When deciding to move web pages on a site or blog posts on a blog, knowing the difference between a 301 redirect and a 302 redirect is critical, as each conveys different information to search engines like Google. Simply put, the search engine needs to know whether to continue ranking the old page or to […]
Author: Jim Spencer
Can Social Media Convert? Part 1
The question of social media conversions came up in conversations among friends at this year’s HubSpot Inbound Conference so I decided to create a multi-part blog post with the answers. This is the first part. Here is the question; In your experience has social media* been more effective in meeting you or your client’s needs for top […]
How to Protect Your WordPress Blog Against Brute Force Attacks
Yesterday security experts warned of a large distributed botnet attack against WordPress sites. From ArsTechnica: The unknown people behind the highly distributed attack are using more than 90,000 IP addresses to brute-force crack administrative credentials of vulnerable WordPress systems, researchers from at least three Web hosting services reported. This doesn’t mean that WordPress is […]
I’m Migrating to WordPress, Will 301 Redirects Lose my PageRank?
We ask each prospective client why they want to move from HubSpot (or any other platform) to WordPress and what concerns they have. The number one “why” is the cost. The number one “concern” is losing PageRank. Each web site or blog owner has a different way of sharing their concerns. I looked through some […]
Social Media is Sun-Setting. Or Is It? part 4
Social Media has seen it’s sunrise, mid-day glory and is now sun-setting, or is it? See what three thoughtful professionals have to say. As I wandered the HubSpot Inbound 2012 Sponsorship Pavilion I started chatting with Peter Kim and Ann Handley at the Wiley Publisher table. We reminisced about the early days of Social Media […]
Social Media is Sunsetting. Or Is It? part 3
Social Media has seen it’s sunrise, mid-day glory and is now sun-setting. Or is it? Find out what the question means and our experts think. As I wandered the HubSpot Inbound 2012 Sponsorship Pavilion I started chatting with Peter Kim and Ann Handley at the Wiley Publisher table. We reminisced about the early days of […]
Social Media is Sunsetting. Or Is It? part 2
Social Media has seen its sunrise, mid-day glory and is now sun-setting. Or is it? Find out what that question means and what these experts think. As I wandered the HubSpot Inbound 2012 Sponsorship Pavilion I started chatting with Peter Kim and Ann Handley at the Wiley Publisher table. We reminisced about the early days […]
Social Media is Sun-Setting. Or Is It? part 1
Social Media has seen its sunrise, mid-day glory and is now sun-setting. Or is it? Find out what these experts think in a four part series. As I wandered the HubSpot Inbound 2012 Sponsorship Pavilion I started talking with Peter Kim and Ann Handley at the Wiley Publisher table. We reminisced about the early days […]
XML SiteMaps for Google, Bing, Ask and Google News
Are you using a WordPress plugin to manage your XML SiteMaps? Most people do. There are a lot of popular XML SiteMap Generator plugins, even with that very name, so how do you choose which one to use? I recently switched from Google XML Sitemaps to the Better WordPress Google XML Sitemaps (link to WordPress Plugin Directory). Here is […]
Interesting Links Here
There are few interesting links heading into BlogWranglers. One of my favorites is http://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-from-hubspot-to-wordpress because it is on WordPress.org. I was surprised to find it when reviewing referring sites in the JetPack Stats. Twitter is also a big source of inbound links, along with Google, Facebook, StumbleUpon, my other sites and many more. What inbound links do you have […]