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GeoDirectory Review: How To Create A Local Business Directory On WordPress

There are a lot of businesses out there in the world and people need a way to find them. You can use WordPress to build a site to help people do that…if you have the right tool.

GeoDirectory just might be that tool. It helps you create a local business directory using WordPress. You can list different places, divide them up into categories, and let people search for them on a handy map.

And in my GeoDirectory review, I’ll show you how it works and help you decide whether it’s the right tool to help you create a local business directory with WordPress.

Overall, it’s remarkably easy to get started with for a plugin of its depth, and I’m a big fan of all the built-in SEO settings it includes to help your directory rank higher in the SERPs.

Let’s dive in and take a closer look.

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WP Rocket Review: A 47% Faster Website. Is It Worth Paying For?

By Colin Newcomer5 Comments

You need your WordPress site to load fast. In my WP Rocket review, I’ll show you how WP Rocket can help you achieve that – it sped up my test site by 47%, which is pretty dang awesome.

This plugin offers an all-in-one approach to WordPress performance optimization that manages to remain beginner-friendly while still offering deeper functionality that advanced users will love.

It also got a huge facelift with WP Rocket 3.0, and my review is current to those changes.

Keep reading for a look at some real performance test data, a tour of the brand new, redesigned WP Rocket 3.0 interface, and my thoughts on whether it’s worth shelling out for a premium WordPress cache plugin when there are so many quality free plugins available.

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WPfomify Plugin Review: Using Social Proof to Increase Conversions

By Simon Tomkins1 Comment

Say you’re visiting a new city and you’re looking for a place to have lunch. One cafe is bustling and busy, you hear the sounds of diners happily enjoying their food and waiters scurrying from table to table to fulfill more and more orders. The second cafe is completely deserted, row upon row of empty benches, no person to be seen apart from a forlorn owner pleading you to please come inside.

It would convey an obvious common sense to plump for the busier restaurant, seeing happy, contented diners would aid persuasion that the first option was indeed the better choice.

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All in One SEO Pack Review: A Great Yoast SEO Alternative

By Colin Newcomer2 Comments

Yoast SEO may be the most popular WordPress SEO plugin, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t quality alternatives to Yoast SEO.

And if you go searching for those alternatives, the first name that will pop up on that list is All in One SEO Pack.

While it doesn’t quite match Yoast SEO’s gaudy download numbers, All in One SEO Pack is quite popular in its own right, with over 3 million active installs compared to Yoast SEO’s 5 million plus installs.

Because it’s still massively popular, but not talked about nearly as much, we decided to dedicate an entire post to an in-depth All in One SEO Pack review.

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Netflix for Creatives – Series, Movies, and Documentaries to Watch in 2020

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With Netflix surpassing 100 million subscribers in the streaming juggernaut shows no sign of slowing down. It’s likely you’ll either have an account or know someone who does – perhaps an ex-flatmate or partners? I’ve picked out a mix of series, documentaries, and movies which will help you have a more creative 2020.

They cover a wide range of creative pursuits and include films focused on concepts such as minimalism and the power of thinking differently.

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