There are a number of reasons to switch your web hosting company: outgrowing your initial data package, not getting the up-time service you were promised, or wanting to save money with another provider. When you do decide to make the switch, it’s important to follow some critical steps to ensure the transition is smooth and…
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What is ILoveVitaly Referral Spam in Google Analytics?
The plague of ghost referrals to hit the internet includes a new one– ILoveVitaly. The spam referral is similar to darodar, priceg, blackhatworth, hulfingtonpost.com, and cenoval, creating fake page views that are posted to Google’s tracking services via random tracking IDs to wreak havoc on unsuspecting websites. If you search Google, you’ll find reports of…
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2 Mobile Subdomain SEO Mistakes that Could Ruin Everything
Mobile SEO… Man, can it be complicated. Especially mobile SEO for a subdomain when you are working with a massive website and you need to map everything together, account for rouge URLs and just generally get it done. I have been doing a lot of this lately, so I wanted to share 2 devastating mobile…
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3 Reasons You Should Not use URL Parameter Settings in Webmaster Tools
In Google Webmaster Tools, you can do something called set URL parameters. By setting URL parameters, you tell Google what URLs you want in the index and which URLs you want out. The main purpose of this feature is to eliminate duplicate content, which is a big no-no in SEO. In addition, Google states you…
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What are Google Updates Pigeon, Panda, Penguin, Hummingbird? – A Simple Video Explanation
Google made some very big updates to its algorithms in 2o13 and 2014. 2015 should be no different! Some of the biggest name updates were the Pigeon, Panda, Penguin and Hummingbird updates. In this video, John Lincoln, explains the difference in these algorithm updates. Each update has different types of content or links that it…
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