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Free XML Video Sitemap Generator

Free XML Video Sitemap Generator

This free XML video sitemap generator will help you create an XML sitemap of all the videos you have embedded on your website, which you can then upload to Google Webmaster Tools. […]

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WooCommerce Script to Show Product Subcategory Thumbnails

As SEOs we want to take advantage of all the WooCommerce customization options available through custom coding so we can provide users with the best experience possible. With this fix, you can paste the following code into the template that lists your products and if that product has subcategories, it will list them with their […]

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How To EASILY Track PDF Downloads & PDF Reads

Tracking PDF views in Google Analytics can involve an extremely complex setup using Google Tag Manager, but there is another easier way. To do this you’ll need access to your website’s server to be able to create a .php file. Read on for instructions. I’ll lay out the steps below in list form, and the […]

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[2023 Update] How To Remove An Instagram Account From A Phone

A lot of people that provide SEO services for their clients, also manage their instagram account. If you’re one of those people, you’ve probably found it difficult to remove an account from Instagram and have found no help on the web. Here is how to remove an Instagram account from a phone in 2023. Click […]

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403 Forbidden in WordPress [Possible Solve]

If you search the web you’ll find virtually every website that address the 403 Forbidden status code in WordPress lists off the same steps to take to resolve the issue. Well there was one that they missed (or I missed) and that’s the possibility of an existing folder. Let me explain. This morning I found […]

Better Than SlickNav Free Mobile Menu Script

When it comes to SEO, usability, and page speed you want a mobile menu that’s going to be easy to implement, clean, uses as less code as possible, and works as expected. Well if that’s what you’re looking for you’ve come to the right place. Update I’ve renamed the page to “Better Than SlickNav” because […]

Script To Remove Type Attribute in Javascript and CSS in WordPress

If you provide SEO services to your customers, you obviously ensure its error free as much as you can. Some of us are such perfectionists and will do everything we can do ensure a WordPress site is error free according to the W3C and other standards, no matter what it takes. With that said there’s […]

The Top 10 Website Optimization Steps That Won’t Cripple Your Current Rankings

So, you’ve been given the privilege of providing SEO services to a new client – good news, but where do you start? In this article I’ll list and explain the first top 10 website optimization steps you can take when approaching an existing site with mostly decent existing ranking and traffic statistics. Following along, you […]

Functions File Code That Removes Unnecessary WordPress Header Code

If you use WordPress, and want to clean the code bloat it generates in the header, or are removing unnecessary code from your WordPress site in order to increase page speed, you can add the following lines of code to your functions.php file. As always, the advice will be to make sure to test your site […]

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If Your About Page Has No Value Then Delete It

Over the past few years we’ve started moving away from doing about us pages because they are usually quite redundant. You’ll generally find that the content on the about page is almost always quite similar to the content found on the home page or services page or the mission page too. Readers note: for the rest […]

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SEMrush No redirect or canonical to HTTPS error for WordPress

Are you getting the error in SEMrush as follows? “No redirect or canonical to HTTPS homepage from HTTP version”. Well, you’re not alone, and you’re in luck. Here are the 2 scenarios in which you may have found yourself in, if you’re getting this SEMrush error: you actually haven’t added a 301 redirect to your […]

Here’s Help With jQuery, Submit Form, Stay On Page and Close Form Div

Not a problem because I’ve got your back. I’ve scoured a few web pages and found the perfect, and simple script that will use jQuery to submit a form, close the form, and stay on the page. The very simple code The code is below. You’ll see each section: the jQuery, and the form code. […]

Optimizing Image Attachment Pages Or Redirect To Post Parent Page

In the SEO world and to the lot that use WordPress it’s an often ignored fact that WordPress creates a post type attachment web page for each form of media that is uploaded through the admin panel. This feature, which as of yet can’t be disabled through the admin panel, isn’t a major cause for […]

Important Info – The Reason Your Site Should Be Mobile Responsive

Having a responsive website tops the list of most important factors necessary to having a successful online business; there is no question about this whatsoever. As of March 2014, from 30% to 70% can be attributed to be mobile users visiting a website and statistics prove, that when a mobile user visits your website and […]

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