Archive for the 'Getting Your Feet Wet' Category
Are You Clear About Your Blog Monetization Strategy?
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Why are you starting a blog? What is the goal for your Blog? Be honest, this is really important. If you are blogging to make money or even make a living from blogging then you have to decide on your blog monetization strategy right from the start. Most of the 100,000 thousand odd blogs that start everyday [...]
Remove The “Home” Link From Your Home Page Now
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
One of the 10 most violated Home Page design guidelines according to Jakob Nielson is to include an active link to the homepage from the homepage itself. How often do you see this? All the time I bet. I’m yet to come across a WordPress theme that addresses this flaw. I’m sure it’s out there somewhere. [...]
Research The Blog Before You Advertise On It
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
At some point in your blog’s lifecycle you start to think about advertising. Getting the word out becomes important and one of the obvious ways of doing it is to advertise on blogs in the same or similar niche. Finding interesting but not so well known blogs to advertise on is not the problem, finding the right one with [...]
Ready To Advertise Your Website, Wait, Do This First.
Sunday, March 9th, 2008
Your site is finally ready and you can’t wait to launch it. Before you go ahead and sign up to spend major advertising dollars it might be worthwhile to do a quick sticky check, especially if your revenue generation model is to sell ads. The big question is will your website cut it? Does it have a good enough [...]
What To Exclude From Your Site URL
Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Follow these tips and avoid common mistakes made by many webmasters in structuring their website url path. Do not include the file extensions as part of the url. Avoid using .html, .php, .jsp etc as part of your site url. Configure your webserver to not use file extensions. You never know what technology you will be using [...]
Secure Your WordPress Blog. 10 Steps For A Complete Blog Lockdown.
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
Should I be worried? After all, I’m using a blogging tool/platform that is used by many millions. Actually that’s precisely the reason to lockdown your WordPress blog. Remember to do the following once you’ve setup your WordPress blog. Don’t leave home without doing it. Change your Blog’s Admin user name. Rename your username and always use a strong password. Login [...]
Scan Your Blog Theme For Potential Vulnerabilities.
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
You have your blog setup, you’ve paid for a custom theme or you’ve waded through all the infinite free themes available and finally selected a theme that you like and can live looking at constantly for the next year. You’ve spent time hardening your blog. Excellent!! Now it’s time to scan your blog theme for any [...]
Building Links – Help !!!
Friday, February 22nd, 2008
How do I build links? If you are just starting out, the chances are you already asking yourself this very question. You might find the points listed below handy. Before I get to it remember you must have content and quality content at that to expect to build quality links. This assumes you have invested considerable amount [...]
