Kevin Muldoon
It is important to analyse your website traffic to get a better understanding of your website’s position. You will see how many people are visiting, where they are coming from, how long they stayed on your website, and much more. The de-facto standard service for tracking website statistics is Google Analytics. I use it to … Read more
We all know the importance of website performance. A faster website will help retain visitors and lead to higher rankings in search rankings and more traffic. I optimised this blog again last month when I revisited the popular WordPress caching plugin WP Rocket. In addition to WP Rocket, I helped speed up this website a … Read more
Whether you are a blogger, YouTuber, or a business owner who is trying to increase traffic and conversions, the goal should always be to connect with your audience. This is not always as straight-forward as it first appears. Your audience is always growing and evolving. As are you. You need to be conscious of who … Read more
Advertising remains one of the key ways of monetising a website. This is particularly true for content websites that increase profits by increasing page views. Apart from widgets, the core version of WordPress does not give you any functionality to integrate banners and track advertising on your website. Thankfully, there are many good WordPress advertising … Read more
I have been reviewing WordPress themes and plugins actively since 2007 and have always been aware of all the major players in the industry; however my experience at WordCamp Europe last month in Paris opened my eyes to so many WordPress companies I was never been aware of. There are so many new companies fighting … Read more
I was perhaps a little late to the YouTube game. In hindsight, I should have started recording videos and uploading videos to YouTube several years before I did. My first videos were admittedly poor. Audio was terrible and footage was not much better. Still, I had an enthusiasm for it and enjoyed the whole process. … Read more
If you use WordPress to power your websites, you have undoubtedly heard of the eCommerce WordPress plugin WooCommerce. The plugin powers millions of shops online. It is so popular that it is used for 12% of all online shops. Recently, many WooCommerce customers have voiced their disappointment at WooCommerce raising renewal costs from 50% to … Read more
WordCamp Europe was another opportunity for me to meet up with great people within the WordPress community. One of the companies I spent chatting with was Meks; a WordPress company that sells premium WordPress themes and plugins. I spent time on the first night and at the after party chatting to Dusan, Marko, and Bojan. … Read more
Two months ago I talked about how my technology YouTube channel passed the 1,000 subscriber mark. This is an important milestone as channels typically see a lot more growth once they have reached it because YouTube starts ranking videos higher. This has turned out to be true for me. Over the last two months I … Read more
One of the biggest announcements at WordCamp Europe this year was the release of the page builder Gutenberg (other important issues, such as WooCommerce doubling their renewal fees, were not brought up). Gutenberg represents a step forward for WordPress and helps it tackle other platforms such as Medium, Wix, and SquareSpace. Whilst I appreciate the … Read more