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WordPress Security for SEO & More

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Tips for WordPress security, important in part to insure a site doesn't disappear from Google search results. From Search Marketing Expo SMX West 2011.

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.edu ???.edu ???

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Il problema

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure– Benjamin Franklin

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Use a recent, if not the latest, WordPress version

New!

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Conosci i tuoi plugin (estensioni)

Know your plugins & themes

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adminadmin

Change the default administrator account name from “admin”

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Protect your WordPress administration area with a server level password

http://wordpress.org/

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Rename your WordPress database tables

WP Prefix Changer

http://blogsecurity.net/http://tdot­blog.com/

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3.1

Remove version information from WordPress and plugins

http://blog.ftwr.co.uk/

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La segnalazione di errori php

Hide php errorshttp://php.net/manual/

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A Few Other Considerations

● Password policy– change often

● Connections– Public Wi­fi is not secure– Use secure FTP

● Shared hosting– If hackers get into server, everything you've 

done may be in vane.

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Scansione sicurezza WordPress

Let a plugin do the work for you!

WP Security Scan

http://wordpress.org/

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Site disappears from Google or Bing?  Search Traffic drops off?

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More details...

http://www.antezeta.com/blog/top­wordpress­security­tips

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Thank you!

Sean Carlos

Web Marketing Training 

& Consulting

+1 617 765 0250 (US)+39 02 69 000 333 (ITA)

sean­carlos

@seancarlos@sean_it (ITA)

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