Starting in WordPress version 5.5, you can now set your plugins to automatically update. This is not only a big time saver, especially if you have a lot of sites which you oversee like myself, but it also helps to keep your site less vulnerable to backdoor hacks by way of out of date plugins. […]
Adding an up to date sitemap in the Google Search Console is a reliable way to ensure that Google can more easily crawl your site using the sitemap as a guide, and this can boost your rankings. Fortunately this process is simple, so let’s cover how to add a sitemap in Google Search Console to […]
It’s useful to know how to get a custom YouTube URL for branding purposes and to have an easy to navigate to URL to point people to when promoting your channel/site. In this article we’re going to cover how to get a custom YouTube URL. How to Get a Custom YouTube URL Before you can […]
NAP in SEO stands for “name, address, phone”, and relates specifically to local search engine optimization. In other words, it’s relevant when trying to rank a brick and mortar business with a physical address. Let’s talk about the importance of NAP in SEO and how using it effectively can easily land you the top spot […]
Local SEO citations are the bedrock of any well ranking local business. Google and other search engines rank businesses with a consistent NAP presence (meaning name, address, phone number) higher than their competition because it shows a more universal and reliable footprint to trust for that business. You can find local SEO citations in a […]
Proxies are essential if you’re doing any kind of heavy lifting as it relates to using Google or any other search engine for that matter, in fact I wrote an entire article on how to use a proxy and why you should do it. Search engine data aggregators like Scrapebox work by throwing oftentimes thousands […]
When implementing an effective SEO plan for your site it is important to know how to make images SEO friendly. How To Make Images SEO Friendly Making your images SEO friendly will help improve the overall search optimization of your site. This may sound difficult, but this handy guide will show you how to make […]
Paying for subscribers will buy you nothing more than bogus social proof and could lead to your account risking being suspended. Just as importantly, these accounts won’t engage with your content, so let’s talk about 9 ways of how to get free subscribers on YouTube which are real. How to Get Free Subscribers on YouTube […]
Selling ad space for your website can be a great way to make money off of the hard work you put into earning the traffic which your website receives. As an aside, advertisers are not the only way to make money, so check out my 12 methods of how to monetize my blog. Still, many […]
One of the most common questions I get from webmasters is “how to monetize my blog”, or better said, how to take what I’ve painstakingly worked on for the last X number of months or years and make something back from it? The good news is that where there’s traffic, there is money to be […]