WordCamp Chicago 2011 was a success! Not only was it the biggest that Chicago had seen, it was jam-packed with useful information about all aspects of WordPress. Here are some tips for improving your website’s speed and scalability and also achieving better on and off-site search engine optimization.

Why pay a professional for a basic website evaluation when you can do it yourself for free? Here is a list free online tools that will help you grade your website.

The problem with traffic surges is that you never know what to expect. So how do you prepare for a sudden increase in traffic and make sure that your website does not become inaccessible?

Plugins have helped transform WordPress from a simple blog-publishing application to a versatile content management system. But the very plugins that have made WordPress so great, could also be ruining it.

The other day, Gary Conn discovered that a lot of his visitors used a dial up internet connection to access his website. He also admitted that he had recently tested his site on dial up and was horrified at how slow it was… How well does your website measure up on a dial up connection?

You are probably familiar with Alexa, the company which maintains website traffic rankings. But are you aware of the potential problems that the Alexa traffic widget can cause for your website?

There is nothing more annoying than a slow-loading website. So it is important to make sure that your website is fast, regardless of the internet connection speed that is used to view it. Here are 8 ways to speed up your WordPress website.

According to Alexa, Yahoo has always outranked Google. However, in the last couple of years, the rankings have gotten very close. Yahoo has been number 1. And Google is dead on its heels at number 2. So why hasn’t Google been able to outrank Yahoo?