You've probably felt the overwhelm. You read the blogs and listen to the experts on the steps to take to grow your new blog. Analysis paralysis sets in with so much varying information on what to do first (or next). No...
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11 Steps to Secure Your WordPress Site and Deter Those Nasty Hackers
** Note from Matt ** Recently, our site was hacked. We were being told by customers and readers that our site was redirecting them to "adult" sites. We were losing sales, we were losing visitors, and we just generally...
Learn How To Get Your First Website Online In A Matter Of Minutes
Most people seem to think that it's extremely complicated to get their first website online... You have to deal with hosting, domain names, coding (or hiring coders), and on and on... The truth is that it really isn't...
Choosing the Right Options and Settings for Your WordPress Blog
Do you want your blog to be indexed by search engines or you simply want to keep it as a private affair? Wanna add www to your site or rather prefer to use a non-www version? Well, the requirements and preferences of...
Blog Security 101 – Part 2
The first part of this article covered some of the basics when it comes to WordPress security. This installment will focus on some of the basic steps you can take to address some of the vulnerabilities that are common...
Beginner’s Guide to Setting up a Self-hosted WordPress Blog
Over the last decade or so, blogging has emerged as a promising career option and many bloggers have adopted it as a full time profession making a decent living out of it. Business entities big and small alike are...
Blog Security 101 – Part 1
There is no doubt that WordPress is the most popular web application for building a presence on the Internet. Currently, there are over 74 million web sites using WordPress and that number makes up a staggering 18.9...
How To Use Google Hangouts On Air To Promote Your Brand
With the steady and significant uptick in algorithm updates since 2004, Google has notified the internet of the importance of quality. The king of search has always set the standard when it comes to search engine...
Rel=Author: Increase Click Through Rates and Social Rankings
Traffic. That’s the name of the game. If you have traffic, you’ll be able to turn that into a strong, loyal audience, and then finally, you’ll be able to make money off them. Getting that traffic, though, is...