What's the Word: New SEO Course, Expert Tips, and Block Art

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tutorials, and inspiration.

Welcome to another edition of What's the Word! This week we're announcing a new SEO course, sharing a couple of our favorite blogger stories, providing stellar expert tips about blocks and themes, and touring a virtual art museum.

Let's jump in!

Free Course Coming Soon: Intro to SEO

Understanding search engine optimization (SEO) is crucial for anyone looking to improve their site for both search engines and humans. This free, self-paced course will give you a solid foundation of what you can do to ensure people have the best chance of finding your content when they search online. In this course, you will:

Learn what SEO is and why it's important.
Understand how to find and apply keywords.
Equip yourself to create stand-out content that gets results.

We're launching the course in just a few weeks, so get on the waitlist today to be notified as soon as it's available:

Sign Me Up for Intro to SEO

Subscribe to Our New YouTube Channel!

Whether you're looking for bite-sized how-tos and robust tutorials, or customer stories about people just like you, our new YouTube channel is the place to be. Check it out and subscribe to stay informed.

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WordPress.com Favorites

I recently launched a new blog series in which I interview creators, entrepreneurs, and hobbyists of all stripes. First up was The Travel Architect, a travel blogger from Minnesota who's had to be a little more creative during the last couple of years.

Read my interview with The Travel Architect.

Last week, I interviewed Empish Thomas, a freelance journalist who advocates for blindness and disability rights and awareness. She provided some enlightening ideas on how anyone online can be a better advocate on the internet and in their workplace.

Read my interview with Empish Thomas.

Expert Tips from WordPress.com

How to Build a Website From Scratch With WordPress.com in 10 Steps — Creating a website from the ground up can be intimidating. This is especially true if you have never designed one before and your time is tight. Fortunately, WordPress.com makes designing websites simple.

Four Things You Might Not Know About the Block Editor — You're probably familiar with how to use the Block Editor for creating simple pages and posts. But its capabilities go well beyond that. This article highlights features you may not know about, which will make it even easier to create stand-out content.

Five Great Block-Based WordPress Themes You Should Try — So you've made the switch to Full Site Editing, but your theme doesn't seem like the best fit for the new tools. Here are a handful of great themes that are built for FSE right out of the box.

Museum of Block Art

Finally, I'd like to leave you with a piece of digital art (not an NFT), created entirely with WordPress blocks. The Museum of Block Art (MOBA) is a virtual art museum that comes to you from a collection of community members in the WordPress world. Websites can be more than practical exchanges of information; websites themselves can be inspiring and beautiful pieces of art. The piece featured here is titled "City Textures," created by Channing Ritter.

Until next time,

Jeremy and the entire crew at WordPress.com

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