How important is it to include your keywords in your domain name? For a long time now I have profited by including them for sites when I could, but it looks like those benefits may be coming to an end. According to Matt Cutts, head of Google’s webspam team, they may be changing their algorithm [...]
If you write articles that people really like, they not only will bookmark them, they may also want to print them out for future reference. For that reason, having a good printing option is a must if you want your information to spread even further. Many times when people want to print out your article [...]
The default WordPress login screen has a nice clean look to it, but there may be times where you want to customize its appearance with a custom login logo. For example, let’s say you’re creating a custom theme for someone and want to add a special touch to it. Why not add this special touch [...]
I have been asked several times how I added the Facebook share and Twitter retweet widgets to the posts on this blog so I thought I would post exactly how I did this. Before I start, there are a few things I should mention. First, anyone who knows me knows that I won’t use a [...]
Customizing a WordPress site with custom post types can be a wonderful thing. Custom post types make it possible to do things that could not be done with earlier versions of WP. I recently had a project where I implemented this new feature and feel it is worth sharing how I got everything to work. [...]
The WordPress database is often overlooked in any type of optimization process. This is a shame because the database is the core of any WordPress site and its health and wellness will carry over to other parts of your blog. There really is no set schedule on how often you should optimize your database, but [...]
They say WordPress is pretty SEO friendly right out of the box, but often there is still room for improvement. Mistakes are often made that can hinder or severely harm the overall search engine rankings of a WordPress site. 1. No canonical url set When visitors come to your site can they get there from [...]
With the increased popularity of online video combined with the massive adoption of mobile internet devices, html5 video is quickly becoming the desired standard in online video. Even though html5 video could (and should) replace flash video in most cases, its adoption among bloggers is slowed in part simply because most bloggers find embedding html5 [...]