Colin Newcomer

Sep 11, 2024 | blog.hubspot.com | Colin Newcomer

As someone whose website has generated over 393 million ad impressions (and counting), I know how important banner size optimization is to earning the highest revenue on your site. Tweaking ad settings and placements can easily lead to huge increases in revenue per impression, so you want to have the best information possible. In this post, I'm going to dig into the five most popular and best website banner sizes, along with how you can add banner ads to your own website.

Sep 11, 2024 | blog.hubspot.com | Colin Newcomer

Whether you‘re an experienced front-end developer or someone who’s just dabbling in CSS (that‘s me!), you’ll probably agree with me that having to write all your CSS from scratch is just plain annoying. So — why do it? Instead of typing away furiously in your code editor, get some help from the CSS tools that I've curated in this list. If you‘re already a front-end developer, these tools will help you save time and work more efficiently with CSS.

Sep 10, 2024 | blog.hubspot.com | Colin Newcomer

As someone who‘s been running websites for over a decade, I know how important website maintenance is. But as someone who’s also been working with other webmasters for over a decade, I also know how common it is for webmasters to neglect website maintenance. Website maintenance is one of those things that doesn‘t matter … until it really matters.

Aug 20, 2024 | blog.hubspot.com | Colin Newcomer

With the explosive growth of AI tools in the past few years, you might be wondering how you can use AI in WordPress to uplevel your site. As someone who’s been using WordPress for more than a decade, this topic has been top of mind for me. I set out on a search to understand and test the leading AI plugins and assistants on the market. My conclusion? We're spoiled for choice when it comes to the different options for how to use AI in WordPress.

Jul 29, 2024 | blog.hubspot.com | Colin Newcomer

As someone who builds a lot of websites, I know how important having a quick-loading website is when it comes to creating a great experience for visitors. At the same time, though, having some load time is unavoidable for certain types of websites, which is when a loading page can be helpful. There's a right and a wrong way when it comes to loading page design. Done well, your loading page can minimize any annoyance, while also improving your site's user experience.