7 Best Semrush Features for Bloggers (Practical Guide)

Best Semrush features for bloggers

A guide with seven of the best Semrush features to grow your organic traffic, ideal for bloggers who may find this marketing tool a bit overwhelming.

Used by digital marketers, bloggers, and agencies alike, Semrush is one of the most popular SEO and marketing tools out there. But it is also one of the most expensive tools, offering a ton of features and a plethora of insightful data.

The feedback I often hear from bloggers is that Semrush is complex and overwhelming. And I agree, Semrush is definitely a tool that comes with a bit of a learning curve, especially when SEO is not one’s strongest skill.

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How to Create a WordPress Website With DreamHost

How to create a WordPress website with DreamHost

A step-by-step guide to creating a new WordPress website with DreamHost, from registering a domain to purchasing web hosting and installing WordPress.

I have used DreamHost for many years now, and I still recommend them to new and experienced bloggers looking for affordable and reliable web hosting for their WordPress websites.

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Mediavine Review (Should You Make the Switch?)

Mediavine review

In this Mediavine review, I will take you through the process of applying, getting approved, and setting up your website for ads. I will also shed some light on how my sites are performing, revenue and RPM-wise. And last but not least, I will share the pros and cons of being a Mediavine publisher.

Mediavine is a company that manages and optimizes ads on websites. Display advertising with Mediavine is very much hands-off. All you need to do, is install a WordPress plugin, configure some settings, and ads will display automatically.

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5 Best WordPress Themes for Affiliate Marketing

Best WordPress themes for affiliate marketing

Reviews of five of the best WordPress themes for affiliate marketing, based on code quality, customizability, performance, features, support, and more.

Affiliate marketing is definitely not for everyone, but I love it as it involves skills I am passionate about, such as SEO, keyword research, and competitor analysis.

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11 Best WordPress Themes for Writers and Authors

Best WordPress themes for writers and authors

Reviews of 11 of the best WordPress themes for writers and authors; easy to use and flexible themes with a professional and clean user interface.

Writers can use a WordPress blog to not only write and publish their work online, but also to potentially sell their books. Choosing a good quality WordPress theme is essential when setting up your new website as a professional writer or author.

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How to Choose a Good Blog Name (+ 15 Real Examples and Ideas)

How to choose a blog name (+ examples)

One of the most important steps in starting a new WordPress blog is choosing a good blog name. Far too often, new bloggers register a domain too quickly, only to find out months or years later that their chosen blog name is not the best one.

There can be various reasons why a blog name may need to be changed down the track. Perhaps the name doesn’t reflect the niche well enough. Or maybe the name is a bit awkward, or too long and complicated for people to remember.

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Review of GeneratePress + GP Premium (7 Reasons to Switch)

GeneratePress review

In this review, I am going to explain what I like about GeneratePress as a WordPress theme solution, and why I think you should use it too.

GeneratePress is a combination of a free, lightweight WordPress theme and a premium plugin. This plugin allows you to add essential features, but only the features that you actually want to use.

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WordPress Tags and SEO (Why You Should Not Use Them)

WordPress Tags and SEO

WordPress Tags, some love them and others strongly dislike them. I belong to the second group, but I’m not against using tags.

When I started blogging, I used to create multiple random tags each time I published a new blog post. As I got older and wiser, I’ve learnt to step away from using WordPress tags.

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How to Speed up Your WordPress Blog with a3 Lazy Load

How to use the a3 Lazy Load Plugin

I personally don’t stress about page speed as a ranking factor at all, but I do care about user experience. And a good way to improve user experience is by lazy loading the images on your website.

By far the best WordPress plugin to lazy load images is a3 Lazy Load. In this article I am going to show you how you can configure this plugin in 5 minutes and have a faster loading website straight away.

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