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Changing Pages To Posts

Sometimes in the life of a WordPress Blog there comes a moment when you realize that a static page you created (say for an upcoming event or campaign) has time expired, but still contains useful information. You might like your users to find the detail, in a search, but you do not want it clogging . . . → Read More: Changing Pages To Posts

Featured WordPress blog is Twingly

The featured WordPress blog this week is Twingly Blog, and more specificly a post by Martin Weiger called Europe’s 50 most popular startups according to the blogosphere.. Using data from their Twingly Blog Search they rank blogs in the global blogosphere from May 1 to July 31. This gives you a useful list of web . . . → Read More: Featured WordPress blog is Twingly

3 Top Tips For Marketing Via Your Blog

In response to a number of inquiries about How to boost your Search position on Google, here are the three Top Tips For Marketing Via Your Blog which we cover on our Low Cost Marketing Using WordPress one day seminar.

Chose a Compelling Title Keep It Simple and To The Point Tell Your Readers What . . . → Read More: 3 Top Tips For Marketing Via Your Blog

The Spending Challenge Featured Blog

The featured WordPress blog this week is actually a UK government site called The Spending Challenge.

It uses a Theme in a directory called Coalitiondocdg, which may be a custom solution, with Contact Form 7 plugin by Takayuki Miyoshi to capture your feedback. It also uses Recent Posts with Excerpts plugin by Stephanie Leary, . . . → Read More: The Spending Challenge Featured Blog

Maximizing WordPress Through Social Networking

Our featured blog this week is the WordPress hosted Smoke-Free Texas if for no other reason that it has a good message!

However, check out the sensible inclusion of Latest Flickr photos, Twitter feed and Smoke-Free Texas on Facebook links, maximizing their targeted inbound traffic potential. There are useful WordPress plug-ins for these Social Networking . . . → Read More: Maximizing WordPress Through Social Networking

Australian WordPress Blogger Featured

The featured blog this week is littlelioness.net, a personal blog by Fiona, a 27 year old Australian woman currently residing in Canberra. The littlelioness.net domain was registered on 11 September 2002, and is powered by WordPress, and there are archives which go back to November 2007, so Fiona has been blogging a comparatively long time. . . . → Read More: Australian WordPress Blogger Featured

How Long Should A Blog Post Be?

Our post last Thursday has sparked some debate around the office about how long a blog post should be. I mean honestly, a blog post should be as long as it needs to be, and no more!

It is a bit like the instruction I was given all those years ago when as a newbie . . . → Read More: How Long Should A Blog Post Be?

Top Tips For Writing A Blog

We often get asked to give advice and tips about writing a blog. Common questions people ask are: How much should I write on my blog? How frequently do I need to add posts? What do I do if I get stuck and can’t think of anything to write? While we cover this sort of . . . → Read More: Top Tips For Writing A Blog

Featured WordPress Blog – Chas Harris Footloose

Our featured blog this week is a hosted at WordPress.com, and it is by Charles Harris of Footloose Films. It is a good example of why blogging using WordPress is such a liberating outlet and is part of what make the Internet great. Check out “Best TV drama, my arse” for a sample of Charles’ . . . → Read More: Featured WordPress Blog – Chas Harris Footloose

Dealing with Comment Spammers in WordPress

If you’ve been on the internet for any amount of time you’re probably familiar with “spam” in your email inbox. For the uninitiated, spam is an unsolicited commercial message trying to sell you something. Some of this is generated by botnets, groups of hijacked PCs which are working secretly for a botnet controller, sending unsolicited . . . → Read More: Dealing with Comment Spammers in WordPress