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6 Ways to Stop WordPress Comment Spam & Deter Spammers

Last Updated on 2nd November 2020 by Paul 4 Comments

WordPress Comment Spam

If you're like me, spammers are hitting your blog on a daily basis. I find it a royal pain to check through my site everyday looking for fake comments... so I've decided to do something about it. What follows then is an explanation of what I've done to reduce my WordPress comment spam. This guide … [Read more...] about 6 Ways to Stop WordPress Comment Spam & Deter Spammers

Filed Under: WordPress Tips Tagged With: Blogging, Spam, WordPress

Getting a Manual Penalty from Google: An Anatomy of My Experience

Last Updated on 5th November 2020 by Paul 4 Comments

The Effects of a Manual Penalty from Google

Receiving a manual penalty from Google is not an experience I recommend! A few years ago I managed a site that received one, and it wasn't nice. What follows is my experience and how I survived it. But first, let me set a scene for you... You are responsible for the paid and organic search … [Read more...] about Getting a Manual Penalty from Google: An Anatomy of My Experience

Filed Under: SEO Tagged With: Content, Content Quality, Disavowal, Google Manual Penalty, Link Building, Quality, Search Console, Spam, Thin Content, Unnatural Links

How to Find & Download eBooks for Free Using Search Operators

Last Updated on 5th November 2020 by Paul Leave a Comment

How to Download eBooks Free

In this post I'm going to explain how to find and download eBooks for free using search operators. I'm not talking about doing anything illicit here either. It's simply a way to use search engines to find and legally download free eBooks that are indexed in search engines themselves. These may be … [Read more...] about How to Find & Download eBooks for Free Using Search Operators

Filed Under: Tutorials Tagged With: How To, Newsletters, Spam

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