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What Could a Blog Be Used For?
Jun 28th
A blog can be your personal inspiration!
Are you training for a marathon or trying to lose weight? Do you often wander from your goals and need a helping hand steering yourself back on track? Then blogging in a community could be just what you want. Start a simple blog, using a free community blog, and start describing your goals and ongoing training and exercise regime. Thinking of missing a session or just feeling low after a bad session? Then write a new post and share it with others and hope to get some positive comments back. Read through other blogs in the community and share your thoughts with them.
Google Page Rank Checker
Jun 24th
Page Rank is a method used by Google determine the importance and relevance of a website. It is a general representation of a website’s popularity that is primarily based on link popularity. The more ranking value a website has, the more traffic and higher positions the website gets in the search engines. Ranking is measured on a scale of 1 to 10 and is primarily determined by the list of links pointing to a given page.
Knowing your Google Page Rank is a definite plus for any internet marketer, webmaster, and Search Engine Specialists. The Google Ranking tool allows you to quickly check the ranking value of any webpage whether it be yours or your competitor’s page. Just simply enter the URL and the ranking value so that you will be able to check easily the ranking value of a website in just a click away.
Top 10 WordPress Terms You Should Know
Jun 23rd
My new WordPress clients are often confused about some of the terminology of WordPress. This makes it more difficult to communicate effectively with them about what they want from their WordPress sites and blog. So, I’ve decided to list the top 10 WordPress related terms everyone who uses WordPress should know.
Term 1: Themes
A Theme is a collection of files that create the visual look of your WordPress website or blog. Themes are kinda like ‘skins’ that you can easily download, install and start using on your site. Themes also can include some custom features to give you greater control over the presentation and functionality of your site. In general, only one Theme can be used at a time.
What is a Blog Used For?
Jun 22nd
Blogs are everywhere on the internet now-a-days and people are asking the question, what is a blog? And what is a blog used for?
WHAT IS A BLOG?
What is a blog? According to Merriam-Webster.com/dictionary/blog, a blog is defined as – A website that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer, also: the contents of such a site.
In other words, a blog is an active website. Typically for blogs to perform well, content needs to be added regularly (preferably daily for a better ranking in the search engines) in the form of post.
Embrace the Internet Technology With Websites
Jun 16th
“I don’t sell on the Internet, do I still need a website?” The answer is YES! Despite the advanced technology that surround our lives, a number of businesses today are still overlooking a major avenue for revenue, the World Wide Web. According to Statistics Canada, 19.2 million Canadians or 73% of the population over 16 years of age spend at least one hour a day on the internet. This is a huge margin for potential profit that no business can afford to overlook.
As a technologically advanced society, most consumers turn to the Internet first to find what they need; be it shopping, directions, research, services or others. The World Wide Web is your best avenue for advertising and marketing, and is the only employee that will work for you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year. This will enable your products and services to be available to your consumers at all times at a fraction of the price it takes to advertise on radio, TV or in magazines.
How to Make Your Blog Site Stand Out
Jun 2nd
There are hundreds of new blogs popping up every day. To make yours stand out from the crowd, you need to put effort into capturing the attention of your readers.
It’s not always the best idea to do something totally different from what your readers are expecting since that can turn some people off. Instead of doing something totally unexpected, try making your blog stand out through the quality of your content, your originality, and the X factor that separates your writing from that of others.
Tips For Choosing a Domain Name That Works
Apr 23rd
1. Keep it short and simple
People have poor memories, so the shorter the domain name the better it is. Choose words or phrases that are easy to remember.
Ask yourself:
- Is it hard to spell or read?
- Does it reflect what the website is all about?
Try to avoid too many hyphens in the name, people will not remember them.
2..COM.NET.ORG.TV.MOBI ETC
Question is dot what? People are used to
.COM as this was the first one around.
.NET has also gained popularity.
.ORG usually indicates a non profit organisation.
.TV aims high, use it if you plan to upload loads of movies and videos.
.MOBI is the latest trend and targets the internet on your mobile community.
If your target market is country oriented, you might be better off choosing an extension which reflects that, like.co.uk for the UK,.fr for France,.de for Germany etc etc. However if you plan to target the global market.COM is still the preferred TLD (top level domain – extension).
3. If you can afford it, register more than one domain name. If you’re in the UK it would be wise to register both a.com and a.co.uk simply to avoid other people registering the same name and you losing business as a result. Some companies even register popular misspellings for their company name. It’s amazing how many people type domain name in search engines when looking for info on domain names. Goggle.com could make a fortune!
4. Last tip – check availability using a domain checker and as soon as you find a good one, grab it. Things on the internet move very fast. Do not sleep on it or you’ll end up missing out.
M Causon is a web designer / developer with a passion for web video – filming and editing. All web design follows SEO guidelines to give your website the best chances of ranking well in search engines. For more information go to www.websiteUKdesign.com Web design and web video prices are very reasonable as can be seen at Web Design Prices.
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Do You Wonder If You Should Start a Blog?
Apr 13th
Many people want to have a way to communicate with the world. With the power of the Internet, it is possible for almost anyone to do this with a blog. A blog is a web-based publishing platform, which is shortened form of the word “weblog.” If you are asking the question, “Should I start a blog?” this article will provide some reasons why you should.
This article will give you a quick introduction if you are asking yourself the question, the short answer is: yes! There are almost no reasons that you should not start a blog. This format will allow you to keep friends and family updated about what is happening in your life. If you run a website or a business, you can use a blog to post entries about updates that you have made, new products that you are releasing, or services that you are offering. Almost anyone in the world can benefit in some way from running a blog.
All that you really need to do is hop over to a free blogging website like Blogger.com or WordPress.com and open a free account. Almost instantly, you will have a unique web log created for you. You can then start loading in your own updates and entries. Put in all kinds of information about yourself that you want others to know. You can then send everyone that you know the link to your own blog. Not only will they learn a lot about you, but they will state updated on what is happening in your life. Not to mention the fact that they will probably be impressed that you have your own web site.
So the next time that you ask yourself “Should I start a blog?” You can bet that the answer is yes! Blogs are an easy and free way to get the most out of the Internet. Don’t wait for the “right time.” Why not start right now?
The author writes articles on a number of other topics including the benefits of juicing and manual citrus juicers.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Ric_Hite
Free WordPress Webinars
Apr 12th
Back by popular demand!! KISS have set some more dates for FREE WordPress Webinars.
We have had many requests to run MORE of our FREE WordPress Webinars
…….so have set some more dates and hope you can join us.
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Click the following link, watch the short video about WordPress and then book your date NOW
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On the webinar you will discover how you can easily have a Blog for FREE !!!!
We will show you how to:
* add pages and posts
* add video and pictures
* add clickable links to other sites
* how to add plugins
* and much more…….
Don’t miss out ……………..
Click this link and book a date NOW http://snipurl.com/vfl68
I look forward to seeing you on a webinar soon 
Choosing a Cheap Web Hosting Service For Your Website – 5 Essential Points to Consider
Mar 30th
In choosing a cheap web hosting service for your website there are some things that you need to take into consideration. While your number one priority right now might be pricing, just focusing on that could lead to you making a bad decision. There might be just minor differences in pricing and value between some of these providers, but it can make a big difference in whether your business succeed or fail.
There are some web hosting providers out there that offer similar service to others, but have different costing. While there are some who charge the same price, yet there are differences with the services that they provide. The only way to figure out what is going on and make sure that you get the “best bang for your buck,” is to do some research. If you are planning to be in business for a while then you need to make sure that you get the right hosting now
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