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.

A No-Nonsene Guide To A Professional Blog by Wilfried Voss

On October 7, 2010, in Book Reviews, by Editor

This book will provide a crash-course in setting up a web site that goes beyond a basic blog. In this sense, the author added many exciting features such as slide shows, cool navigation tools, social network connections, integrating videos and cartoons, and even an e-commerce system. He also puts an emphasis on search engine optimization (SEO), creating web traffic, and protecting the blog from being spammed. In addition, the author shares his experience with creating income through blogs without promising a “new path to riches.”

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.

Increase Your Website's Performance Through An Audit Report

On August 17, 2010, in Blogging, Technology, by Editor

Just lately I tried of the newest offerings in regards to website optimization, the Alexa Site Audit. The Site Audit takes an in depth look at your website, grades it, and recommends ways to make it easier for people to find and use it. The information I found in the report was valuable, and, in the end, it helped to increase the ranking of the website.

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.

Google Search Engine Optimization Documents

On July 10, 2010, in Blogging, 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. If a site has been penalized, it may no longer show up in results on Google.com or on any of Google’s partner sites.

We Are Interested To Increase Traffic To Your Website

On May 15, 2010, in Blogging, Neurotica, Scammers, by Editor

Just recently I read an article in one of the online newspapers about companies in India offering their service to circumvent captcha-enabled comment or contact forms. They hire human beings to log on to websites and manually enter their customers’ message. I believe, that my website – like many, many others – is now a target of such services.

Oprah, Statue of Liberty Praise FrogenYozurt.Com

On May 10, 2010, in Blogging, Book Reviews, by Editor

Uh, the gravity of an irresistible (yet misleading) headline! Yes, I am guilty of reading “The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging”. On page 74 the book lists the “Top Ten Horrible Publicity Stunt Ideas”, and by using above headline I ruthlessly copied and modified the horrible publicity stunt ideas 6 and 9.

A No-Nonsense Guide to a Professional Blog

On February 10, 2010, in Technical Literature, Technology, Writing & Publishing, by Editor

A step-by-step guide to setting up a blog with WordPress, spam-protecting your blog, search engine optimization, and creating web traffic. This a very concise book with a “quick and dirty” approach; it will allow you to set up a professional looking blog within hours. The book has been written while creating http://www.myprofessionalblog.com. See the web site as a reference of what you can do.

A Reversed Form Of Writer's Block

On January 12, 2010, in American Male Prostitute, Writing & Publishing, by Editor

My version of writer’s block comes in form of not having worked on my second novel for several weeks. I spent some useless time on writers’ forums, and even tried to make some money through my blog. To put the result up-front, forums are a terrible waste of time, and I made $15 in two weeks by writing one lousy article on my blog. On the other hand, my novel American Male Prostitute is about making a career as a writer, and I will take the liberty of adding my experiences to the story of the main character, Stuart Berry.