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Hotjar Review – Lessons Learned After Installing Heatmaps on Our Sites

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020

If you run a website and want greater insights into the actions users actually take on any given page, you may want to give heatmapping a try.

Heatmap services, like Hotjar, offer a wealth of performance data from actual users (overlayed directly on your site for a visible breakdown of click locations), and lets you get a glimpse into the user experience of your site far more than global analytics data provides.

When we installed this one on two sites for a test, I have to admit the results were striking!

GeneratePress Review – The Only WordPress Theme You Need

October 23, 2020

I've worked on a half-dozen or so themes in my decade-plus blogging career, and I've finally settled on the one I'll be sticking with for the long run. This theme, the one you're seeing, is GeneratePress– one of the most customizable and fastest WordPress themes on the market today.

As I'm always seeking speed improvements for SEO goals, and I am just generally a nerd when it comes to optimization, it didn't take much more beyond hearing a few thumbs up from colleagues that GeneratePress is the way to go.

I bought access to the premium features, started a site design, and was blown away by both the functionality and the speed (and to be honest, I'm probably not even taking advantage of all the features, either!).

As such, I have a feeling I'll be sticking to this one for quite some time.