Before I start this article, I would like to ask one question to you, How many HTTPS links do you see in first page of Google search result? Generally, I get more than 50% for my search queries and major top links belong to HTTPS. It is self explanatory how important HTTPS and SSL is. As SSL is mandatory for safely processing transaction e-commerce website, but here I am not going to talk about security and safety, my concern is SEO. The web is moving toward using HTTPS encryption by default and it is encouraged by Google with announcement HTTPS as a ranking signal in 2014. Chrome and Firefox browsers started to display warning for HTTP (Non secure) websites. So you decided to move on HTTPS. Hold a minute and see the challenges. you will get many examples on Google saying huge drop in traffic after moving HTTPS if not implemented properly. So you must aware of the challenges. In this post, we will move a WordPress website to HTTPS, Setup free SSL and update dependencies to meet SEO guidelines. It is assumed Apache server is used in Ubuntu server.
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A Better Way to Add Google Custom Search to WordPress/PHP Site
Tracking Clicks on The Links in Email Using Google Analytics
Are you sending bulk emails having links to promote your product or service? Do you want to track the traffic generated via this Email campaign? This post explains how to track user clicks on the links in Email using Google Analytics. It is helpful to calculate the ROI of email campaign.
Moderate Google Docs Forms Data and Share Filtered Data Only to Public
If you are using Google Docs for Forms or Surveys, You might be getting lots of fake (spam) form submissions. The situation becomes more critical when you are sharing data, survey result or summary report to public and It would mislead the objective of forms or surveys. By default, Google forms doesn’t support Captcha to stop spam submission. But you can’t block spammers. In this case, you want to moderate the data and share approved/ filtered data to public.
Received Google Adsense Cheque
Happy New Year to all TechBrij Readers !!! Hope, you are going well to fulfill your new year resolutions. I am happy to announce that I have received my Google Adsense Cheque. I am a big fan of Google Adsense and have written some tips and placement experiments. It motivates me to write a lot more and share experience.
Google Adsense: Leaderboard (728 x 90) vs Link Units as Navigation Menu
In my recent post, I shared my Google Adsense placement experiments. I have updated my theme several times to make it more user friendly and focusing on content and to experiment Adsense placement. Ads shouldn’t irritate the user, so I decided to keep one of Ad Units (Either Leaderboard or Link Unit) in header. I used Link unit as navigation menu with theme colour combination and supposed to have Good CTR and LeaderBoard unit just below the menu as in following image.
Fix Google Adsense Blank Ads Issue
A few months ago, I faced this problem and figured it out. I would like to share my experience so it might help you. See following steps to figure this issue.
Site Traffic Increases After Google Panda Update
To reduce the search engine rankings of low-quality sites, Google announced a new update ‘Panda‘ on Feb 24, 2011 in Google US. The change impacts approx 12% of search queries. It is rolled out globally on April 14, 2011 to all English-language Google users.
Google Adsense Tips: My Adsense Placement Experiments
If you are regular user of this blog, you notice that the theme and Google Adsense placement are changed many times. I have done many experiments related to Google Adsense placement. Here I am sharing information regarding the impact of Google Adsense ads position on different places.
How To See Subdomain Tracking Report In Google Analytics
In my earlier post, I explained how to use same Google Analytics code for subdomain tracking without creating separate google analytic account. Now, In this post, You will see how to see report with subdomain information in Google Analytics.