One of the SEO questions we commonly hear is, “Can the speed of your website affect SEO?” As of August 2021, Google indicated that as part of the Page Experience Update, certain factors that correlate with a fast loading site would be considered in ranking. These Core Web Vitals that you should pay attention to […]
Does the Hosting Server Location Affect SEO?
Google “Penalties” Don’t Always Work How You Think
Why aren’t big brand websites hit with “duplicate content penalties” or other ranking demotions for technical faults? There are several reasons negative factors in SEO negative aspects don’t work in the real world how you’ve been taught. The biggest thing a website or an individual web page must do is let searcher accomplish their intended […]
3 Ways to Optimize Images for SEO
Optimizing images for SEO often gets overlooked. We look at three things you should do for every image that you use on your website, and how each of these things can improve your SEO and user experience.
Shared Hosting Won’t Cut It For Your E-commerce Site
I’m going to cut right to the chase. Shared hosting is inadequate for your e-commerce site. Period. End of story. As a site owner, I admire the fact that you’ve made it this far running on the hosting that you’ve had. But that hosting company you’re with? The one that’s less than $20 a month? […]
Best Managed WordPress Hosting Companies
Managed WordPress hosting has become a hot product over the last few years. The advantages of good hosting are that your site will load faster, making your customers happy, and helping you rank higher in search engines. Many businesses start out with $10/month shared hosting, which generally sucks. Cheap shared hosting makes money for the […]
Integrating Google AMP and WordPress
In October of 2015, Google debuted a new project called AMP, or Accelerated Mobile Pages. The project is open-source, with other companies like Adobe, Twitter, Vox Media, BBC, The Guardian, and The New York Times also contributing to this project. So what is AMP? And why does it exist? For the last few years, web […]
The Truth About Slow Web Pages
Here’s a truth about slow websites that business owners don’t want to hear. Page speed directly affects how well your website supports your business objectives. There are two critical ways that slow web pages impact your business. First, page speed affect whether your potential customers become actual customers or not. A 2010 study by Gomez.com […]
SEO Is A Long Term Process
I was recently at a networking event with some other business owners, when the subject of local SEO came up. What I heard these businesspeople express were some common misconceptions about what search optimization is all about. I think most folks believe if you pay a marketing company a certain amount each month, they can […]
Load Google Fonts Asynchronously For Page Speed
Web developers who are mindful of user experience, performance, and SEO pay attention to page speed. If you’ve ever tested your website on
Using Kraken.io For WordPress Image Optimization
Before reading any further, let’s answer the question: Why do you need to optimize the images on your website in the first place? If you’re using your website to generate revenue for your business, then increasing conversions on your site, and increasing the number of warm leads that come to your website are things you […]