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How 16 Companies are Dominating the Google Results, Even in the WordPress Space

Earlier this week I came across an article on SEO blog Viperchill about how 16 companies are dominating the world’s Google search results. I found it quite eye-opening as well as a bit disconcerting. Brands/websites that most of us think as separate are actually owned by the same parent company and are not really offering us totally separate opinions. Apart from that, they can interlink between them in order to dominate the search results.

Jean Galea September 8, 2018

How to Achieve a Google PageSpeed Score of 90% or Higher with Your WordPress Website

In this article I’m going to explain two major speed measurement standards Google Page Speed Insights and GTmetrix, the factor they both consider when assessing and benchmarking websites and the best practices to improve them in your WordPress-based website. I will also provide a list of how major WordPress themes compare against it in the market now.

Alyona Galea September 13, 2022

Get a Google Rankings Boost by Using SSL

We’ve all heard how important it is to rank well with Google and how vital it is to take SEO seriously if you want your website to be a success, so what can you do to rank higher on Google’s search index? Well, there are a few things that can be done to move up the rankings, but in this post I’ll be discussing a particular aspect of them – HTTPS. It’s only been introduced last year and so far has a minimal impact on your ranking, but it’s importance is growing.

Mark Zahra September 13, 2022

Find Fastest WordPress Themes and Plugins on WPSpeedster.com

There is a reason WordPress is so popular and the popularity is increasing day by day and that reason is its really huge developer community. So, the number of themes and plugins in WordPress are increasing and they are all free. This is indeed a great advantage for someone who is willing to set up a new website.

Alyona Galea October 19, 2017

WordPress Development Outsourcing – Vital Things Worth Making a Note of

There’s no denying that outsourcing is an effortless way of executing web development projects. Whether you’re inclined on developing a new web application or want to set up a brand new portal, outsourcing is perhaps an excellent approach to follow.

Alyona Galea July 30, 2017

End of The Web Hosting Industry? A Response

Last week, I ran across an article predicting the end of the web hosting industry. Since it was published on April 1st, I initially thought maybe it was a joke. However, as I began reading, I quickly figured out this was a serious prediction by Donnacha MacGloinn.

Alyona Galea October 18, 2017

Introducing Pressidium: Enterprise Managed WordPress Hosting

When it comes to hosting your WordPress website, there’s a lot of choice out there. Do you go for a shared hosting environment and sacrifice performance in return for budget prices? Or do you pay a significant premium for managed WordPress hosting and have the hassle free experience it provides? Then there’s everything else in between. How on earth are you supposed to decide?

Alyona Galea October 19, 2017

Should I Switch My WordPress Website to HTTPS?

Google has recently announced that whether or not a website is using HTTPS (HTTP over TLS) will be a ranking signal as we go forward. Right now it’s not so important for ranking however it will progressively become more important in the coming years. Thus, the onus is on website owners to start making the move right now towards HTTPS.

Jean Galea August 25, 2014

15 Practical Ways to Boost Your WordPress Speed

Speeding up your website can boost your brand, improve your Google rankings, increase your conversions and reduce your bounce rate. In this article, I’ve pulled together my top 15 tips for boosting WordPress speed. Across our hundreds of clients, these are the main things that keep popping up.

Alyona Galea September 13, 2022

WordPress Social Sharing Optimization Pro Plugin Review

WordPRess Social Sharing Optimization Pro is a plugin that aims to help your content get more exposure on the social networks, resulting in more shares, +1s, tweets, pins, likes, and ultimately more traffic back to your website.

The WPSSO plugin works with all the major social networks and allows you to add meta data to your posts and pages to help those networks display your content is the best possible way, helping it stand out from the crowd. Find out how this plugin can help your site in our WPSSO review.

Joe Fylan May 2, 2014

Why a VPN Should Be in Your Marketing Research Toolkit

Have you ever wondered how to improve your company’s position in search engine results? Until recently, I wasn’t aware that a tool existed on the market that could help. Then I discovered that a VPN (Virtual Private Network) will help drive my ranking higher up the results page, and also circumvent a few other issues.

Alyona Galea September 13, 2022

WordPress ShortCodes: Creation, Parameters and Benefits

Shortcodes are brought to life since WordPress version 2.5. Generally, they come bundled with plugins, and sometimes themes. In all likelihoods, you have used them at a certain point of time while managing WordPress.

Alyona Galea July 11, 2013

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How 16 Companies are Dominating the Google Results, Even in the WordPress Space

How to Achieve a Google PageSpeed Score of 90% or Higher with Your WordPress Website

Get a Google Rankings Boost by Using SSL

Find Fastest WordPress Themes and Plugins on WPSpeedster.com

WordPress Development Outsourcing – Vital Things Worth Making a Note of

End of The Web Hosting Industry? A Response

Introducing Pressidium: Enterprise Managed WordPress Hosting

Should I Switch My WordPress Website to HTTPS?

15 Practical Ways to Boost Your WordPress Speed

Why a VPN Should Be in Your Marketing Research Toolkit

WordPress ShortCodes: Creation, Parameters and Benefits

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