WordPress 3.6 was released on Thursday 1st August and chomping at the bit, I put aside some time to upgrade my sites on Friday morning. Hostgator problems put a spanner in the works… On 2nd August, several Endurance International Group (EIG) owned hosting companies died a death with a total unexpected outage. That included popular […]
10 Commandments of SEO [Infographic]
It’s been a while, and not a post I planned to start back blogging with. This 10 Commandments of SEO infographic with Matt Cutts of Google’s Webspam team as Moses just made me chuckle. While I am not sure Matt would appreciate the orange robes and sandals, and I am sure some others would be […]
If Plan A Fails – A Lesson Learnt The Hard Way
You know when you have one of those days when technology just does not want to work with you? I had one of those days this week and I thought I would share it with you. Even doing this stuff day in day out does not make me immune to brain farts or technology gremlins. […]
Google Plus Comments For WordPress Blogs [Video]
Regular readers may have noticed a slight change to the blog. Yes, I have gone social and added Google Plus comments… Google Plus Comments Plugin The plugin I opted for was Google+ Comments by Brandon Holtsclaw. It’s available through the WordPress plugin repository. I’m still in two minds about keeping the plugin, so would love […]
Liebster Award – My 11 Questions Answered
I was really surprised and honoured to receive a Liebster blog award nomination from Carlana at Sage Consulting. I found Carlana’s blog through the Ultimate Blog Challenge and it’s become a regular on my reading list, she has tonnes of great information. Do pop over to her nominees blog post, there are some amazing blogs […]
Does Content Matter More Than Design?
Does Content Matter? Take me out for a coffee and get me chatting about “web design” and no doubt you will hear me groan as you ask for swish sliders and more rotating or swirly things in sidebars than I care to count. I’ll often say I am not a web designer – I’m not. […]
Google Authorship – How To Get Your Photo In The Search Results
ContentsWhat Is Google Authorship?Stand Out In SearchHow To Get Your Photo In The Search ResultsConnect your website to your Google+ Profile What Is Google Authorship? There’s been a lot of noise about Google Authorship and even Author Rank over the last few weeks. Authorship is a way for Google to know who you are and […]