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We all see AI affecting our SEO.  This is a great article by WPBeginner that talks about the how and why.  It also gives some great stats.  Be sure you stay informed! https://www.wpbeginner.com/research/ai-reshaping-seo-predictions-to-watch/  

Here’s a talk I did for Columbia WordPress Meetup:

If you haven’t seen it yet, find out the latest WordPress news and how exciting the future is!

In case you couldn’t make it out to our local Columbia WordPress Meetup, here’s a recording of my presentation.  A special thank you to Ken Elliot for filming! And here are the slides: WordPress 101 from Laura Hartwig

Although Bing accounts for less than 10% of the search market, you don’t want to ignore 10% of your customers.  Plus, Bing Webmaster Tools is free and can give you some valuable SEO advice.  If you’ve already got Google Search Console set up (and if you don’t, you should), you can easily set up Bing Webmaster Tools in just a few minutes.  Here’s what the report could look like: Take a few…

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QR codes have been around for a while now, and have made somewhat of a resurgence during covid.  They make it much eaiser for customers to visit your website without having to type in a long URL and worry about misspelling it along the way.  If you’re thinking about using one for your business or group, be sure that you use a QR code generator that won’t expire!  I’ve seen some free sites that…

How often have you gotten PDF’s that need updating on your website but no one has the original editable file?  It’s happened to me a lot! I just found this new tool that will let you edit PDF’s as well as merge multiple pages into one file, remove pages, or split the PDF into multiple files.  You can also rotate those PDF’s that are sideways!  Give it a try and let me know what you think. …

For many years, I’ve been a vocal supporter of Siteground hosting, and while I still think they are solid, there’s a new hosting company that just got my attention.  Nestify.io. One of my customers actually brought them to my attention.  We were dealing with slow site speeds for his site and I was saying that the hosting was the problem.  He started out on Ionos hosting, and the site was super…

What is openverse? Openverse is a searchable catalog of free to use media! Currently, Openverse searches images and audio and plans to add additional media types such as open texts and 3D models, with the ultimate goal of providing access to all 1.4 billion CC-licensed and public domain works on the web. And the best part? All the code is open source (Openverse frontend, Openverse API, Openverse…

Woocommerce Add Text Before Product Title for Certain Category Only

I recently had a customer that wanted a custom message across the top of the single product page but for only one product category.  I put this text at the top of the category page, but she also wanted it displayed after they clicked on the individual products.  To accomplish this, I added the code below to my functions.php file. Note that if you want it displayed for all categories, you can…

Why Your Post Title is More Important Than You Thought

I’ve been saying this for years: People Don’t Read People don’t want long articles.  They want titles and bullet points.  They want to skim.  Not only do they want to – that’s all they are going to do!  I just finished watching this Ted Talk with Jim VandeHei of Axios and he gives some good advice about writing better.  Let me save you time by summarizing it for you: Things you can do today to be…

WordPress 6.0 set to release on May 24, 2022

WordPress 6.0 is scheduled to release on May 24, 2022 and will offer a live-streamed feature walkthrough on April 5, 2022. Mark your calendars and be sure to check it out so you can see what great improvements will come with this update! While you’ve got your calendar out, mark these dates too! Online Raleigh-Durham RTP WordPress Meetup: Online WordPress Help Desk (English) WordPress NYC…

State of the Word 2021!

It’s almost time for State of the Word 2021! Join Matt as he provides a retrospective of 2021, discusses the latest trends he’s seeing, celebrates the community’s amazing wins, and explores the future. Expect to hear about a range of topics, from WordPress 5.9 and Openverse to Web3 and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).  WordCamp Birmingham

Don’t miss WordCamp US on October 1!

WordCamp US is coming back as a single-day online event on October 1, 2021. Organizers of the event have several exciting plans in the pipeline, including networking opportunities, speaker sessions, workshops, and more.  Follow the Camp website to stay updated on the latest event news.