We all know that faster is better but how fast is fast enough? The unsatisfying, squishy answer is, as fast as you can make it without sacrificing the user experience. If you want a number from …
Don’t Take the Web for Granted
If you own a website, you are taking part in the most advanced communications experiment the world has ever known. In most parts of the US, access to the internet is ubiquitous, even if the speeds are …
SEO and content “above the fold”
The question on the table is, does Google prioritize content “above the fold” in search engine ranking? They certainly used to, so has the algorithm changed?First, a quick definition of “above the …
Beyond keywords
Over the last few years, search engines have become very good at understanding pages by looking at them in much the same way as human visitors. Many of the techniques used in the past to influence how …
Protecting your WordPress login
One of the reasons that WordPress is such a popular website management platform is the built in administration tools, a.k.a. the “Dashboard”. Everything from editing pages and posts, to managing …
3 Words for 2021
I’ve been following the practice of choosing “My Three Words” at the beginning of the year for some time now. The idea comes from Chris Brogan, who started in 2006 with “Ask. Do. Share” as his …