Here’s an interesting article on improving server response time. Dreamhost,the company I host with, tends to have slower server responses (when compared to the other top wordpress hosting companies), but you can basically get it down to zero using this information. https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/215300867

I enabled the following in W3 Total Cache:

• Opcode Cache
• Database Cache
• Object Cache

That got the response time down to virtually nothing. Previously I had been using Autoptimize to make life easier. it also seemed to have better compatibility, but W3 continues to deliver better and was worth the risk. The riskmay mainly be with how much I try to optimize though. not all the blame is on W3 for past issues haha.

I also removed cron jobs from the site and put in a manual one in Dreamhost so that the site isn’t checking for jobs to do on every load.

I also removed Google Fonts. Always a good thing to do. I also condense all js and css into one single thing.

This results in fewer calls to external resources (which makes sites very slow on mobile) and near 0 response time from the server (which is very important for every single resource called).

You can check this out too: https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/4405149325332

It didn’t make as big a difference.

Be warned, enabling all these caching things can sometimes cause problems. I stick with Elementor Pro for just about all my website need so it minimizes the risk of conflicts with other plugins (because I don’t need as many plugins).

Hope you all have/had a happy Thanksgiving!

I’m very thankful for everyone I get work with!

Google Page Speed Insights has a cool new feature as of October 27th. Now not only do you get a speed/performance score, you also get a score for Accessibility, Best Practices, and SEO.

If you click on any of the scores that they give you for those categories, you can see a list of things that are recommended, along with links to learn more! So you can basically look at what is recommend, fix some of it yourself and improve your user experience and likely your Google ranking.

There’s more to this than meets the eye when it comes to websites.

I’ve found that constant improvements are a great way to actually get stuff done. I’d say it’s probably even faster than just trying to save up or make time to do it all at once.

In the case of websites though, Google likes to see that you are active. There are actually services out there that will tell you which pages would be best to update based on how popular they are and how long it’s been since you’ve last updated it.

I’m not saying publish junk of course, but try to make constant changes to your website and improve it little by little. I’ve seen a lot of things get really out of date because I myself, or a client will say “I’ll get to it when I do the other updates.”

Something that helps with this process though is keeping things simple. You don’t need a website for every service you do. A page, yes, but a whole other website or some system that adds to the things you need to keep an eye on… No. There are exceptions, but a general rule is to keep it simple. That helps with security too.

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Just a quick update. Blue Avispa is now accepting partial payment in Bitcoin and Ethereum for website projects.

You can now pay up to 50% of a website project in Bitcoin or Ethereum. Other crypto currencies will be considered. Please be sure to contact us for any questions.

Just a quick update. Blue Avispa is now accepting partial payment in Bitcoin and Ethereum for website projects.

You can now pay up to 50% of a website project in Bitcoin or Ethereum. Other crypto currencies will be considered. Please be sure to contact us for any questions.

Just a quick update. Blue Avispa is now accepting partial payment in Bitcoin and Ethereum for website projects.

You can now pay up to 50% of a website project in Bitcoin or Ethereum. Other crypto currencies will be considered. Please be sure to contact us for any questions.

I’ll cut to the chase. Dreamhost, one fo wordpress’ recommended hosting companies (and my personal favorite so far) wrote a great blog on how to change domains and not destroy your SEO. https://www.dreamhost.com/blog/domain-change-seo/

If you don’t need to change your domain, DON’T! You’ll notice they say that you will REDUCE the amount of damage done. You’ll still probably have a dip in traffic. If you can bear that in the short term and if in the long run it’s better to change domains, go for it. If not, just don’t change your domain.

If you change your domain name, follow their advice. Make sure you forward all necessary URLS and pages. Make sure you update all your social media links to your site and then notify Google through Google Search Console.

If you don’t use Google Search Console… I don’t even know what to say apart from “you should get it!” It’s by far one of the most valuable SEO tools you’ll ever have. I use it almost exclusively.

What now? What’s important?

I was going to write some stuff about crypto currencies and markets etc., but then I looked over at my nearly 4 year old daughter…

Though I’m trying to recession proof the businesses of the people I work with and put in place plans to force ahead and grow through the recession so they don’t come out in the same state they entered into the recession, but honestly, work burnout is a real thing. Making bad decisions is a real thing.

I just finished a blog post for crypto investing (according to me) and though it’s a great time to buy, there will be a lot of times to buy over the next year more than likely, so don’t go all in just yet. Pace yourself (my opinion). I’m increasing the amount I invest in all areas I can, including my business because it’s a good time, but I’m stretching it out over a year at least. I haven’t put all my chips on red. I put them all on “be reasonable and hang in there” haha. That is of course with a plan to grow that I actively work on nearly every day.

Make sure you invest equally in all aspects of your life and business. I have a business counselor, a counselor counselor, I still study things and learn and I have a financial advisor. I also have general counsel for general decisions.

So what to do now? Don’t panic, try to invest steadily in all aspects of your business (including yourself) and keep pushing forward.