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Epic WordpressEpic Wordpress
Part 1 Presented by:Michael David
Advanced Setup for Rankings, Traffic, & Loyal Visitors
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Epic WordpressEpic WordpressInitial Setup
Important Considerations on Install:
Don't Use Default “Admin” for Username
Don't Store Database Backups on Server
Hosting: Apache/Cpanel
Hosting: Remote Database? (Megahosts: GD NS)
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Epic WordpressEpic WordpressInitial Setup
Your Framework:
Think Before Using “Overlay” Frameworks
Responsive Templates
Can Add Features, but
Harder to Change
Less Universal, Harder to Get Help, Guest Auth?
Best Mobile Display Solution
Creates Perfect Index
Why Design?
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Epic WordpressEpic WordpressInitial Setup
Set Up Ping Services:
WordPress Pings When You PostSet Up Pings at Dashboard>Settings>Writing
Don't Bang on the Publish Button, Repeats Ping
Find a Good Ping List via Google Search
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Epic WordpressEpic WordpressPro Tips When Writing/Posting
Make Appetizing Thumbnails:
Make Facebook & Pinterest Thumbnails for When Visitors Share
Opengraph?
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Epic WordpressEpic WordpressPro Tips When Writing/Posting
Getting Images into Search:
When Pushing Images in Image Search:
-Text Proximity Has High Impact
-Alt Tag Has Medium Impact
...(but do both+Title)
Images Push Content into FB/Pinterest
Posts With Images Just Do Better
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Epic WordpressEpic WordpressPro Tips When Writing/Posting
Employ Epic Post Thumbnail:
Premium Themes Handle This Gracefully
-Use It or Lose It
-Makes Blog Page & Cat Pages look Pimp'n
-Just More Images for Social Sharing
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Epic WordpressEpic WordpressPro Tips When Writing/Posting
Some Epic Post Thumbnails in Action:
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Epic WordpressEpic WordpressPro Tips When Writing/Posting
Linking to Your Own Content in Body:
Can it Influence Rankings? ...Meh
– Relevant to Source and Destination
– Link to Money Pages
– When Overdone: Trashy and Spammy
Some Interlinking Is a Quality Signal/Non-Spam Signal
– Why?
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Epic WordpressEpic WordpressInstalling and Configuring W3 Total Cache
How WP Renders Pages:
But if We Make Pages Static:
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Epic WordpressEpic WordpressInstalling and Configuring W3 Total Cache
What W3 Total Cache Does:
Creates static cached pages, faster load
Browser caching: instant subsequent pages
EZ integration of CDN
Minifies JS, CSS
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Epic WordpressEpic WordpressInstalling and Configuring W3 Total Cache
Let's Install from WP Admin (5 min):
Dashboard > Plugins > Add New > Search
Download & Activate
Adds “Performance” tab on Dashboard Navigation
Next: Setup
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Epic WordpressEpic WordpressInstalling and Configuring W3 Total Cache
Setup: Lots of Options
Page Cache: Enable
Minify: Enable, Play With Settings
Database Cache: Enable
Object Cache: Enable & Cross Fingers
Browser Cache: Enable & Cross 'em
CDN Stuff...next section
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Epic WordpressEpic WordpressInstalling and Configuring a Content Delivery Network
CDN: How it Works
Delivers your content faster
Reduces load on your server
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Epic WordpressEpic WordpressInstalling and Configuring a Content Delivery Network
CDN with CloudFlare: Setup
Signup at Cloudflare.com (free & paid)
Transfer account info to W3 TC
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Epic WordpressEpic WordpressInstalling Broken Link Checker
Broken Link Checker Plugin
Free Plugin Monitors for Dead Links
Checks content, Nav, & Comments
Uses LOTS of server resources
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Epic WordpressEpic WordpressInstalling Broken Link Checker
Let's Install from WP Admin (5 min):
Dashboard > Plugins > Add New > Search
Download & Activate
Adds This Box to Main Dashboard
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Epic WordpressEpic WordpressUsing Broken Link Checker
Moderating Broken Links
Edit URL, Edit Page Content, or Simply Unlink
Remember to Turn Plugin Off/Down
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Epic WordpressEpic WordpressKeeping Out Bad Bots and Scrapers with .htaccess
Bad Bots and Scrapers Waste and Steal
Check Your Server Logs173.245.50.124 - - [31/Aug/2012:07:11:37 -0500] "POST /wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron=1346415097.3102951049804687500000 HTTP/1.1" 200 20 "-" "WordPress/3.4.1; http://www.TastyPlacement.com"199.27.128.215 - - [31/Aug/2012:07:11:36 -0500] "GET /services/social-media-consulting-austin-tx HTTP/1.1" 200 9011 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; discoverybot/2.0; +http://discoveryengine.com/discoverybot.html)"199.27.128.114 - - [31/Aug/2012:07:15:15 -0500] "GET /wp-content/uploads/testing-negative-seo-thumbnail.jpg HTTP/1.0" 200 219507 "-" "facebookplatform/1.0 (+http://developers.facebook.com)"
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Epic WordpressEpic WordpressKeeping Out Bad Bots and Scrapers with .htaccess
Block the Bad Bots With .htaccess File
Google this: “AskApache Blocking Bad Bots”
AskApache Page Has Copy/Paste .htaccess
ErrorDocument 403 /403.html
RewriteEngine OnRewriteBase / # IF THE UA STARTS WITH THESERewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^(black.?hole|blackwidow|discoverybot) [NC,OR]
RewriteRule . - [F,L]
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Epic WordpressEpic Wordpress
And Now to Mr. BeyQ&A Follows
Advanced Installation for Maximum Performance
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