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Improve Site Performance Case Study – On Sutton Place

A fast loading site makes more money. That was the main motivation behind site owner Ann Drake contacting me to help her tweak On Sutton Place. Ann is big on Pinterest, where images are everything. She has also acquired several lucrative AdSense accounts.

Her site was running slow and it was costing her money.

The graphics for both Pinterest and ads presented their own challenges with performance. But image optimization was the least of the problems, and not where we started optimizing this site.

What follows is a full case study on the steps we took, and are still taking, to improve the performance and user experience with On Sutton Place.

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WordPress 3.8.1 Released

WordPress 3.8 got its first minor update. The release candidate for beta testers became available on Jan. 22nd and the final version is scheduled to be released to the public today, Jan. 23rd.

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Increase Site Traffic with Organic Search, Authority, and Influence

Ranking at the top of Google is the brass ring most bloggers aim to grab. But, that’s not the only way to increase traffic to your site. In fact, off-site SEO, authority, and influential friends are critically important to your site’s success too.

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Verify Your Website on Pinterest with Genesis

If your site is on the Genesis framework, it’s easy to verify your site on Pinterest without a plugin. Doing it the way I’ll show you in this video and written tutorial will also decrease the resource load on your site, and remove any potential security risks too.

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Massive DDoS Attack Takes Down HostGator BlueHost and Other Major Hosts

Starting last week, a severe DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack hit several big hosting services. While many of the affected host providers were able to continue delivering site pages with only minor interruptions, the attack finally crippled a few of the EIG owned hosts such as HostGator and BlueHost on New Year’s Eve day.

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New in WordPress 3.8 [Video]

In this quick video, you’ll see all the new features in WordPress 3.8, plus tips on how to use them.

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Half off Hosting Discount

You know you’ve been wanting to move to a better host. Now you have no excuses. A2 Hosting is running a 52% discount from Black Friday through Cyber Monday.

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Hide Content from Search and Sitemaps with WordPress SEO Plugin

In this quick video you’ll see how to hide your content from search bots and keep it out of both your sitemaps using the WordPress SEO plugin by Yoast. There are several combinations of settings and I’ll tell you about the different options and which ones are best to use to suit your content goals.

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