Top Articles of 2013: Our Best Posts (Updated for 2026)
This is our list of the top articles of 2013 on QuickOnlineTips, the posts our readers liked most that year, now regrouped by topic. Most of these guides have since been rewritten for 2026, so every link below takes you to the current, updated version.
Quick answer: Our most-read posts of 2013 covered WordPress tweaks, AdSense layout tips, recovering from Google penalties and everyday tech how-tos. The best of them have been updated for 2026. A few posts were about services that no longer exist, such as Google+, and are kept only as part of the site’s history.
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What 2013 was like for QuickOnlineTips
2013 was a tough but productive year for us. The Google Panda and Penguin updates hit our traffic hard, and we spent months cleaning up our link profile. We wrote about that work as it happened, including how we removed 1.7 million backlinks and survived. Despite the penalties, our readers kept coming back for practical tips and tricks, and the posts below are the ones they enjoyed most.
Top articles of 2013 still worth reading in 2026
These posts have been refreshed with current steps and screenshots where needed. Titles below are the updated ones.
WordPress and web design
- How to Use the Emergency WordPress Password Reset Script
- Caching Plugins Can Delay RSS Feed Updates: How to Fix It
- How to Add Canonical URLs in WordPress
- How to Force 404 Errors in WordPress (and Use 410 for Deleted Pages) (reader favourite)
- How to Remove Links in WordPress Comments (reader favourite)
- How to Moderate WordPress Comments Quickly (reader favourite)
- How to Add Nofollow Links in WordPress
- How to Show the Updated Date in WordPress Themes (reader favourite)
- How to Redirect Blogger to WordPress Without Losing Traffic
- Replace WordPress jQuery with Google-Hosted jQuery? What to Know
- How to Create Social Media Icons with Pure CSS (reader favourite)
- How to Load CSS Faster: 10 Ways to Speed Up Your Site (reader favourite)
- 7 Ways to Load Google Fonts Faster (reader favourite)
- How to Add Font Awesome Icons to Any Website
- Essential Web Design Elements Your Site Needs (reader favourite)
- How to Check Your Website Reading Level
- How to Add Image Hover Pinterest Pin It Buttons
AdSense tips
- How to Modify AdSense Code for Responsive Design
- AdSense Asynchronous Code: How to Use It for Faster Site Speed
- Load the AdSense Script Once for Multiple Ads
- 336×280 vs 300×250 AdSense Ads: Which Earns More
- How to Remove AdSense Arrows and Icons From Ads
- How to Remove Yellow Border Around AdSense Ads
- How to Create Custom AdSense Ad Sizes
- How to Change AdSense Report Currency
SEO, penalties and site security
- 7 Steps to Stop RSS Feed Scraping and Content Theft (reader favourite)
- Google Penalty Checker: How to Check If Google Penalised You
- How to Check for a Manual Action in Google Search Console
- Can Hackers Edit Your Disavow File? How to Check and Protect It
- How to Find Malware Links on Your Website
- SSD VPS Hosting: Our Upgrade and What to Look For (reader favourite)
Everyday tech how-tos
- How to Download Facebook Data: Photos, Posts and Messages
- How to Format a USB Flash Drive on Windows 11 and Mac
- Fastest Way to Bookmark Web Pages and Find Them Later
- Google Inactive Account Manager: How to Set It Up
- How to Find Your First Tweet on X (Twitter)
- How to Check the SAR Value of Your Mobile Phone
- Best Self Defense Keychains
- Best Online Shopping Sites in India
- How to Play Minesweeper: Rules, Tips and Free Online Games
- Google Virtual Tour: How to Add a Street View Tour of Your Business
From the 2013 archive: history and retired services
Some of the year’s popular posts were news or were about products that have since closed. Google+ shut down for consumers in 2019, so the Google+ guides no longer apply, and Google Glass is no longer sold. We keep these posts as a record of what the web looked like in 2013.
- Changing Profile and Challenges of Guest Blogging (reader favourite)
- How We Removed 1.7 Million Backlinks and Survived (reader favourite)
- How Google Made Link Removal a Big Business (reader favourite)
- Delete URLs With Bad Backlinks to Remove Google Penalty (reader favourite)
- Traffic Report: Google Panda 25 Strikes Back
- Webmasters Alert! Google Penguin 2.0 Update Rolls
- Inside the New Facebook Data Center at the Arctic Circle (Photos)
- How to Know Google Glass is Taking Your Photo, Video (reader favourite)
- Get Your Free WolframAlpha Analytics Facebook Report
- How to Add Google+ Comments to Blogger Blogs
- How to Add Google+ Content Recommendations
- Grab Your Branded Google+ Custom URL
- Increase AdSense Earnings with AdSense Experiments
- Download Google Chrome Beta Browser for New Features
What we learned from 2013
Looking back, the posts that lasted were the practical ones: clear steps to fix a real problem on a website or a device. News about launches and penalty updates was popular for a few weeks and then faded. That is why, in our 2026 refresh, we updated the how-to guides first and kept the news posts mainly for history. If you run a site of your own, the same lesson applies: evergreen tutorials keep bringing readers years later.
FAQ
What were the most popular QuickOnlineTips articles of 2013?
Reader favourites included our guides on stopping RSS feed scraping, loading CSS and Google Fonts faster, forcing 404 errors in WordPress, moderating comments quickly and the story of how we removed 1.7 million backlinks.
Are these 2013 articles still accurate?
Most of the how-to posts in this list have been rewritten for 2026 with current steps. Posts in the archive section are kept for history and describe things as they were in 2013.
Why are some Google+ posts still listed?
They were among the most read posts of the year, so they remain part of the record. Google+ closed for consumers in 2019, so their steps no longer work.
Where can I find the best posts from other years?
See our lists of top articles of 2012 and top articles of 2014.
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