WordPress is in fact one of the most widely used open source application for publishing blogs. It is used by more than million websites around the world. There are many factors leading to this widespread popularity of WordPress. The free premium WordPress themes available have also added to the attractiveness of this software. A well designed theme can go a long way in changing a mere blog site into a mighty content management system. The themes...more
If you are interested in setting up a blog there are a number of hosted blog solutions that provide you with plenty of features and user friendly interfaces. In this article I will focus on the hosted solution that is Blogger.com.Blogger.com was one of the first blog hosting providers on the web. It originally stated in the heady days of the internet boom in the late nineties. In 2002 it was bought by Google which guarantees that blogger has...more
Lets face it, there are an over abundance of WordPress themes available on the internet, and with so many out there, fitting magazine style, CMS style, and personal style blogs, how can you tell which one is suitable for your needs? Choosing the right themes can be tough at the best of times, however by making sure that you follow the following guidelines, you should be able to easily shortlist to your ideal theme in no time.Is The Theme Search Engine Optimized?For most webmasters, this is going to be a priority, and for those who don't know what they are looking for, it can be a hard task in itself. First and foremost, the theme will need to load in a reasonable time. As Google has made it public that they will include a measure in their algorithm that incorporates load time into their ranking system, a theme that is so jam packed full of features will most definitely slow down your load times, and may impact your rankings.For example, the Boardwalk WordPress Theme from WPnow is one of my favorite themes, it's bursting with color and life, which suits my needs perfect, however, the theme is painfully slow to load. In cases such as these, you can simply use the Super...more
If you have recently set up a blog you may have noticed that one of the most challenging aspects of blogging is attracting people to your blog. It is not just as simple as putting up a blog and automatically you will have traffic coming to it. Many people who start blogging for the first time think it is that easy. It may have been in the past...more
If you have set up a blog or are thinking of setting up a blog, you may be wonderingup how you can make it look just the way you want it to and have the functions you want it to have. This is quite easy to do. Let me show you how you can do both of these things in just minutes with Wordpress.What is Wordpress Wordpress is a very...more
When you set up your Wordpress blog for the first time, it always helps to have it set up in the right way so you can get the most benefit from it as part of your online marketing strategy.Here are some simple tweaks that you need to make to your blog before you do anything else. This will save you time by just showing you the changes you need to make so you don't have to go through all the options yourself.We'll work from the options from the top left hand side to the bottom in the Wordpress admin area.Click on "links" in the links section. Here you will see a bunch of useless links, you can delete all of these.Then go to the "settings" section. This is where most of the changes need to be made.Click on "general settings". Make sure you have correct info for your tag info (just the description of your site, try to include keywords here) and your correct email address for notifications. The rest of the information required here is self explanatory.Under "writing settings" make the default post category whatever you feel is most common post category for your blog. This category cannot be deleted. When you first set up your blog, you will usually see the untitled...more
STEP 1: Give your blog a different domain name and try to use a keyword you can easily rank for when you choose it. This is important for ranking in the search engines for your topic and marketing your blog in that niche. Go to a web...more
Blogging is taking over the world in terms of activity and influence. Starting up a blog is easy and anyone can get it running in about half an hour. Nobody knows exactly how many active blogs are on the internet. My guess is that...more
Growing subscribers of your RSS feed will expand your reach. Put the appropriate effort into marketing your RSS feed, so you can increase adoption and spread the message contained in the RSS feed.Feed ValidationMake sure that the feed is properly...more
Are you interested to know more on how to make money with blogging? If you're fascinated by the fact that you can start earning money just by keeping a blog, then it's time that you join the millions of people worldwide who have already taken...more
It seems as though everywhere I look today, I hear about addiction. It seems to pop up in many aspects of people's everyday life. However the one common denominator with this topic is that it always seems to be followed with a negative...more
Many bloggers, especially new bloggers wonder how often they should post on their blog. Do they post at a furious pace until their fingers bleed? Do they post only when the spirit moves them? The answer is somewhere in between.Bloggers need to...more