I have spent years fixing neglected WordPress sites. Stop the traffic bleed by...

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I have spent years fixing neglected WordPress sites. Stop the traffic bleed by optimizing your image sizes, building internal links to older posts, and using Akismet to kill comment spam. It is not magic, it is just maintenance