So you’ve finished writing a blog post! Now what do you do? This is a question that comes up fairly regularly. Once you’ve written your blog post there is more to do than just clicking on the publish button. In fact promoting your post is probably more important than writing it in the first place. […]
YouTube compilation – winter wonderland
The power of YouTube compilation videos. The last YouTube compilation I posted was two years ago when I shared the BBC Wildlife voiceover clip. Since it’s been below freezing for the last week in the UK, and it’s snowing heavily outside right now, I thought I’d add a bit of humour with this YouTube compilation […]
SEO Plugins for WordPress – Yoast
One of the best SEO plugins for WordPress I’ve been using SEO plugins for WordPress sites for a few years now. So far I have focused on the All in One SEO plugin and XML Sitemaps plugin for search engine optimisation. They have helped me to get my clients’ blogs in on the first page […]
Alexa ranking – infographic showing how to improve it
Alexa ranking. An important measure for potential advertisers If you are like me you probably want to improve your Alexa ranking as it’s a good way of showing you, potential advertisers and guest bloggers how your blog compares to the competition. Plus you get a warm glow when you finally break through the 100,000 mark! […]
Does your blog make the grade?
So you’ve started your blog, you are getting traffic and people are engaging with you by leaving comments, tweeting about you and posting about you on social media sites. You have also begun to litter the web with your website URL so the search engines can track links back to your site. You are checking […]
If you want Google to love you .. love Google
If you have ever taken a close look at your web statistics, the hits you get from the Google search engine far outweigh the ones you get from the likes of Yahoo, Bing, AOL, Ask and Search. You could say they have cornered the market and are now the engine of choice for browsing the […]
Why do I use the WordPress blogging platform?
Is the WordPress blogging platform right for you? There are many blogging platforms that you can use. Here are ten of the most popular ones on the market. Tumblr Blogger Posterous LiveJournal Penzu ExpressionEngine (EE) Joomla Drupal WordPress MovableType Follow this link to appstorm’s blog post – The 10 Best Blogging Platform. They have done a […]
