Category: Reputation Management
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Understanding and Configuring the WordPress robots.txt File
One of my previous tutorials covered the basics of understanding and configuring the .htaccess file in WordPress. The robots.txt file is a special file just like the .htaccess file. However, it serves a very different purpose. As you might have guessed from the name, the robot.txt file is meant for bots. For example, bots from…
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The Good and Bad of Stock Photos
It may be hard to imagine, but there was a time when it was rare to find high-quality photography on a typical website. Only the big-budget players had access to compelling images. And even then, they were likely borrowed from existing print materials. Those of us building websites for smaller organizations were often left with…
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Things You Should Know Before Customizing WordPress
WordPress is known for its incredible versatility. The content management system (CMS) provides developers with many ways to customize both the front and back ends. This opens a whole world of possibilities when it comes to forming and function. The ability to create fully-custom themes and plugins offers a path to building virtually any type…
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Core Web Vitals: New Ranking Factor and How to Improve It
In recent years, Google and other similar companies have become increasingly concerned with the user experience (UX); that’s why the UX always pops up in algorithm updates. With 88 percent of online users turning away from websites after one bad experience, it goes to show that UX is vital. Google, being the pioneer, decided to…
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Responsive vs. Adaptive Design: Everything You Need to Know
It’s a no-brainer for most website designers that your finished product needs to look and work on every type and size of the device. Gone are the days of creating multiple designs to accomplish the same goal. It all comes down to choosing a responsive or adaptive design model to achieve a consistent website design…
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Making A Strong Case For Accessibility
Imagine yourself as someone with a visual disability. Cataracts, or totally blind even. A site is not accessible because of many factors, willing and unwillingly. Accessibility may have been attended to at the end of the project or not in the budget, or maybe they just didn’t practice it. You can’t access the vital information…