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IndexNow: The Latest Bing Initiative That Improves Crawl Efficiency
Website owners often struggle to get their content indexed on time. Unless you own a large website, chances are search engines might only crawl your site for new URLs once every few days. To solve this problem and improve crawl efficiency, Microsoft Bing and Yandex collaborated to create a new API-based protocol called IndexNow. Keep
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How To Build a Brick and Mortar Website Using the Bluehost Website Builder
No matter the kind of brick and mortar business you have, one thing is certain: you need traffic if you want to make online sales. While your brick-and-mortar business relies on foot traffic and dealing with customers face-to-face at your in-person storefront, you should also engage web traffic and online visitors. A website can help
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What Search Engine Marketing Is and How You Can Create an Effective SEM Strategy
The days when shoppers hopped around brick-and-mortar stores are over. According to Statista, 85% of the world’s population shop online. Out of this, about 48% of purchases start with search engines. That’s why businesses strive to appear on top in search engine result pages (SERPs). Businesses use various strategies to grab that coveted top rank
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It’s Time To Shine a Spotlight on the WordPress Community + Where You Can Get Assistance in a Pinch
WordPress is a powerful and popular platform that powers more than 65.1% of all websites with knowable content management systems. That accounts for 42.7% of all websites on the Internet. Ease of use is undoubtedly one of the reasons why WordPress is so popular. But even so, there may come a time when you run
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WordPress’ Five for the Future Update: Removing Spam and Reactivating Pledges
WordPress’ Five for the Future program, which Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg proposed in 2014, may soon be addressing the problem of outdated and spam pledges. Read on to discover: What Is the Five for the Future Program? Addressing Spam Pledges The Disconnect Between Pledged Contributors and Contributor Teams Final Thoughts – WordPress’ Five for the
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Best Website Builder for Small Business
Creating a website from scratch for your business can seem daunting. Even with platforms that make it intuitive to launch a website with coding, website design is still time-consuming. But with the help of a website builder, it doesn’t have to be. Using a website builder can save a lot of time in your design
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Gutenberg News: What’s New in Gutenberg 11.7? | October 2021
October 2021 was a productive month for the WordPress team, as they worked to quickly churn out updates for the WordPress 5.9 release in December 2021. In October alone, WordPress gave users a peek into the new Twenty Twenty-Two theme and released two latest Gutenberg updates – Gutenberg 11.6 and 11.7. Keep reading to learn
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Introducing Twenty Twenty-Two: The Most Flexible Default WordPress Theme
On October 6, 2021, WordPress gave users a sneak peek into the Twenty Twenty-two theme, which will be included in the WordPress 5.9 release in December 2021. The new theme, which wholly embraces Full Site Editing, is WordPress’s most flexible default theme. Here’s what we’ll cover: A First Look at Twenty Twenty-Two Trying Out Twenty
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8 Essential Tips for a Successful Launch Strategy
Whether you are a new business owner or a pro in the industry, launching a new website, product or service could determine how much your business grows. In that sense, launches can be exciting and thrilling but also a little daunting. That’s why to ensure you get the best out of them, you need a
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WordPress Scalability: How To Scale Websites for High Traffic
Before looking for ways to increase your website traffic, you must account for WordPress scalability techniques to accommodate users better during high traffic spikes. Traffic-induced slow loading, website crashes, and malfunctioning are all things you want to avoid. To that end, we’ve compiled a list of the best website scalability tips to scale a website