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Q&A: How can I tell when my blog is loading from the new server after I switch hosting companies?

Posted on August 14, 2021

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Question from Jay: I have a WordPress blog and it started going down on me at random times a couple of months ago.

I’ve signed up for a better hosting account with a different company and they’ll move the blog to the new server for me at no cost.

I’m planning to put in the request for the move when I get back to the office on Monday, but I’d like to ask you a question in the meantime.

I’ve been told that it could take quite a while for my blog to start loading from the new server after they make the switch. How will I be able to tell when my blog starts loading from the new server instead of the old one? [Read more…]

This simple tip could boost your blog’s page views by up to 50%

Posted on June 10, 2021

Are you a blogger who is looking for ways to boost the number of page views on your blog?

If so, I’m going to tell you about one simple change you can make right now that could potentially boost both your blog’s total number of monthly page views and the number of pages viewed per visit.

I’ve been using this strategy on my blogs for a while now, and the total number of pages viewed has risen by over 50% from what they were before I started doing it.

The best thing about this strategy is it requires hardly any extra work on my part. Yes, it does take me about five minutes longer to write each new post now, but that’s nothing really considering the benefits derived from so little extra work.

Now that I’ve (hopefully) piqued your interest, here’s my secret… [Read more…]

How to use SEO to drive thousands of readers to your blog

Posted on February 18, 2021

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In this post, SEO enthusiast Aisha Preece explains exactly what SEO is and how you can use it to drive thousands of visitors to your blog. [Read more…]

How to automatically add the same text before or after every post in WordPress

Posted on November 14, 2020

Have you ever visited a blog and noticed that every post has the same block of text before and/or after the post content?

For example, some bloggers include a message asking the reader to subscribe to an email newsletter or share the post they are reading on social media sites.

If you have a block of text that you’d like to display before and/or after the content of each blog post, all you have to do is edit your WordPress theme’s functions.php file and add one or both of the following code snippets at the bottom. This post will tell you how to do that. [Read more…]

Does your blog take too long to load? Here’s how to find out right now.

Posted on August 30, 2020

Now that Google and other major search engines are taking page load times into consideration when ranking web pages in their search results, it’s more important than ever to make sure your blog pages load as quickly as possible.

There are a number of factors that affect how quickly a web page will load, but figuring out how to make the changes necessary to speed up a blog can be difficult in some cases. [Read more…]