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A short while ago we revealed the new look Admin CP for Invision Community 4.5. The focus was on increasing the workspace, brightening and modernising the look. However, for some this new look was perhaps a little too bright, especially when setting your OS to use dark mode. Rather than cause an increase in sales for sunglasses, I went ahead and implemented a dark mode for the Admin CP. You can set it to work inline with your OS preference, or you can choose to enforce light or dark mode. I'm sure the next question you're about to ask is "Hey Ehren that looks amazing and now working at 3 am won't wake up the neighbours when I log into the AdminCP but can you…

Posted by Roger-MozBot The well-being of our community — from our customers to our readers to our team members — is of the utmost importance to us here at Moz. The ongoing situation around the spread of COVID-19 is ever-changing. Many of you are experiencing the impact of this pandemic, and we want to address the difficulties you’re facing and acknowledge how you might be feeling. The state of the world and current events bring significant, often crushing, impact to businesses large and small. While it can be really hard to focus on work and on what is happening in the SEO industry during this difficult time, we also know that your work can’t stop. Whether you’re…

Posted by Dr-Pete The next few months are going to be uncharted territory for all of us, with serious challenges for both brick-and-mortar and online businesses. Many e-commerce sites are already facing a unique situation right now, and it looks something like this: http://d1avok0lzls2w.cloudfront.net/uploads/blog_original/temporarily-out-of-stock-1-135894.png These are hand sanitizer results from Staples.com, and this screenshot is just a portion of the first page. I'm not picking on Staples — this page is representative of a problem across every major e-retailer right now. While there are many ways to handle out-of-stock and discontinued items under normal cond…

Posted by rjonesx. Modern SERPs require modern understanding. National SERPs are a myth — these days, everything is local. And when we're basing important decisions on SERPs and ranking, using the highest quality data is key. Russ Jones explores the problem with SERPs, data quality, and existing solutions in this edition of Whiteboard Friday. http://d2v4zi8pl64nxt.cloudfront.net/getting-smarter-with-serps/5e696e14352321.56433750.png Click on the whiteboard image above to open a high resolution version in a new tab! Video Transcription Hey, folks, this is Russ Jones here again with another exciting edition of Whiteboard Friday. Exciting might be …

XenForo 2.1.8 Released XenForo 2.1.8 is now available for all licensed customers to download. We recommend that all customers running previous versions of XenForo 2.1 upgrade to this release to benefit from increased stability. Download XenForo 2.1.8 or Upgrade directly from within your control panel Some of the changes in XF... XenForo 2.1.8 Patch 2, Media Gallery 2.1.8, Resource Manager 2.1.6 and Enhanced Search 2.1.4 Released Continue reading...

[HEADING=1]vBulletin Mobile Suite 2.4 Changes[/HEADING] Mobile Suite 2.4 is available to be built via the Mobile Publisher. [HEADING=1]Improvements[/HEADING] The following improvements have been added to the Mobile Suite Apps. Add Ukrainian translations When opening a push notification it sometimes doesn't reduce the subscription count Notifications do not reload automatically Hide Create Account button if registration is not allowed Android 10 compatibility [HEADING=1]Bugs Resolved[/HEADING] The following bugs have been resolved in the Mobile Suite Apps. Blogs Page - Blog entries are missing the creation time Messages Page …

Posted by briangormanh If you’ve been an SEO for even a short time, you’re likely familiar with Google Search Console (GSC). It’s a valuable tool for getting information about your website and its performance in organic search. That said, it does have its limitations. In this article, you’ll learn how to get better-connected data out of Google Search Console as well as increase the size of your exports by 400%. Google Search Console limitations While GSC has a number of sections, we’ll be focusing on the “Performance” report. From the GSC dashboard, there are two ways you can access this report: http://d2v4zi8pl64nxt.cloudfront.net/how-to-query-google-sea…

XenForo 2.1.8 Released XenForo 2.1.8 is now available for all licensed customers to download. We recommend that all customers running previous versions of XenForo 2.1 upgrade to this release to benefit from increased stability. Download XenForo 2.1.8 or Upgrade directly from within your control panel Some of the changes in XF... XenForo 2.1.8 Patch 1, Media Gallery 2.1.8, Resource Manager 2.1.6 and Enhanced Search 2.1.4 Released Continue reading...

Invision Community has had a question and answer mode for a good few years now. This mode transforms a forum into a formalized way to handle your member's questions. Members can upvote answers, and the topic starter and your community management team can mark a reply as the "best answer". This is great when you want to add rigour to specific forums which encourage your members to find solutions. The existing "QA" mode But how about a way to mark a topic as solved without transforming the look and feel of the forum? We get asked this a lot. Happily, it's now a feature just added to Invision Community 4.5! Those with a long memory will recall we ha…

The news is currently filled with anxiety over coronavirus and workers are being encouraged to work from home where possible to limit or delay its spread. For many people used to commuting daily and working in shared offices, this is a huge upheaval which will take a while to adjust. How do you stay motivated and productive when you're not at your desk and held accountable by your colleagues next to you? Remote working has become popular over the last few years. The internet has transformed how we work, and improvements to connection speeds, authentication systems and cloud architecture make working home a viable alternative for many office workers. Working fr…

Posted by barryloughran For a while now, I’ve been disappointed with the People Also Ask (PAAs) feature in Google’s search results. My disappointment is not due to the vast amount of space they take up on the SERPs (that’s another post entirely), but more that the quality is never where I expect it to be. Google has been running PAAs since April 2015 and they are a pretty big deal. MozCast is currently tracking PAAs (Related Questions) across 90% of all searches, which is more than any other SERP feature. The quality issue I’m running into is that I still find several obscure PAA questions and results or content from other countries. When I run searches that h…

Posted by rjonesx. We've all been there. You're the SEO on point for a project, and you're also the one tasked with getting great content written well and quickly. And if you don't have an expert at your disposal, great content can seem out of reach. It doesn't have to be. In today's Whiteboard Friday, Russ Jones arms you with the tools and processes to expand your content from prompt to paragraph to published piece. http://d2v4zi8pl64nxt.cloudfront.net/content-expansion/5e697ca5798666.41783037.png Click on the whiteboard image above to open a high resolution version in a new tab! Video Transcription Hey, folks, great to be back here with you…

Posted by Alex_Ratynski For local businesses today, there are numerous different ways to market your brand online. The majority of your potential customers still use Google to find local businesses near them — businesses where they will spend their hard-earned money. In fact, 80% of searches with “local intent” result in a conversion. This begs the question: “What’s the best way to catch the attention of local searchers on Google?” The answer: through Google Maps marketing. What is Google Maps marketing? Google Maps marketing is the process of optimizing the online presence of your brand in Google Maps, with the goal of increasing your brand’s online vis…

Paket-Servern von Drittanbietern im Rahmen von (optionalen) Paketen In den vergangenen Jahren konnten wir eine steigende Anzahl an Problemen in Kombination mit Paket-Servern von Dritten beobachten, beschränkt auf Pakete, die im Plugin-Store angeboten werden. Im Interesse unserer Kunden haben wir uns dazu entschlossen, ab sofort keine neuen Pakete oder Updates mehr freizuschalten, die direkt oder indirekt (etwa über optionale Pakete) die Installation von Paket-Servern von Drittanbietern vornehmen. Dies betrifft ausdrücklich nur Pakete im Plugin-Store, technisch erfolgt keine Änderung im Core, es ist weiterhin möglich, Paket-Server über Pakete von Drittseiten bz…

Posted by cml63 Google’s Index Coverage report is absolutely fantastic because it gives SEOs clearer insights into Google’s crawling and indexing decisions. Since its roll-out, we use it almost daily at Go Fish Digital to diagnose technical issues at scale for our clients. Within the report, there are many different “statuses” that provide webmasters with information about how Google is handling their site content. While many of the statuses provide some context around Google’s crawling and indexation decisions, one remains unclear: “Crawled — currently not indexed”. Since seeing the “Crawled — currently not indexed” status reported, we’ve heard from several site…

Posted by rjonesx. Negative SEO can hurt your website and your work in search, even when your rankings are unaffected by it. In this week's Whiteboard Friday, search expert Russ Jones dives into what negative SEO is, what it can affect beyond rankings, and tips on how to fight it. http://d2v4zi8pl64nxt.cloudfront.net/why-negative-seo-matters/5e61a7120bf971.45864912.png Click on the whiteboard image above to open a high resolution version in a new tab! Video Transcription All right, folks. Russ Jones here and I am so excited just to have the opportunity to do any kind of presentation with the title "Defense Against the Dark Arts." I'm not going…

[HEADING=1]vBulletin 5.6.0 Changes and Updates[/HEADING] vBulletin 5.6.0 is now available for download customers. Owners of vBulletin Cloud sites will be notified about their upgrade soon. [HEADING=1]Front End Changes[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]Login Refactor[/HEADING] The mechanics behind user login have changed. The system no longer utilizes a separate page loaded within an iFrame tag. The updated functionality uses AJAX and Javascript to login instead of an HTML form submission. If you use the login template in a module, you need to update the template display module to use the login_main template. [HEADING=2]Event Highlights[/HEADING] Site Administrator…

Posted by Domenica You’ve produced a piece of content you thought was going to be a huge success, but the results were underwhelming. You double and triple checked the content for all the crucial elements: it’s newsworthy, data-driven, emotional, and even a bit controversial, but it failed to “go viral”. Your digital PR team set out to pitch it, but writers didn’t bite. So, what's next? Two questions you might ask yourself are: Do I have unrealistic link expectations for my link-building content? Is my definition of success backed by data-driven evidence? Fractl has produced thousands of content marketing campaigns across every topic — sports, entert…

Posted by MiriamEllis http://d2v4zi8pl64nxt.cloudfront.net/local-seo-exercises-least-technical/5e597eba73a411.48232354.jpg When was the last time you relaxed with a client? As a local business consultant, I know that deeper marketing insights can be discovered when you set aside formality and share experiences: a moment, a laugh, a common bond. When I’m looking for ways to make life easier for a client, I sometimes reflect on ancient practices like yoga, tai chi, and mindful breathing, which are increasingly understood as beneficial to human health. For a space in time, they reduce the complex world we live in to a simpler one where being, breath, movement,…

Posted by LilyRayNYC While Google’s mission has always been to surface high-quality content, over the past few years the company has worked especially hard to ensure that its search results are also consistently accurate, credible, and trustworthy. Reducing false and misleading information has been a top priority for Google since concerns over misinformation surfaced during the 2016 US presidential election. The search giant is investing huge sums of money and brain power into organizing the ever-increasing amounts of content on the web in a way that prioritizes accuracy and credibility. In a 30-page whitepaper published last year, Google delineates specifically …