The Power And The Danger Of A Successful Blog

I started this website as a personal blog to write about everything I love and hate, hoping that somebody in the outside world would read it, and afraid that somebody in the outside world would read it. Blogging is a never-ending learning process, especially when success is attached to it.

Bloggers: The Right Way to Approach a Social Networking Site

The idea behind social networks isn’t a new thing, but the concept of socializing online developed and morphed as more and more people spent time in front of their computers. The idea being that you could socialize, network, gather, communicate and meet friends in an online venue, rather than, let’s say a coffee shop.

WordPress: SPAM – A Blogger’s Lament

On October 8, 2010, in Blogging, Blogging Aspects, Professional Blogging, WordPress Tips, by Editor

Now that my blog gains more and more popularity, I also have to deal with an increased number of spamming attempts. Naturally, my blog is protected against automatic spam attempts by all kinds of programs scanning the Internet and attempting to leave hyperlinks to dubious websites.

For The Blogger – Google Search Engine Optimization Documents

On October 7, 2010, in Blogging, Professional Blogging, Tips & Tricks, WordPress Tips, by Editor

Following these guidelines will help Google find, index, and rank your site. Even if you choose not to implement any of these suggestions, we strongly encourage you to pay very close attention to the “Quality Guidelines,” which outline some of the illicit practices that may lead to a site being removed entirely from the Google index or otherwise penalized.

Affiliate Programs: Chitika Is A Waste Of My Resources

Chitika works very similar to Google Adsense, but their ads are much closer targeted to users who find your website through search engines. If you write about, for instance, automobiles, and somebody finds you through searching for Toyota, you can bet all your ads refer to Toyota and ONLY Toyota. Very effective targeting, you might think. In addition (and this is a very nice feature!) they allow you to display Google ads when a user did NOT find you through a search engine.

12 Ways to Create a Mailing List that Will Sell Books

On August 19, 2010, in Blogging, Marketing, WordPress Tips, Writing & Publishing, by Editor

The key to a good newsletter list is simple really and the biggest piece of this is you’ve got to have something useful to say. While your friends and family might enjoy hearing about your latest book signing, people who happened onto your site and subscribed to your ezine might become bored with this information and unsubscribe. If you have a list or are considering starting one, consider these tips to get you going and help you maximize your newsletter.

Protect Your WordPress Blog From Hackers

On August 9, 2010, in Blogging, Professional Blogging, Tips & Tricks, WordPress Tips, by Editor

Spam is not the only threat to your WordPress blog. In fact, a hacker attack, for instance, targeted to add unwanted content to your blog, can be disastrous for your blog. Not only may you lose all your work that you accumulated over years; the impact on your credibility can be profound.

WordPress: WP to Twitter Does Not Work Under WordPress 3.0

On July 21, 2010, in Blogging, Professional Blogging, WordPress plugins, WordPress Tips, by Editor

Upgrading to WordPress version 3.0 can have quite some downfalls. As soon as I installed it I lost my Twitter connection. So far I have been using the “WP to Twitter” plugin, and it actually still functions under the 3.0 version. Nevertheless, I am now unable to modify the plugin parameters, which hurts especially when I add new categories.

WordPress – 100 Million Plugin Downloads and Counting

On July 15, 2010, in Blogging, Professional Blogging, WordPress, WordPress Tips, by Editor

WordPress 3.0 Thelonious passed 3 million downloads yesterday, and today the plugin directory followed suit with a milestone of its own: 100 million downloads.

WordPress Plugin for SEO – Google XML Sitemaps

On July 10, 2010, in WordPress Tips, by Editor

I have to admit that to this day I had underestimated the power of Sitemaps. I had in mind to install a Sitemap plugin, and yesterday I finally did it. So far I was very satisfied with an exponentially rising number of website hits on my personal blog (2000+ unique visitors so far in March 2010, resulting in 20,000+ website hits), but since installing the Google (XML) Sitemaps Generator for WordPress the increase is incredible! What I like most about the plugin is that it reports updates to Google, Yahoo, and Bing immediately after you have added a new page or post.