WebmasterStories

Where you put your AdSense ads changes how much you earn. Not a little — sometimes by a factor of two or three. Ad placement is one of … Read more

WordPress sites can get slow. Too many plugins, unoptimized images, a cheap host under load, themes that load too much — these things add up. The good news … Read more

The .org domain extension has a long association with nonprofits, charities, educational organizations, and community resources. That association affects how both users and search engines perceive sites on … Read more

Anyone selling you a shortcut to Google traffic on a new site is either selling something or mistaken. The reality is slower and more boring than most people … Read more

This is one of the most common questions from people starting a new site. Google’s official AdSense policies do not give a specific page number. They say you … Read more

Namecheap is known as a domain registrar. You buy domains there. But they also sell web hosting, and it is cheaper than most. I have been hosting some … Read more

The Redirection plugin does one main thing: it lets you redirect one URL on your site to another URL. This sounds simple, but it matters a lot for … Read more

Bing is not equally useful for every kind of site. In some niches, it sends a meaningful percentage of total search traffic. In others, it is barely worth … Read more

WordPress switched to the block editor as the default in 2018. Since then, the question of which editor to use has been a regular debate. I still use … Read more