Meta Tag Analyzer – SEOCentro
Meta Tag Analyzer – SEOCentro Initially to analyse if Yoast’s “noindex, nofollow” X Robots Tag is working, which it is.
Does A 404 Hurt My Site’s Google Ranking?
Do 404s hurt my site? – Google explains in this detailed article. Q: Do the 404 errors reported in Webmaster Tools affect my site’s ranking? A: 404s are a perfectly normal part of the web; the Internet is always changing, new content is born, old content dies, and when it dies it (ideally) returns a…
Cart32 – Set Shipping For Lower 48 States
Setting Cart32 to ship to only the lower 48 States of the United States: by disallowing Hawaii and Alaska. Cart32 admin > Shopping Cart > Shipping> Shipping Types > Click “Edit” In the Edit Shipping Types popup window: Area Settings – Field: “Shipping State” to “Not Equal To”: AK;HI Still need to test.
PageLines Framework – Grid Columns
PageLines Columns See demo section: “Grid System – the simplest and easiest way to magazine layouts without code” (toward the bottom of the Demo page).
How To Set Up WordPress SEO by Yoast – Resources
The Advanced Guide to SEO (including WordPress SEO by Yoast’s plugin settings) – Neil Patel / Quicksprout A Complete Guide to WordPress SEO by Yoast [Part I] – by Tom Ewer for ManageWP A Complete Guide to WordPress SEO by Yoast [Part II] – by Tom Ewer for Manage WP
WordPress Robots.txt Resources
Better Robots.txt Rules for WordPress – Perishable Press WordPress robots.txt Example – Yoast Robotstxt.org Disallow Robots Using Robots.txt – David Walsh Block or remove pages using a robots.txt file – Google In particular, I use the following to prevent the crawling of “test” sites: Preventing your site from being indexed, the right way! – Yoast…
Stupid htaccess Tricks – Perishable Press
Literally everything I ever wanted to know about HTAccess: Stupid htaccess Tricks – Perishable Press
Yoast’s Definitive Guide To Higher Rankings For WordPress Sites
The Definitive Guide To Higher Rankings For WordPress Sites – Yoast Yoast has just published (Feb 27, 2014) an extensive guide to higher rankings. WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin
301 Redirect Htaccess Rules
How to force HTTPS using the .htaccess file – InMotion Hosting To force all web traffic to use HTTPS insert the following lines of code in the .htaccess file: RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80 RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com/$1 [R,L] Note: Be sure to replace www.example.com with your actual domain name. Setting up Permanent 301 Redirects –…
SEO Resources List
Screaming Frog MOZ – Learn SEO 301 Redirects – How to Properly Move WordPress to a New Domain Without Losing SEO Google Webmaster Guidelines Google Webmaster Tools Yoast SEO WebMeUp – SEO Dashboard Google’s 200 Ranking Factors: The Complete List – Backlinko