Jetpack is one of the most versatile plugins you can use on your WordPress site. I think every blogger can benefit from this plugin. Jetpack does the work of 10-20 plugins in one. And because it is built by Automattic, the folks who build WordPress, you can be sure that it will be compatible with your site. […]
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SEO For Bloggers
Last month, I went to a fairly hugemongous blogging conference. Besides getting to meet many blogging friends in real life, which was a lot of fun (read getting to see a bunch of middle age folks singing karaoke like no one was watching) the most valuable thing I got out of the conference was the […]
3 Easy Steps to Setup Akismet and Eliminate Comment Spam
I just got back from an amazing blogging conference called Blog U. I was there in the capacity of “Design Lab,” which was a brilliant idea by the conference creators to offer a help desk for bloggers. They could schedule a 20 minute session and discuss any questions they might have. I have been humbled hearing the […]
3 Easy Steps To Secure Your Blog
One of my favorite jobs, is tweaking and fixing people’s blogs. I love to dig into the code, pick things apart, isolate the problem and then fix it. I love it so much that sometimes I get lost in the looking and the researching and the fixing. But one thing stops me cold every. single. […]
The Easiest WordPress Yoast SEO Plugin Tutorial for Bloggers
As a blogger, you hear a lot of talk about SEO, sometimes you get it, sometimes you don’t. (If you don’t, it’s Search Engine Optimization – getting the search engine crawlers to see what you want them to see, determine you are an expert in your field and to stick you up there towards the top […]