Ignore Wordpress's SEO advice 4
February 09, 2010
Whatever you do, don’t follow the wordpress advice on SEO …
It seems to think keywords are really important but meta descriptions aren’t.
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Wordpress tips, advice, help and suggestions. Learn how to do interesting things to your wordpress themes etc.
Comment spam: using Backtype to spot it 9
November 26, 2009
Like most bloggers, I’m plagued by comment spam – but I’ve found a good way to spot the spammers: Backtype. It shows you comments on blogs that link to a specific URL.
Read the full post ...Wordpress and smart/curly quotes: turning them off 2
November 15, 2009
Wordpress has a habit of replacing normal quote marks with “curly” or smart quotes – the ones that look different at the start of a quote than at the end. They look nice – but they tend to break copy and paste (especially when you’re pasting code, such as my wordpress title / description code).
Read the full post ...Draft - any suggestions: Google's cache and its limitations as a backup 2
September 22, 2009
I overwrote my wp-content folder as part of my wordpress upgrade – deleting all my blog’s images, CSS and theme PHP files. I’ll be returning to that …
Anyway, I, and a few others who answered my plaintive plea for help, thought using the Google cache (the copy of your webpage that it stores) might help. Here’s what it can and can’t help with as a backup if you’ve ever deleted your whole website …
Read the full post ...Meta keywords tag: Bing says carry on but Google says it's a waste of time - but 4
September 21, 2009
I’ve been trying to get people I work with to stop filling out meta keywords fields for ages, with varying degrees of success.
Google has come out and said this: “Does Google ever use the “keywords” meta tag in its web search ranking? In a word, no.”
Read the full post ...Oh no. I've just deleted half my blog 2
September 15, 2009
Ah. When doing a wordpress upgrade, make sure you don’t overwrite the wp-content file, won’t you. I just have, so I’ve lost all my images, plugins and lord knows what else …
I could have sworn I clicked on wp-admin to FTP over. But apparently not … Wonders if host has backups … Wonders why only [...]
How related article lists reduce bounce rates and increase page views 6
August 20, 2009
Adding a related-posts plugin can reduce your bounce rate by around 3% if my site is anything to go by.
In the two months before I installed the Yet Another Related Posts plugin my bounce rate was 84.3%. In the two months since then, my bounce rate has averaged 81.6% – a drop of 3.25%.
Do blogs make reporting restrictions pointless? 5
March 31, 2009
The case of the leaked DNA test on 13-year-old alleged dad Alfie Patten has revealed a big problem with court-ordered reporting restrictions in the internet age: there is nothing to stop websites repeating the information unless they know about the court order banning this. And under the terms of the order itself, there’s no way to find out about the order.
Read the full post ...29 easy ways to fine tune your blog 1
March 05, 2009
Easy ways to fine tune your blog. Do them today and make a BIG difference!
Read the full post ...Can you use rel = canonical to fix duplicate comment problems caused by comment pagination in wordpress? 3
February 15, 2009
Can you use rel=canonical to fix duplicate content problems in wordpress caused by paged comments / comment pagination?
Read the full post ...SEO friendly URLs: myth and fact 18
February 07, 2009
SEO friendly URLs are largely a myth. Google doesn’t care that much. Despite that, you should still definitely use them (but be aware of a drawback with wordpress).
Read the full post ...Avoid duplicate content with paged comments in wordpress 5
January 17, 2009
How to avoid duplicate content in paged comments in wordpress 2.7
Read the full post ...IntenseDebate, SEO and post counts 3
January 12, 2009
IntenseDebate has partly solved its problem with SEO (with the wordpress plugin at least). But there’s something funny about the comment counts …
Read the full post ...Breadcrumb navigation trails and Wordpress 4
January 07, 2009
How to add a breadcrumb trail in wordpress, without using a plugin.
Read the full post ...Adding page numbers: How to avoid duplicate titles and meta descriptions in pages 2 and higher of Wordpress category and tag pages 27
December 20, 2008
The answer to differentiating pages of the main index or category loops in wordpress – code to add the page number to the title and meta description.
Read the full post ...Wordpress comment pagination & duplicate content 9
December 12, 2008
How using comment pagination in wordpress 2.7 is likely to lead to problems with duplicate content.
Read the full post ...Unique meta description and meta keyword tags in your Wordpress themes 35
May 26, 2008
A guide to making your meta description and meta keywords unique.
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