Just read this from Google Webmaster Central Blog. Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: HTTPS as a ranking signal Google is now starting to use HTTPS as a ranking signal. According to Google, it is only a very lightweight signal affecting fewer than 1% of global queries. Have you adopted HTTPS on your website? If not, will you adopt HTTPS since then?

Amazon has rolled out a new feature called #AmazonCart that allows Twitter users to add items to their Amazon shopping cart without leaving Twitter. Now when you tweet an Amazon product link with your Store ID, Twitter users can add the item directly to their Carts by replying to your tweet with #AmazonCart. Any purchase that occurs as a result of a Cart added via #AmazonCart will be attributed to your Store ID and therefore eligible to earn commissions. Sounds great, right? Now you can earn co

Facebook has entered into an agreement to purchase the popular messaging app WhatsApp for a whopping $19 billion. Facebook to Pay $19 Billion for WhatsApp - WSJ.com "WhatsApp is on a path to connect 1 billion people. The services that reach that milestone are all incredibly valuable," said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO. "I've known Jan for a long time and I'm excited to partner with him and his team to make the world more open and connected." Jan Koum, WhatsApp co-founder and CE

Does Google use Twitter or Facebook social signals to rank pages? The question that confuses SEOers a lot finally got a definite answer. Google's head of search spam, Matt Cutts, released a video today answering the question. The short answer is NO. Here is the video: Are pages from social media sites ranked differently?

If you monetize your blog using Google AdSense, then this is great news for you. Google has released an official Google plugin for publishers that supports AdSense and Webmaster Tools with more services to be added in the future. It allows you to easily add AdSense ads to your site to make money from advertising and verify your site with Webmaster Tools with just one click. So far, the plugin has been downloaded over 3,000+ times in the past week and received 4.1 out of 5 star rating. You can