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News from 345 with Chuck Fields

Mar 09, 202012 minEp 345Transcript available on Metacast
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Are Your WordPress Plugins Being Hacked?

There has been an uptick in hacker attacks against WordPress sites, and the common thread running through them is the exploitation of security flaws in at least eight different popular plugins. Protect your sites! 

New Nofollow Link Policy Launched. Guest Post Penalties?

Nofollow keeps Google algorithms from learning about linking context, it is now being treated as a hint, not a command. Also, some websites are receiving manual actions for paid outbound links in guest posts. 

Big Tech Cancelling Events Due to COVID-19 Coronavirus

Google just cancelled its huge developer conference (Google I/O), following suite with other tech giants: Facebook cancelled its similar F8 event, and Amazon is not sending anyone to SXSW and other events.