Comments on: Fast Free Tips to Greatly Speed Up Your Website!

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:49:18 +0000

Hey Rob,
Total bummer to hear that your site was hacked…
I feel the chances are about 95% that it was not due to WP Super Cache Plugin. My team and I have been using this plugin on over a half doze different websites
for awhile now and haven’t had any security issues. Also, I checked and have not found any security issues reported with this plugin (blogs or forums).

So my professional opinion is that this is an odd coincidence or another hack….either way it stinks!

However, if you still want to avoid this plugin there is another decent option called
“W3 Total Chache”.

I personally haven’t used it but my partner said it works just as well. :)

I hope that helps!

And keep your eyes out for my future posts. In a few weeks I am doing a series on how to protect your blog!

Thanks,

Michael Roberts

By: Rich

Rich — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:45:33 +0000

Thanks Michael, finally an e-mail with something on can use rather than have to buy. The plugin was the kick in the a$$ my site needed :)

Thank You
Rich

By: Terry

Terry — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:53:19 +0000

Really appreciate the tightly organized info.As a relative newbie I find the internet marketing world to be just filled with information, but none of it is organized, kind of like if you didn’t alphabetize the dictionary. You’re clear, to the point and I don’t waste my time waiting for the value. Also love getting checklists!

By: Lara Jane | Ultimate Lifestyle Project

Lara Jane | Ultimate Lifestyle Project — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:57:20 +0000

Great advice, thanks for taking the time to write the article!
xx

By: rob tencer

rob tencer — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:36:24 +0000

Mike,
We were hacked through the plugin wp supercache that you are recommending to people. The hack got into directories that nobody should have access to. it also sent redirects to cialis, destroyed our google rankings, and we are still trying to recover.

any other ways to speed up page views, besides the cache plug ins??

Rob

By: Venkatesh

Venkatesh — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:54:54 +0000

I thank you for a no-nonsense, no fluff, easily understood video, Mike. I am sick and tired of 1 hour plus videos from “gurus” form which I am have to separate about 2 minutes of wisdom from the chaff!

By: Brett

Brett — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:22:31 +0000

Thanks from me also Michael – I have one particular affiliate blog hat is loading like a slug and the WP Super Cache has helped it load much faster. I adore Traffic Bug and keep the great tips coming!

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:53:47 +0000

Hey Cathy,

Thanks for the encouragement and I am happy your site is performing faster now!

Firefox is great but I find it bogs down often like a blog with too many plugins enabled.
I too use Chrome for alot of my day to day browsing on my PC. It’s fast and reliable.

I plan on doing a Google Chrome article with the must have plugins maybe I will bump that up on my list of things
to do! :)

Mike

By: Cathy Mitschele

Cathy Mitschele — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:29:40 +0000

Thanks Michael! I have been wondering why my site seemed bogged down lately. It’s better already and I haven’t gotten to the second half of your tips yet.

I know Firefox may be an issue with me. I was using it just fine and then it started crashing constantly. I think there’s an issue with it on a 64 bit Win7 computer. So I’m forced to use Chrome – which isn’t bad. At least it’s stable.!

Thanks again!

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:45:55 +0000

Hey Dave,
It should work on both Mac and PC. I recorded that video and used my MAC..
There are a few things we could try to get it to work for ya!

1) When installing Page Speed at:
http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/download.html
Be sure to click the top blue button on the right “Install Page Speed 1.6″
not the bottom right blue button “Install Closure Complier”.

You are right the bottom one Closure Compiler does only work on PC’s.

2) If this still isn’t working for you…the latest version of Page Speed 1.6 does not work that well with the latest version of firebug.
Try un-installing firebug and page speed. Then goto the FIREBUG download page: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addons/versions/1843
and install the second older version of firebug. Version 1.5.2…this version of firebug is more compatible with page speed. :)

If that doesn’t work for you still…well uhhh…atleast I tried! :)

J/K just buzz me and I will try to trouble shoot it for ya.

Mike