Highlights from our annual retreat (Kauai 2019)
Our team spent 5 days in Kauai connecting around our company vision and making plans for the coming year. Read more about our takeaways here!
Optimize images to improve site speed
Keeping your images optimized is one of the easiest ways to dramatically decrease page load times and improve your site speed score.
When things go wrong, it’s your response that matters
When things go wrong, it can feel catastrophic. But in the end, it’s your response that matters most.
Uncovering the truth behind common hosting myths
Selecting the right hosting for your blog can be tricky. Read about common hosting myths related to page views, CDNs & site speed.
Whip your site’s SEO into shape with Mediavine’s Ultimate SEO Checklist
A note from the editor: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) bewilders many bloggers, big and small, so we’ve asked our friends at Mediavine to share their SEO best practices with us. Nicole Johnson, Director of Publisher Support for Mediavine, as well as a longtime publisher, shares her own journey from SEO novice to ace on her …
WordPress plugins: how & when to use them (and when you shouldn’t)
Plugins are an incredible way to supercharge your blog, but they can also make your site slow, clunky, and open to security risks. We’re sharing best practices for making sure they’re supporting your business and not hurting it!
Convert your WordPress blog to use SSL
It’s time to use SSL on all blogs, everywhere. Google prefers SSL and, historically, would confer its blessing on sites that used SSL. Google has taken it one step further and is now planning to penalize sites that do not use SSL. With that in mind, now is the time to take the plunge and protect …
All the way to Belgium and back…
At the end of March, our team boarded planes in our respective hometowns and flew across “the pond” to gather together and recharge in Brussels. Not only did the brews, freshly ironed waffles, and chocolate draw us to the capital of Belgium, but also its centralized location. Our systems staff arrived in Germany a few …
Hosting by Real People & for Real People with Alan Ritari
Alan Ritari is an avid photographer, a serious Captain Obvious doppelganger, long-time local Ultimate Frisbee athlete, and Chief Executive Officer at Agathon Group. He’s been around since the beginning, as one of the founding members of the company, and has helped steer the company to where it is today.
Setting up your blog for success with Denise Caggiano
We asked AGhosted client and coupon blogger, Denise Caggiano, for advice on how she set up her blog for success and found her place in the blogosphere.