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16 Common Pitfalls of Domain Development

July 9, 2018 No Comments
Common Pitfalls of Domain Development
Written by: Alvin Brown

A very common theme in the domain industry is venturing into the abyss of domain development. Domain investors often times are lead to consider domain development for a number of reasons.

Domain investors often conclude how lucrative the opportunity of domain development can be to increase the domain’s overall value as well as the opportunity for residual income by way of a full-fledge online business.

From personal experience, domain development is very much as deceiving as attempting to understand truly how big an iceberg is at surface level.

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The Impact of Hiding Website and Blog Post Dates

July 6, 2018 No Comments
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Written by: Alvin Brown

You’ve likely encountered this issue I’m sharing with you today in regards to whether or not hiding website and blog post dates impacts search rankings.

There is a camp of folks strongly believing that hiding the date from search engines is believed to increase search rankings and click-through-rate of search results — giving the perception content is truly evergreen.

For example, Neil Patel’s website and blog hides the date from search engines and readers as shown below via his website and Google search results.

Neil Patel's Blog

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Why Web Browsers Display Your Website as “Not Secure”

July 2, 2018 No Comments
Written by: Alvin Brown

Last week I was reminded that one of my many websites was not secure when visiting it from phone.

Fortunately, this website is used for personal development purposes and not a customer-facing website.

Nevertheless, it was alarming to see the url or address bar of the web browser display in bright red lettering: Website Not Secure.

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WordPress Top 10 Plugin: A View Counter and Popular Content

June 29, 2018 No Comments
Written by: Alvin Brown

Last month I introduced readers to a WordPress plugin, Popular Posts, that is one of the best kept secrets to boosting search rankings while lowering a website’s bounce rate.

In addition, I revealed the Popular Posts plugin was developed and designed to help website owners and operators gain clarity in regards to the most popular website content.

But it’s not the use of this plugin alone or the one to be introduced shortly that will boost search rankings and lower website bounce rate.

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Quickly Display WordPress Posts by Blog Category in Page or Post

June 15, 2018 No Comments
Written by: Alvin Brown

A few weeks ago, I shared a story about a friend launching a new website and desiring a way to share a list of his WordPress posts on specific pages throughout his website.

I shared two distinct methods to accomplish this desired feat using WordPress’ Display Posts Shortcode plugin.

Although a good plugin to use for displaying the latest WordPress posts on a given WordPress page, a few of you contacted me about displaying the WordPress posts by a given category.

Of course, displaying the WordPress posts by a given category using WordPress’ Display Posts Shortcode plugin is not a problem at all.

In fact, simply set category or category_id parameters within the display posts shortcode, and you’re all set.

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//WordPress’ Display Posts Shortcode Plugin - Shortcode examples
 
[display-posts category=“fishing,hiking”]
 
[display-posts category_id=“123”]

However, it is a problem when using WordPress’ Display Posts Shortcode plugin causes a conflict with other plugins on your website.

So, what do you do when encountering a Plugin conflict attempting to list posts by a given category?

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Remedy Whois Verification Confirm Email Link Not Working

June 11, 2018 No Comments
Written by: Alvin Brown

Recently I had purchased expired domains from the GoDaddy platform. About a week after purchase, those same domains were successfully transferred into my GoDaddy account.

And just as I expected with newly added domains to my GoDaddy account, I received an email to take action in regards to Whois Verification as mandated annually by ICANN.

If you do verify Whois Contact Information to be accurate, most registrars will disable services related to the domain (i.e. Parking, Hosting, Email, SSL, etc.).

Nevertheless, verifying Whois Contact Information via GoDaddy is quite the breeze.

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How to Increase SEO Context to Boost Search Rankings and Results

June 8, 2018 No Comments
Written by: Alvin Brown

A few years back I pondered the impact of a newly birthed semantic search strategy pertaining to small business with a hyper-local customer base.

Of course, semantic search has transformed into much more since that time, expanding beyond local SEO.

Most website owners and operators often depend upon the great Google to drive both online and offline business in some way, shape, form or fashion.

And since the birth of SEO, the golden question most folks desire to know in great depth is:

How do I increase my website content’s SEO effectiveness to boost search rankings and results?

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