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90% of us are doing this wrong – a new discovery about permalinks

I have recently discovered a common problem - using %postname% permalinks. This has long been the recommendation from SEO experts to optimize our posts. (90% is a very carefully crafted number straight from my experience + imagination) The Symptoms of using the wrong permalink structure This becomes a problem as your site grows. The more Pages you add, the more visitors you get, the more … [Read more...]

Should I upgrade right away to WordPress 3.0?

Guess what question I'm asked most often these days?  :) Usually, I'm not much of a risk taker, I'm not on the bleeding edge of anything much less technology.  However, with WordPress 3.0 I'm 99% sure it is stable enough for ALL my clients to upgrade. I'll wait while you do that. --------------------- What to expect with WordPress 3.0 Now.  Before  you send me an email saying, … [Read more...]

Sunday Section!

Join us every Sunday for light reading from the Technology Sector. For Keeping Up They say WordPress 3.0 will be released tomorrow.  This will mean very little to the every day blogger.  The version you have (hopefully 2.9.2) is fully secure.  My advice is to wait a week or two before upgrading.  In that week or two do not upgrade any plugins! The beneficial pieces of the new … [Read more...]

Whats the difference between emails and newsletters?

This is a very common question that I receive. There are usually several 'subscribe' buttons on websites. Some of them include:   These are the icons that are commonly misunderstood:     #1 Email @ Sign This can mean 2 different things. It can EITHER be a link to a contact (and I mean email) form OR it can be a link to the feed providing the option of email … [Read more...]

Sunday Section – June 6

Blog of the Week - I'm An Organizing Junkie Love this post: A Great List of Free Printables - includes gifts for the teachers, and organizing tools & lists. For Members Only - New Downloads to Help you Write that BOOK you've been thinking about. View all new downloads for members here. E-Book -o- Matic - tools to write and publish an e-book Book Builder 3 - tools to write and edit a … [Read more...]

Adding a Blog to an Existing Website – even a complicated one

I was contacted by a start up that wanted to add a blog to their custom (and complicated) website. We used their original design as a basis, copied some images, and here is the result: Here's the landing page for everyone: And the blog that we designed to match: Check out ZipList and create FREE shopping lists organized by AISLE and CATEGORY - its quite an amazing little idea! … [Read more...]

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