Recently, Google announced that it will begin penalizing the mobile search rankings of sites that use certain types of popups or ‘interstitials’, which block immediate access to site content by forcing the user to interact with a screen or dialog. Commonly, these types of popups are used to solicit newsletter signups, announce active sales, or…
Category: Web Development
Understanding Post Settings in WordPress
At its core WordPress is a content creation and management platform. Being able to assign different roles or capabilities to different users in the system is important to help manage a successful website or blog. Not all users within your website should have the same permission levels. First let’s understand the different user roles that…
Server and Hosting Environments: Managed Hosting vs Unmanaged Hosting
When it comes to site speed, your hosting environment can make or break you. If your site is the engine that drives your business, your hosting is what assembles the engine. It is important to have a hosting environment that supports and complements your site. In our case we build sites using WordPress which is commonly hosted…
What is HTML Ratio and How Does It Affect My Site?
Although most search engines don’t explicitly consider a website’s text to HTML ratio as a factor when determining page ranks, maintaining a healthy range does benefit a number of other factors that do play a significant role in search engine results. What is the text to HTML ratio? Quite simply, HTML ratio is the proportion…