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10
Nov
Our-Hometown’s WordPress Publishing Platform comes pre-equipped with the popular All in One SEO plugin to help customers optimize their website for search engines and improve their web rankings. There are a number of basic techniques you can use to help your website perform better on search engines, and the All in One SEO plugin gives you complete control over these various settings all in one place, making setup quick and painless. You […]
8
Nov
Back in September, Nature.com published an article titled, “Auditing local news presence on Google News” (Free PDF) by Sean Fischer, Kokil Jaidka and Yphtach Lelkes. The article highlights the research performed by the trio, which ultimately supports their hypothesis that Google News favors content from large national outlets over smaller local outlets, and prioritizes those sources within its search results. This is problematic for local and regional newspapers who are being […]
3
Nov
Our-Hometown President & CEO Matt Larson discussed our newly released “Logged In” plugin update during this week’s episode of Office Hours on Monday, providing customers with an overview of the new session-based login limitations and the key differences with the new system. With this option enabled on your website, subscribers will be limited to three active sessions at any time. Once they eclipse that limit, they will be automatically logged out […]
2
Nov
Our-Hometown’s latest Virtual Conference on Getting Started with Audio Podcasts took place this past Thursday, where President & CEO Matt Larson was joined by Tom Lappas of the Henrico Citizen to discuss the ins & outs of podcasting and what it takes to get your production off the ground. Tom and his staff have the process down to a science after launching three new podcasts in the past year, and he’s been […]
2
Nov
Our-Hometown is excited to announce that for a limited-time, customers who add Audio Articles to their plan can try the feature for FREE for one month before deciding whether to keep the feature or disable it! Audio Articles is an innovative feature that converts each article published on your website into an audio file that visitors can play on their PC or mobile device, allowing them to listen to the news and free […]
28
Oct
At Our-Hometown, we take pride in being more than just a service provider. In addition to the innovative tools and features available exclusively on our WordPress Publishing Platform, our Publisher Newsletter and Virtual Conferences have helped to establish Our-Hometown as a legitimate resource for the entire publishing industry. Whether you’re a customer of ours or just a publisher looking for guidance in the modern age of digital publishing, we’re doing our […]
26
Oct
Our-Hometown is happy to announce that we’ve released a new update granting our customers more control over subscribers visiting their website — most notably the ability to limit subscribers to a certain number of active sessions, serving as a deterrent to prevent readers from sharing their account with friends or family. In the past, there was nothing stopping readers from buying a digital subscription and sharing their login with others, […]
22
Oct
Our-Hometown is excited to announce an upcoming customer-exclusive Live Webinar on Getting People to Pick Up Your Paper, hosted by special guest speaker Kevin Slimp! The webinar will take place via GoToMeeting on Thursday, November 12th at 2PM Eastern, and registration is free for all Our-Hometown customers! Kevin Slimp is a widely-recognized speaker, trainer and writer in the newspaper industry. He has been featured as a keynote speaker at many state […]
22
Oct
Our-Hometown is happy to extend this invitation to our upcoming Virtual Conference: 6 Innovations in Local Online News which will take place LIVE on December 1st at 1PM Eastern, where President & CEO Matt Larson will highlight some of the most innovative and cutting-edge features that our engineers have developed for our platform. Newspapers worldwide are searching for ways to adapt to the on-going shift to digital publishing, but Our-Hometown […]
20
Oct
Our-Hometown President & CEO Matt Larson hosted another session of Office Hours on Monday, this time going over the basics of the Newsletter Drag & Drop Layout Builder included with The Newsletter Plugin on our WordPress Platform. The Drag & Drop Composer provides you with several pre-built blocks that you can use to craft attractive and stylish newsletters for your readers just by dragging a block into your newsletter layout and dropping […]
