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How to Rank in Google (Search Engine Ranking Factors)

How can your website rank higher in Google? Learn the SEO factors that contribute to ranking in Google, and questions to ask yourself for each factor.

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Why We Love Flywheel, Managed WordPress Host

Learn how managed WordPress hosting from Flywheel can make your site faster, more secure, and more reliable.

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6 Quick Wins to Speed Up WordPress Performance

We share 6 quick ways to speed up WordPress, and tell why you should care about your website's speed.

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For Good SEO, Give Your Visitors What They Want [Checklist]

The general idea behind SEO (search engine optimization) is simple: Google wants your website to give searchers what they want. This checklist will help you set up your website for better SEO.

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WordPress Maintenance: Keep Your Site Secure & Running Smoothly [Video & Slides]

What can happen if you don't maintain WordPress? What are useful plugins, tools, processes, services? What's a good maintenance schedule? Get answers now.

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Security, Speed, & Google Rank: The Next Phase of WordPress Maintenance

What’s the next phase of WordPress Maintenance? At OptimWise, it’s improving website security, speed, and SEO.

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How to Choose a WordPress Host and Plan

Just as a house needs a strong foundation, a WordPress website needs solid web hosting. Web hosting refers to the computing resources your website runs on. Basically, you're renting a server and networking equipment so that your website has a place to "live" and a way for people to access it. Of course, it's more […]

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How to Declutter Your WordPress Website

I love decluttering! I get a dopamine hit when I delete, clean, and remove anything unnecessary. I'm a big fan of decluttering WordPress websites, too. Let's look at why and how to declutter various areas of WordPress. Why Declutter? Why bother decluttering your WordPress site? Increase site security: the fewer plugins, themes, and users you have […]

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How to Evaluate Your WordPress Website for the New Year

The start of a new year is a great time to evaluate your WordPress website, looking for ways to improve it. A website is never finished; it can always be improved. Let's start evaluating your site! Get Access Run Site Evaluators Run these site evaluators: The first two evaluators also evaluate SEO, which is a […]

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Business Website Mistakes: Chamber Tech Lunch

Are you making mistakes with your small business website? Business websites exist to sell, directly or indirectly. Small businesses often lose sight of that, and make mistakes with the content, design, marketing, and technical aspects of their sites. Learn how to fix these mistakes so your site delivers business results. I gave this presentation, Website […]

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Website Mistakes Small Businesses Make, and How to Fix Them: WordCamp Grand Rapids 2014

I gave this presentation, Website Mistakes Small Businesses Make, and How to Fix Them, at WordCamp Grand Rapids 2014. I’ve seen many small businesses make website mistakes that hurt their results. My presentation was about how to fix these mistakes so your site delivers business results. Below are the video, slides, and detailed notes. Not optimizing to sell How […]

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Why Your Website Shouldn’t Have Sliders, and Alternatives to Them

Sliders (AKA carousels or rotators) have become incredibly popular on WordPress websites, and websites in general. Sliders commonly display images, but can also display text and video. They are frequently used on home pages, but can appear on any page. More often than not, clients ask us to put them on their sites. The problem […]

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