Transcript [00:00:00] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, putting user experience at the heart of your SEO strategy. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, …
WordPress Multisite and SEO: All Your Questions Answered
One topic that comes up time and time again in the comments on our Multisite posts is SEO. People often want to know how running a Multisite network will affect SEO, both for the main site and for other sites or blogs in the network. There isn’t a simple answer to the question “How will Multisite affect my SEO?” The way in …
Bing Launches URL Submissions Plugin for WordPress
Bing has launched its first official plugin for WordPress aimed at helping site owners get their content indexed immediately. Instead of waiting for a bingbot to crawl the site, the plugin notifies Bing of any new or updated content automatically using its Submit URL API. “Bing believes that the future for search engines is less about crawling to discover content and …
How To Write Perfect Image Alt Tags In WordPress
Optimizing image alt tags can do more than improve your WordPress site’s SEO … in fact, even more important, is the fact that it can, and will, make your content more accessible to every user who visits your site. It’s often said that “an image is worth a thousand words.” But how do you describe those images in your alt …
30 Essential WordPress Plugins You Should Install If You Haven’t Already
While WordPress offers a ton of features and flexibility, there is still a lot of functionality missing from the core software. The best way to fill in the missing pieces, of course, is to get yourself the right plugins. WordPress plugins offer all kinds of customization for site admins; however, with over 55,000 options to choose from in the WordPress …
7 Reasons Why SEO Matters for Every Startup
No matter how lean your startup, you can at least afford do-it-yourself SEO.
The Complete Guide to SEO for Images
Image optimization SEO isn’t what it used to be. Google is no longer like a toddler you can entertain with a picture book with basic words. Oh no, we’re dealing with a sophisticated teenager, who not only wants a deeper meaning but also to experience the thrill of speed. And your photos better be, like, […]
Content Marketing 101: How to Drive Traffic, Win Fans and Get Sales with Your Content
If you run a blog or a website with regularly updated content, then you may not realise it, but what you’re doing is content marketing. You may be reluctant to think of it this way, thinking instead of the craft of your writing or the usefulness of your content to your customers. But if you’re […]
WordPress Management: Ongoing Costs to Help You Budget
While the WordPress software itself is free (thanks to the GNU General Public License), running and maintaining a WordPress website comes at a price. Technically, you can start a blog for free on WordPress.com and never pay a penny to keep it going. But in order to be truly effective, you need to treat your […]
SEO Stressing You Out? Try One of These SEO-Friendly WordPress Themes
While tackling the subject of how to find trustworthy themes last year, I suggested that SEO-friendliness might be a feature indicative of trustworthiness. That’s because, in addition to looking great and being chock-full of features, a WordPress theme that’s conducive to search optimization is one that was clearly built by a developer that understands your […]