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Webpagetest Security Score Additional Metric

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There are a number of websites that you can use to check the speed your website loads at. You can use Google’s PageSpeed Insights, GTMetrix, Pingdom and Webpagetest all free of charge. Whilst using Webpagetest’s website, I noticed they have added a new metric of “Security Score” when you run a test. When I first […]

Litespeed Cache Plugin Errors

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Litespeed Cache Plugin Errors – I currently use Guru for hosting on this website and they use the Litespeed server. I receive good speed using this hosting, together with the Litespped cache plugin. However, I have discovered an error with the Litespeed WordPress Plugin recently and I am not sure how long this has been […]

Squirrly SEO Plugin Review

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Squirrly SEO Plugin Review – It is necessary to have a SEO plugin active on a WordPress website in order to get the best rankings possible in the search engines. I once did an experiment of not having a SEO plugin active on one of my websites and it was a disaster. It proves that […]

PWA Progressive Web App And Google Adsense

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PWA Progressive Web App And Google Adsense – I wrote the following article after my initial experiences with PWA in WordPress using the AMP version on a mobile phone. When it comes to using AMP in WordPress, there are two main plugins that are used; the original AMP version by WordPress.com or AMP for WP by […]

Rank Math SEO Plugin Review

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Rank Math SEO Plugin Review – Sometimes something comes along that puts a bit of excitement in your tummy! That is exactly how I feel after using the Rank Math SEO WordPress Plugin from MyThemeShop. Which WordPress SEO Plugin Is Best? Haven’t you searched for which WordPress SEO plugin is best, read a lot of […]

Webgains

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Webgains Affiliate Marketing Company The following are extracts from Webgains’ website to give you some background information. You can click on this link to go directly to the Webgains website to register for free. Who are Webgains? They have a hi-performance affiliate marketing network. This means we have an unbeatable track record when it comes […]

PropellerAds

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PropellerAds Affiliate Marketing Company The following are extracts from PropellerAds website to give you some background information on them. Click on this link to go directly to the PropellerAds website to register for free. PropellerAdsPublishers Earn more with our multi-channel monetisation solutions and exclusive offers 100% traffic monetization We maximise your income by efficiently monetising […]

Clickbank

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Clickbank Affiliate Marketing Company The following is some information from Clickbank’s web page to give you some background information on the company. You can click on this link to go directly to Clickbank and register for free. What Clickbank Do: For more than 20 years, ClickBank has delivered lifestyle products to customers around the globe. […]

Bidvertiser

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Bidvertiser Affiliate Marketing Company The following is an extract of the background of Bidvertiser, for your information. You can go directly to their website and register now free of charge using this link. Quality Pre-screened traffic sources aimed at generating conversions for our advertisers. We live and breath affiliates, offers and conversion optimisation for over […]

Awin

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Awin Affiliate Marketing Company These quotations are taken from the Awin website to let you know something about them first. You can click directly to the Awin website here and register for free. Awin Background information Awin are committed to creating the most diverse, connected and effective affiliate network. Their experienced team builds powerful technology, […]

What Are WordPress Pagination Archives Best SEO Settings?

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What Are WordPress Pagination Archives Best SEO Settings? I wonder how many times you have searched Google to find out the best settings for paginated archives for a WordPress website? Index, noindex, follow, nofollow? It is a topic that is well discussed and debated amongst the SEO community and there are a lot of differing […]

Enable Adsense AMP Auto Ads WordPress

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How To Enable Adsense AMP Auto Ads WordPress Easily – Google Adsense have a great new feature of AMP Auto Ads and it is very easy to install on your WordPress website to get the maximum benefit. Want To Install and Enable Adsense AMP Auto Ads WordPress Easily? Before writing this I did a search […]

Why Are My Adsense Ads Not Showing On Mythemeshop Website?

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I recently had this problem with my Adsense ads not showing on Mythemeshop website and it took me a while to figure out what the problem was. I do not totally trust technology I must admit and occasionally check and double check that all my plugins and settings are working correctly and displaying things as […]

How To Delete WordPress Theme Completely

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How to delete WordPress Theme completely is a fairly simple operation to do, but I suppose it is only simple if you know how to do it! There are so many new people starting to use WordPress and finding there way around that I thought it might be useful to throw this brief one in. […]

Start Your Own Blog For Free

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Ready to take the plunge and start your own blog for free now? Many people say they would love to start a blog and never get round to doing it, for a variety of reasons. Others really do want to get blogging and have a real interest and passion for it, but honestly just do […]

CDN Cache Enabler Optimus WordPress Plugins

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CDN Cache Enabler Optimus WordPress Plugins – This looks like a bit of an unrelated, catch-all heading for this article, but read on to find out how these 3 plugins work hand in hand to speed up your WordPress website. KeyCDN Plugins If you search for new plugins in your WordPress admin area and then […]

SEO WordPress Checkup

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Why Not Ask For A SEO WordPress CheckUp? Avail yourself of a SEO WordPress CheckUp on your website today and make sure there are no lurking errors. How many times have you thought to yourself as to whether you have set up your WordPress website correctly? Do you have niggly thoughts of whether your current […]

How To Get Your Pages Indexed By Google

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How To Get Your Pages Indexed By Google – after starting a new website or blog and producing some good pages and posts, what you really want next is the whole world to see them as soon as possible. This means you need to get those pages and subsequent ones indexed by the major search […]

Why You Should Delete Yoast SEO WordPress Plugin!

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(This is a genuine experiment and is still ongoing. You need to read it all and not skip to the bottom first!) I have always been a great believer in the Yoast WordPress SEO Plugin and have been using it for years, so why on earth would I be writing a page on my website […]

Should You Use Google Analytics Code On Your Website?

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Should You Use Google Analytics Code On Your Website? Yes or No? Could be, maybe? I must confess that I have always used the Google analytics code on all of my websites as it provides very interesting and helpful data. You can use this data to help increase the traffic to your website and find […]

Propeller Ads Good Alternative to Adsense or Better?

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Propeller Ads Good Alternative to Adsense or Better? – I must confess that I only tried Propeller Ads for a short period of time and only on one of my websites. During the time the Propellerads adverts were active, I also had Google Adsense adverts showing as well, as Google will allow you to do […]

Best WordPress Theme Fastest Page Speed

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Best WordPress Theme Fastest Page Speed – I’m not sure about you, but are you ever satisfied that you have the best theme AND the fastest loading page speed possible? A Never Ending Aspiration to have the best WordPress Theme Fastest Page Speed That is the way it appeals to me, as you are always […]

Mythemeshop Content Locker Review

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Mythemeshop have a free plugin called Content Locker, which is why I thought it might be worthwhile having a Mythemeshop content locker review. What does the Mythemeshop content locker plugin do? In their advertising, Mythemeshop states that the content locker plugin: “Content Locker is the tool that can transform your online business and take it […]

Google Adsense Revenue Drop After New UI

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Have you noticed a Google Adsense Revenue Drop After New UI was introduced? Well, you are not the only one! I noticed a big downturn in Adsense revenue since they introduced their new user interface and you need to know how to fix this problem right away. When Adsense first introduced their new UI into each […]

Be Careful How You Use Yoast Internal Linking Suggestions

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You might wonder why I am saying Be Careful How You Use Yoast Internal Linking Suggestions and I would like to go on to qualify that here. Yoast Plugin Lightning Fast Internal Linking Suggestions This has been introduced in the premium version of the Yoast SEO plugin and it seems to work very well indeed. […]

Check Best PHP Version For Your WordPress Website

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Perhaps something you do not think of doing on a regular basis, but it is good practice to check best PHP version for your WordPress website. Things never stay the same in the on line world and there are updates for everything you use today. PHP 7 PHP 7 has just been released and I […]

Block Motherboard.vice.com Google Analytics

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Block Motherboard.vice.com Google Analytics – are you seeing this website in your Google Analytics stats recently? The Russians are Coming! It would appear that there is a Russian spam artist called Vitaly Popov that is behind all of this. It started just before the results of the US election and has continued citing some kind […]

Double Google Adsense Earnings Changing Ad Style Setting

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How to Double Google Adsense Earnings Changing Ad Style Setting – don’t you just love Google Adsense? I do! If you have not tried it on your website or blog yet, then you need to give it a try. What is Google Adsense? Google Adsense is an advertising service by Google that automatically places adverts in […]

Using More Than One Focus Keyword

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Using more than one focus keyword can really help give a SEO boost to your website, but not many people have caught onto it yet. Read on a bit further to find out the best methods to use. Using multiple focus keywords gives you a great opportunity to “get ahead of the pack”. Using A […]

Titles And Metas Posts And Pages Yoast SEO Best Settings

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Titles And Metas Posts And Pages Yoast SEO Best Settings – DONT LISTEN TO ANYONE ELSE EXCEPT YOAST! You may think that statement is a bit over the top, but it’s down to months of different trials, changes, tests, experiments; you name it and I have tried it. And The Best Settings Are? Right here. It’s […]

Cloudflare Rocket Loader Adsense

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Cloudflare Rocket Loader Adsense – the question is, does the Cloudflare Rocket Loader setting affect Google Adsense adverts in any way? This is a very important question if you use Adsense for revenue on your WordPress website, as you do not want anything to interfere with that. What is Cloudflare Rocket Loader? Well, it’s not […]

Fix Too Many Redirects Error WordPress Problems

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Fix Too Many Redirects Error WordPress Problems – this is something you might be totally unaware of, but can really badly affect the SEO of your website. I don’t know if you are like me or not, but when I come up with a new idea for my WordPress websites, I just have to carry […]

What Is Blogging All About?

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What Is Blogging All About – with everyone’s money tight at the minute and increasingly more people trying to find work at home using an on-line business, greater numbers of people are looking towards the Internet for an income. You then find others who need to make extra money on top of their normal job, […]

You’re linking to another page with the focus keyword you want this page to rank for

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Ever come across this warning of “You’re linking to another page with the focus keyword you want this page to rank for“? If you are using Yoast’s SEO Plugin either the free version or Pro version, then you might well come across this error message. Whilst it is not the end of the world if […]

What Should I Put in My Robots.txt File?

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So what should I put in my Robots.txt file you might ask? Good question and as with most things, “doctors differ, patients die” well maybe that’s a little bit extreme! Read on a bit further to see your options and find the best code to suit your on website. Yoast’s Recommendation for Robots.txt Yoast is […]

How do I make keywords rank in search engines using posts and pages in WordPress

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Have you every asked yourself the question, “how do I make Keywords rank in search engines using posts and pages in WordPress?“. We are going to take a look at this much asked question. A Brand New Website I you are in that very favoured position of just about to launch a brand new website, […]

Work From Home Or From A Campervan Anywhere

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Isn’t technology wonderful that you can either work from home or from a campervan anywhere! All you need is a an internet connection and a laptop. Brilliant and no problems at all – really? The Campervan Outing With A Difference So, I headed out in the campervan last Saturday with my wife and we were […]

WordPress Genesis Framework Vs MyThemeShop

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Comparing the WordPress Genesis Framework Vs MyThemeShop and which is best or better. Well, I have to say that for the majority of my blogging life I have used the Genesis Framework SEO with a StudioPress Theme on all of my websites. Explore WordPress Genesis Framework Vs MyThemeShop I have found Genesis to be a […]

Cloudflare Free Review

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Cloudflare Free Review – CloudFlare has a totally free service that quickens and secures your website against malicious visitors, save bandwidth and reduce average page load times. I will try to point out a few interesting and helpful things in this Cloudflare Free review. How Does Cloudflare Work? It is designated as your authoritative name servers […]

Work From Home Using Pay Per Click

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Work From Home Using Pay Per Click – the internet is full of offers on how to work from home and make a living on your computer using the internet. There is no doubt that there are some good schemes and ideas out there that can be used successfully, but the majority of them I […]

What is Anchor Text and Do I Need to Use It?

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What is Anchor Text and Do I Need to Use It? – What exactly is Anchor Text? Here is an example of anchor text within a sentence: Can you spot that this is the anchor text in this example. Yet, as users, we are able to see no more than the clickable area of the anchor […]

How To Find The Stats For Google Adsense Mobile Anchor Overlay and Vignette Adverts

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How to find the stats for Google Adsense mobile anchor overlay and vignette adverts – if you use Google Adsense and use their adverts on your website, you might have been notified about a new type of mobile advert Adsense are now running. Their new mobile adverts are called Anchor/Overlay and Vignette and can now […]

Gaming the Google Network?

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Have you just received an email from Google Adwords saying that you are guilty of Gaming the Google Network? This is something you definitely do NOT want to ever receive, although I have received one! Find out more be reading this article and be very careful to keep on the right side of Google. The […]