passive cross-promotion on your blog

Few bloggers write at only one site. This is an easy way to show your readers your other work or create leads for your business. No plugins needed. If you are a coding newbie, jump to the tutorial I’m sure some of you want to copy and run. If you came for the code only- [...]

Essential WordPress Plugins

This is the exhaustive list of the plugins I include in all WordPress + Thesis installs. I have chosen these based on 1) Compatibility with WordPress; 2) SEO benefits; 3) Social media integration. These plugins enhance every WordPress site. These are all compatible with Thesis theme. Please donate to the developers a tip if you [...]

Best Free Blackberry Apps

Take advantage of the free innovation for your Blackberry. There are hundreds of applications to help your manage your time more effectively. I can’t pass up the fun ones either. Here is a list of my favorites. Vlingo Intelligent voice recognition app includes SafeReader. Your incoming text and email messages are read to you while [...]

Quick tips to increase PageRank

PageRank is an algorithm created by Larry Page of Google. It is a trademarked, highly guarded system that Page named after himself. PageRank reflects our view of the importance of web pages by considering more than 500 million variables and 2 billion terms. Pages that we believe are important pages receive a higher PageRank and [...]

3 easy search engine optimization modifications for your WordPress blog

If you are in the blogging majority, you want to include your page rank. There are a few things you can do from your dashboard with few technical skills. This is search engine optimization that only needs to modified once. Get rid of your Uncategorized category Naming all your categories gives search engine crawlers one [...]

put permanent metadata in your site

I am sure you have heard all about the importance of include keyword tags in your blog posts. It’s a great way to get those search engines to bring more readers to your site. When you create your blog in WordPress or Blogger, it creates metadata with your title and tag line. This is good, [...]

Does your blog ping?

Pings are a quick way to spread your blogs posts around the internet. A ping is a notification that is sent to a website. You have probably gotten them before when someone links your blog. There is a long list of Ping services that aggregate lists of new blog posts or website content. There are [...]

use your photos to bring in traffic

When used correctly, the images on your site increase both its aesthetic value and PageRank. There are 3 components will increase your site’s SEO with every photo or logo. Naming: Use your keywords in your image title. Use hyphens between words. This image is “baby-rabbit-in-grass.jpg”, get it? Title: This is for visually impaired viewers using [...]

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