When first launching a website or blog, most bloggers understand the importance of publishing high quality content. When competing against thousands of well-established websites, the blogger knows that the only way to get noticed is to publish exceptional content. You’ll also find that plenty of bloggers launch their blog because of a number of golden post ideas—they come up with three or four ground-breaking ideas, and launch their blog on the strength of them. Like a rock band releasing a killer first album, a blogger’s early work is often some of their best. Unfortunately, though, the early content rarely generates […]
On the WordPress REST API: Reflecting on the past and looking to the future
If you go to a WordCamp and spend anytime around developers, it is hard to not notice the excitement around the new WordPress REST API. The REST API team just released version 1.2 of the plugin, which they are continuously developing with the goal of merging it into WordPress core. It’s a big project, much bigger than Ryan McCue—who, along with Rachel Baker, leads the project—ever thought it would be. I recently spoke with Ryan about the challenges of such a huge project and about the complexities in creating a “universal API” for every WordPress site, as well as the plans […]
University of you: How to learn online marketing (for free)
So, you wanna be an online marketer? Build websites, rake in traffic, make money, am I right? Yet, maybe you are not sure where to start. Is there a course you can sign up for? Will your local college be able to help? Well, quick question: Do you know anyone who has a university degree in digital marketing? How about WordPress? How about how to run a website? Coming up empty? Me too. But how then does anyone learn online marketing? How do you get educated on how to run a successful website? Is there a secret school somewhere that […]
WordCamp San Diego 2015: Beach balls, sunshine, and WordPress
WordCamp San Diego was held this weekend at the San Diego Hall of Champions in Balboa Park. Roughly 250 people attended the two-day event, despite two other WordCamps occurring at the same time—WordCamp Seattle and WordCamp Atlanta. The event attracted attendees, speakers, and sponsors from all over the world, and boasted an impressive collection of sessions and panels. Volunteers were appropriately dressed in referee jerseys to align with the WordCamp theme of “Just WordPress It.” The event kicked off bright and early Saturday morning, with doors opening at 8 a.m. Saturday featured four tracks—Beginner, Admin, Developer, and Designer—each composed of seven sessions […]
Make your site mobile friendly with these quick tips
Google recently announced that they are changing their algorithm—again. Their motivation is to make the web a more mobile-friendly place. Starting April 21, 2015, mobile-friendliness will become a ranking factor more and more. Fortunately, Google announced this change before it happened, allowing people to take appropriate steps toward making their sites mobile friendly. Thanks, Google! Google’s announcement indicated that the impact will be quite significant. Some people are even saying that this update will be even bigger than Panda or Penguin. So, ladies and gentlemen, pull up your socks, below is a helpful list to help make sure your sites are […]

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