This blog is based on WordPress, and customizing and SEO-ing it is a constant process, so I blog about that quite often. After all, good SEO on this blog makes for lots of visitors, which is exactly what I want of course.
WestHost: WordPress hosting done right
So in the last couple of weeks I had a bit of an issue with my server. Automatic plugin updates didn’t work as I wanted them to, WP-Cron didn’t work, and although I was able to fix all those I felt unhappy. I want my hosting party to take care of that stuff, and not [...]
WP-cron not working?
So when I moved to the (DV) server at MediaTemple, it turns out that my WP-Cron stopped working. I didn’t notice for a while, until I found out that the new version of Tweetbacks didn’t work for me anymore, and this was using wp-cron. The fix turned out to be very simple, after some debugging [...]
Canonical URL links
Matt Cutts has just announced a new tag at SMX West Google, Yahoo and Microsoft have just announced a new tag, which we can use to tell the search engines which URL it should have for the current page. This is probably best explained with an example, so here goes. Suppose you have read my [...]
Fix Automatic Plugin Update
I recently moved from a MediaTemple Grid Server to a MediaTemple DV extreme, and in that move, I lost the ability to do automatic plugin updates, and it instead required me to enter my FTP info. As I use a gigantic amount of plugins, that becomes annoying very soon. So I decided to find out [...]
I Won! (a SEMMY)
Thanks to all of you who voted for me, I’ve won the SEMMY in the category Blogs & Blogging with my WordPress SEO article! WordPress SEO Thanks a ton for your support, I’m really happy with this, and congratulations to the runner-ups and the other SEMMY winners, you did a great job!
WordPress SEO Video
I spoke at A4UExpo London last year and will be speaking at the upcoming A4UExpo Amsterdam. One of the sessions I had in the last A4UExpo was the session on WordPress SEO & Optimisation strategies. That entire session was taped, and the A4UExpo guys have been kind enough to allow me to embed it here [...]
WordPress PHPXref – PHP Cross Reference
If you’re coding in PHP a lot, PHPXref is one of the coolest tools available. It allows you to browse large portions of source code, and find where functions, variables and constants are defined and referenced. As the PHPXref of WordPress I used to use isn’t available anymore, I decided a couple of weeks ago [...]
New layout, coming soon!
So in between all the work on Tweetbacks, the new design for yoast.com is shaping up nicely. It’s extremely funny, and I love it even when working with a bit longer. It’s a whole lot lighter than the current one, which is a bit dark to my liking, and it’s a lot more me. I’ve [...]
Tweetbacks for WordPress
For those who you who’ve been following me on Twitter (if you don’t, it’s about time, I’m @jdevalk!), the fact that I was working on a Tweetbacks plugin for WordPress is no news. We’ve just officially made the announcement on SmashingMagazine, so go read how to implement it there and install Tweetbacks for WordPress on [...]
WordPress plugin competition
Win a Macbook Air! We’re going to start 2009 with a bang! Read on to see why you shouldn’t be missing this chance to win a Macbook Air. In the last part of 2008, I’ve been working with the guys at sunshine.co.uk. I’ve worked with many a travel company in my years in online marketing, [...]
WordPress SEO Plugin
Yoast's all in one SEO solution for your WordPress blog: SEO titles, meta descriptions, XML sitemaps, breadcrumbs & much more.
