How to Set Up Google Analytics and Google Search Console with WordPress
In my book and in my online courses, I explain that you should have Google Analytics and Google Search Console (formerly called "Google Webmaster...
Is Your Website “Google Ready?”
A Simple Way to Explain SEO I was just trying to explain SEO (Search Engine Optimization) to someone in a simple way and I came...
Should Your Home Page Be Short or Long?
To Scroll or Not to Scroll... THAT is the Question! I've talked to a lot of clients and the majority of them always want a...
Is it Better to Use the “www” Version of Your Domain Name?
When setting up your domain name and website, one error I see a lot is that both the "www" and the non-www version of...
WordPress Limitations
I have a number of WordPress websites and ran into a problem at Hostgator since I have a website with a large amount of...
Google’s Disavow Tool
This is interesting. If you have bad links (or what you think are bad links - not everyone is thinking correctly when they do this...
How to Survive Hosting Downtime
This is something I posted at Webstix but I thought it was something worth posting separately here. There are ways to minimize damage if...
Glossary of Internet and Web Terminology
Anchor Synonymous with hyperlinks, anchor refers to non-linear links among documents. Or more simply put, it's the word or phrase that can be...
Remove All Instances of Thumbs.db on Your Linux Web Server
I help run a few web servers and one thing that bugs me is when you end up with all these Thumbs.db files hanging...
Redirect Examples Using .htaccess
I'm happy to say that after a lot of research, trial and error, and pulling out of my hair, I found some good mod_rewrite...
