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12 of the Best WordPress Guides, Hacks and Plugins of 2010

Webbiquity SMM

WordPress is no longer just the leading blog platform , but is now the most popular open-source CMS (content management system) as well. Among the many reasons for the popularity of WordPress : it’s affordable, search engine-friendly, reasonably easy to use, and extensible through an incredible array of plugins.

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How to Optimize Your Blog for SEO: 5 Steps

Writtent Blog

In fact, Google has used load time as a ranking factor since 2010 , rewarding sites that offer speed as a function of a superior user experience. If you’ve failed the speed test, optimize your blog by removing any extraneous widgets that could be slowing you down. Keyword-rich blog tags to help readers browse your historical content.

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