Chances are, you enjoy blogging. At least you did at the start. While some people blog as a profession, most of us start them out of passion. Why is it, then, that blogging often turns into a chore? After a while, at least for some bloggers, it feels like something we have to do, rather than something we want to do. Has the passion really dissipated? No, in all likelihood there are a number of factors that go into blog dissatisfaction that have nothing to do with passion... … [Read more...]
When using WordPress for building a website or a blog, the unavoidable thing you need to have is a WordPress ping list. You need this list if you want to receive the best exposure for the website or blog because through this list you can notify many services that you have published a new post. Its importance doubles when you are in the habit of publishing quality posts daily and even more when you have just started with WordPress. You need all the exposure you can manage. By … [Read more...]
RSS (Real Simple Syndication) enables you to syndicate the blog content in a digestible format for the readers. Assuming that most of you are using the WordPress format, we give you a list of top 20 WordPress Plugins to build your RSS feeds. Use only those Plugins that will help in improving the blog’s performance and user’s readability. Best WordPress RSS Plugins To Manage RSS Feeds: 1. RSSless – If images and videos in your content feed do not format properly, … [Read more...]
Illegal hacking is a serious offense. Just Google, ‘prevent WordPress hack” and you will see more than 5 million results, which shows how people are so worried about keeping their websites and blogs free from hacking. Is your WordPress safe from hacking? How To Make Your Wordpress Safe? Check out the following 10 ways to keep your WordPress site safe: Note: Wherever plug-ins is mentioned, they are applicable for paid WP sites. Free WP sites cannot install … [Read more...]
If you leave aside Home pages and website content or posts, what is the other important thing necessary for a website or blog? It is the ‘Contact Us’ page. As we had previously told you in 6 tips to create an impressive contact us page, it is an often avoided page and some even splash one up just for the sake of it. However, if used wisely, the Contact Us page becomes the first point of connection between a business and a prospective client. Best WordPress Contact Form … [Read more...]
Blogs have come a long way since their origins as online shared diaries in the 1990s. Their evolution gained momentum in 1999 with Peter Merholz, breaking the term “Weblog”, coined by Jorn Barger in 1997, into “We blog." A significant mutation took place when Evan Williams of Pyra Labs started popularizing the use of the term “blog” both as a noun and verb. Blogs grew by leaps and bounds over the last decade. As of now, there are roughly over 150 million public … [Read more...]
Do you have an interesting blog of your own? Well, now it's time to think where to place your blog where it will be easily visible to all the Internet users and therefore, getting your blog ranked high in the search engines. Every blogger wants his or her blog to be one of the top listed blogs in the search engines. For that, you will have to index your blogs with a good and well-known blog directory. Top 10 Blog Directories Given below is the list of top blog directories of … [Read more...]
Calling ourselves the best bloggers of the world is not enough. Although, being awarded as the top blogger of the world is what most of the bloggers’ wish, but being a top blogger means taking on a lot of responsibilities. It includes providing relevant and informative blog content, holding your readers loyalty for a long time, getting excellent feedback from readers, building a huge visitor network and adopting the most powerful blog marketing strategies. Consequently, the … [Read more...]
Out of all the launches on the Internet in past years, blogging is the most interesting one. Blogging is not only a medium for people to write their personal viewpoints but also an engaging media to channelize current news and information. With the introduction of the dot-com era, most of the organizations have established their private websites where they post blogs related to their business products and services for active business relationships with their customers. This … [Read more...]
Top 7 WordPress Plugins to Monitor Comments
Few days back, I read about a product on the popular Warrior Forum where you can use the spam comments that we bloggers so generously receive into a money making venture. I don’t know whether that product actually works or not but I thought why not prepare a list of WordPress plugins that will help us in differentiating spam comments from the authentic ones. This list will be useful for those who want to get rid of spam comments and for those as well who have the knack to make … [Read more...]