Google has a brand new head of search. Many were surprised to see that Amit Singhal, the head of Google Search, is leaving Google on February 26th. Singhal has been a familiar figure for those who follow Google Search. His replacement has already been announced as John Giannandrea, who was the Google executive behind their […]
Archives for February 3, 2016
New Ways to Use the SEO Tools in Your Toolbox
We know: You like 2-3 SEO tools, you get used to how they work and nothing compares to them. But what about all the rest out there? There are other SEO tools, and they do great things for other SEO people. I want to share with you some of the personal SEO tools that we […]
Google Testing Recipe-Type Thumbnails Without Markup in Search Results
When we see recipe related thumbnails in the search results, we are used to seeing Google displaying a recipe related thumbnail when displaying recipe results with the schema markup. But Google appears to be testing showing thumbnails for food related articles which don’t have any recipe schema markup on the page. Ross Hudgens was the […]
Update WordPress Immediately; Major Vulnerability Fixes
If you haven’t already updated WordPress with yesterday’s update, you will want to update immediately. It fixes several vulnerabilities, including critical ones that are out in the wild. Shortly before the update was released, Sucuri released information regarding a major exploit they were seeing across many WordPress sites that resulted in many WordPress sites infected […]