Website Optimization

How to Pick WordPress Theme and Page Builder

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WordPress has become an increasingly popular Content Management System (CMS) since it was first released to the public in 2003. Its flexibility, ease of use, and constant updates make it a solid choice for many different websites, both small and large. It is estimated that 20% of all self-hosted websites are powered by WordPress and …

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Planning and Executing a Succesful Site Migration

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There may come a time when your business decides, whether through desire of necessity, to make wholesale changes to the back-end of its website. These changes can be performed in a few different ways, but in most cases, it will have to undergo some sort of site migration process. A site migration can take on …

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We Love and Hate WordPress Plugins

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WordPress, being the go-to CMS (Content Management System) for both personal and corporate use, does have limitations when it comes to its core functionality. When we want to add features to a WP site, a plugin can supplement the core features of WordPress without extensive coding and server settings. When they work well, plugins can …

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Google Focuses on Mobile First – So Should You

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The nuts and bolts of web design normally boil down to what looks best when a visitor views your site. The problem is, there are different platforms where someone can look at a website: a home PC, laptop, tablet, mobile phone, or even an IOT (Internet of Things) device like your refrigerator. It is important …

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Building Smart From the Ground Up – SEO and Site Architecture

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Just like in commercial or residential construction, good site architecture is based on a strong foundation at the base, and supporting structures that keep the entire thing from collapsing. In the case of a website, the foundation is the home page, and the structures that keep it all together are based around internal linking. Site …

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How Technical Details May Be Holding Your Site Back?

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It can be extremely frustrating to go to a website and have a horrible experience, whether through slow site speed, broken links, or incorrectly categorized pages. All of these factors and more can keep visitors from finding what they need from your site, and search engines take that into account. The technical details of a …

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Website Images – Best Practices for SEO

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As everyday web browsing technology improves, it is possible, and sometimes expected, that websites contain graphically intensive content that attracts viewers with color and intensity. Graphic designers play a large part in the look and feel of a website, but their concern is usually only how the site looks, not how it performs in loading …

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Site Speed, User Experience, and SEO

It was a common story a few years ago. You search for something on your phone, click on what looks to be the best answer, and the page loads so slowly you exit back to your search results. Did this page deserve its place at the top of the list in Google? It may have …

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The Technical SEO Audit

Websites are made out of a lot of different pieces, and each one wants to be treated like a special snowflake. Every page or post has its own content, every category has its relevant content, and the website that contains all of them contains broad strokes which can produce sitewide ramifications for all of them. …

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