I’m Andy Henry,
I’ve been using the Internet for marketing purposes since 1999 and I’ve used just about every method you could hear of.
I’ve created this blog so that I can share what works and what doesn’t with anyone who’s walking a similar path and doesn’t want to have to relearn the lessons I learned the hard (and long) way.
Blogging Tips - Great Wordpress Plugins
May 30th, 2009 by andyAlmost everyone who uses the internet knows Wordpress as the best
blogging platform. It is estimated that almost 65% of bloggers
use Wordpress for blogging. With such a large community, you will
find thousands of plug-ins to use with your blog. Though Plug-ins
provide added functionality for your blog, not all plug-ins are
helpful.
Here is a list of “Must have” Wordpress plug-ins that will help
you get the maximum benefits from your blog.
Spam Karma
Google Page rank has started a new race among website owners to
spam blogs for a back link. If you have a high page rank for your
blog you will end spending most of your time deleting the spam
comments. Spam Karma is an anti spam plug-in to help you stop all
automated blog spam without any effort. This helps you
concentrate on your blog rather than on the spam comments. You
can download Spam Karma from the site
http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/
“All in one SEO” Pack
All of us have heard about search engine optimization for getting
organic traffic from the search engines. You must also be aware
of the fact that getting your site optimized for a search engine
is a tedious task. All in one SEO pack is an useful plug-in meant
to help you minimize your efforts in search engine optimization.
This plug-in allows you to post unique META tags, META
description, keywords and page titles optimized for the search
engines. It also allows you to post common META tags and
descriptions if you are too lazy to update each page.
Wordpress Database Backup
Do you spend a lot of time optimizing your blog, trying to get
traffic and advertising your blog? What if you wake up one day
and find your blog lost due to some server failure. Are you
prepared for such disasters? If the answer is no, you must get
Wordpress database backup plug-in. This plug-in helps you in on
demand backup of your Wordpress database thus ensuring that you
are prepared for any disasters on your blog. You can download
this plug-in at http://www.ilfilosofo.com/blog/wp-db-backup
Wordpress Automatic Upgrade
Have you always wanted to have the latest version of Wordpress
installed on your blog but always wondered if you could do it
painlessly. The Wordpress automatic upgrade plug-in allows is
developed to allow easy & effortless upgrade of your Wordpress
installation to the latest version. This plug-in automatically
backups your database, downloads the latest Wordpress version,
installs the files and reactivates your previously active
plug-ins. This plug-in can be downloaded from
http://techie-buzz.com/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade-plugin.html
Permalink Migration Plugin
Permalink is the permanent link to the blog post after it moves
to the blog archives. Such links are indexed by the search
engines and any changes to these links normally result in a “Page
not found” error and hence loss of traffic. The Permalink
migration plug-in automates the entire migration process. This
plug-in is a must have if you are not satisfied with your blog’s
Permalink structure and would like to change it. This plug-in can
be downloaded from
http://www.deanlee.cn/wordpress/permalinks-migration-plugin/
Google Sitemaps plug-in
Sitemap is considered as an excellent navigation aid for your
site visitor. XML sitemap are also known to provide search
engines the necessary information for quick indexing of your
blog. The Google sitemap plug-in automatically creates a XML
sitemap for your blog and pings search engines informing them
about the changes on your blog. This plug-in can be downloaded
from
http://www.arnebrachhold.de/2005/06/05/google-sitemaps-generator-v2-final
Related Posts
Visitors coming to your blog post through search engines usually
leave the blog immediately after reading the post. The related
posts plug-in helps you retain the visitor by providing him
related posts and thus ensuring that the visitor has enough
relevant content to stay on your blog. This plug-in can be
downloaded from http://wasabi.pbwiki.com/Related%20Entries
EasyTube
Have you always wanted to have a video site but lacked the
programming knowledge for it. The Easytube plug-in makes it easy
for you to incorporate Youtube videos on your blog without a
single line of any code. You can download this plug-in from
http://www.ejump.co.uk/wordpress/easytube-plugin-for-wordpress/
GotBanners
This plug-in provides an easy and convenient way of monetizing
from your blog. It displays all banners on your blog in a random
manner thus avoiding banner blindness for your regular visitors.
May 31st, 2009 at 9:13 pm
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September 2nd, 2009 at 3:53 pm
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September 7th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
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