A couple of weeks ago, Yoast hired you as a freelancer to expand the work you do on WordPress core. Can you explain this move and what it enables you to do? And what do you hope to get out of it personally? For some time now, I have been working on WordPress core in […]
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Whether you’re a website owner or a website visitor, everyone wants a fast loading website which can carry out sensitive exchanges of information securely. In 2014, Google announced that it was beginning to use HTTPS as a ranking signal, signalling an increased emphasis on secure connections from the world’s biggest search engine. Then, last month, the news came that Google’s Chrome
WordPress has quickly become the go-to solution for creating web sites and blogs on the internet today. However, is this a massive trend that is getting out of control? Does every site you create need to have a full WordPress installation behind it, along with a custom theme and premium plugins? For anyone that is
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His name is Joeke-Remkus de Vries, but you can call him Remkus. You might know him by his online handle DeFries and you could have run into him at one of the many WordCamps around the world. Remkus is a well-known and respected figure in the WordPress community and we’re glad to offer him the possibility
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You want to know whether your blog is doing well, right? Whether those posts you work so hard on are attracting traffic, and where that traffic is actually coming from? Whether your last marketing campaign was a smashing success or an unfortunate bomb? Because if you don’t know whether what you’re doing is working, you’re
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Editor’s Note: The following is the final article in a three-part series titled, “What Is WordPress Multisite and How Can It Help You?” Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. In the previous two parts, we introduced you to new concepts in WordPress Multisite that a single site installation does not have. In this
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If you’re new to the business of SEO and are just figuring out how to optimize your WordPress site for search, navigating the landscape of SEO can seem like a nightmare. You’ll have seen a thousand different articles on SEO: on-page optimization tips, off-page optimization tips, SEO basics, email marketing tips, etc. online and implemented them – only to
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If you are a blogger, business owner, or entrepreneur, you need to have a toolbox of resources at your fingertips to help you organize and plan your business tasks. With everything being mobile these days, it’s wise to have a list of great business apps that can help you make your business more successful, more
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Editor’s Note: The following is Part 2 in a three-part series titled, “What Is WordPress Multisite and How Can It Help You?” If you have not read it already, go read Part 1 in this series, as it introduces the new terms WordPress uses for its Multisite environment. It also provides a high-level view of what
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Rel tags are powerful tags that can be added to a website to signal a relationship between the current webpage and the webpage to which the tag links. Using these tags properly can help you stay clear of duplicate content penalties, primarily by informing search engines of the original page and the pages that are
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