Poynter has a very good write-up of the challenges facing three new publishers. All three of the publishers are on WordPress. That wasn’t on purpose – it’s just that almost all new publishers use WordPress.
Here are three publishers featured in the Poynter story:
Continue reading “The Challenges for New Publishers in 2024”Google’s E-E-A-T framework, which stands for Expertise, Experience, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness, plays a pivotal role in how Google’s search team assesses the quality and credibility of content on websites.
For WordPress sites, understanding and implementing E-E-A-T principles can significantly impact your visibility in Google’s search results.
In this article, I’ll delve into what E-E-A-T entails and offer practical tips on how you can enhance your WordPress site to align more closely with the content qualities that Google values highly.
Continue reading “WordPress Publishers and Google’s E-E-A-T Guidelines”CivicPress is aiming to bring the Gutenberg block editor to the US government.
CivicPress was built by the team at Lone Rock Point, an agency in Boston. This is a Full Site Editing theme and is built according to the standards of the US Web Design System (USWDS). That system was created about 10 years ago and provides principles, guidance, and code that makes it easier to build accessible, mobile-friendly government websites.
I’ve seen this kind of targeted approach work very well before. Around 2010, the Drupal community provided targeted themes and tools for the US government and was able to capture a large segment of that market.
Continue reading “CivicPress is WordPress for the US Government”Over the last couple of years, we’ve seen several interesting new publishers who have launched with the help of Lede.
Lede is an offshoot from a WordPress agency called Alley Interactive. They aim to be both a platform and a business incubator. They’ve helped launch several projects with unique approaches to publishing and business. We’ve previously covered Block Club Chicago and Defector.
Continue reading “Gazetteer San Francisco is a New WordPress Publisher Ignoring Social and SEO”About four years ago, I wrote about The 19th. I came across their work because they’re a PublishPress customer.
One thing about the 19th that’s particularly interesting for WordPress users is their overlap with open-source ideas.
Continue reading “Publishers Are Using Creative Commons to Encourage Content Sharing”