How to Find a Good WordPress Blog Design
Recently I was asked if I knew “anyone who is good at designing a website/blog.” I thought I’d share my thoughts with all my readers. Good Design for Free I know of a few designers, but paying someone...
View ArticleHow to Be Transparent: Complying with the FTC Disclosure Regs
The new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising took a lot of my fellow garden bloggers by surprise. Because I’ve been following the...
View Article31 Days to a Better Blog-Special Deal
Darren Rowse, on his Problogger blog, created a series called 31 Days to a Better Blog. The response to that was so enthusiastic that he turned it into an e-book. (That’s a book in pdf format that you...
View ArticleFree Report: SEO Basics
I’ve been using the Scribe SEO plugin for a while now, and I’m a bit embarrassed that I haven’t shared it with you sooner. It works hand-in-glove with The Thesis Theme for WordPress or with the...
View ArticleHow to Secure Your WordPress Site
Why You Need to Secure Your WordPress Site Imagine this: a small, flying robot is moving through a well-to-do neighborhood, checking for open windows and unlocked doors, testing each lock with every...
View ArticleHow to Use the Query Posts Plugin
Query Posts plugin author Justin Madlock states “The Query Posts widget was written to allow users that don’t know their way around PHP to easily show posts in any way they’d like. It’s like having a...
View ArticleTwo Blogging Books 25% Off Until November 30
My dear readers, I have been terribly amiss. Darren Rowse is offering two of his blogging e-books at 25% off for the month of November. Here it is, just about the end of November, and I’ve neglected to...
View ArticleScribe SEO Plugin Tutorial: Content Optimizer
The Scribe SEO Plugin is a great way to learn how to improve your writing, while at the same time optimize your blog posts to rank well in search engine listings. This premium plugin is designed to...
View ArticleScribe SEO Plugin Tutorial: Link Building
As I mentioned in the Content Optimizing tutorial of this series, there are three components to the Scribe SEO Plugin, keyword research, content optimizing, and link building. Today I am going to show...
View ArticleScribe SEO Plugin Tutorial: Keyword Research
In previous Scribe tutorials we learned about content optimization and link building, using one of my gardening posts as our example. Today we’re going to work on keyword research. When I wrote my...
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