Starting your own website or blog isn’t as difficult as it once used to be. Thanks to the presence of platforms like WordPress and web building tools, anyone with little to no programming knowledge can start a website or a blog. In fact, even an ecommerce site can be started with just one click. If you are thinking about starting a website for your business, you will need to do a basic ground work to get your first project off the ground. Let’s walk you through the procedure: 1. Think of … [Read more...]
What You Need to Think About When Building Your WordPress Site
Patience is a virtue, but when it comes to technology, my patience is limited. If what I am doing takes even a few seconds more than I expected it to, I’m likely to move on pretty quickly. For example, I recently signed up for a new app. I would describe myself as a moderately interested user: I was willing to try it. Before long, the app introduced an update, which caused problems with logging in. I received an email from the company apologizing and promising to resolve the issue. But … [Read more...]
Keyword Tags, MetaTags, Tags: How Many Are Best?
Keyword tags are used for two very different purposes and how many you use depends on that purpose. Most of what you read will be related to selecting keywords for SEO or Pay Per Click (ppc) purposes. For SEO you want to target one phrase of two to three words This is because search engines use an algorithm with percentages in it. Here is an example of how that percentage affects your content being found: If you use two words, each word is worth 50% in that algorithm (equation). If you use … [Read more...]
WordPress Blogging: How to Write a Post
Learning any new skill can take time so focus on the basics and posting content at first. Adding images and advanced features and plugins can come later. I suspect many a would-be blogger got bogged down trying to figure out all the options or how to insert an image or screen capture and gave up before they really got started. If you're new to blogging, start here: … [Read more...]
