This has been discussed time and time again, but since Epik is now offering Forever Registrations of domain names, I thought that I would ask Google’s John Mueller if domain registration length is a search engine ranking factor. Or, whether or not Google prefers domain names that have been registered for a longer period of time. I asked John on Twitter, and here’s what he said: [Continue reading]
Back at the beginning of this month, October 2018, I upgraded the version of PHP that the web server was using. It upgraded it from PHP 5.6 to PHP 7. I had received a few warning/messages, that starting in December that there was some software on the server that wouldn’t be supported. So, I needed to upgraded to a more recent version of PHP. I went ahead and upgraded all the sites I host on this server to PHP 7. And after that, you’ll never guess what happened. Here’s a screenshot from my Google Analytics for this site: [Continue reading]
One of the jobs of a technical SEO or tech SEO is to dig into a site's code and find issues that are causing ranking or other types of search engine related issues. A good technical SEO understands code and SEO enough that they can help diagnose most … [Continue reading]
Google has launched some new websites that are essentially shortcuts for starting a new Google doc. Instead of going to Google Drive to create a new spreadsheet, slide, document, or form, you can use a .NEW domain name to immediately create one. For … [Continue reading]
Based on some photos that my friend Daniel posted today, it appears that Google has quietly opened (expanded?) up a Dallas, Texas area office. As you might recall, Google has had offices in the Dallas area previously, and it has been years since … [Continue reading]
We're in the full Fall conference season. If you're a speaker at an upcoming search conference, headed to the State of Search in Dallas, or maybe even PubCon Pro in Las Vegas, I'm sure your bag is full of plenty of tech gear. One item, though, that I … [Continue reading]
For all of the major search conferences, whether I'm speaking or not, you may be familiar with my list. I hand pick the best of the best speakers to meet and see speak at the conference. PubCon Pro Las Vegas 2018 is no different. I've hand picked the … [Continue reading]
From natural disasters, to hacked websites, banned websites, and unexpected life events, a crisis can certainly cripple your small business overnight. Google's PDF titled Digital Tools and Resources to Help Your Business Prepare for a Crisis is a … [Continue reading]
Zoho Corporation, also known as Zoho CRM, had their entire domain name taken down by their registrar Tierranet (aka DomainDiscover). According to a Tweet by Zoho CRM's CEO Sridhar Vembu, they were trying to understand why the domain was taken down … [Continue reading]
According to recent research, only about 1.4 percent of local businesses, with a verified Google My Business listing, respond to reviews left about their business. Even less liked a Google review but ultimately didn't even respond to the review. This … [Continue reading]
It's not that often that you see a server error on Google's search results. For the past hour or so, if you search Google for the keyword phrase "compare the market", you'll see a server error. … [Continue reading]
That's a really good question. Does Google have a date problem? Well, Garry Illyes (@methode on Twitter) tweeted, kind of admitting that he doesn't like dates. That was back on September 5th, and looking at that tweet, and knowing what he's really … [Continue reading]
Facebook requires that you confirm your identity as a United States Citizen when running ads related to politics or national issues. I just went through this process to confirm my identity as a US Citizen with Facebook, and here's what I learned, … [Continue reading]
It's the beginning of Fall, Labor Day is over, and that can only really mean one thing for the Search community: Fall conference season is here! There are literally at least one or two search industry conferences going on ever single week for the … [Continue reading]
Note: Don't always believe everything is posted on Twitter, or any other social media website. In this case, DejanSEO and John Mueller from Google were joking about rogue bots and cloaking. Parts of this post have been edited. There was a recent … [Continue reading]
As you might be aware, I'm a Google Local Guide. Whenever I'm out and about I tend to post reviews and take photos of just about every single establishment, local business, and tourist attraction that I go to. Google Local Guides get points for every … [Continue reading]
When you buy an expired domain name, owning that domain name does not give you the legal right to any other accounts that are associated with that domain name. For example, if you buy a domain name that has an email address that was set up by the … [Continue reading]
Sellers Playbook and Exposure Marketing Company, along with its owners, have been charged by the US Federal Trade Commission and the State of Minnesota with running a large business opportunity scheme. … [Continue reading]
Hartzer Consulting has chosen to exclusively broker a large domain name portfolio of 500 domain names. About 400 of the domain names are in the Home Inspection niche, with the majority of them including a city name along with keywords such as home … [Continue reading]
Google recently renamed Google AdWords to Google Ads recently. Today, when you go to the former Google AdWords page, which was https://adwords.google.com, it redirects you to the new Google Ads page, which is https://ads.google.com/home/. This makes … [Continue reading]
