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Myth: To Use WordPress, I Have to Be Hosted at WordPress.com

STATUS: False-ish Most people get confused by the thousands of sites located at “yoururl.wordpress.com.” While these sites run on the WordPress CMS, they are not the type of WordPress sites that you would build for your business or host on your own web hosting. In ancient times, people got...

Myth: WordPress is just for blogs

So, is WordPress simply a blogging platform? STATUS: FALSE In ancient times, people got a bit spooked by things they didn’t understand. Lightning. Fire. Puberty. Coleslaw. Just about everything had mythological (and not entirely factual) explanations. Today, we’ve replaced those gods with technology platforms like iOS and WordPress. But...

Is Mobilegeddon a good thing?

The end (of non-responsive design) is nigh! Whenever we hear Mobilegeddon we hear a wrestling announcer’s echoic baritone voice for some reason. But is it really so ominous? Could Mobilegeddon maybe even be a good thing? We think so. Historically, Google’s algorithms have pushed the web forward by punishing...

Better Stock-up on Kim Chi and Canned Peaches: Mobilegeddon is Coming.

Did anyone notice Google’s addition of “mobile-friendly” labels to SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages) back late in 2014? It turns out it wasn’t science fiction. It was foreshadowing. The 2014 update (which showed which sites are pleasant to navigate and which require the old pinch ‘n poke on your...

Social Media Best Practices: Focus on your social audience

Social media has a bad reputation for being a channel for self-absorbed people to talk about themselves and share pictures of their lunch. Whatever those people get out of it, they’re not going to be very successful at building a social brand. Unless you’re Kardashian-level famous, nobody wants to...