It’s exciting when readers of your blog take the time to leave comments on your posts. It’s often what makes the arduous process of creating content feel totally worth it at the end of the day. Of course, you could always see how many people visited your posts in Google Analytics, but there is something […] View original post at …
Review: Is Google’s New Mobile Sites Certification Worth it?
Google provides a huge suite of products designed to support the digital activities of web developers, Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Google Tag Manager and Google Optimize just to name a few. But did you know that Google also offers certification programs for its major products? Until recently, Google offered certification programs for Google Analytics […] View original post at …
What the New Webmention and Annotation W3C Standards Mean for WordPress
Commenting on blog posts and other website articles is a divisive topic in web circles. WPMU DEV has as many articles about dispensing with comments altogether as it does with fostering conversation through WordPress! I am firmly in the blogs-as-conversation camp, so I was excited to learn about two new standards seeking to enhance conversation […] View original post at …
Gutenberg Editor Review: Please Don’t Include This in WordPress Core
Much of my time on here generally focuses around reviewing and comparing a handful of WordPress themes or plugins against one another. In today’s post, however, I want to take a closer look at one new WordPress plugin: the Gutenberg editor plugin. Some of you may be wondering what makes this plugin so special that […] View original post at …
Review: Is The SEO Framework the Best Free SEO Plugin?
When it comes to SEO and WordPress plugins, there’s plenty of choice. The reality is, though, that most users tend to fall back on the most obvious and popular choices without giving much attention to the up-and-comers. Besides our own SEO plugin SmartCrawl (which is currently in the midst of a pretty exciting development update!) and […] View original post at …
9 Plugins to Encourage User-Generated Content Submissions on Your WordPress Site
There are a number of reasons why companies use content marketing to power their lead generation efforts. While a business’s services or products are what a customer ultimately needs from them, a high-quality content offering increases the value of that company’s solution. Content marketing helps businesses establish themselves as thought leaders and stay top-of-mind with […] View original post at …
Should Your Website Have Sidebars? What the Research Says
I think it was Shakespeare who once said, “To sidebar, or not to sidebar, that is the question.” Shakespeare was a smart dude. He knew that the best way to go about making a major life decision was to stop, take a moment to think through the potential consequences of that choice, and speak it […] View original post at …
Google PageSpeed Insights Now Recommending Lossy Image Compression
It’s time to start optimizing your images for lossy compression if you haven’t already because Google PageSpeed Insights has quietly started recommending this form of image optimization. Google has updated the documentation for its popular pagespeed insights tool to include lossy image compression. Fortunately, you can compress the images on your WordPress website and go lossy in just […] View original post at …
10 Reasons Why Your Domains and WordPress Should Be Kept Separate
There are several popular providers that offer both domains and hosting for WordPress. For over a decade, the standard advice has suggested you should forgo convenience and keep your domains and hosting separate. It makes sense to house your site in the same place where you got your domain, especially since many providers offer seamless […] View original post at …
27 Reasons Why WordPress Crushes Squarespace Every Time
If you’ve landed on this post because you’re deciding whether to go with WordPress or Squarespace, let me make your decision easier for you: choose WordPress every time. While both provide a platform for you to build a website, they are vastly different. WordPress is used by more than 27% of all websites on the […] View original post at …