Monthly Archives: September 2011
Your website and social media accounts can have subscribers and followers,..which one do you want to promote? First, you must understand the difference between each and how they may impact your search engine value. Website Subscribers Subscribers receive emails when new content is added to your website. You can have...
By default, WordPress allows uploading of only certain file types. You can add or remove from the default list as needed. Steps to Editing Allowable File Types in WordPress Go to Settings and select the Settings submenu. Note: On a WordPress multi-site installation, you must be in the Network Admin...
Visitors are likely to find individual blog posts on your website rather than landing on your home page. While they are reading a blog post, it is important to keep them engaged by making it easy for them to find similar or related content. This is often referred to as...
WordPress saves revisions of each blog post into the database. These additional database entries make your database larger and may cause your website to function slower. If you maintain your own WordPress website, you may consider deleting post revisions on a regular basis or turning that feature off entirely. Why...
Pages contain static content on your website and are separate from your blog posts. Pages are often used for user profiles, contact pages, testimonials, or other static and commonly linked to information. Just because the page is static does not mean that the content must never change. It is important...
RSS is a page within your website that identifies new content on your site. Subscription emails send out messages to each subscriber, notifying them of the new content. Both features automatically include a link to the specific page on your site. The settings also include an option to display your...
How can you tell that a website has been updated,..other than to comb through the pages on the site to identify what might be new? RSS feeds and RSS readers provide a solution. What is RSS? RSS Feeds A website with an RSS Feed has a page that details new...
A common mistake that we come across is the uploading of duplicate images to the WordPress media library. Uploading duplicate images into WordPress takes up storage space and unnecessarily adds to the database, both of which may cause your website to load slower. Once you upload an image to one...
WordPress SEO by Yoast is a great plug-in that contains a great way to check that your content is properly optimized for your keyword phrases. This tool can help any beginner effectively write blog posts. Below are instructions for using the WordPress SEO by Yoast plug-in to optimize blog posts....
Video blogging is increasing in popularity. Below are some video blogging SEO tips to help you get better ranking for video content. YouTube YouTube is a great place to upload your videos. The site is crawled frequently by search engines and ranks well. Pay close attention when entering the title...