WordCamps are an opportunity for those who work with WordPress to meet up, listen to talks from experienced WordPress users, and get to know each other better. The first WordCamp I attended was WordCamp Europe in Seville in 2015. I enjoyed it so much I went to the next European …
Known spammers and sources of malware are placed on internet blacklists. There are a number of different types of blacklists used online. Blacklist monitoring lists, for example, are used by large email services such as Gmail, Outlook (Hotmail), and Yahoo. They use blacklists to filter emails for their customers. If …
As someone who works online and loves to travel, I have always been a fan of lightweight laptops. I have purchased many lightweight computers over the years and used to regularly read blogs about the latest portable devices coming out of Japan. I use a desktop for my main work …
Cloudways is a popular managed cloud hosting service that offer reliable hosting at fantastic prices. I first became aware of Cloudways in the Summer of 2015 when I met Cloudways founder Pere Hospital at WordCamp Europe in Seville. Pere was extremely passionate and enthuastic about his business so it has …
WP Engine is a popular WordPress hosting company that offers a managed hosting service. Historically, I have been one of the few WordPress bloggers who have not been actively promoting them. A number of people queried this stance when I was over in Vienna for WordCamp Europe 2016 and kept …
Reviews are vital to the success of a product or service. Good reviews encourage people to buy. Bad reviews discourage them from buying. In the WordPress world, reviews can make or break a developer’s product. Review ratings are prominently displayed next to themes and plugins on WordPress.org. They give website …
The “Referral Traffic” stat in Google Analytics is a great way of seeing which websites have been sending visitors to your websites. I check the page every couple of weeks to see if an article of mine has been referenced in a forum or blog post. If an article of …
Companies spend a lot of time tweaking their landing pages and testing results to see what helps increase sales and what does not. One of the most effective ways of increasing sales to your product or service is to adopt a professional looking pricing table. Pricing tables are common place …
Sending emails directly from your email account or from your website’s server is never a good idea. Your delivery rate will be low and if enough subscribers label your emails as spam your server’s IP address could be blacklisted. That is why most website owners use an SMTP email service …
Anyone who owns a content based website, such as a blog or discussion forum, understands the problems that spam generates. WordPress owners have to tackle spam on a daily basis. Over the last few months spam has increased significantly on this blog to the point where 90% of the comments …