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Bleary-Eyed Blogworld Expo Experience

Bleary-Eyed Blogworld Expo Experience

TheOver the weekend I had the opportunity to attend Blogworld Expo as well as WordCamp Las Vegas. Blogworld was pretty huge, but WordCamp Las Vegas was a much smaller conference within the main conference. I had the chance to talk with some really great WordPress users and developers. I really got a good sense of…
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Avoid Duplicate Pages

Avoid Duplicate Pages for SEO Success

Most bloggers and website owners are aware that Google dings site rankings for duplicate content – that is having the same content on multiple pages. But with WordPress, many of us are guilty of creating duplicate pages without even knowing it. The good news is, there’s an easy fix. The Causes of Duplicate Pages The…
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Expanding the Twitter Post Loading Concept

Expanding the Twitter Post Loading Concept to WordPress

I read a great tutorial over at NetTuts today that showed how to create a “Twitter-Like ‘load more'” button. It was grounded in WordPress, yet the author David Walsh wanted to keep it general so that anyone could integrate the functionality into their PHP code. He got his hands a bit dirty by accessing the…
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SEO Keywords in your Posts

Increase SEO Keywords in your Posts

Part of keeping up with the blog and keeping our readers informed involves some deep dives into Search Engine Optimization (SEO). We have a lot of conversations with our clients about SEO keywords and SEO strategy in general. One important aspect of writing with SEO in mind is understanding that while you’re writing about one…
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4 ways to kill spam

4 Simple Ways To Kill SPAM From Your WordPress Site

According to recent activity reports from WordPress.com, people are writing about 70 million new posts each month. With over 2.3 million blog posts going live each day covering every possible topic, it’s no wonder that these are the front lines in the battle against spam. How can we kill spam on our WordPress sites? What…
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WordPress TV

WordPress.tv

It’s been nine years since WordPress.tv was launched. We originally posted about it back in January of 2009. At the time we didn’t know just how much content was going to make its way onto the website. Now WordPress.tv is an invaluable resource for WordPress users of all interests and experience levels. The reach of…
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RSS Icon Widget

(Widget) RSS Icon Widget

As with most of the plugins we build, the RSS Icon Widget was built out of necessity. One of our clients wanted to have a link to their RSS feed in the sidebar on their site. The built-in WordPress text widget could have worked for us to drop in some HTML code. However, that wasn’t…
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Order Posts by a Custom Key

Order Posts by a Custom Key

The WordPress query is a powerful thing. It’s at the core of every request a visitor can make on your website. Whether someone is visiting your blog, your about page, or a custom post type, when the request is made it will eventually run a WordPress query. In some cases, you’ll want to change the…
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SpamShiv

(PLUGIN) Spam Protection by SpamShiv

Since the dawn of the Internet, bots have lived amongst us. While you sleep, they are busy crawling their way from page to page, analyzing content in search of valuable information. One type of information they look for is an email address. What Are Bots Up To? Bots collect these email addresses for a number…
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