Today it was announced that “critical and severe vulnerabilities” affect a WordPress community building plugin called, Ultimate Member was patched. This vulnerability is easy to exploit and gives the attacker administrator level access, meaning they can do whatever they want to the site. This is how Wordfence describes the seriousness of this exploit: “This vulnerability…
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Seven years ago, we published a post on the Moz Blog titled “How to Rank: 25 Step Master SEO Blueprint.” From an SEO perspective, the post did extremely well. Over time, the “How to Rank” post accumulated: 400k pageviews 200k organic visits 100s of linking root domains Despite its success, seven years is a long…
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Editor’s note: This blog is from the perspective of five University of Pittsburgh students — Kirsten, Steve, Darcie, Erin, and Sara — who completed a class this summer called “Digital Marketing Search Fundamentals”, taught by Zack Duncan of Root and Branch. Introduction Our digital marketing class this summer did not give us credits that count…
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Most agency owners have tried using virtual assistants, or VAs, at least once, and many of them have had a bad experience. Maybe that describes you. Maybe you tried but couldn’t find the right people, couldn’t get them to do the work the way you wanted, or couldn’t effectively measure their performance. Today, I want…
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What’s one simple way to improve your WordPress SEO starting today? Make sure you have SEO-friendly URLs. Creating SEO-friendly URLs is a super simple way to improve your SEO. If you get it right, you’ll improve your organic search visibility, especially for low-volume long-tail keywords. In this article, you’ll learn four tips to ensure your…
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