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: 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.

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.

Want More Web Traffic? Develop A Strategy!

On November 4, 2011, in Blogging Aspects, Professional Blogging, by Wilfried F. Voss

While SEO is important, there are other ways of promoting your website. SEO can turn out to be a science that will require that special and expensive consultant, but there are some very effective measures that your part-time webmaster can handle as well.

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.