7 Blogging Lessons I Learned From Building My Blog
Honest blogging lessons from 15+ years of building my blog — why you shouldn’t compete with the best, what it really costs, and why content alone won’t grow it.
Why WordPress Speed and SEO Are Inseparable
Core Web Vitals, crawl budget, bounce rates, and the rise of Answer Engine Optimization — here is why WordPress speed and SEO go hand in hand.
How to Optimize WordPress Category and Tag Pages for SEO
Turn WordPress category and tag pages into ranking landing pages. Learn descriptions, slug structure, noindex decisions, and real fixes from MetaBlogue.
AI Coding Ground Rules: What to Put in AGENTS.md First
AI coding ground rules tell your assistant what it can and can’t touch. Here are the rules I put in every AGENTS.md to stop scope creep and AI slop.
How to Set Up MCP Servers for Your AI Workflow
Learn how to set up MCP servers to connect your AI agent to web search, files, GitHub, and databases — plus a security checklist and a real content workflow.
Skills vs MCP: The Token Math That Changed My AI Setup
I compared token usage between converting documents to skills and running MCP servers. Here’s the math, and why the biggest savings sit outside the context window.
Internal Linking Strategy for WordPress Blogs: The Workflow That Actually Works
A practical internal linking strategy for WordPress blogs — pillar-cluster structure, finding orphan content, anchor text choices, and a monthly workflow.
What is Content Engagement Score and How to Improve It for Your Blog
Learn what a content engagement score is, how to build one for your blog using free GA4 metrics, and the practical fixes I use to keep readers reading.
How to Turn Your WordPress Blog Into a PWA Without Breaking Web Push
A step-by-step guide to turn your WordPress blog into a PWA — manifest, service worker, offline page — while keeping your existing push notifications alive.
How to Create AI Agent Skills That Actually Work
Learn how to create effective AI agent skills with lean context, strong guardrails, and descriptions that trigger reliably across Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor.
