Breaking Down WordPress Blogging Hosts You May Wish to Consider
Published by Jeremy. Last Updated on February 20, 2023.
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Hosting is often one of the most widely talked about items when it comes to blogging as it is crucial to your (and your readers') experience when on your site.
You often don't think about it, but every website on the internet takes up file space- generally on the order of 10s to 100s of gigabytes. This has to exist on a piece of hardware somewhere in the world (often multiple times over for redundancy). A host often manages this equipment (or has contracts with those who do) and does all the work necessary to ensure your site can be found at its respective domain. So when you opened up this link, everything that was required to deliver the page you're seeing to your computer screen is likely a function of our host.
We're not going to bore you with the details on how all that happens, but suffice it to say that hosting is one of the most important things every blogger must have because, well, your site simply wouldn't exist without it!
In this guide, we want to break down some of the biggest considerations you should look for in a host, and then give a few recommendations that may be helpful for all budgets.
Talking Web Accessibility with George Zamfir
Published by Chris. Last Updated on July 6, 2020.
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When we mention a topic on This Week in Blogging, we like to make sure that we're providing expert opinions to go along with it. In a recent edition featuring web accessibility news, we tapped George Zamfir on the shoulder as he has made this his primary focus!
In this brief interview, we discussed the finer notes of web accessibility with George and why you should care about it in running your blog.
The Best WordPress Plugins – Speed and Function First
Published by Jeremy. Last Updated on June 18, 2024.
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One of the reasons we love blogging on WordPress so much is that the content management system is open source. Want a new theme? There are hundreds if not thousands of developers out there with a product. In the mood for a plugin upgrade? Tens of thousands exist.
While we love this flexibility to always be on the lookout for the next best thing, you can often be met with decision paralysis on what is best for you and why.
To help with that, we wanted to share our list of preferred WordPress plugins that we use and love. As we have prioritized site speed on all of our sites, we are also pretty happy with the below for being lightweight and letting our sites run lightning-fast (but we also have tip our hats to our host, BigScoots, for a bit of that too)!
Entry Requirements for Popular Blog Advertising Networks
Published by Jeremy. Last Updated on June 19, 2024.
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When it comes to blog advertising networks, there are many options to choose from. But not every ad network is created equal, and neither are their requirements for entry.
In this one, we wanted to summarize a few of the most popular networks out there for bloggers, and share a few of the key details you need to know for each of them when it comes to applying.
But first off, we want to talk about your earnings potential when running ads.
How to See What Keywords Other Sites Rank For with Keysearch
Published by Jeremy. Last Updated on July 20, 2020.
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There are a number of novel ways to use the keyword research tool, Keysearch, to improve your SEO game. But sometimes one of the hardest parts of doing research is coming up with keyword ideas in the first place.
One of my favorites features of Keysearch (especially for my local blog where I compete with our tourist office, many local magazines, and news outlets), is that Keysearch actually lets you look at the keywords for any site on the internet- not just your own! This presents a number of opportunities where you can quite literally peer into other sites, find keywords they rank for, and get new ideas on what you may be able to target yourself.
In this guide, I'm going to share a step-by-step process of how you can do just that.
