WordPress Bloggers: Monitor Your Website Statistics Daily!

On February 6, 2012, in Blogging Aspects, Professional Blogging, Tips & Tricks, by Wilfried F. Voss

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 Blog: How To Boost The Ranking Of Your Website With The Right Plugins

On January 10, 2012, in Professional Blogging, Tips & Tricks, WordPress plugins, by Wilfried F. Voss

Not every WordPress blogger is out to reach the maximum exposure in the cyber world. After all, blogging is about expressing your opinion, writing about those things you love or hate, and letting off some steam. However, for those trying to turn a hobby into some kind of money-making machine and contribute a few dollars to a meager household budget by placing advertisement, a good web ranking represents the threshold from failure to success.

How To Make BIG Money Through Your Website

On November 18, 2011, in Articles, Home Business, Wilfried F. Voss, by Wilfried F. Voss

Many businesses act that way, and they really make the BIG money – literally hundreds of thousands of dollars per year – through a number of cleverly designed scam websites.

WordPress: Shopp e-commerce Plugin Damages Website Traffic

On November 14, 2011, in Professional Blogging, WordPress plugins, by Wilfried F. Voss

A few weeks ago, I installed the Shopp e-commerce plugin, and over time I noticed a decline in visitor numbers, however, without making the connection to the e-commerce software. I also noticed a slowing page loading, which should have led me immediately to a database problem, but at the time I was confident that that had been taken care of.

Book Sales Are Nothing to Write Home About: What is going on?

On November 7, 2011, in Guest Writers, Reader Views, Writing & Publishing, by Wilfried F. Voss

Every day I get at least two emails from authors expressing concern that their books aren’t selling. They’ve done everything right: marketing, publicity, social media, blogging, website, signings, promotion, promotion, and more promotion but it just isn’t happening.

Goodbye Google Buzz – Hello Google Plus!

On October 27, 2011, in Blogging Aspects, Professional Blogging, by Wilfried F. Voss

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 Wilfried F. Voss

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 Blog And RSS Feed Plugins

On October 24, 2011, in Professional Blogging, WordPress plugins, by Wilfried F. Voss

RSS (Real Simple Syndication) allows the WordPress blogger to pull content from other websites. Well, it depends on how much the other website is willing to give you, the full content or just an excerpt.

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

On October 20, 2011, in Blogging Aspects, Professional Blogging, WordPress plugins, by Wilfried F. Voss

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.

Give Your WordPress Blog That Newspaper Look!

On October 17, 2011, in Professional Blogging, Tips & Tricks, WordPress plugins, by Wilfried F. Voss

For the longest time I wanted that distinct newspaper look, not necessarily a copy of The New York Times or The Washington Post, but at least a slight appearance of an online magazine.