Category Archives: Wordpress

Top Thee SEO plugins for WordPress

Posted by on November 22, 2011 No comments

It is a fact that by using WordPress as a main platform for website building or blogging, you significantly enhance your chances of ranking high on the search engine result pages. Major search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Bing simply love the way WordPress functions, thereby making it an ideal platform if you are interested in increasing your online visibility and attracting more customers. With the help of few WordPress plugins, you can rank your website even higher on all major search engine result pages.

Application of main SEO principles to the blog structure, website and various blog posts is necessary for making it more prominent on major search engines. This will automatically enhance the traffic coming to the website or blog and provide you with a much enhanced visibility.

Now, WordPress plugins are tiny programs, few of them free, while others paid and can do various things Read more »

The Importance of Original Content on Blogs for Google

Posted by on November 16, 2011 No comments

More and more people are earning money from blogs. You just need to set up your blog with ads on it to be able to make money. You will need content on your blog that is written in a way that it will show up in Google searches so get enough traffic to your website to get paid for the advertising. While it might be tempting to use recycled content from other websites, it is very important to only put original content onto your blog.

When you are setting up your blog, you may find that it is time-consuming to generate a lot of content for it. This may leave you tempted to take content from other websites, just so our blog is full when you launch it. This is not the best idea because you will be putting your work out there and it will become apparent that your content is not original. The least of your issues with doing so will be causing readers to not want to come back to your blog.

You may have bigger issues if you don’t use original content for your blog. If the content you took was copyrighted Read more »

Why people hate facebook

Posted by on October 31, 2011 No comments

Here’s an article written by a friend, remember your audience depening upon what subject your site is about:

If I live to be one hundred I will never understand the fascination with Facebook. I will admit I have a Facebook account. I started it when my son’s college started posting information available primarily on Facebook. I wouldn’t say that I didn’t go willingly, but I didn’t exactly approach it with a lot of enthusiasm. As a very private person I was never intrigued by the thought of posting my every move for the entire world to see. I feel no need whatsoever to announce that I’m “baking cookies for my hubby”, “buying cows on Farmville” or “feeling so sick I could die!”, like so many of my so called friends.

Speaking of Facebook friends, who are all these people anyway? I have never met, and probably will never meet, some of my Facebook friends. Second cousins twice removed, friends of my husband’s uncle, people I may have known in high school; I have no … Read more »

Best 5 Places for Free URL and WordPress Hosting

Posted by on October 28, 2011 No comments

Hosting a website and WordPress is a key part of establishing a web presence online. While there are many places to host websites along with many services that provide this assistance, it can be costly for some people. For those who are looking to have free web hosting and not have to worry about any costs that can add up. There are a good five websites that allow people to host their site for free and allow them to avoid the cost of hosting a website.

The first free wordpress and free hosting site is WordPress itself. The site known as WordPress is the best option for people looking to not only host a site for free but to also get the highest speed for blogs, bandwidth and more disk space. Once you sign up you are able to expand your blog space as much as you … Read more »

Hottest 3 WordPress Templates for Family Sites

Posted by on October 24, 2011 No comments

Website templates are among the integral parts of any website. These are the backgrounds of various sites and give each website its own unique image. With the various templates available all website owners will have a way to distinguish their site and have it stand out among others. There are many themes for websites and one of them is for the family. There are many family templates for various websites including WordPress. By using a distinct three website templates people will be able to have a nice website for their family and/or for businesses to promote their offerings for families.

One of the top three WordPress templates for the family theme is The Only Sunshine. This particular template is very colorful which … Read more »

Top Three Ad Serving Plugins for WordPress

Posted by on October 13, 2011 No comments

Many professional and casual bloggers like using WordPress for ease of use. However, bloggers enjoy selling out ad space in order to make a few extra dollars, or more, a month. With WordPress, bloggers can use plugins for various aspects of their blogs, and this includes ad space. These three ad serving plugins are the most beneficial for bloggers using WordPress.

WP125 is a really handy plugin for bloggers using WordPress. One major feature that is implemented with this plugin, is that individuals can set how long the ad is supposed to be up on their page, and WP125 will automatically remove the ad on the date set. This allows bloggers more freedoms to manage posts and update their blog. WP125 allows users to put in as many Read more »

Why WordPress is the One Size Fits All Solution to your Needs

Posted by on October 11, 2011 No comments

In a world of complexity, simplicity can be a bursting breath of fresh air. Some things are just more complicated than they need to be. I like things explained in plain and simple English so that I can get started as soon as possible and move forward. I started learning how to blog on blogger because I loved it’s super simple platform, and I was rather intimidated by all the stories I heard about how much more “technical” WordPress was, and I must admit, at first, I allowed this fear of the unknown to keep me from exploring it’s powerful features and vast capabilities. I thought WordPress was simply too difficult to learn and that the learning curve was frustrating. This couldn’t have been further from the truth.

WordPress is fairly easy to use, and much more rewarding than I could have ever imagined. There are many books and videos out there that give tips and pointers on getting started with WordPress. Some charge, others don’t, and sometimes finding Read more »

What is WordPress?

Posted by on October 10, 2011 No comments

WordPress actually refers to two separate things. First of all, WordPress is a site that allows anyone to create their own blog on the Internet for free. This includes hosting and space to use for their blog. Even though this service is offered for free, WordPress does not prohibit bloggers from monetizing their sites under the WordPress banner. This means a user can add advertisements or sell products from their blog without having to share the proceeds with WordPress in any way. This makes WordPress an excellent choice for a beginning blogger to get his feet wet and see what he has to offer to the community and if a blog will be successful without risking start-up costs.

The second thing WordPress refers to is the software that helps bloggers design their site. The WordPress … Read more »