Link(s): Mon, Aug 2nd, 10am

[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]

The Best WordPress Permalink Structure For Scaling, Performance and SEO
[Pressography - Sarah Gooding]

So, what does this mean for the ubiquitous /%category%/%postname% recommendation that you see everywhere for SEO? It’s bad for performance. That also goes for %postname% by itself. The reason is because WordPress has to spend extra time trying to distinguish posts from pages and will then have to generate unique rules for each page in order to differentiate them. This kind of permalink structure can cause timeouts and sluggishness …

Daily Tip: Improvements Coming to the WordPress.org Plugin Directory
[Pressography - Sarah Gooding]

As part of the proposed Potential WordPress.org Improvements, the WordPress.org plugin directory is going to be getting some new features that will improve user interaction with the directory, the plugin authors, and the rest of the community…

[Oh, thank His Noodly Appendage for "Allow filtering of plugin search results based on version compatibility" and for "The formation of a Plugin Security Review Team".

-L]

Lessons Learned From Maintaining a WordPress Plug-In
[Weblog Tools Collection - Mark Ghosh]

…All in all, I think this is a good read for both seasoned as well as newbie WordPress plugin developers.

The Content Producer’s Copyright Checklist
[ProBlogger Blog Tips - Georgina Laidlaw]

Copyright is the content producer’s constant companion. If you create content, you own it, and you want it to stay that way!

At the same time, many bloggers link to, quote, and reference other peoples’ work. Understanding where the line of copyright falls is essential if you and your blog are to stay on the right side of the law…

Moral Relativism and Modern Times
[EconLog - Arnold Kling]

…I am reading Paul Johnson's Modern Times for the first time. It is a bracing book, filled with opinions that differ from those of Progressive historians. On a number of minor points, I find Johnson less than persuasive. His veneration of Charles de Gaulle, for example…

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