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Tammy Adams on the BlogAid Site Success Interview Series

ByMaAnna Stephenson

Tammy Adams on the BlogAid Site Success Interview Series

Lifestyle blogger Tammy Adams joins the Successful Site Interview Series. Tammy has been online since 2008 and shares her story of what it takes to run a successful site, and the positive results she’s seen since her recent site audit. Listen now

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Timestamp of Our Chat

Below you will find a handy timestamp of our discussion, full of takeaways and links that will help you run a successful site too.

00:47 Tammy talks about her lifestyle blog.

01:20 The importance of community and tribe in this niche.

02:20 Important changes, like Pinterest. Using ViralTag for automation.

03:30 Image optimization.

08:45 Running a site for years, things get messy and how that was causing loss of viewers.

10:37 What we found in the site audit.

  • Lack of security.
  • DDoS attack
  • Multiple sites
  • Backups on same server.
  • Plugin reduction
  • Recipe plugin and Woocommerce not working together
  • SEO issues – we’re still working on those

13:45 The role of SEO in a community-based niche site

  • Making best use of the WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin

15:05 Why you must configure all of the WordPress SEO plugin, not just install it and use the on-page analysis tool.

17:00 The roll of your theme in SEO

  • New mobile guidelines
  • HTML5 compliance and schema

18:40 Immediate results after audit

  • Large, popular blogs taking notice in SERPs

19:30 Plugins – evaluating for ROI and conflicts

20:30 Ads on mobile

22:45 The definition of what is considered mobile, and what fully responsive means for a theme

25:20 Checking how the mobile version of your site really looks

27:20 What it’s like to start from scratch with a new domain name

29:20 How much harder it is now to build a following compared to years ago

32:30 The importance of good backups and devastation of lack of security

38:00 The importance of great hosting and support, plus hosting types

41:00 Be careful with tech advice from a non-tech group

44:40 Taking time to keep up with the changes

47:10 Good stats to check on your hosting for bad bot hits and spammy links

  • Filtering Google Analytics for spammy links
  • Plugin to block spammy back links
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MaAnna is a geek who can still speak in plain English. She helps DIY site owners plus webmasters and designers create sites that are secure, perform well, and get noticed by search engines and readers.