My Blog (page 4 of 6)

SEO is no longer enough

We can choose to stop being a discipline whose job is to produce content, get links, and improve websites. Nobody’s imposed those constraints on us, except for ourselves.

Conjecture

1st December, 2023

Businesses aren’t designed to be ‘helpful’

Selling, converting, and advertising are still important, but they should be secondary to offering solutions and helping users navigate their challenges.

Conjecture

1st October, 2023

WordPress vs WordPress

There’s been a lot of drama in the WordPress community this week, as people are questioning the relationship of wordpress.org and wordpress.com in Google’s search results.

WordPress

16th September, 2023

With great power comes great responsibility

From today, I’m taking on additional responsibility at Yoast. We’re recognising that with a new job title – I’ll now be Head of SEO.

Misc

18th March, 2022

Silence is golden; security vs SEO?

One of WordPress' most basic security features creates a tricky SEO challenge. Empty files designed to protect against directory traversal leave behind dozens of dead end and headaches.

WordPress

27th February, 2021

The agency triangle

Most conventional businesses are subject to the laws of the project management triangle. But agencies and consultants have an extra challenge.

Conjecture

29th February, 2020

Google have to improve their structured data reporting

Google's structured data reports are increasingly confusing, misleading, and are going to become worse over time.

Conjecture

30th December, 2019

Tackling toxic profile spam on WordPress.org

I've discovered something rotten at the core of the WordPress.org website, which is poisoning the whole web.

WordPress

3rd October, 2019