Let’s start this off with “why performance?” Besides having a fast-loading page why do you think WordPress performance is important? You probably want a better user experience for your readers. You may have even heard that Google ranks pages better by performance. Can you … [Read more...] about Why WordPress Performance & Mindset
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Flying Pages In-Depth Review & Recommendations
This is a quick review of the Flying Pages WordPress plugin and an unofficial guide to how I setup this useful plugin for all my sites. Flying Pages is the best content preloading plugin for WordPress today. You may have heard of Quicklinks or Instant.page, but these have shortcomings that Flying … [Read more...] about Flying Pages In-Depth Review & Recommendations
Flying Analytics In-Depth Review & Recommendations
Flying Analytics is a WordPress plugin that helps add the Google Analytics tracking code to your website, but while keeping performance top of mind. It does something unique, which caused me to switch to using it, rather than let Perfmatters handle my Analytics code. Yes, just one key feature … [Read more...] about Flying Analytics In-Depth Review & Recommendations
WordPress vs HTML: Is WordPress Better Than HTML?
Hi there site owner (or is that future site owner?). Comparing WordPress to HTML is not truly a valid comparison as they are different “technologies.” In the guide below, I deep dive into comparing WordPress to static HTML sites, if that was what you’re really here for. Is WordPress … [Read more...] about WordPress vs HTML: Is WordPress Better Than HTML?
Long or Short? Here’s The Perfect Blog Post Length
Hello blogger. OMG! This is probably the single most asked question I see in all sorts of blogging/content-based Facebook groups all over. “How long should a blog post be? How many words should I write?” Here’s a precise answer for you. Your post length should be precisely long enough … [Read more...] about Long or Short? Here’s The Perfect Blog Post Length
Bing URL Submissions WordPress Plugin: Is This Worth It?
According to Statcounter, Bing search has a market share of 2.75%, which seems minuscule when we compare it with Google which has a market share of 91%. (shoutmeloud.com) Doesn’t sound like you’d want to use this plugin now does it? But what about this automatic submission feature — the … [Read more...] about Bing URL Submissions WordPress Plugin: Is This Worth It?