Although AMP as a standard helps with mobile performance, the standard itself is not responsible for instant performance. AMP fails at those first crucial seconds just like any other web page. AMP pages on their own are in no way faster than a well designed mobile web page (in which you would...
Yeah, I'm definitely still stuck in this "I need more words because it's higher quality" mindset, which is why I was thinking about these smaller sites.
Also sticking to "SEO guidelines" of how I've laid out my site has just ended up with me creating a mediocre brand. Same shit as everyone...
I’m just curious what your opinions are on having a “one page” website, and by that I mean something like https://goodui.org
Not exactly a one page website but a guide focused website. If I think about driving traffic to a site like this with traffic leaking it would be a lot easier than trying...
I had two of my sites hacked, no idea how. Only way I knew was checking with site:mydomain and it turned up with Canadian auto insurance and some crap about downloading torrents.
Still got no idea how since I don’t use loads of plugins/themes
Isn’t AMP content also hosted on Googles servers? So basically a user can never really “leave” Google?
Great way for google to steal content for their own index
That’s exactly what I’m doing, moving from shared to DO. Only caching I use is litespeed cache at the moment.
Usually use wp super cache and autoptimize.
What issues did you have?
Was playing around with nginx and it seems to be a lot faster than my current set up.
Will switching effect the Wordpress plugins I have installed?
Only plugin I really rely on is Really Simple SSL and I know nginx doesn’t use .htaccess?
Very true, I think I need to stop being so stubborn about these things. Because I'm not getting anywhere. I will say when I was getting traffic, design was the last thing on my mind.
Do you think it’s bad to copy elements of successful competitors? Will it create a site that looks like “just another fitness blog” for example.
That’s what I’m trying to avoid, I want to stand out
Thanks for the replies everyone. I took some time to think about it, and I’ve decided I’m going to write at least 1000 words of content before I spend the rest of the day on the design.
That way I can do both and I’m not procrastinating about writing content.
My problem is I can easily spend...
I haven't started driving traffic yet, so no engagement. Just don't like the default feel at the moment, because once I start link building I want everything to be perfect so it goes easier
So I’m running on default-ish at the moment. Looks good but doesn’t look big brand/have its own personality.
I’ve mocked up a design, just wondering if it’s worth coding now or should I just keep focusing on content.
I know @CCarter says not to waste time redesigning again, but I’m not happy...
I still struggle with this, but I’m starting to get over it.
Lately I’ve realized my problem isn’t my skill as a writer but I have this fear that my writing isn’t better than say my competitions. Ive also realized that in reality the only way I can be different is to share my own experiences...
So I have a question about branding, is it better to create an authority site with a persona or go the other route and create a magazine with multiple personas?
I ask this because I feel like having one persona might connect better with the audience vs a magazine which kind of feels "cold"