How to Stop Referrer Spam in Google Analytics

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 …

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Speed Up Your WordPress Website with Gonzales

Speed is such an important part of your website. If your website is slow, many visitors will click the back button and continue their search for a solution elsewhere. Over the last couple of years search engines have placed a high priority on speed and now use it as a …

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Monstroid – A WordPress Theme on Steroids

Template Monster have been a big player in the template world since before WordPress was even launched. In fact, I started making money as an affiliate through promoting their designs way back in 2002 and I still earn commissions from referrals to this day. Although they sell over a thousand …

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150 Free Wordpress Themes for 2014

I have been really impressed with the quality of free WordPress themes released this year. The standard has really improved over previous years. Earlier this year, I shared with you all 100 Great Free WordPress Themes for 2014. Today, I would like to share with you another collection of free …

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15 Great WordPress Plugins to Help You Make Money Online

With over 30,000 plugins to choose from in the Wordpress Plugin Directory alone, and thousands premium plugins available in marketplaces such as CodeCanyon, finding the right plugin can be a bit overwhelming. Even if you are new to working online, there is one thing I am sure you have realised by …

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Add Google Rich Snippets to WordPress with Author hReview

Author hReview is a brand new WordPress plugin that adds Google rich snippets to your search results. It was designed specifically for reviews and ratings posts. The plugin was developed by Hesham Zebida, owner of the great blogging blog Famous Bloggers. Once you have installed the plugin, you will see …

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Elementor

Three Reasons to Use Elementor (And Three Reasons Not To)

For many years, this website used the popular WordPress theme Genesis by StudioPress. It remains one of my favourite WordPress frameworks, but in early 2020 I wanted to try something different and opted for the lightweight WordPress design GeneratePress. I can’t speak highly enough about GeneratePress. It’s one of the …

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Restarting the Blogging Engine

Restarting the Blogging Engine

Maintaining a successful blog is a lot like driving a steam train. It takes a lot of energy to get it going, but even when you’re on the right track, you need to keep adding fuel to the fire or it will eventually grind to a halt. Failure to follow …

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Affiliate Programs

5 Affiliate Programs That Make Me Money

To say that 2020 has been a crazy year for everyone would be an understatement. Few of us were prepared for Covid or a world where no one knew how to deal with it. Like everyone else, I’ve had many few ups and downs myself this year. I’ve sadly lost …

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