This is the annual report from WordPress.com. Blog posts increased to weekly, page views nearly doubled versus last year, and the most notable referring site was LinkedIn. Obviously, no one got the April Fools joke and interestingly several of the most popular posts were from the prior year:
- WordPress.com Google Authorship (November 2012) – Author rank will be one of the most important aspects of content marketing in 2013.
- SEO Sabotage (September 2012) – For the effort involved, you could definitely work on improving your own content and value to customers. Hopefully, tools like the Google Hummingbird will eliminate this pending cottage industry.
- Ballmer and Microsoft Misconceptions (August 2013) – A short review of mainstream media referenced as obviously doing no fact checking.
- iPhone 5 Flop (September 2012) – Apple sold millions of the new device, but failed to meet sales expectations. Maps was a huge debacle, battery life is still bad, iTunes continues to wipe data, and e-mail ActiveSync problems remain. Apple stock is still down overall and the hip and young crowd no longer think Apple is cool.
- Java Fades to Oblivion (January 2013) – The year started with CNN reporting on yet another Java vulnerability. Java developers continue to dwindle, Java updates rarely work as the bane of security audits, and the world will be a safer and simpler place without Java.
- 10 Modern About Page Tips (January 2013) – Approach and presentation is dramatically different from the 5 paragraphs of boring text.
- 25 Expert WordPress.com Principles (January 2013) – Get to writing, avoid common mistakes, and accelerate your success.
- 10 Things to Know About Microsoft Partners (April 2013) – 20 years of insight about being a Microsoft Partner revealed.
- Authorship: Does Your Baloney Have A First Name? (September 2013) – Why would anyone believe anything from a nameless and faceless author?
- Testimonials Are Contrived (October 2013) – Testimonials are just another commercial.
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