WP - Use of Post Timestamp May Require Changing Your Post Slug

I learn something new about WordPress, every time I’m working on my blog. Today, I learned how using the post timestamp can affect my post slug.
Today’s Lesson
I often use the “post timestamp” feature for future posts.
Today, as I was running errands for our business, I got to thinking about [...]

Google Kicked Me Out Of The Sandbox

It wasn’t until I started blogging that I read about “Google’s Sandbox”.
Apparently, the terminology was given to some blogs that may be on a “probationary period” with Google. These are blogs that Google is “watching” to see how internet users react to them. Google may be looking to see if they are [...]

Internet Closes The Door To All New Blogs - Do You Have Yours

I doubt we will ever see headlines like this, but, if you listen close enough, you may begin to hear whispers in cyberspace that there are too many blogs.
But, is there?
Today’s Lesson
Cyberspace reminds me of the small, but growing town, we live in. When we moved [...]

Blog Loses Massive Traffic Due To Profanity

When we set up a blog, we usually contemplate who our audience will be.
And, based on our subject matter, it’s normally an easy guess.
You may picture others, in the same age group, with the same mind set, frequenting your blog.
Today’s Lesson
Can you imagine, getting a comment, or email [...]

WP Post Time Stamp - Publish While You Are Sleeping

If you blog and are using WordPress, you can use the “post time stamp” and pre-write posts, and have them “publish” while you are enjoying a good nights rest.
Todays’ Lesson
At this time of year, my full time job keeps me extremely busy. It’s time for quarter and year end reports, W-2’s, and I am [...]

0 to 30 Seconds - Can You Answer My Question

To continue my readership building series, I am doing a test.
Can I provide a reader with an answer, to their search string, within 30 seconds of entering my site?
Today’s Lesson
Since blog statistics provide tons of information, I check my blog’s stats on a regular basis.
If I check my AWStats (visit duration) [...]

How Many Words Create A Great Post

This week, I am concentrating on learning how to gain readership.
I have been asking myself several questions.
1) How do people search online
2) How can I gain loyal readership
3) How long should your posts be?
Today’s Lesson
I have already shared my results on the first two questions, in previous posts. [...]

ADD Reaches An Epidemic Level For Online Searchers

Today, my inquiring mind, took me on a Google search. I wanted to know, “how people search online”?
I typed in “how people search”, using parentheses, to get exact results (without the parentheses, I got 180,000,000 results).
Today’s Lesson
My consensus is: if we can determine how people search online, we can create a [...]

Blog Visitors Can Be Like One Night Stands

You may be asking yourself, how can I meet a loyal blog visitor?
In the “personals of blogging”, your may state that you are looking for
“A visitor who will visit my blog often, who will share their thoughts, stroke my ego, and who may even be available for a long term relationship.” [...]

Copy Successful Blogs/Websites - Or Not

It is often written, “Do not try to reinvent the wheel”.
In blogging, some will say, find a popular blog, and copy what they are doing, and you have a better chance of becoming successful.
Is that true? Or, is there a better way?
If you look at inventions, often individuals will take [...]

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