A website is one of the most essential digital assets of a business. If you have a website, it means that you welcome greater opportunities for your business. Likewise, it also increases and builds your reputation with your customers. Building a website doesn’t come free. You need to purchase web hosting services so your site
[Continue Reading...]Ask Nile: Is Yoast SEO Premium worth the money?
Here’s the thing. There’s nothing wrong with Yoast SEO Premium. It’s pretty handy and you’re supporting a great development team. You can purchase Yoast SEO Premium for $89 per year. What you need to ask – what are you currently doing for your SEO plan, and what do you need? Does Yoast SEO premium have
[Continue Reading...]Happy 18th Birthday, WordPress!
Wow! WordPress has been around for 18 years now? I can remember when I was converting my b2 cafelog blog over to the beta version of WordPress, so many years ago. It’s been a long journey, and I’ve been grateful to meet thousands of WordPress users in-person, at WordCamps and other blogging and social media
[Continue Reading...]Dear WordPressers: Plugins aren’t Pokémon
Dear WordPressers: Plugins are NOT Pokemon. You do not need to collect them all. Sure, I could just leave this there, but honestly, there are a lot of people, of beginner and intermediate levels that have made this mistake. How do I know? Well, part of my job is working with people to clean their
[Continue Reading...]Ask Nile: How often should you submit your site to Google?
This Ask Nile question is all about asking about how often should you submit your site to Google. That’s a pretty valid question, as not everyone understands how Google Search Console works. Usually, they just learn that they need to add their site to Google Search Console and submit a sitemap. However, some people do
[Continue Reading...]What are the Benefits of a High Speed Optimized Website?
I’ve read a lot of articles on what are the benefits of a high speed optimized site, and some people really stretch their lists out. I’m going to keep it a bit simple here and explain why you should have a speedier site, how to tell if your site is fast, and maybe a few
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