Welcome to OurChurch.Com’s monthly SEO Update for May 2016, keeping you up to date on what’s happening in the world of search and how it affects you.
It’s May so its… NHL hockey playoff time…
This month we’ve got important data regarding hacked sites removed from the Google search results and data that shows whether SEO is on the decline or still rising.
Let’s get to this month’s search engine news…
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For an outline of the video, click here.
1) Hacked Sites Up How Much?
2) Is SEO Still Growing?
3) Google Mobile Friendly Update Rolling Out
Discuss…
– Is your website registered with the Google Search Console so you’re notified by Google if they detect your site as been hacked? Why or why not?
– What do you think about Google doubling down on its mobile-friendly update?
Co-founder & CEO, OurChurch.Com
Paul has been the CEO of OurChurch.Com since its founding in 1996, combining his passion for faith and technology to lead the organization.
An accomplished writer, Paul has authored over 2,000 articles on faith and technology, featured on platforms like ChurchLeaders.com, The JoyFM, and his personal blog, LiveIntentionally.org.
Beyond his professional achievements, Paul serves as an elder at Journey Community Church and is deeply engaged in his community through his involvement with the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranch and the Safety Harbor Chamber of Commerce. He is a contributing author of the book Outspoken! Conversations on Church Communication.
6 Comments
great post Paul, i think seo is still growing but maybe a little slower after all the google penguin updates what with the fear of seo loss they have given a lot of people
Thanks Sarah. That's an interesting idea. It's possible that Google's Penguin algorithm has caused people to invest less in SEO. On the other hand, perhaps companies are investing more in SEO because it takes more time and resources to get legitimate links instead of the spammy links Penguin catches and penalizes for.
I don’t recommend to register website to the Google such as webmatser tools, since under google radar is not good for seo I think. And the mobile friendly is more and more useful for SEO 🙂
Hi Paul. for the hacking, my site was attacked times and times by my competitor by DDOS, will it affect my site rank? 🙂
Only if the DDOS is so bad that search engines penalize your site for being really slow or they are unable to load your website at all.
Here I put mine in CloudFlare, but I’ll start paying to prevent Ddos attacks.