Wordpress Academy - Nethers Web Design

October 19, 2020

Google My Business Disabled for Website Country Blocking

Warning Google Delists Businesses for Website Country Blocking

Warning to Google My Business Webmasters What is Google My Business & Local Search? Some of you may be wondering, “What is Google My Business?” If you’ve ever looked up a business or local service, you’ve probably seen local rankings of nearby businesses, a map showing them with reviews, contact methods, and possibly a prominently featured business on the sidebar of your search results. This is Google My Business, or local search, where companies can put on their best face, and attempt to vie for your business in the Google Local Search results. What did Google My Business completely overlook? […]

September 11, 2019

How to Add a Top Bar to Your WordPress Site

Top Info Bars are an easy and effective way to close more leads. Statistically speaking, info bars convert on average 1.5% of visitors. Info Bars with truly exciting offers tend to cover at a much higher rate, roughly 6-8%. While these numbers alone may not seem like a ton, combining all of our lead conversion steps together leads to much more effective conversion funnels. Adding Your Top Bar With WordPress its extremely easy to start converting more leads with your top bars. We’ll walk you through adding your own top bar, using QuickieBar, a free alternative to the industry leading […]

September 7, 2019

25 Must Have Plugins for Business Websites on WordPress

25 Best WordPress Plugins for Business Websites in 2022

Searching for the best WordPress plugins to accelerate your business in 2022? With over 55,000 plugins in the WordPress repository and 7,000 more in envato market, it’s exceptionally challenging for business owners to find the right plugins. Our clients are always asking us about the best WordPress plugins for SEO, security, backups, speed, etc. so it made sense to write this guide. Working almost exclusively in WordPress gives us an exceptional edge in the plugin search and having tested countless WordPress plugins each year, we can help you find the best plugins for your website, making it simple for you […]

December 14, 2018

Building and Updating Your Wordpress Site

Finding Your Site’s WordPress Version

Importance of the Version While typically the version isn’t something that’s immediately necessary to most users, there are times that it can be very important. Cases where WordPress version can be important: WordPress Core vulnerability announcements. For example, you may have clients whom you’ve not discussed a major change in a recent update, so while you’re not wanting to update their site, a major vulnerability may have been announced in a recent release; thus, ensuring the client is not running that vulnerable version (such as with version WordPress 5.0.0) can quickly become more important than release change discussions. Plugin compatibility […]