Real humans want good web experiences. What does that look like in practice? Well, one recent study cited by Google in a blog post about Core Web Vitals found that mobile web users only kept their attention on the screen for 4-8 seconds at a time. Read that again. You have less than 8 seconds […]

Angular 12, a planned upgrade to Google’s popular TypeScript-based web framework, has seen six beta releases since February, bringing enhancements related to performance, the compiler, DOM elements, and more. The project previously noted that Angular 12 would get capabilities impacting production builds, support for the Webpack 5 bundler, and a host of other improvements. A production release […]

Google announced updates for the Web Stories WordPress plugin, bringing it to version 1.3.0. The upgrade supports a form-based advertising option to make it easier to monetize plus additional creative design options like animation and additional layouts. Web Stories for WordPress Plugin Web stories is a new content type for the web. The idea is […]

Google’s John Mueller advises site owners not to expect every web story they publish to get displayed in Discover. Google Discover has its own web stories carousel, which was added last October, but only select content makes its way in. The addition of a web stories carousel lead some people to assume publishing one would […]

I’m about to tell you an SEO fact that will answer so many questions about how Google operates that I can’t even cover them all in this article. It’s also a great way to stir up debate in your finer SEO discussion forums. Google ranks webpages, not websites. Don’t believe me? Ask John Mueller of […]

WordPress is now powering 39.5% of all websites in 2021, up from powering 35% of sites in 2020. Counting only sites that use a content management system (CMS), WordPress has a market share of 64.1%. A significant number of websites (38.3%) use no content management system at all. This data is provided by W3Techs which […]

WordPress 5.6 has been released with dozens of improvements and new features. Code named Simone (honoring singer Nina Simone), WordPress 5.6 has been met with a positive response, possibly because it didn’t break anything. The substance of what’s new in WordPress 5.6 can be described as mostly good, some meh and one issue that’s ugly. […]

The pandemic of 2020 has changed the lives of everyone. Were businesses and schools ready to meet the challenges for website accessibility compliance? Adapting to new ways to work remotely or go to school was not always effortless, especially for persons with disabilities. And meeting accessibility compliance historically took a back seat to just about […]

WordPress is a frequent target for hacking. Hackers are targeting the theme, the core WordPress files, plugins and even the login page. These are the steps to take to make it less likely to be hacked and to be able to recover easier if it should still happen. How Hackers Attack WordPress All sites on […]