Your WordPress site probably started out nice and quick. But over time, it can slow down. A slow web site is not only frustrating for you and your visitors, it can actually cost you lost revenue if they leave. It can also affect your Google ranking, because Google prefers fast-loading sites. Slow site loading can […]
Your world is crashing down around you. Some <expletive deleted> person has got into your precious WordPress web site and ruined it. You want revenge, sure. But what you really NEED is to get your site cleaned up and working again. Here at Gecko Gully, we’ve cleaned up a LOT of web sites. WordPress and […]
When we build you a web site, we build it how we build our own web sites. We believe in giving you, and your visitors, the sort of experience we ourselves would like to have online. Any decent web site builder can build you a web site that has a nice design, and the basic […]
Most of the content on this page is blatantly copied from WordPress.org. We figure they know their system better than anyone, so are in the best position to describe it. When you build a WordPress site, this is what you get. WordPress is free to download, free to install on your hosting, and free to […]
If someone tries to guess your username and password or tries a brute-force attack they’ll most probably start with username “admin”. This is the default username used by too many sites and should be removed. Create a new user and assign him the “administrator” role. Try not to use usernames like: “root”, “god”, “null” or […]
I have been working with a client (whose site/s I did NOT build) whose WordPress web site has been hacked. Here is the report I just sent him to show him what I have done to secure his site against further hacking attempts. How many of these things have YOU done to ensure your site […]
Martin Missfeldt from Tag SEO Blog has created an excellent infographic about video ranking factors. He has given permission for me to share it with you. The larger the circle, the more important the ranking factor. From this, it can be seen that audience interaction and appreciation are the most important ranking factors (views, reactions […]
As with the WordPress core, keeping plugins up to date is one of the most important and easier way to keep your site secure. Since most plugins are free and therefore their code is available to anyone having the latest version will ensure you’re not prone to attacks based on known vulnerabilities. If you downloaded […]
The easy version: Watch this video and I can do this for you for $5 on fiverr. Here’s the gig: https://www.fiverr.com/geckogully/do-video-ranking-magic-with-rss But if you want to do it yourself, here is How To Rank Your Videos with RSS… Once you have made your video and uploaded it to YouTube, one of the next steps to […]
Here at Gecko Gully, we build LOTS of eCommerce web sites, mainly using WordPress and WooCommerce. Built into the admin of every new web site is a series of WordPress and WooCommerce video tutorials, but we also make our own videos teaching small snippets of information that people have asked us about. You can view […]