Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'security'

Last year, we looked at the impacts, if any, of negative SEO on websites, a discussion which arose from a Forbes article on the saboteurs of search. One year later, we're still discussing the consequences and seeing if negative SEO...

Posted on June 23, 2008 10:51 AM

Last night at Search Engine Land, I reported Google Forgot To Renew Their SSL Certificate. A WebmasterWorld thread reported the issue with https://www.googleadservices.com SSL certificate at noon (EST). What that meant was that from between noon time and about 8pm...

Posted on March 6, 2008 7:33 AM

There has been more and more reports of advertisers getting their AdWords and Yahoo Search Marketing accounts hijacked. One way of this happening is by submitting your username and password on a site that looks like it is run by...

Posted on February 11, 2008 7:39 AM

When Yahoo Publisher Network publishers try going to the YPN Portal, they are now presented with a security prompt. If you look closely at that error, it says that their secure certificate has expired. It expired a day ago. I...

Posted on January 30, 2008 7:47 AM

The Google Webmasters Blog has published a checklist for webmasters to get a better idea of their site security. A quick rundown of the steps to be performed: Check your server configuration Keep on top of the latest updates and...

Posted on September 21, 2007 9:31 AM

Since we like reporting about search in forums, we generally wait for the discussion to begin there. As such, earlier this morning, Insomniac (aka Entriple) told Barry about a flaw in Google Video and Barry suggested that it be posted...

Posted on June 12, 2007 12:23 PM