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Earlier this month ManageWP invited me to do an AMA with the community. It was an interesting experience. Emily Schiola did her traditional round up on the top takeaways, but I wanted to take this opportunity to elaborate on some of the answers I gave during the AMA. To be honest, I was worried that I wouldn’t get a lot of questions. I already share a lot about myself, my story, and my process on social media, through blogging, and by appearing on many WordPress podcasts. To my surprise, however, I received a lot of questions and I had a really great […]

WordPress.com VIP and Facebook this week announced the Facebook Instant Articles plugin for WordPress, a free, open-source solution designed to dramatically cut the page-load time of articles opened within Facebook. The plugin is entirely open source and is available for free on GitHub. Geared towards news and content publishers, Instant Articles allows Facebook users to open up articles entirely within the Facebook mobile application. This simplifies the process of publishing Instant Articles from WordPress directly. Upon activation, the plugin ensures that “you’ll have a compliant feed of posts, wrapping your core content in the markup Facebook requires.” “The open-source WordPress […]

SEO seems to be getting more and more complex with every year. Already a bit of a mystery for many site owners, the fact that this field is constantly changing surely doesn’t make things any easier. Trying to stay on top in order to keep your website afloat in the search rankings can result in lots of sleepless nights. To conquer this feeling of uncertainty, it’s a good idea to take a step back and start from the very beginning. In the case of search engine optimization, that means looking at what is called technical SEO, which is the basis […]

Ingot today announced a freemium version of its A/B testing tool, which will be available soon, called Nugget. Ingot works to automatically gather information about your site and run tests to determine best practices. Nugget carries the same power as Ingot but is more limited in functionality. It uses the same algorithm and features the same interface, however, you can only test one button at a time. If you are interested in A/B testing, but unsure where to begin, Nugget can help you get started. A/B testing can teach you a lot about your business and what, if any, changes you should make to […]