A #SEO Crash Course: 31 Articles in 31 Days

Thirty-one articles for the next 31 days. Read one a day and you’ll lower your learning curve on the latest developments and the enduring fundamentals in SEO.

All before Christmas.
Enjoy, and please share!

1. The Periodic Table Of SEO Success Factors
http://searchengineland.com/seotable/

2. The SEO Fundamentals Pyramid
http://moz.com/blog/whiteboard-friday-the-seo-fundamentals-pyramid

3. Link Building – How to Build Links for Free
http://www.wordstream.com/link-building

4. How to Write the In-Depth Articles that Google Loves
http://www.copyblogger.com/in-depth-article-ranking/

5. How to Create Cornerstone Content That Google Loves
http://www.copyblogger.com/how-to-create-cornerstone-content-that-google-loves/

6. Pop Quiz: What Makes a Great Web Writer?
http://thecopybot.com/2011/07/great-web-writer/

7. A 3-Step Process for Painless Keyword Research
http://www.copyblogger.com/content-marketing-research-4/

8. Metatags and SEO
http://www.stonetemple.com/articles/metatags-and-seo.shtml

9. The Future of PageRank: 13 Experts on the Dwindling Value of the Link
http://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2014/02/25/pagerank

10. 3 Reasons Your SEO & Social Media Teams Need to Cooperate
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericenge/2014/11/06/3-reasons-your-seo-social-media-teams-need-to-cooperate/

11. 10 Steps a Local Business Can Take Today to Improve Search Rankings
http://www.copyblogger.com/local-seo/

12. Hummingbird’s Unsung Impact on Local Search
http://moz.com/blog/local-hummingbird-results

13. How to Perform the Ultimate Local SEO Audit
http://moz.com/blog/ultimate-local-seo-audit

14. SEO is Dead: Long Live OC/DC
http://www.copyblogger.com/ocdc/

15. Could Mobile Responsive Website Design Hurt Your SEO?
http://www.copyblogger.com/mobile-responsive-seo/

16. 5 Steps to Getting More Targeted Website Traffic with SEO Copywriting
http://www.copyblogger.com/seo-copywriting-tips/

17. FAQ: All About The New Google “Hummingbird” Algorithm
http://searchengineland.com/google-hummingbird-172816

18. 21 Best FREE SEO Tools for On-Page Optimization
http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2303494/21-Best-FREE-SEO-Tools-for-On-Page-Optimization

19. 16 marketers on the metrics that matter
http://blog.raventools.com/seo-metrics-roundup/

20. Panda 4.1 Analysis and Findings – Affiliate Marketing, Keyword Stuffing, Security Warnings, and Deception Prevalent
http://www.hmtweb.com/marketing-blog/panda-4-1-analysis/

21. Google Organic Click-Through Rates in 2014
http://moz.com/blog/google-organic-click-through-rates-in-2014

22. Content Quality Score: Google’s Best Kept Secret For Rankings
http://macedynamics.com/research/content-quality-score/

23. Site Architecture & Search Engine Success Factors
http://searchengineland.com/guide/seo/site-architecture-search-engine-ranking

24. Why You Need a Seriously Fast Website
http://www.copyblogger.com/website-speed-matters/

25. 3 Myths About Duplicate Content
https://blog.kissmetrics.com/myths-about-duplicate-content/

26. A reminder about selling links that pass PageRank
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-reminder-about-selling-links.html

27. How To Fix Your Website When You’ve Violated Google’s Quality Guidelines
https://blog.kissmetrics.com/violated-googles-quality-guidelines/

28.50+ Ways to Increase the Domain Authority of Your Site
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/50-ways-to-increase-the-domain-authority-of-your-site-infographic/77281/

29. What if Author Rank Never Happens?
http://www.copyblogger.com/author-rank/

30. A Content Marketing Strategy That Works
http://www.copyblogger.com/content-marketing-strategy/

31. The Unique Relationship Between Email and SEO
http://thecopybot.com/2011/09/email-seo/

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Note: for this you need an active internet connection as the software downloads latest Huawei software from Huawei portal.

Once update is over, you can install the dashboard software ( present in the first downloaded archive )

This will update the web UI ( where you connect to the web change settings etc)

And you are done. Now you can use any sim in your Huawei wingle device ( Idea calls it as smartwifi 🙂 )

After unlocking am using BSNL 3G Sim in my device

its delivering good speed and Bsnl offers affordable packages while others give 3GB for 650, Bsnl has prepaid package of 5GB for 550

I am not a great hacker. But i found some flaws on ecommerce website which is very common even among the top tier ecommerce merchants in India. I have reported all the below in an ethical way to their security teams / founders. Here are the reponses from them just fYI to know how ecommerce companies in India care about their system and security.

The error

A simple error that every programmer makes, focuses on client side validation but no server side validation. Simply the shopping cart system accepts negated quantity values leading to lesser cart amount.

I have reported the same to three ecommerce merchants.

1. Myntra – Took the issue very seriously accepted that its an issue on their system and solved on high priority. Gave me a bounty for reporting 🙂 too
2. Snapdeal – According to snapdeal that was no issue at all. The security team mailed me saying  The orders are not fulfilled in these cases
3. Yepme – All the reports vanished into thin air and issue still exists

Here are the responses from each

Myntra

Myntra’s security team got in touch in 10-20 mins. They asked for a clear definition of what it is. Got an email from Abhinav, the AVP – Product engineering from Myntra appreciating the ethical disclosure and assured some bounty. They solved the issues in a day. Got teh appreciation message from Myntra CTO Mr. Shaimik Sharma and he told they are always happy to hear about such disclosure which make them improve. They took it serious as they clearly understood that if its widely done then it can affect their complete stock calculations, even though their fraud protection systems will catch the very low order values of highly valued products. Also after solving the issues they cancelled the order and all cashback and points in my account was reversed with negative values which in turn pointed some flaws there too.  This is how Myntra.com dealt with it giving the error on their system an importance and solving it on high priority.

Attaching some screenshots for your ref:

 

Snapdeal

According to snapdeal that was no issue at all. The security team mailed me saying   The orders are not fulfilled in these cases, let us know if you could have the order fulfilled. We already have checks to handle these cases.

Areeee… Yaar i was not reporting that people can purchase and the order is fulfilled i was reporting some issue which could mess up your system. Its your systems fault!. A flaw in an ecommerce system doesnt mean that you can always purchase something for free 😛

And the funny n best part is they didnt accept that as the error in their system. but they solved for it. – Aree yaar you should have admitted that,  i never demanded any chocolates from you as bounty :-p

Screenshots:

Yepme

 

No response at all and the issue still exists

 

 An error never means that you have loss of money, data or performance. It simply means a fault in your code !

A very few accepts the ethical disclosures in India. If we do a hack and make it public then its a big deal. Owise most of them are even not cared to reply!.

So Dear XXX & YYY, It not a BOUNTY that make such reporters happy , A kind word of acceptance is something they value more.

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