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SEO Tip Open Comment Author URL in new Window

For good SEO, it is preferential to open your comment authors URI in a new page. Why you might ask? Google and other search engines track sites you visit, they can tell what that site contains (obviously), how long you stayed there and where you went next. The intended use of this information is to [...]

// Tagged Akismet, Blogging Tips, Code, Conditional, Design, Google, HTML, Javascript, PHP, Pop-up, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, Spam, WP, Web Design, Yahoo, blog, hacks, how to, resources, site validation, tag, techniques, tips, wordpress, xhtml // 04.26.2008 at 8:52 pm // 3 Comments »

Free eBook: Develop Money-Making Niche Sites with WordPress

Caroline Middlebrook has published a free eBook about making money with niche sites powered by WordPress. The books discusses Google Adsense, WordPress plugins and tips on monetizing your site with relevant content. The eBook is a recommend read for new and old bloggers alike. Grab your copy from here.

// Tagged Ads by Google, Announcements, Blogging Tips, Content, Contextual Ads, Economics, Google Adsense, Un, WP, blog, how to, internet marketing, resources, tips, wordpress // 02.07.2008 at 2:34 pm // 5 Comments »

Yahoo! Shortcuts Plugin Test Drive

Blogs about Yahoo! Shortcuts plugin is even muffling news about Movable Type OS. Is the plugin that good or is it a hype? To find out, I have activated a beta version of the plugin and thought I will give it a try. This post was one such test. To keep things simple, I decided [...]

// Tagged Blogging Tips, MTOS, Media, Movable Type, New Release, Oddities, Un, WP, Widget, Yahoo, asides, blog, internet, resources, technology, tips // 12.13.2007 at 3:02 pm // 1 Comment »

Why SEO Matters: a post on wpSnap about SEO Best Practices

I recently made a guest post on wpSnap regarding best practices to improve SERPs. It’s a good reminder of how we can improve and grow organic traffic by following some rather simple steps.
Here’s an excerpt:
Many sites built on WordPress use free themes that are more or less visually appealing but seldom optimized to help your [...]

// Tagged Announcements, Blogging Tips, Design, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, WP, blog, how to, news, resources, seo checklist, tips, wpSnap // 11.20.2007 at 5:51 pm // Have your say »

How to Update your Old Theme for WordPress 2.3: Tags

One frequent question from users of our old themes that upgraded to WordPress 2.3 is to do with tags and how to include them in the theme templates.
Tags are very useful for Search Engine Optimization (SEO), especially when it serves as a keyword to describe your post, while it is ridiculously simple to add these [...]

// Tagged Blogging Tips, Converter, PHP, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, Theme, WP, how to, resources, tag, wordpress templates, wordpress themes // 10.29.2007 at 7:15 am // 1 Comment »

Adii’s Mini-interview: Think You Know Me? Think Again

Adii has been publishing quite a few mini-interviews of some serious and some not so serious web developers/designers. To add flair to his popular interview series, he recently asked me to participate, and I did. I urge my readers to visit Adii’s site and read his mini-interviews, and while you are there, read my interview [...]

// Tagged Adii, Announcements, Blogging Tips, Media, WP, interview, news, resources // 10.14.2007 at 6:49 am // 2 Comments »

5 Blogging Mistakes I Make that you Should Avoid

I know a lot of people who write posts about how one should blog based on their personal experience, I get a lot of emails asking for pointers, so here’s a list I compiled that is the anti-advice or what I call “5 blogging mistakes I make that you should avoid”.

Be irrelevant: Over 50 percent [...]

// Tagged Blogging Mistakes, Blogging Tips, Content, Humor, Stupid, blog, blog traffic, blogging, blogosphere, socio-political // 08.07.2007 at 3:27 pm // 4 Comments »