Bloggers: Be Aware of Sabrina Jackson, Webmaster of BestFreeDatingSites.net

On April 23, 2012, in Blogging Aspects, Professional Blogging, by Editor

In all consequence, my advice is to ignore emails that appear to come from a Sabrina Jackson. It’s most probably a scam! Make sure you include her email address in your spam filter. I did.

The Myth About Starting Your Own Internet Business

One of the biggest crimes in the Internet world has not been identified as such for a simple reason: It is legal to scam unemployed or low-income residents and make them believe they can start their own Internet-based business.

WordPress Bloggers: Monitor Your Website Statistics Daily!

On February 6, 2012, in Blogging Aspects, Professional Blogging, Tips & Tricks, by Editor

If you run your WordPress website seriously, whether you’re using it to promote your business or try to contribute to your income by placing ads from affiliate programs like Google AdSense, you should monitor your website’s performance on a daily basis.

WordPress Blogger: Don’t Rely On The Google Search Engine Alone

On January 24, 2012, in Blogging Aspects, Professional Blogging, WordPress plugins, by Editor

There are actions designed to drive visitors to your website who are not necessarily using the Google search engine, but find you through other references.

How much more social media can one person handle?

How many of you are going to switch to Google+ and abandon Facebook?  Stick with Facebook and never in a billion years go on to Google+?  Keep a hand in each and use one for writer connections one for personal stuff with your family?  Use both for both? And how many of you just hung [...]

Do you get bogged down by your blogs?

With so many blogs rattling around the net, all clamoring for attention, it’s only fair to ask, what is the blogging experience like for the blogger? What drives people to blog? And most importantly, is it fun? Blogging can certainly be fun if that’s all you’re doing it for. You get to put your emotions [...]

Want More Web Traffic? Develop A Strategy!

On November 4, 2011, in Blogging Aspects, Professional Blogging, by Editor

While SEO is important, there are other ways of promoting your website. SEO can turn out to be a science that will require that special and expensive consultant, but there are some very effective measures that your part-time webmaster can handle as well.

Goodbye Google Buzz – Hello Google Plus!

On October 27, 2011, in Blogging Aspects, Professional Blogging, by Editor

I used Google Buzz for years to increase attention to my blog. For a few days now, Google Buzz didn’t seem to work properly, but I continued using it, at least for the sake of planting a hyperlink at a website with (what I deemed) high reputation. Such little technical problems do occur on Reddit.com or Digg.Com frequently, but in case of Google Buzz, the “malfunction” was on purpose.

The Most Dangerous WordPress Plugin: Classifieds… When They’re Free…

On October 24, 2011, in Blogging Aspects, Professional Blogging, WordPress plugins, by Editor

I found this really nice and effective WordPress plugin (see info below), and one of the numerous options enables you to allow free content for a limited time; everything beyond that would be subject to a charge.

WordPress Bloggers: Block India, Afghanistan, Russia From Your Blog

On October 20, 2011, in Blogging Aspects, Professional Blogging, WordPress plugins, by Editor

In the course of the last two months or so, I received in the neighborhood of 60 ~ 70 classified ads, and they were ALL from India. I thought about adding some text to the pages, saying that spammers are wasting their (and my) time by posting, since each entry is manually approved by the administrator. However, it is my experience that these guys don’t read.