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WordPress gives you amazingly powerful SEO tools: this hands-on guide will help you make the most of them! Written specifically for WordPress users, this guide covers all you need: built-in WordPress capabilities, third-party plugins, well-integrated web resources, and more. Whether you manage a large-scale site or a personal blog, Jacob Aull will help you integrate SEO into all you do, from strategy through optimization of existing content. New to SEO? Already do it for a living? Either way, WordPress SEO Success will help you drive the traffic you want--and the value you need!
Jacob Aull, principal of Zen Fires Digital Marketing, has been in Internet marketing since the label existed. He began doing web design and branding in the late ‘90s as an agency partner. While transitioning deeper into online and search marketing, he earned an M.S. in marketing from Georgia State’s Robinson College of Business in 2009. There he customized his own degree program, executing an independent capstone thesis on social media marketing. In 2010, the university asked him to write and teach its first course on social media marketing, which he continues today. Aull edited Prentice Hall’s first social media marketing textbook, and wrote its accompanying instructor’s manual. He co-founded and chaired the Atlanta Interactive Marketing Association Social Media SIG, and speaks widely on social and search marketing.
A Strategic SEO Upfront Content Approach for WordPress SEO Success
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Introduction 1
Why a Book? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SEO and the World Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1 What Is SEO and Do I Really Need It? 3
A Day in Your Life... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
A (Brief) History of SEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
What’s the Long Tail—and Just How Long Is It? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Fifteen “WordPress SEO Success” Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
What Makes WordPress WordPress? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Content Strategies and Keyword Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
What Drives the Search Results You Receive? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Attributes of Search Engine Results Listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
The Backstory on Backlinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SEO Ethics and the Hats We Wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2 The Search Engines, WordPress, and SEO Tools 23
What’s the Word on WordPress? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Is WordPress Better (or Easier) for SEO? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SEO Approaches for Starting Your Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Integrating SEO During Test-Site Build . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Installing Temporary WordPress Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Choosing Plug-ins for Customized WordPress Websites and Blogs . . . . .. . 38
Essential SEO Technologies, Tools, and Plug-ins for WordPress Sites .. . . 40
SEO Comprehensive Management Plug-ins for WordPress . 42
3 A Strategic SEO Upfront Content Approach 45
Step 1. Conduct Digital Audits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
What Should You Check These Sites For? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
The Tools to Use for Your Audit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
What Should a Good Competitive Audit Look Like? . . . . . 53
Step 2: Write Your Strategy Brief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Compromises in Digital Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Step 3: Identify and Research Your Keywords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Step 4: Plan Network Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Step 5: Sitemapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Identifying the Different Roles of Web and Blogsites . . . . . . . . . 69
SEO Value and Authority-Based Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Step 6: Assessing Content and Keyword Relationships . . . . . . . 75
What To Do and What Not To Do for Web Content . . . . 75
Associating Best Keywords to Web Pages or Blog Posts . . 76
Step 7: Writing the SEO Page Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
The SEO Page Form Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
4 WordPress On-Page Architecture and Basic SEO Execution 81
WordPress.com, WordPress.org—Which Way Do I Go? . . . . 81
WordPress On-Page Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
SEO and Low Value Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
WordPress On-Page Architecture Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Social Sharing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Social Follow Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
RSS Feeds of Social Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Out-of-the-Box Blog Social Commenting by Users . . . . . . . 88
Architecting Widgets On-Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Links and Anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Technical Aspects of WordPress.com and SEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
SEO Basic Blog Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Submitting the Sitemap File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
SEO Ranking Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Search Engine Bot Barriers and Other No-Nos . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Multiblog Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
WordPress Analytics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
WordPress.com Content Approaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Big-Picture Progression of SEO Goals and Achievements . .107
Give Me More. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
5 Real-World Blogging 109
More on Blog and Page Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Structuring Blog Post URLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Why Blog? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
The How: Planning to Blog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
When and How Often? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Shared Content Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Opportunities to Occupy More of the SERP with Social Media . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Blog Post/Content Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Videos Por Favor! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Podcasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Social Community Outreach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Pages Versus Posts for SEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Pulling from the Kitchen Sink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Google Accounts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
About Vertical Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Blog, Blog, Blog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
6 Hands-On SEO Execution (Website and Blog Builds Versus Post-Integration) 129
SEO Checklist for Full Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Make Your Site Speedy! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Before Installs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Expanded List of Search Engine Bot Barriers and Other No-Nos . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .133
Hands-On Execution for Specific Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
All-In-One SEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Yoast WordPress SEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
SEO Ultimate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Linking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
For Your 404s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
The Final Plug on SEO Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
7 Analytics for WordPress 163
Number 1 = You Win? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
The Terms of Your Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
Immediate Upfront Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Types of Results to Look For . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Social Content and Variety on the SERP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
Psychographics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
Keywords and Rank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
Caught Up in Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
Identifying Referrals and Backlinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
Just Ping Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
Which Tools Do You Need for Best Analytics? . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178
Jetpack and WordPress.com Stats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Google Webmaster Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Managing Multiple Website Accounts Within Google Analytics . . . . . . . . . .186
Additional Analytics Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186
Shortened URLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
Mobile Analytics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
Server-Side Analytics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
Final Thoughts on Expanded Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
8 Social Media Connectivity 191
Long-Term Social Media Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192
How Do Specific, Major Social Channels Impact SEO? . . . . .195
The Power of Social Reputation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Plug-ins, Widgets, and More Plug-ins! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Outside Social Site Usage with WordPress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
Wheel-and-Spoke Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
The Social Media Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
Pros and Cons of Social Media in SEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
Get It Goin’ On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
9 Going Mobile and Local 213
Where’s the Web? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Display Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
The WordPress Mobile App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
Mobile Sites or Mobile Apps? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217
Responsive Design and Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219
Mobile Site SEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221
Mobile Site Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
A Checklist for Mobile Website QA Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
Mobile Analytics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
QR Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226
Vertical Local Results in the SERP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
Local Business SEO with Apps and Directories . . . . . . . . . .230
Daily Deals Sites and Apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
Bringing It All Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236
10 PPC and Advertising 239
The Power of Paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240
Advantages and Objectives for Online Advertising . . . . . . . . . .240
Here’s the Alphabet Soup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
Online Advertising Models and Uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
Research for Advertising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246
PPC Meets SEO Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247
Strategic Research and Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
Competitive SWOTs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
SMART Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
Social Media Advertising Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
Inputs to Plan and Identify for Your Online Ad Campaign . . . . . . . .250
The Digital Target Persona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
Monitoring and Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
Where Metrics Meet Marketing Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255
Going Deeper with Advertising Measurement . . . . . . . . . . .257
Steps of Execution for Your Online Advertising Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
Landing Page Hub Approaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
Testing 1-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259
How Can I Have Advertising on my WordPress Site? . . . . . . .261
Plug-ins to Manage Placed Ads on Your WordPress Site . . . . . . . . .262
It’s a Wrap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263
11 Bringing It All Together—Testing, SEO, PPC, Social and Mobile, and Analytics 265
The Digital Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266
Putting It All Together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266
Media Beyond Search?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266
Errors and Additional Integrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267
Getting Centered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268
Don’t Forget Your Funnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
Overall Search Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272
More on Search Marketing Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276
Reputation Management—Planning for Reviews . . . . . . . .276
Drip Marketing and Marketing Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
Round Pegs, Square Holes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278
Customer Life Cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278
The Viral “Plan”? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279
The Strategy of Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279
Budgeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279
Backlink Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280
Testy, Testy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280
Potential Control Test Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281
Comparing Big Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282
How Does Your Best Audience Use Search? . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282
Search Marketing on the Next Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283
The Real Power of Multiple Media on the SERP . . . . . . . . .283
Content Marketing Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286
Content Forms for Digital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286
Online Audience Optimization (OAO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287
The Changing Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287
Oh Yeah, What About WordPress? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288
The Total Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288
It’s All About Priorities and Focus, Right? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289
12 What’s Next? The Future of SEO and WordPress 291
SEO Next Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291
Be My Fortune Teller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292
Semantic Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294
The Ongoing Role of Social Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296
Video Content and SEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300
Content and Collaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301
More on Local . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302
Going Google . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306
Augment Your Reality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
The Mobile Tomorrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
The Future of WordPress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313
Finally… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317
A WordPress Plug-ins 319
B Support and Education: Forums, Accreditations, Associations, Seminars, and Tech Resources 323
Glossary 327
Index 333
Pearson Education, Inc., 221 River Street, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030, (Pearson) presents this site to provide information about products and services that can be purchased through this site.
This privacy notice provides an overview of our commitment to privacy and describes how we collect, protect, use and share personal information collected through this site. Please note that other Pearson websites and online products and services have their own separate privacy policies.
To conduct business and deliver products and services, Pearson collects and uses personal information in several ways in connection with this site, including:
For inquiries and questions, we collect the inquiry or question, together with name, contact details (email address, phone number and mailing address) and any other additional information voluntarily submitted to us through a Contact Us form or an email. We use this information to address the inquiry and respond to the question.
For orders and purchases placed through our online store on this site, we collect order details, name, institution name and address (if applicable), email address, phone number, shipping and billing addresses, credit/debit card information, shipping options and any instructions. We use this information to complete transactions, fulfill orders, communicate with individuals placing orders or visiting the online store, and for related purposes.
Pearson may offer opportunities to provide feedback or participate in surveys, including surveys evaluating Pearson products, services or sites. Participation is voluntary. Pearson collects information requested in the survey questions and uses the information to evaluate, support, maintain and improve products, services or sites, develop new products and services, conduct educational research and for other purposes specified in the survey.
Occasionally, we may sponsor a contest or drawing. Participation is optional. Pearson collects name, contact information and other information specified on the entry form for the contest or drawing to conduct the contest or drawing. Pearson may collect additional personal information from the winners of a contest or drawing in order to award the prize and for tax reporting purposes, as required by law.
If you have elected to receive email newsletters or promotional mailings and special offers but want to unsubscribe, simply email information@informit.com.
On rare occasions it is necessary to send out a strictly service related announcement. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance we might send users an email. Generally, users may not opt-out of these communications, though they can deactivate their account information. However, these communications are not promotional in nature.
We communicate with users on a regular basis to provide requested services and in regard to issues relating to their account we reply via email or phone in accordance with the users' wishes when a user submits their information through our Contact Us form.
Pearson automatically collects log data to help ensure the delivery, availability and security of this site. Log data may include technical information about how a user or visitor connected to this site, such as browser type, type of computer/device, operating system, internet service provider and IP address. We use this information for support purposes and to monitor the health of the site, identify problems, improve service, detect unauthorized access and fraudulent activity, prevent and respond to security incidents and appropriately scale computing resources.
Pearson may use third party web trend analytical services, including Google Analytics, to collect visitor information, such as IP addresses, browser types, referring pages, pages visited and time spent on a particular site. While these analytical services collect and report information on an anonymous basis, they may use cookies to gather web trend information. The information gathered may enable Pearson (but not the third party web trend services) to link information with application and system log data. Pearson uses this information for system administration and to identify problems, improve service, detect unauthorized access and fraudulent activity, prevent and respond to security incidents, appropriately scale computing resources and otherwise support and deliver this site and its services.
This site uses cookies and similar technologies to personalize content, measure traffic patterns, control security, track use and access of information on this site, and provide interest-based messages and advertising. Users can manage and block the use of cookies through their browser. Disabling or blocking certain cookies may limit the functionality of this site.
This site currently does not respond to Do Not Track signals.
Pearson uses appropriate physical, administrative and technical security measures to protect personal information from unauthorized access, use and disclosure.
This site is not directed to children under the age of 13.
Pearson may send or direct marketing communications to users, provided that
Pearson may provide personal information to a third party service provider on a restricted basis to provide marketing solely on behalf of Pearson or an affiliate or customer for whom Pearson is a service provider. Marketing preferences may be changed at any time.
If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as your postal address or email address), we provide a way to correct or update that user's personal data provided to us. This can be done on the Account page. If a user no longer desires our service and desires to delete his or her account, please contact us at customer-service@informit.com and we will process the deletion of a user's account.
Users can always make an informed choice as to whether they should proceed with certain services offered by InformIT. If you choose to remove yourself from our mailing list(s) simply visit the following page and uncheck any communication you no longer want to receive: www.informit.com/u.aspx.
Pearson does not rent or sell personal information in exchange for any payment of money.
While Pearson does not sell personal information, as defined in Nevada law, Nevada residents may email a request for no sale of their personal information to NevadaDesignatedRequest@pearson.com.
California residents should read our Supplemental privacy statement for California residents in conjunction with this Privacy Notice. The Supplemental privacy statement for California residents explains Pearson's commitment to comply with California law and applies to personal information of California residents collected in connection with this site and the Services.
Pearson may disclose personal information, as follows:
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects Personal Information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this web site.
Please contact us about this Privacy Notice or if you have any requests or questions relating to the privacy of your personal information.
We may revise this Privacy Notice through an updated posting. We will identify the effective date of the revision in the posting. Often, updates are made to provide greater clarity or to comply with changes in regulatory requirements. If the updates involve material changes to the collection, protection, use or disclosure of Personal Information, Pearson will provide notice of the change through a conspicuous notice on this site or other appropriate way. Continued use of the site after the effective date of a posted revision evidences acceptance. Please contact us if you have questions or concerns about the Privacy Notice or any objection to any revisions.
Last Update: November 17, 2020