Stories about ‘Optimization’


By Brett Bumeter

Since July, I have been experiencing CPU usages on my Virtual Dedicated Server.  In July, my host InMotion Hosting, whom I have had an excellent relationship with for over 3 years, recommended that I should move to a ‘new faster server’ and they would migrate my accounts for free.

Sounded good, I asked a few questions,...

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By Brett Bumeter

During an SEO meetup meeting, I heard a referral for UserTesting.com.  Its a service that charges $29 to provide a website owner with both a video and written review of the usability or navigability of their website.

They charge $29 and pay a person $10 to capture screen video of their navigation of the site.  I think this could be a useful service for...

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By Brett Bumeter

There are many different theories on how to be a successful blogger and optimize a blog. One of the more comprehensive guidelines that I have found is the   . . .

SEO for WordPress – The Complete Guide

It offers a number of excellent tips, structures, and plugins to help a new or even an existing blog get a very good start.

The guide covers the following areas with a number...

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If you have a WordPress blog and you still scraping your head trying to find out why you’ve been attacked by the Penguin although you did nothing wrong, it just might relate to your blog’s theme or plugins.

I recently revealed that there are much more than a few WordPress plugins, widgets and themes that injects hidden links into the page! Google clearly stating on its content guidelines for webmasters that hidden links are a violation of its guidelines which may even result a complete removal from Google index!

Some plugins’ developers insert the hidden links so they...
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Omri Shabat has put together a great article identifying one of the sources of pain stemming from the recent Google Penguin updates.  He lists a number of plugins and themes that you should definitely review to insure that your website isn’t being targeted by Google.  He also mentions a great plugin the Theme Authenticity Checker (TAC) plugin on WordPress that helps...

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By Brett Bumeter

OK, look, Google did what they did to PR.  That was only one cog in the wheel of what drives value on the internet.  If all of your force was on PR, then you need to diversify your blogging tactics and fight back to regain ground.

So what are you going to do to diversify your tactics, methods, revenue streams and ability...

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