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

On January 24, 2012, in Blogging Aspects, Professional Blogging, WordPress plugins, by Wilfried F. Voss

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.

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 $100+ Per Month Through Your Website

On November 16, 2011, in Blogging, Professional Blogging, Tips & Tricks, by Wilfried F. Voss

Yes, this post will explain how you can make $100+ per month through your website, and to make sure we are on the same page: I am talking $100 and maybe a little more. I don’t promise a $10,000 monthly income with virtually no work, and you sitting at the swimming pool of your home in the Caribbean, sipping your vodka martini – shaken, not stirred.

Ground Rules For A Successful Website

On November 16, 2011, in Blogging, Professional Blogging, Tips & Tricks, by Wilfried F. Voss

When you run a website, you will be faced from the very beginning with search engine optimization (SEO), and SEO is treated at times like a science. However, concentrating on SEO alone will do nothing for your website if you don’t follow the very basics.

WordPress: Neglected Database Management Will Impact Performance

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

The problem with the WordPress database management comes with frequent adding, modifying, and deleting new posts and pages. The best comparison is the file fragmentation of a Windows computer. Frequent adding, modifying, and deleting of files will create a database management challenge due to increased fragmenting of the available hard-disk space.

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

On September 20, 2011, in Professional Blogging, Tips & Tricks, by Wilfried F. Voss

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.

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 Wilfried F. Voss

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!

Blogging: Sometimes You Do Need That Personal Shrink

On May 11, 2011, in Blogging Aspects, Professional Blogging, by Wilfried F. Voss

In general, it is my blogging policy to NOT block comments, unless they are scam (i.e. useless content not related to the post, but pointing to dubious websites). As of lately I have added another condition to block comments: Insulting comments. And yes, in some cases my posts are designed to provoke – that is in the nature of the business – but I won’t engage into fruitless fights.

Embedding YouTube Videos In Your WordPress Theme

On April 29, 2011, in Professional Blogging, WordPress plugins, by Wilfried F. Voss

In the “old days” embedding YouTube videos was only possible through incorporating Java code – as provided by YouTube – into your post. You had to do it in the HTML editing mode, and you didn’t dare to go back into the “Visual” editing mode. WordPress is at times highly allergic to implemented Java or HTML code and just removes it in Visual mode.