How To: Setup SSL / HTTPS Mixed Content Warnings with MaxCDN
Recently I made the plunge with our agency in switching from HTTP to HTTPS, for many reasons: Google is now handing out "insecure notifications" it is an SEO ranking signal, for real other benefits like social proof with HTTP2, it [...]
5 1/2 Signs Your PBN Sucks, and You Should Quit SEO
"Good" PBN sellers don't have to PM people and fight for business. They have 14+ day waits. That said, while I was locked in my house for 3 days for Hurricane Irma I started perusing a well known PBN forum, [...]
Enabling SSL on PatrickCoombe.com WordPress
Ever since cPanel / WHM added Auto-SSL, I've been SSL'ing the crap out of things. I've got this method called "close your eyes and click" and it seems to work just fine. SSL is also a Google ranking signal. It [...]
Brand Building eCommerce SEO Affiliate Case Study: Website Buildout
Within this update, I'm going to outline how I was able to build a fully functioning, living and breathing affiliate eCommerce website. Keep in mind when it comes to building WooCommerce websites, I'm somewhat of a machine. So what took [...]
Brand Building eCommerce Affiliate Case Study
For the longest time I've wanted to build an online eCommerce brand. I've spent the last 5 or so years building them for my clients, and have always had the itch to build one myself. I've gone back and forth [...]
PBN Espionage: The ultimate domain footprint list
It doesn't matter if you are a blackhat, whitehat, or somewhere in the middle: understanding how footprints work is a huge part of what SEO is all about. Below I'm going to briefly outline a list of SEO footprints I've [...]
Post to Instagram from Windows Desktop Multiple Accounts
A while back we did a post on how to post photos to Instagram from a Windows 10 PC. It was a really technical post that involved setting up a Virtual PC inside your computer and installing the desktop version [...]
My Default WordPress SEO Settings
I get a lot of emails, tweets, etc asking me what are the "default" settings I use on WordPress websites, so thought I'd put a post together. Here are my SEO 'settings' for most WordPress websites: Tags For new [...]
Free Download: Flat Round Social Media Icons
Looking to just download social network icons? Keep scrolling! This is the first "design" project that I encountered thinking that I might actually use the finished product on a regular basis. As an internet marketer, I deal with a lot [...]
Delete ALL / Mass Delete / Bulk Delete messages from Gmail (even 10,000+) at once
October of 2017 Update: I needed to update this post to add 1 extra step because Google added an additional piece of verification to this process. Most likely because of me showing tens of thousands of people how to delete [...]
Please Stop Calling These Sites Social Bookmarks
Today we need to revisit an important lesson in SEO history: social bookmarking. That is, for those of us joining the SEO industry in the last decade or so. I normally don't do posts like these, but after a Reddit [...]
How to Enable Gmail Templates
Believe it or not, I get asked this question at least 3-4 times per month: "How can I enable Gmail templates so I don't have to type out the same email all the time." This is a feature that I've [...]