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Reducing the Bounce Rate of Your WordPress Website

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June 30, 2014

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Considering the fact that the internet is becoming more and more crowded with each passing day, getting visitors to your website or blog has become a task that requires a great deal of efforts. However, the more difficult part is to retain those visitors on your website. As I’m sure many of you are aware, reducing the bounce rate of your site is important for gaining new visitors and retaining current ones.  In this article, I will discuss the concept of bounce rate, and how WordPress users can reduce it. Bounce Rate: What, How and Why? In simple terms, if a […]

Matt Cutts on Guest Blogging and SEO

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February 13, 2014

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When it comes to Google and Search Engine Optimization, Matt Cutts is no stranger. Having worked at Google for fourteen years, Cutts knows all that there is to know about search engines. Apart from that, he also happens to be the subject of a good number of internet memes. So when Matt Cutts recently wrote an article titled The Decay and Fall of Guest Blogging for SEO, the internet went wild. What could this mean? Matt Cutts on Guest Blogging and SEO The Action To cut the long story short, this is what Cutts had to say: “Okay, I’m calling it: […]

SEO Basics

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July 24, 2013

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Expert Chris Dendy on commonly overlooked SEO factors.  Search engine optimization (SEO) is the practice of formatting one’s website in such a way that Google can better understand it, index it, and display it to users via Google search. Without going into the hundred plus ranking factors that Google uses to determine where one’s website will fall within the search engine rankings page (SERP), I would like to focus on three on-page factors that should be the foundation of any SEO strategy. As luck would have it, your out-of-the-box WordPress installation excels in all of these categories with the very […]

Demystifying WordPress SEO with Kathy Brown

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June 6, 2013

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“Search engine optimization” – sometimes those words make me literally shudder on the inside. It’s mostly because there are 1,000 and 1 “seo experts” that are peddling their wares, products, and services when they have really no idea themselves what they are talking about. Even though I’ve been around the web and publishing for quite some time I’d be the very last to ever declare myself as “expert” at SEO – it’s just not what I do (and I don’t want to be). Just because you’ve been around the block or blogged a few times doesn’t mean you know much. This […]

WordPress SEO: 5 Quick Tips for Immediate Impact

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December 27, 2012

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Introduction When it comes to WordPress SEO, the software is actually quite good right out of the box (hey… even Google agrees). But, nothing is ever perfect and there are quiet a few quick and easy things you can do to optimize WordPress for SEO purposes. After all, what’s the point of having a site if no one views it? This article will walk you through 5 quick WordPress SEO steps for immediate impact and – in turn – provide a solid basis on which you can delve into deeper, more advanced SEO methods. What do these tips cover? WordPress […]

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