Improve Site Performance Case Study – On Sutton Place
A fast loading site makes more money. That was the main motivation behind site owner Ann Drake contacting me to help her tweak On Sutton Place. Ann is big on Pinterest, where images are everything....
View ArticleBot and Hacker Attacks are Escalating – Protect Your Site
Website hosts and domain providers are struggling to keep your site live in the face of bot and hacker attacks that are increasing in both frequency and intensity. Here’s what you need to know and...
View ArticleWordPress Site Performance 300% Improvement in 3 Easy Steps
Site load time and page size. It’s easy to get at least a 300% improvement in both. And it’s never been more important. Google ranks sites on speed. A slow site is an SEO hit. Viewers click away when...
View ArticleHow Site Performance and Security Work Together
Can your website perform faster if it has better security? Absolutely! In fact, better security may be the only reason your site performs at all when there is a surge in bot attacks. Read on to see...
View ArticleUpgrade to Google Universal Analytics
Google Analytics will soon be known as Universal Analytics. There are two steps to upgrade. Plus, there are several ways to connect analytics to your website. This is not something you want to put...
View ArticleHow Your Messy Hosting Account is Costing You Big
If you’ve had an online business for long, it’s likely that your hosting account is in a mess, and you probably don’t even know how bad it is. It could be full of abandoned sites, orphaned databases,...
View ArticleSocial Share Buttons – Site Performance and Security Killers
All content marketers want their posts to go viral. But some social share buttons are major performance and security offenders. And some even track viewers who share your posts, which is a privacy...
View ArticleWordPress Out of the Box Performance Test Results
Ever wonder how WordPress performs right out the box? I put a new installation through every major online testing service. Included are notes and full screenshots with summaries, waterfalls,...
View ArticleRethink Your Site for Success in 2015
The online environment has changed dramatically in the last two years. But most sites haven't. And most site owners are still following the conventional, rehashed wisdom of a gazillion shiny new and me...
View ArticlePlugins Webinar – 4 Easy Steps to Fix Your Plugin Mess – Step 1
Plugins have become a top source of both security and performance issues on WordPress sites. It’s time you got a handle on yours and I’m here to help. On Jan. 28, 2014, I’ll be offering a zero-pitch,...
View ArticleStop Blaming Your Host for Overages
Hosts are either locking or terminating accounts left and right now. 99% of the time the host is in the right. But, their fix for the problem could be a rip off. Discover what your responsibilities are...
View ArticleGet Your Email Off Your Hosting
DDoS and hacker attacks are going to be the norm for 2015. Emails running through your hosting account are putting your site at risk in ways you can’t imagine. Learn about the real threats to your site...
View ArticleServer Response Time vs. Page Load Time for Google Crawl
Avoid a slow crawl warning from Google by understanding what John Mueller referenced in load time speed under 2 seconds. You're reading Server Response Time vs. Page Load Time for Google Crawl,...
View ArticleThe Worst Website Advice You’ll Ever Get
Part of why I have such a successful business helping folks clean up their site mess is because there are so many non-techie “gurus” giving out bad advice for what host and plugins to use. They never...
View Article2016 BlogAid Site Checklist
Nothing about site ownership is set it and forget it. My recommendations have changed considerably throughout 2015. With site audits, I’ve helped a lot of clients recover from following bad tech advice...
View ArticleSiteGround Improves Their Shared Hosting
SiteGround announced that they will make major changes to their shared hosting infrastructure starting on February 1, 2016. Here’s what you need to be aware of with these changes.
View ArticleHow to Run a Performance Test – BlogAid Live Ep. 2
See how to run the same type of performance tests I do in site audits using my workhorse testers WebPage Test and GTMetrix. And, I show you hidden tips and exactly what I look for in the details. Plus,...
View ArticleCloudFlare Email to Migrate from API v1 to v4
If you’ve been confused by an email from CloudFlare advising that you should migrate your API version, you’re not alone. Here’s what it means and what you should do about it.
View ArticleSite Downtime Causes and Fixes – BlogAid Live Ep 4
There are multiple reasons why your site has downtime. In this power-packed 20 minute video, I cover the causes for downtime, what to do if your site is down, and super ways to prevent it. Full show...
View ArticleSpiffy Up Your Site Mini Challenge
How long has it been since you checked all of the important areas of your site to ensure they were up to snuff? Yeah, it’s been a while for me too! Many of us are coming into busy season and now is a...
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