Haven't you heard about Invisible Cloak? Well, we are sure that you have, if you have watched Harry Potter! When it comes to affiliate marketing, however, you might rather have heard of Link Cloaking. Simply put, link cloaking is said to be an act of masking your affiliate links so that search engines will not figure out those links as affiliate links. Also, once you have masked your …
WordPress
WordPress is widely regarded the top blogging platform available online. When they first enter the exciting world of blogging, many people start with a hosted blog such as Blogger, WordPress.com or one of the minor blogging platforms such as Tumblr or Medium. This is fine, but if you want to maximum control over your blog, or have a desire to blog professionally, you need something better.
The top self-hosted blogging platforms are WordPress, Joomla and Drupal – all are excellent and all are free to use. Of these, WordPress is the most popular (wordpress.org – the self-hosted version), largely because it is the easiest to use and has most themes and plugins available. Non-technical bloggers with limited coding knowledge can use WordPress immediately, and build their site as they go along.
If all you want to know is the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org then the information is here. If you want more advanced information, then we can focus on the self-hosted wordpress.org which is used worldwide by serious bloggers. Self-hosted WordPress offers an excellent introduction to serious blogging and once professionals have used it they very rarely switch.
Creating a WordPress Blog
In this category, we can answer just about any question you have about creating a blog from scratch using WordPress. We can introduce you to some shortcuts and useful tips on WordPress blogging, compare templates and themes, discuss plugins and help you create a competitive good-looking professional blog.
We discuss everything from domain name registration to switching your WordPress blog between web hosts and even changing its name (these are not as easy things to do as you might think). You will be shown how to set up a test site to try out new ideas before transferring them to your main site. We discuss MySQL databases and other technical aspects of blogging that wannabe professional bloggers must understand.
The WordPress category is not only about all things WordPress, but also makes mention of other options such as Blogger. However, since we promote WordPress as our blogging platform of choice, it is the main focus of our site.
WordPress SEO Tutorial: Integrating SEO with WordPress
This WordPress SEO tutorial focuses on the major aspects of integrating SEO with WordPress and teaches an SEO newbie or SEO company how to integrate without bugs or loose ends. A blog, irrespective of the CMS used to generate it, is no different to a regular website in its need for search engine optimization. Blog posts are in competition with all other online publications in their need …
Self-Hosted WordPress.org Vs. Free WordPress.com
What's the difference between self-hosted WordPress.org vs. free WordPress.com? It's a question that almost all newcomers to blogging ask when they come across the alternative versions. For many newbies, even the terms 'self-hosted' and 'free' require some explanation. We shall ignore that for now, for the respective hosting options will become apparent very …
How to Use WordPress Advanced Menu Options
In the WordPress 3.0 version called the "Menu Update", there were some nifty things added to the menu options but only a few of us uses them. The reason for this is, because they need to be activated. These options are not shown as default we need to activate. But if we make use of these options we can do a lot of cool stuff to make our blogs, websites more unique. How to Activate …
WordPress Tips for Making an Awesome Blog
Why Not Offer Subscription? Don’t create a sluggish look of your blog with useless feed buttons at every corner. Just take a deep breath and work on to create a subscription page. You can provide your users with different instructions to subscribe to your page. You can explain different areas of your blog for subscription purposes. By using WordPress, you can do it with great ease. It …
How to Configure All in One SEO Pack Plugin
If you have checked out our list of Highly Recommended WordPress Plugins, you will find All in One SEO Pack mentioned there. Further, proceeding with the good work in this article, we will share with you step by step guide to Configure All in one SEO Pack Plugin, and how to use this plugin efficiently to maximize the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) benefits for your blog. All in One SEO …
5 Useful WordPress CAPTCHA Plugins
Having trouble with spammers and trolls on your blog? Even though WordPress is one of the best blog platforms for preventing spammers and spam bots from posting blog comments and messing with the community on your blog, you may still need to install a CAPTCHA plugin to help get rid of spam on your blog. Be sure your settings have you using the official assassin AKISMET plugin, and then …
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