Page Speed Obsession … What I learned
I read this post about how to improve the speed of your site and quickly became obsessed with Google PageSpeed Insights. My goal was to exceed post-author Raelene Wilson’s 91 and if possible reach her...
View ArticleIs your Host providing what your WordPress site needs?
There are a number of things that you should be aware of when setting up hosting for a WordPress site. But, if you just want great, secure, and fast WordPress hosting and you don’t want to concern...
View ArticleOptimize your WordPress Media library – Load Images Faster
We all know that when a website crawls…. we aren’t going to wait around. All too quickly we give up and click away. My last post was about how to test your page speed and improve your WordPress site’s...
View Article8 Secrets to Reduce Bounce Rate and Improve User Experience
As a blogger or business owner you want to not only attract visitors to your website but you want to keep them there as long as possible, navigating from page to page and post to post consuming your...
View Article3 things you need to do when Google suspects “This site may be hacked”
If Google ever suspects that your website has been hacked they will begin to warn potential visitors in the search results. Needless to say, if Google search results label your website as hacked — it...
View ArticleHow to make your website accessible | AODA Compliance
AODA Compliance You may have heard that you need to make your website accessible for AODA compliance (The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act). Web accessibility obligations came into...
View ArticleGoogle Penguin and SEO Link Checking – What you need to know
It has been widely rumored that we should expect Google to run a Penguin update in the beginning of 2016. Let me begin by explaining what Penguin is, then we’ll talk about how you can check if you need...
View ArticleCustomizing Jetpack’s Related Posts
Jetpack is one WordPress plugin that I install on most projects. It is packed full of great features. One of the best things about Jetpack is the Related Posts feature. Jetpack’s Related Posts, unlike...
View ArticleCreate SEO Friendly Images in WordPress with alt text
An often overlooked part of on-page SEO is image optimization. I’m not talking about optimizing the images themselves so that the images will load faster—this post is about how to create SEO friendly...
View ArticleAbove the Fold Content and The Twenty-Seventeen Theme
This year’s WordPress default theme is the Twenty-Seventeen theme. This theme is an example of the current web design trend to showcase a large image full screen. My first reaction on seeing...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL)
Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) takes effect on July 1, 2014. This legislation will help reduce unwanted emails from appearing in consumers’ inboxes by requiring companies to gain consent. If you...
View ArticleBefore you click publish | Blogging Checklist
If you’re a new blogger, you’ve probably experience this yourself — hit the publish button on a post and then realized — “Oops! I forgot to shorten my permalink!” or “The post is uncategorized!”…...
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