Last night at our West Metro Detroit WordPress meetup, we spoke about web hosting and changing hosts.
One of the side conversations was about updating domain records when you change your host.
And what you can do to make the process run quickly and smoothly. Continue reading Quick Tip: Reset Time to Live (TTL) After Changing Domain Records
At our West Metro Detroit WordPress meetup last night, Suzanne Seibel gave an excellent talk about what to do before and after you launch your website.
Her presentation centered on using Trello to manage and document her website projects.
She explained how she uses a Trello template to stay on top of website projects.
While her talk focused on launching WordPress sites, many of her tips apply to every website, no matter what application or code is used to create it: Continue reading On Website Launches, Client Reviews, and WordPress Plugins
Page speed is important as a ranking factor, but it doesn’t override other factors, said Google Web Trends analyst John Mueller in last week’s Google Webmasters Office Hours.
There are many ranking factors that Google balances in determining page rank; it’s not only links or content, Mueller explained.
That list of factors can change at any time.
And while an empty page will be fast, it would be a
…really terrible search result if someone is searching for something really specific.
The user wouldn’t be very happy with a page with no content in the search results.
Held multiple times every month and open to the public, Google Webmasters Office Hours hangouts give website owners the opportunity to ask questions about
Continue reading 5 Takeaways from March 2019 Google Webmasters Office Hours