Here at NameHero, we recommend using a custom plugin to paste your code snippets because it’s fully under your control and causes less bloat than plugins in the WordPress repository. However, it’s not within everyone’s comfort zone to create a custom plugin, particularly considering that if you configure it wrong, it can break your site. […]
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Disadvantages Of Displaying Ads On Your Website
The very fact that you’re debating the pros and cons of showing ads on your website means that you’re in one of two situations: Your website is a passion project, and you didn’t start with the intention to monetize it You already have a way of monetizing your website, and you’re exploring a new revenue […]
How To Clean Up WordPress Cron Jobs
We don’t often think about WordPress cron jobs. They occur in the background periodically, and the only time the average user needs to worry about them is when something goes wrong. It’s only when something goes wrong that most WordPress users even become aware of something called “cron.” But for those who already know what […]
No NameHero Provisioning Setup Time
Thanks to its cloud-based architecture, you can start using your NameHero account immediately after placing your order. Other web hosts without a cloud infrastructure need time to set aside and “provision” the resources on their servers. NameHero provisioning, however, takes just a few minutes. To give you an example, I first placed the order for […]
Have A Plan For Your Website When You Die!
A bit of a morbid topic, I know, but it recently came to my attention when I read that Bill Slawsky died in mid-May via a Tweet from his company: For decades, Bill Slawsky managed a blog called SEO by the Sea, keeping track of the latest Google updates and more. For the community, it […]
Three WordPress Disadvantages To Be Aware Of
I’m a huge fan of WordPress. I’ve been using it since 2008 and have contributed my own plugin to the repository. There’s no shortage of articles talking about the advantages of WordPress, and that’s because it’s great software! But I feel there aren’t enough people talking about its limitations. So here are three disadvantages of […]
Google Kills The “Content Is King” Myth
I seem to be on a roll, nitpicking Google’s public pronouncements on SEO. After my last article on the SEO impact of cloaking affiliate links, I told myself I’d stay away from the subject for a while, but then couldn’t help myself as John Mueller said something that quietly upended the entire foundation of search. […]
Cloaking Affiliate Links Doesn’t Harm SEO!
A bit of a discussion broke out over the weekend on the issue of affiliate links and their impact on SEO. An SEO consultant asked John Mueller whether his site was harmed because he was cloaking his affiliate links. Mueller’s answer was a dodge: But taken together with previous pronouncements and common sense, cloaking your […]
How To Use QUIC.cloud’s Name Servers For Full CDN Integration
Right now, QUIC.cloud is the best Cloudflare alternative. While it still has a long way to go to match Cloudflare’s extensive feature set, the basic functionality of a reverse proxy is already up and running. And the pricing model is far more flexible than Cloudflare’s, where the minimum plan costs $20/m. By contrast, QUIC.cloud has […]
Google’s “Helpful Content” Update: Will It Fix Things?
Those who rely on search for our traffic know that the phrase “Content is King” in search is a lie. The crown doesn’t go to content but to something Google claims doesn’t exist – domain authority. We know that big brands always get away with thin, poor-quality content, while smaller brands with better articles rank […]