WordPress 3.3 Release Candidate 3
The third (and hopefully final!) release candidate for WordPress 3.3 is now available. Since RC2, we’ve done a handful of last-minute tweaks and bugfixes that we felt were necessary. Our goal is to release version 3.3 early next week, so plugin and theme authors, this is your last pre-release chance to test your plugins and themes to find any compatibility issues before the final...
Read MoreCore Team Meetup Time
It’s almost that time again, when the WordPress core development team gets together in person to review the year’s progress and talk about priorities for the coming year. Next week Matt Mullenweg, Mark Jaquith, Peter Westwood, Andrew Ozz, Andrew Nacin, Dion Hulse, Daryl Koopersmith, Jon Cave, and I will meet at Tybee Island, GA, the same location as the last meetup. Last year we...
Read MoreClicks and impressions for authors
Webmaster Level: All (Cross-posted on the Inside Search Blog) With the latest improvements to the way authorship annotations look in search and the addition of authorship to Google News, authors have been really excited about getting more visibility, and users benefit from seeing the name, photo, and way to connect with the person who created the content. Authors have also been giving us a lot...
Read MoreReturn Of The EU Cookie Directive
Towards the end of yesterday, I noticed a new article on the Information Commissioner’s Office’s website entitled ‘Must try harder’ on cookies compliance, says ICO. And I realised yesterday that this change is inevitable, eventually, with time, we’re all going to have to implement this. The consequences have the potential to seriously damage our industry,...
Read MoreWhat is Original Content? [Video FAQ Series]
Google loves original content. Original content is something that you wrote that you did not pull from any other source. There are a number of places where good content can be added to a site. Some options include: Blog posts Reviews Content on site Text on pages of site What kinds of content do not provide value? Doorway pages are pages that are created specifically...
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