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[Tech Tip] 10 Steps To Improve The Speed, Security, and Functionality Of Your WordPress Blog

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SocMedSean - Social.Media.Sean [Tech Tip] 10 Steps To Improve The Speed, Security, and Functionality Of Your WordPress Blog Before getting started, I know this is a really looooong post, and I apologize in advance. I hope this is an especially valuable post for anyone running a WordPress blog. Do good plugins really slow down my site?

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[SOLVED] WordPress Gives A HTTP Error When Uploading Images To The Media Gallery

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If you’ve been around my blog for long, you know I am a bit of a WordPress fanboy. It’s my favorite CMS and blogging platform, primarily because of the fact that the community of developers who make themes and plugins for WordPress are amazing. That doesn’t mean that WordPress is perfect, though.

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[ANSWERED] Using Lazy Load To Speed Up WordPress While Maintaining Pinterest Pinnable Images

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SocMedSean - Social.Media.Sean [ANSWERED] Using Lazy Load To Speed Up WordPress While Maintaining Pinterest Pinnable Images This was a great question that came from the Mediavine group on Facebook. When a visitor comes to your site, their browser makes a request to the server for the contents of the page.

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7 Ways to React to Google’s Helpful Content Update

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Are you freaking out over Google’s Helpful Content Update? The post 7 Ways to React to Google’s Helpful Content Update appeared first on SocMedSean - Social Media Sean. You're not alone. This article provides options for how to handle it.

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Three Words That Will Speed Up Your WordPress Blog

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However, the more images you include in an article, the slower your page load times will be and the longer your visitors will have to wait to enjoy the content. Sure, there are definitely housekeeping activities, you can do to tighten up your content , but that will only get you so far. Through WordPress plugins, of course!

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[Presentation] 10 Tips For Using WordPress In Your Online Business

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Topics this year included: Content marketing and how to write compelling content. Branding your WordPress website. My presentation focused on the business aspect of WordPress, with the goal of providing 10 actual tips that entrepreneurs and business professionals could apply to their business. –Sean.

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[Answered] Are Guest Blog Posts Even Worthwhile Or Am I Just Giving Away My Content?

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I’d like to get more referral traffic, but I’d rather focus on writing for my own blog, rather than giving my content away to others. Am I being selfish about my content? The idea is that if a high-quality site links to your content, Google is going to reward you with the potential for higher ranking for your content.

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