I’ve talked about ManageWP quite a bit at our Meetup, but some of their recent changes have made it even more amazing. If you’re not familiar with it, ManageWP is a system to help you manage a bunch of WordPress sites from one place. A “bunch” could be 3, 30 or 300 — it can […]
Websites
Please don’t have your external links always open a new tab
I posted a few years ago on the GreenMellen blog about site that have links automatically open in new windows, and how that wasn’t always the best move. The logic I hear is “if you’re taking them to a new site, have it open in a new tab so that they don’t leave your site”. […]
Uptime monitors with a delay are very useful
A few years ago, I set out to find a good service to monitor uptime on all of the websites we manage (it varies, up to around 150 of them at any given time). It initially came down to two leading contenders: Pingdom – Undoubtedly the best, but it would have cost us around $249/mo. […]
Stopping fake Google and Lifehacker links
If you pay close attention to your Google Analytics stats, you may have recently been excited to see that you’re getting some traffic from sites such as lifehacĸer.com and ɢoogle.com. Before you celebrate too much, take a closer look at those addresses; do you notice anything strange about the “k” in Lifehacker or the first […]
Wrapping up WordCamp US 2016
We’re at the airport about to fly back to ATL after WordCamp US in Philadelphia, so I thought I’d share a few of my takeaways. Of the dozen or so sessions that we attended, I have four main things that I’m coming away with. We’re doing a lot of things right In listing to search […]
What is the “duplicate content penalty”?
If you’ve done much research into search engine optimization, you’ve likely heard that you should be wary of duplicate content to avoid a penalty from Google. The good news is that there isn’t really a penalty for it, but you should still certainly work to avoid any kind of duplicate content-related issues. Mark Traphagen at […]
Thoughts on the Google Chrome OS laptop
As many of you know, Google has been giving away thousands of free laptops to help promote and troubleshoot their upcoming “Chrome OS” operating system. In a nutshell, the entire operating system is just a browser. No files, no “desktop”, no real programs — just a browser. It’s an ambitious move to say the least. […]
Site Review: LaGrange Park Baptist Church – Fayetteville, NC
Church: LaGrange Park Baptist Church – Fayetteville, NC URL: http://lagrangeparkbc.org/ I did this video review live on my LiveStream account a little while ago. Kind of fun. I’ll try to give a little more warning before I do a live one next time. Anyhow, check it out below!
Site Review: Morrisontown UMC – Morristown, NJ
Church: Morristown United Methodist Church – Morristown, NJ URL: http://www.morristownumc.com Check out the video review below. As always, please share your thoughts in the comments or request your own review via our Twitter account.
Site Review: Crossroads Christian Church – New Smyrna Beach, FL
Church: Crossroads Christian Church – New Smyrna Beach, FL URL: http://www.crossroadsnsb.org/ Another video review for you. I kind of like doing these, so send us your requests via Twitter and we’ll try to showcase your church. Leave your thoughts about this review in the comment section below. Thanks!