Owner/Publisher, Editor-at-Large Ken Denmead Editor-in-Chief Matt Blum Managing Editor Z Senior Editor Jonathan H. Liu Associate Publishers* Magnus Dahlström, Nerdvana, David Michael, Gerry Tolbert, Andrew Smith, Ray Wehrs, Joel Becker, Scott Gaeta, Beth Kee, Joey Mills, talkie_tim, Danny Marquardt, Adam Bruski, John Bain, Bill Moore, Adam Frank, Lacey Hays, Peter Morson, James Needham, Matt Fleming,...Read More
Join us for a free, live webinar and learn how to drive revenue with content marketing. Tune in 8/4 at 10:30 a.m. PT. Register Now » Search engine optimization (SEO) has long been an important strategy for business success, and it’s becoming more relevant. More people are ditching desktops and laptops in favor of mobile-only...Read More
Continuing our series on setting up two-factor authentication (2FA), today let’s check out how to get 2FA enabled on your WordPress.com account. An important thing to note: This guide is specifically for WordPress accounts used via WordPress.com – NOT for self-hosted WordPress sites. (There are 2FA plugins you can install on your self-hosted WordPress site, but you should...Read More
WordPress has patched a hole in its popular All in One search engine optimisation plugin, a tool that’s been downloaded by some 30 million users and is used on a million sites. Flaws exists in the Bot Blocker component which can be exploited to steal administrator tokens and conduct actions through cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. Users...Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — Google and Tesla agree autonomous vehicles will make streets safer, and both are racing toward a driverless future. But when Google tested its self-driving car prototype on employees a few years ago, it noticed something that would take it down a different path from Tesla. Once behind the wheel of the modified...Read More
It’s IoT Week at SitePoint! All week we’re publishing articles focused on the intersection of the internet and the physical world, so keep checking the IoT tag for the latest updates. After e-commerce and social media, the next big thing has arrived — internet-enabled devices, otherwise known as the “Internet of Things†— and WordPress...Read More
We work with hundreds of local businesses — from hyperlocal, single-location businesses to nationwide, multi-location companies — at the company I run, Bowler Hat. One pattern we often see is that larger and seemingly more authoritative businesses don’t perform as well in local search as they should. There are many reasons for this, and having...Read More
BRUSSELS—European Union competition regulators are preparing to issue an additional layer of formal charges as soon as late July against Alphabet Inc.’s Google over its behavior with its shopping service, according to people familiar with the matter. The so-called supplementary statement of objections will likely sharpen the EU’s previous accusations that Google uses its dominance...Read More
For years Google and other search engines have been essential for gaining visibility on the web, yet today social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Google+, and other networks are major sources of traffic. These sites work a bit differently than Google. If you’re tasked with developing or running a WordPress site, you...Read More
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