Rich Snippets add “extra information” to snippets and make you stand out in search results. You can do this with reviews, recipes, videos, events, user reviews, and other supported data. The easiest way to add rich snippets to WordPress is by installing a rich snippets plugin, using it to markup pages/posts (basically just filling out fields), then testing those URLs in […]
17 WordPress SEO Plugins For Optimizing Your Site In 2019
Searching for a complete list WordPress SEO plugins? This goes way beyond Yoast. It dives into rich snippets, redirects, alt text, SSL, and even Google’s Site Kit plugin (still in beta). The speed optimization plugins include 20 in itself. I’ve been writing WordPress SEO + speed tutorials since 2011 – I am a complete nerd […]
11 Simple Ways To Increase Click-Through Rates (In SEO) By Enhancing Snippets To Stand Out In Google’s Search Results
Search engine snippets are the forefront of your SEO. Anything you can do to make them stand out will increase click-through rates and get you more SEO traffic. There are plenty of ways to enhance them (some less obvious than others). I will show you how to get featured in Google’s Answer Box (featured snippets), […]
WP Rich Snippets Review – I Used To Love This Plugin, But The Developer Is Missing With No Plugin Updates/Support For 2 Years (Also Not Compatible With PHP 7.1 And Higher)
Deciding whether to buy the WP Rich Snippets Plugin? It’s what I use to add rich snippets to my WordPress posts. I was originally going to settle for All In One Schema.org Rich Snippets but WP Rich Snippets has way more functionality (especially with their add-ons and robust plugin settings), plus the actual design is awesome. What are rich snippets anyway? They […]
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 […]
All In One Schema Rich Snippets Plugin Review / Tutorial: Minimal Plugin That Does The Job, But Has A Boring Design
All In One Schema Rich Snippets is a WordPress plugin used to markup pages/posts with rich snippets. It has good reviews and will do the job for a lot of people. But other people (like me) are picky about how the markup affects the design of the page. Since every rich snippet plugin adds content to your page which is needed for Google to […]
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 […]
How To Improve SEO Through Sitewide Optimizations (Things That Affect The Performance Of Your Entire Site)
Sitewide optimizations are factors that improve SEO for every page/post on your website. They can be especially helpful for large websites, for example, improving your page load time by 3 seconds (for 100 pages) can cause a noticeable traffic increase in your Google Analytics. These are basically scalable ways you can improve your website and search engine rankings. I listed helpful links and resources for each item […]
21 Ways To Create Better Content In WordPress
We’re always being told to create “good” content but besides being a skilled writer, what else can we do? Well I’ll tell you. We need to spruce it up! We need to focus on aesthetics, user-friendliness, optimization, and leveraging all those tools/plugins we have available. You probably know that from an SEO perspective, good content naturally ranks high […]
How Positive Reviews Improve Local SEO For Businesses (Hint: They’re 8.9% Of SEO But Show In A TON Of Places)
There’s no doubt reviews are a huge part of local SEO. They show up in Google Maps, when people search your business name, and they’re 8.9% of Google’s local search ranking factors. I’m not here to share statistics on how important reviews are since I’m sure already know that. But which profiles are most important? Have […]