Blog: Creating User Centric Websites
Ideas to improve your web presence with innovative design, not trends.
How to Add Images and Media to Your WordPress Blog
Learn how to upload and embed images, video, and audio in WordPress, whether you’re using the Block Editor, Classic Editor, Divi, or Elementor. Step-by-step instructions for beginners.
How to Use Categories and Tags Effectively in WordPress
Learn how to organize your WordPress blog with categories and tags. This guide explains how to use them effectively for better navigation and SEO, with easy examples.
How to Format a Blog Post for Readability and SEO in WordPress
Learn how to format your WordPress blog posts for readability, SEO, and AI visibility. This guide covers headings, short paragraphs, lists, images, links, and best practices to make your content easy to read and optimized for both humans and search engines.
How to Post a Blog in WordPress: A Beginner-Friendly Tutorial
TL;DR; To post a blog in WordPress, log into your dashboard, go to Posts > Add New, enter your title and content, set a featured image, and click Publish. If this is your first blog post, create a separate Blog page and assign it under Settings > Reading as the…
Domain vs. Hosting – What’s the Difference?
TL;DR: To build a website, you need both a domain name (your web address) and web hosting (where your site lives). Domain names help people find you, while hosting stores your website’s content and makes it accessible online. Platforms like WordPress.org offer…
What’s the difference between content marketing and SEO?
I have elephants to sell. Would you like to buy one? “I don’t need an elephant,” you say. And… you’re looking at me oddly, like I might be trafficking circus orphans. What if I showed you a video and you could see that my elephants are textured grey plush with pink…
What does Google Page Experience Update mean for your website?
In August of 2021, Google rolled out its Google Page Experience Update. This update comprises an algorithm that takes into account how happy users are when they use a particular web page. We’ve all known for a long time that the human user is just as important as a…
The elements of SEO and your blog
I was brainstorming themes for this blog when spring rains suddenly washed the skies in my neighborhood. A deluge poured from the clouds. Roof gutters strained to contain the water. Thunder and lightning tortured the air and small furry things went into hiding to wait…
What is Schema.org markup and why is it important for SEO?
It’s lunch time. Your stomach is growling. Pretend you want to eat at a Greek restaurant. To find the Greek restaurant nearest you, you enter “Greek restaurants near me” in to the search query box on Google. This comes up: The page that comes up in response to your…
Exploring the most important ranking factors for SEO
Many of us aren’t traveling much these days. We’re staying home and doing puzzles. We’re finding surprising places to walk the dog close to home. We’re fighting Zoom fatigue with funny backgrounds or downloading apps to make ourselves feel like we’re biking through…
The Value of Volunteering
As we all slowly get back to our normal lives, I’ve been considering all that I’ve learned staying at home these past several weeks. I’ve learned the value of walking outside and breathing fresh air. I’ve remembered that being an entrepreneur requires guts of steel…
Why Your Website Host Matters for SEO
Is your website sluggish? Perhaps you haven’t had time to address this issue for a while. Now is the time to get on it. That little bit of slowness may be making a big impact on your business. Take a closer look at web hosting Sometimes small business owners…
WordPress is Open-Source: What does that mean for you?
The holiday season right before the New Year is usually a time when many folks exchange gifts. So, I thought we could explore a kind of gift to the cyber world: OSS. OSS and No Wonder Woman in Sight If you’re of a certain age, the term OSS might ring a distant bell…
Website not converting? Try A/B testing!
So… you’ve been tracking the success of your web pages using Google Analytics and you’re disappointed in your bounce and conversion rates. Wait. What did I hear you mumble? You have NOT been collecting data and analyzing it to determine the success of your site? Leave…
The importance of responsive web design
“Day by day, the number of devices, platforms, and browsers that need to work with your site grows. Responsive web design represents a fundamental shift in how we’ll build websites for the decade to come.” ~Jeffrey Veen, VP of Products for Adobe “It’s not…
