I was wondering if there is a limit to how many plugins a website should be running? I have 14 running right now (Askimet, SEO, Google Analytics, etc.) and I’m wondering if at any point the amount of plugins will end up bogging down my […]
Tag: Blogging Tips
Your RSS Feed Isn’t Broken – It’s Supposed to Look Like Code
I’ve gotten A LOT of questions/comments like this: I have been noticing that when I try to look at my native feed in Chrome, it gives me the XML page, which is horribly useless. It works fine in Firefox and IE, but in Chrome, it […]
How Best to Configure the WordPress SEO by Yoast Plugin
I just read your article on focus keywords and you said that the focus keyword does not affect your SEO. So the YOAST plugin is not really an SEO optimizer, but rather an SEO analyzer? I know with Google’s Hummingbird update that meta-tags are not […]
Do You Need to Worry about Failed Login Attempts? (iThemes Security)
I’ve been receiving tons of notifications about bad login attempts from users. Should I be worried? I’m currently using iThemes security. Thanks, Ashley! Della Hi Della! People are going to try to gain access to your blog for malicious reasons. That’s just a fact. If […]
Where to Find High Quality Book Cover Images
Hi Ashley! I was wondering how/where you manage to get ahold of the high quality book covers for your reviews and posts. I can only find smaller, poorer quality images of the covers – which is frustrating when I’m trying to create banners and blog […]
Goodreads Reviews Can Outrank Your Blog Reviews
Like many bloggers, I cross-post my reviews. I post them on Nose Graze, Goodreads, and sometimes Amazon. A few months ago, someone asked me if cross-posting book reviews will hurt your SEO. At the time, I did a lot of research before answering that question. […]
How to Not Get Locked Out of Your Blog (iThemes Security)
This post focuses on WordPress lockouts when using the iThemes Security plugin. First I’m going to talk about how you could accidentally get locked out of your blog, then how to remove that lockout, then after covering that, I’ll talk about how to avoid it […]
Why You May Not be Allowed to Edit a Design You Purchased
I got someone to do my blog makeover, before I started getting into web design, and although I’m not really good (yet!), I wanted to do another blog makeover, slightly changing their design and changing their coding. (Basically using their coding as a template.) 1. […]
Mobile Themes & Responsive Blog Designs
With UppSite Mobile announcing today that they will yank their plugin in July (this is what I was currently using) I’m wondering what people without coding skills use to make their Website/Blog mobile responsive? Better yet, how can someone customize the look of their site […]
What’s Better for a Brand: Short & Sweet or Keyword Rich?
Hi Ashley – thanks for your content. It has been really helpful to me in trying to decide how to position my blog name. I have a bit of a dilemma as I will be the brand. I am a soon-to-be-author, hope to do some […]