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  • HTML5 and Genesis 2.0 – Get the SEO Edge

    When WordPress 3.6 rolls out, it will include HTML5 markup code in the core. Right behind that release will be the Genesis 2.0 premium framework to take advantage of the new features. Since it’s not likely that you own a theme that can make use of HTML5, and since all browsers don’t support it yet, you may be wondering why you’d want to go to the trouble of updating your theme. In a word, microdata, that’s why. Microdata talks to other machines, like search engines, and tells them more about the content being indexed. In other words, microdata is candy for Google and your content will be surrounded by it. When you help Google, it helps you. See how adoption of HTML5 will give your site an SEO leg up in your niche and put you ahead of your competition and seen in SERPs.

  • The Future of Successful Site Ownership

    Owning a successful online business has gotten radically more complicated in the last five years. With the addition of blogging, social media, SEO, video, and the constant changing of all platforms, site owners can hardly keep up. And, there are a lot of entrepreneurs capitalizing on those pain points, including BlogAid. I’ve been in the business of websites nearly 15 years and I’ve been reading the tea leaves and here’s what I predict is coming down the pike for site owners. I’m aligning my business to be in accordance with what I see in my crystal ball and you’ll be ahead of the game and in-the-know if you take heed too.

  • 10 G+ Plugins for WordPress Comments and Imports

    When Google introduced G+ Comments for Blogger, it caused quite a stir among WordPress users. They felt left out. But it didn’t take developers very long to produce several G+ related plugins for WordPress beyond adding a +1 button to the site. I found five plugins for adding comments, and five plugins for import/export of your blog posts to G+ or G+ activity to your blog, including some that also bring in comments. They all work differently, and some work far better than others. Plus, there are caveats to using any of them because none are officially sanctioned by either WordPress or Google. And, at least one may break Google’s Terms of Service.

  • Nofollow and Cloak Your Links to Avoid Penguin 2.0 Penalty

    If you use any type of outbound link on your site you will need to nofollow and/or cloak those links before you get a visit from the new Google Penguin. And you may have more links than you realize. In a recent video, Matt Cutts shed light on what Google is trying to accomplish with the Penguin 2.0 update that was recently released. In it he mentions the halt of floating Page Rank often. That comes from outbound links, especially advertorials. Those could be affiliate links, PPC (Pay Per Click), or even an innocent “Powered by” link on one of your plugins. Find out what you need to know about the links on your site and how to correct any issues so that the Penguin doesn’t pop your site on its analytic head. This is a rather long post with full instructions. Click here or the free report image to download a copy.

  • Post Formats Pulled from WordPress 3.6 Core

    The new Post Formats UI feature for WordPress 3.6 has been pulled from the core and relegated to a plugin. Mark Jaquith announced the change on the Make WordPress Core blog yesterday, saying that it was a “hard decision” and that an “overwhelming consensus had been reached among the core developers” that the new UI, or User Interface was just not ready yet. This is the piece of the puzzle that has delayed the timely release of version 3.6. Jaquith said he should have made the decision to pull it earlier, but that letting it stay in would have been a worse mistake. Read on for the extraction plans and what this means for your site.

  • What Will it Take for You to Get Serious About Site Security

    The global brute force attack is real. And it’s compromising sites left and right. I’ve been contacted by eight non-training clients to repair their site in the past 48 hours. All hosting companies have been hit. There is no such thing as a bullet proof site. There are several good precautions you can take, but only one real way to protect your site. Do you have to lose your site or your online authority and reputation before you get serious about site security? You’re an online business owner. Wake up and smell the attack bots. If you owned a brick and mortar would you leave the front door to your store wide open? Here are real-world examples of what’s happening right now and what you can do to protect all of your hard work.