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.

Give Your WordPress Blog That Newspaper Look!

On October 17, 2011, in Professional Blogging, Tips & Tricks, WordPress plugins, by Editor

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.

Keyword Density Checker For WordPress Blogs And Websites

On October 8, 2011, in Professional Blogging, Tips & Tricks, WordPress plugins, by Editor

One of the pillars of SEO are keywords. Keywords are very important SEO elements for every search engine; they are what search strings are matched against. Choosing the right keywords is an important step to a successful SEO campaign. If you fail on this step, the road ahead is very bumpy and most likely you will only waste your time and money.

SEO: Stay Away From Link Building Services Like VoltRank

On October 7, 2011, in Professional Blogging, Tips & Tricks, by Editor

One of the major pillars of search engine optimization (SEO) is link building. It is said that search engines LOVE hyperlinks, and it benefits your website if many a links point to you. The real work starts when you need to establish links. It is not an easy task. So, why not using an automated service, like, for instance, VoltRank.

Website Link Building Revealed: What Is Theme Relevancy And Why Should I Care?

On September 20, 2011, in Professional Blogging, Tips & Tricks, by Editor

What theme relevancy means is the site that places a link to yours (an vice versa) should be relevant or related to your sites “theme”. Ideally, your link partner’s Website should complement, but not compete with whatever you are offering.

WordPress Plugins: Blessing And Curse – When Plugins Stop Your Blog From Working

On September 16, 2011, in Professional Blogging, Tips & Tricks, WordPress plugins, by Editor

The impact of a faulty plugin or faulty update can be fatal to your website, for instance, the White Screen of Death (website hangs and when you log in, all you get is a white screen) or, as it happened to me last night, a faulty plugin update froze my website.

SEO in 4 Minutes – Specialist’s Tips On The Most Effective Search Engine Optimization Workflow.

On September 13, 2011, in Professional Blogging, Tips & Tricks, by Editor

Need high website rankings but not sure where to start? Or do you already have an effective SEO plan for promoting your website? Check whether you can improve it, or make your own plan from scratch! Even if you’re a complete beginner, within 5 minutes you’ll have a clear idea of what SEO is about and where to start. Just read on!

Download your FREE copy of “A No-Nonsense Guide to a Professional Blog”

On August 4, 2011, in Blogging, Marketing, WordPress Tips, Writing & Publishing, by Editor

As the title of this book implies, the author delivers a concise description on setting up a professional blog – using WordPress – without wasting time convincing the user of the reasoning for creating a blog. The approach is “quick and dirty.”

WordPress Bloggers: Are You Tired Of Manually Posting On Your Blog?

On July 15, 2011, in Professional Blogging, WordPress, by Editor

Never again will you have to manually write on your blog again! No more research, brainstorming, or hours out of your life wasted… A simple solution that will turn your Wordpress blog into an automatic posting machine! Still, one major equation applies: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably isn’t.

WordPress Plugin: Counts Per Day – Statistics

On May 11, 2011, in Professional Blogging, Technology, WordPress plugins, by Editor

Before I engage into praising my newest, favorite WordPress plugin, let me just say: I apologize for my ignorance regarding Google Analytics. I understand that it is, in fact, a very powerful tool for website statistics. In my personal case, though, running a WordPress-based website and looking for the easiest solution, I chose the Counts Per Day plugin. It provides all the information I wanted in a statistics tool, and I can run it directly from within WordPress. The installation was a breeze, and I could use the plugin without further settings.