In this previous post, we talked about ways to install Wordpress. All of them have been eclipsed by this new service in terms of ease and speed. Our friends over at Page.ly take the full Wordpress install and cram it into 2 minutes. Watch the video here.
You’ll pay for the service, but not more than [...]
We all use Google Analytics to track visitors to our Wordpress sites. Right? Not necessarily. There were several services before Analytics was the standard, and even more have popped up in recent years that compete with the big G! Here are some of the best options out there, with a little analysis of our own.
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With hundreds of thousands of blogs being created every day, yours will take a lot to stand out in the crowd. These tips have been assembled from years of experience navigating the blogosphere. Stick to these 6 principles and you’ve got a pretty decent chance of making it.
1. Use a custom design
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The golden rule of blogging is offer valuable content. This tip trumps a good design, flashy graphics, twitter integration, powerful links, even advertisements.
However, quality content can be improved with an applicable and eye-catching screenshot. Here are some tips and tools for creating awesome screenshots for your Wordpress posts.
Choosing the format
All screenshots should be the same [...]
There is a lot to consider when choosing a host for your Wordpress site. Of course, you don’t have to self-host your site as outlined in this post on How to Install Wordpress. If you do choose to self-host Wordpress, you’ll need a hosting provider. However, not all hosts are created equal and there are [...]
At Pingable we’re all about Wordpress, which is all about blogging (and a few other things). With an estimated 900,000 blogs created every day, many of them don’t last more than a few weeks. Bloggers put tons of energy into their blogs, then get disappointed when nobody reads them. Here are our favorite ways to [...]
I had to turn off Do-follow and Keywordluv. I just don’t have the time to moderate so many comments each day. There are too many dickheads out there using spamming tools to waste my time. There is a changing environment in SEO and blog comments, so I am now using Disqus for comments, as it [...]
Most of us know what spam is. It’s content that is a blatant attempt to promote some product, site or service. It’s obvious: “Buy Viagra, Get a cheap rolex watch, apply for this fantastic life insurance package, or fill out this Credit Card Application. If you have a blog or if you have an email [...]
The point of this post is twofold. 1) I wanted to share my experiences with the plug-in Keywordluv. 2) I want all the people searching for keywordluv blogs to find this site first.
Keywordluv is a Wordpress SEO plug-in that really will help both you, and the people that leave comments on your blog. I [...]
Having not posted on Pingable for some time, I have decided to restart my new posting schedule with an announcement that I have enabled two plugins KeywordLuv and Do follow. These plugins are to encourage comments from other bloggers and web masters.
For those who don’t know
Do follow means comments left on this blog give you [...]
