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Q&A: Why is my blog taking so much time to load?

Posted on October 31, 2018

Question from Carrie B.: I have a blog that averages around 2200 visitors a day. When I first started this blog the pages loaded very quickly, almost instantly. But now it takes them forever to load, often as long as a minute or more.

I’ve read everything I could find about how to make blog pages load faster and so far nothing has helped.

I’ve cut back on my images quite a bit and optimized the ones I’m still using. I cut the number of WordPress plugins I was using from 16 to 5. I even ran a malware scan in my blog like you recommended in this post.

I’m at a loss as to what I’m doing wrong. Do you have any idea what could be making my blog load so slowly? I know that being on a shared server isn’t the best, but surely it wouldn’t slow my blog down that much would it?

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]

How to boost your retirement income by becoming a blogger

Posted on October 30, 2018

Have you recently retired from your working life only to find that you could use some extra retirement income?

Many new retirees have trouble adjusting to their new lifestyle, and it’s often caused by a sudden drop in income.

Even folks who took steps to prepare for their retirement can face financial difficulties after they stop receiving a regular paycheck from an employer.

There are many ways for retirees to supplement their retirement income, but one of the best just might be something you’ve never even considered: Writing a blog! [Read more…]

Q&A: What’s the best way to hide the date/time on the comments on my WordPress blog?

Posted on October 21, 2018

Question from Keisha P.: I write a fairly popular WordPress blog and I occasionally change the dates on some of my older posts to put them back onto the first page of the blog.

But that’s causing a problem because the comments on those posts still have the old dates/times on them. I’m afraid my readers will notice the old dates and realize that the posts aren’t really new.

I’m using the Genesis framework and Executive Pro child theme on this blog. I know I can remove the code that displays the comments’ date and time from the Genesis module but I’m hoping there’s a better way. Do you know of one?

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Is your blog truly mobile-friendly? Find out for sure in just 30 seconds.

Posted on October 19, 2018

As I mentioned here and here, both Google and Bing give mobile-friendly websites an extra boost in their search engine rankings. That’s why I strongly recommend that you add a mobile-friendly theme to your blog if you haven’t done so already.

If you think your blog might already be optimized for mobile, you can find out for sure by typing your blog’s URL into Google’s Mobile-Friendly Test tool. The tool will make a very quick scan of your blog and tell you in seconds whether it’s truly mobile-friendly in Google’s opinion. [Read more…]