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WP Rocket is the easiest way to speed up WordPress, but if your host won't allow a caching plugin, you're a bit stuck. I'd move to a better web host. Somewhere like SiteGround, and then install WP Rocket. Integrate that with Cloudflare and a good image optimization plugin. Besides that, be sure...

Another WordPress fan here. :) If you're blogging to make money though, you'll need a self-hosted WordPress.org site, not WordPress .com WordPress.com put a lot of restrictions on you in terms of monetization, plugins, themes you can use, and customizations you can make to your site theme.

I see you're measuring fully load time, but what matters is how long it takes for all the above the fold content to load and be seen by the visitor, or as it's called in GTmetrix, onload time. If you create a free account at GTmetrix you can use the onload feature. I'd also consider moving to...

I'm currently learning SEO from Matthew Woodward. Neil Patel is good also, I just prefer Matthew's teaching style. Getting good results from his recommendations so far. :) I'm taking his paid course, but he's got a load of free content on his blog. :)

Hey, Anyone here familiar with Quuu promote and or Drip Revolution. I've been testing out their social sharing service for a few days now, however, the number of social shares being reported are not matching stats in my Google Analytics account or my Social Warfare plugin ... So, just curious...

Hi Aquanis, From what I understand, Google does take notice of grammar and spelling mistakes, yes. Of course, the odd misspelled word doesn't make a difference, but too much of it can negatively affect rankings. If the article is as terrible as you've described it to be and you can create a...

Hi, I'm new to the forum and just wanted to take a moment to say hello :) My name is Kerry from England but currently living in Portugal. I'm excited to get to know other members who share similar interests. Kind Regards, Kerry