Need an easy way to install Google Analytics on your WordPress site? Google Analytics is used to track specific data on your website visitors. It tells you how many visitors you have, where they’re coming from, and plenty of other metrics. It’s a powerful tool that when used to it’s fullest extent, can greatly improve your […]
5 Google Analytics SEO Dashboards To Segment Traffic
Looking to measure and segment SEO traffic with Google Analytics? Then I’ve got 5 Google Analytics SEO dashboards for you. These give you useful data on your SEO traffic, content, and geographic/mobile visitors. Use the download links to import these directly to your Google Analytics account so you can collect data about your site. You may need […]
7 Google Analytics Custom Dashboard Examples To Segment SEO, Social Media, Mobile, And Other Metrics
Need some awesome Google Analytics dashboards to segment your data? Last week I found a page on my site was taking 25.4 seconds to load for people in Seattle. Embarrassing, but I made the fix. I found this using my Google Analytics custom dashboards. These dashboards can help you see the big picture, but they can also help […]
WordPress Local SEO: How To Optimize Your Website (And Citations) To Rank Higher In Google Maps/Localized Results
Ready to rank higher in Google Maps and local search results? We’ll follow Google’s local search ranking factors which Moz reports every 2 years. I broke these down into factors on and off your WordPress site. Citations (online directories like Yelp, Superpages, and Axciom) are about 11% of local SEO, so it wouldn’t be fair […]
The 15 Most Important WordPress Plugins For SEO, Speed Optimization, Backups, Security And Website Optimization
Obsessed with WordPress plugins like me? Here’s a list of plugins for SEO, speed optimization, design, security, backups, and other plugins for optimizing your site. I use all these on my own WordPress site and they all have a 4+ star rating. I wrote tutorials on many of them including how to configure the Yoast settings, optimizing […]
12 Ways To “SEO” Your New WordPress Website
You have a new WordPress site, now you want it optimized for search engines. My 12 step WordPress SEO checklist will help you do that. I’ll walk you through keywords, Yoast’s SEO plugin, Google Search Console and other ways you can optimize your site. There’s a lot of good stuff here (and I know it can be […]
5 Google Analytics Dashboards For WordPress Sites (To Segment Traffic From SEO, Social Media, Mobile And More)
Looking to get better analytics about your WordPress site? Then you want to use Google Analyics dashboards. These will help you segment your analytics into more useful data about SEO, social media, and other areas. As a WordPress user myself, I create these dashboards with WordPress in mind. In case you don’t have Google Analytics installed on your WordPress site, use Yoast’s […]
10 Essential WordPress Plugins (For SEO, Analytics, Security, Speed Optimization, Backups, And Web Design)
These WordPress plugins will help you design, optimize, and add functionality to your site. I included links to helpful tutorials and resources for each plugin. All are free but #4 (Gravity Forms) which is $49 but worth it if you want an advanced contact form. I’ve gone through a lot of plugins through my 5 […]
How To Add A User To My Google Analytics Account
Adding users to your Google Analytics account is easy. You must be an administator of the account to do this, or at least be able to “manage users” in the user permissions. If you installed the tracking code and setup Google Analytics yourself, this shouldn’t be a problem. If someone else setup your Google Analytics, you will […]