbs is beneficial for both user experience and SEO: they help users to understand where they are in relation to the rest of the site and provide better interlinking and thus easier crawling.
However what also should be mentioned is that usng your keywords in each and every level of the breadcrumb path may look like you are stuffing your internal anchor tet with keywords.
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The following tip was contributed by Chelsea Blacker.
Segmenting keywords is one of many exciting developments of the new Adwords interface. For instance, you can view how keywords are performing by segmenting them by CTR, quality score, and 14 other measurements! This gives you a clearer picture on how keywords are performing based on a variety of stats.
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The following tip was contributed by Chelsea Blacker. Google Analytics accounts for all visitors to a site, and it’s important to catch accurate data by excluding visitors who don’t count. Visitors who “don’t count” may include: marketers & developers working on the site visitors who work at the company/organization the website is promoting First, look up your IP address using an IP lookup tool. http://ip-lookup.net/ Next, access analytics and click on...
