When it comes to choosing a website hosting platform, we prefer working with WordPress from an SEO perspective. However, we understand that working with WordPress can seem intimidating, especially if you don’t have experience with building a website from scratch. That’s where page builder plugins come in. There are a number of page builder plugins […]
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This past summer, we shared Google’s announcement that “page experience signals would be included in Google Search ranking.” This new performance evaluation is meant to ensure users have the best and most helpful search experience possible. Google did give plenty of advanced notice prior to the May 2021 rollout of this new experience evaluation — which combines
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Since 2019, Google has been working with WordPress to incorporate the ability to generate XML sitemaps. Google’s Pascal Birchler recently announced that “in WordPress 5.5, a new feature is being introduced that adds basic, extensible XML sitemaps functionality in WordPress core.” Here’s what you need to know about this exciting new development and how to
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When you’re looking to launch a new website, two of the most important decisions you’ll need to make first are to choose: Your domain name. The domain name is your website’s address. Where you’re going to host your website. The web host is the place where all of your website files are located. There are
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When I’m auditing a website, I always recommend placing a conversion form somewhere in the design so that it appears on every page of the site. I often get questioned about my logic behind this, which is twofold: 1) Making the user perform an additional click and page load in order to get to your
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The amount of new TLDs being added to the web is consistently growing. We’ve come a long way from being limited to the typical .com or .org; now imaginations can run wild with all the gTLDs available to register. Generic top level domains (gTLDs) can be an effective way to help your site stand out in
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Google Search Console, formerly known as Google Webmaster Tools, is an essential free service offered by Google to all site owners. It is designed to help site owners maintain and monitor their site’s presence in Google search results. It also has a number of other excellent uses that we’re going to go over with you
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People often ask me why I recommend developing websites in WordpPress. Well, here’s why: WordPress Websites Are User-Friendly WordPress makes it super easy for my clients to update their own websites. Most clients don’t want to have to contact their web developer just to change two words on a page. And frankly, I don’t want
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I was asked the following question today: Would you recommend that whenever a WordPress update is issued its users should upgrade their website immediately? My answer is a resounding YES. Why Update WordPress? WordPress updates are often issued for the purposes of fixing potential security issues. My favorite podcast, SEO 101, recently noted that if
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