If you want your WordPress site to rank higher in search engine results, you’ll need to learn a new way of looking at your site’s SEO. Why? Because search engines (like Google) are in the early stages of a massive change in how they rank search engine results. At the same time, the search engines aren’t changing ...…
Your WordPress site is up and running, then one day you take a look… and wonder how to change it. The fastest way is to change your theme… so how do you do that? Ask yourself this first… Why do I want to change this WordPress theme? Do I want a slide show? Maybe a different header graphic? Am I ...…
WordPress Caching Plugins Episode 3: Week of 08/08/2011 Welcome to Episode #3 of our podcast… “Plugins Worth Plug’n In!” This week we focus on plugins to help speed up your WordPress site, in particular… Caching Plugins. If you haven’t installed a caching plugin, your WordPress site is running slower than it should be. Caching plugins come in all shapes ...…
The Facebook comments social plugin was a huge trend not too long ago. We jumped on the bandwagon as well. As with all tools, however, we should have been more selective in how we used them and where we used them. First, we started noticing that many great blogs aren’t using them. In fact, they never ...…
**** UPDATE Please note: timthumb.php is NOT a virus or malware. It’s a useful file, used by many WordPress themes to handle image sizing. It’s necessary and you shouldn’t delete it (unless you know what you are doing). If you are a developer, you can find the most recently updated timthumb.php file here. For more details see the ...…
WordPress Organizing Plugins Episode 2: Week of 8/02/2011 Welcome to Episode #2 of our podcast… “Plugins Worth Plug’n In!” This week we focus on plugins to help organize your WordPress site. If you have a ton of pages to keep track of or want a great way to display posts to your visitors… you’ll love this episode! (Watch “WordPress Plugins ...…
Did you know you could use your Google Profile to improve your own search engine rankings? Generating great content is a solid start, but it’s not quite enough for great SEO (and great rankings)! You need to let Google know that YOU are the Author… the creator of genuine content. When you do this, Google looks at ...…
WordPress Security Plugins Episode 1: Week of 7/25/2011 Welcome to Episode #1 of our new podcast… “Plugins Worth Plug’n In!” Every week we’ll cover a few plugins that you may not have heard about. This week we focus on Security plugins. (Watch “WordPress Security Plugins” on YouTube Show Notes for: Episode 1: Week of 7/25/2011 Here’s a brief summary of the ...…
WordPress has many terrific uses. Like many of the visitors who read this site, you may be looking for a way to make a little money online (or more than a little!). Affiliate marketing is one such way… If you don’t want to create your own products and would rather help others sell theirs, affiliate marketing ...…
This is the age-old debate! Should you spend a few bucks and pay for a premium (paid) theme, or should you scrounge around looking for something free. What’s better for your WordPress site? The answer is… BOTH. Yeah, it sounds like a political way out of the argument, but let us state the case. Our journey with WordPress started because ...…
