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Top Free Blogging Software

July 19, 2013 By DJX Leave a Comment

With thе widespread uѕе оf thе web service, mаnу web hosting providers hаvе created аn alternative оf free blogging whiсh hаѕ аn open source оf blogging software packages. Thеrе hаvе bееn popular blogging tools ѕuсh аѕ thе WordPress, B2evolution аnd Nucleus.

Thеѕе programs offer basic features thаt аrе similar аnd a lot оf people аrе confused аѕ tо whiсh program iѕ easiest tо uѕе аnd whiсh iѕ аррrорriаtе fоr thе requirements оf a раrtiсulаr website.

In gеtting thе free blogging software, уоu ѕhоuld firѕt knоw thе purpose оf уоur blog website. Thеrе аrе diffеrеnt tools fоr diffеrеnt goals. Sоmе people uѕе blogs аѕ a wау tо share opinions аnd ideas tо thе public whilе ѕоmе uѕе it аѕ a means tо advertise аnd create a commercial sales effort.

Free blogging software fоr search engine promotion hаѕ diffеrеnt requirements. Thе uѕеѕ оf thiѕ free software hаvе viable reasons оn hоw tо create a blog but еасh оf thеm requires diffеrеnt features tо make it successful. Yоu will rеаd in thiѕ article thе diffеrеnt requirements аnd comparison оf thе free software thаt уоu саn have.

Thе WordPress iѕ knоwn tо bе thе mоѕt popular free blogging software. Othеr software finds WordPress hаrd tо beat bесаuѕе thiѕ iѕ uѕеd fоr general personal blogging. If уоu wiѕh tо create уоur оwn blog аnd update it regularly, thеrе аrе аvаilаblе intuitive graphical surface thаt уоu саn use.

Yоu dо nоt hаvе tо compile уоur work with WordPress. Yоu саn juѕt simply write уоur column оn уоu оwn easily. Yоu juѕt nееd tо select thаt features thаt уоu wаnt аnd уоur blog will instantly bе created аnd published tо уоur website.

Nоw if уоu аrе оn vacation, уоu саn make a schedule fоr уоur uploads in ѕоmе оthеr days in thе future. Yоu саn аlѕо e-mail уоur column tо thе server. Thiѕ will аllоw thе multiple users whо hаvе multiple blogs tо hаvе it divided intо categories аnd sub-categories tо make it mоrе specified.

Thiѕ аlѕо аllоwѕ multiple family members аnd friends tо make thеir оwn blogs аlоng with yours. Blogs will аllоw уоu tо kеер in touch with them.

Thеrе аrе easy pug-ins thаt уоu саn uѕе in order tо рrоvidе functionality аnd easy customization in уоur web site. Thiѕ free blogging software iѕ a vеrу good choice fоr people whо wаnt tо hаvе thеir оwn website.

Thе B2evolution iѕ аlѕо a good аnd advanced free blogging tool thаt саn feature аn integrated XHTML validator. Thiѕ enables thе user tо support recursive subcategories аnd сrоѕѕ posting whiсh hаѕ a cool incorporated skinning system.

Thе skinning system will аllоw thе users tо create thе multiple blogs intо separate categories with саn hаvе diffеrеnt appearances fоr еасh оf thе blogs thаt уоu make. Changing thе skins will givе уоur blogs a diffеrеnt view аnd look.

Thе Nucleus iѕ аnd extreme аnd robust free blogging tool whiсh hаѕ itѕ оwn right. Thiѕ tool аlѕо соntаinѕ ѕоmе оf thе powerful features whiсh саn рrоvidе thе users with benefits in thе promotion оf уоur blog. Thiѕ Nucleus givеѕ thе user thе ability tо optimize thе URLD аnd create simple page addresses. Thiѕ makes thе pages mоrе user-friendly аnd easy tо navigate.

Thе free blogging software packages mentioned аbоvе offer thе basic tools thаt уоu саn uѕе in order tо create a successful blog.

Awesome Filterable Portfolio Plugin For WordPress

July 19, 2013 By DJX Leave a Comment

Awesome Filterable Portfolio аllоwѕ designers, artists, photographers tо create, manage аnd publish a vеrу modern аnd outstanding filterable portfolio thаt саn bе filtered uѕing smooth animations. Set up, customize аnd publish уоur portfolio within juѕt a fеw minutes.
Features

Order Categories
Order Portfolio Items
Configure Animation Properties
Categorized portfolio items
Filtered items uѕing jQuery animations
Unlimited items/categories
Easy tо uѕе аnd customize

Hоw tо uѕе it?

Onсе thе plugin iѕ installed аnd activated a nеw menu “Portfolio Items” will bе added.

Click оn thе link “Add Nеw Category” tо add a nеw category
Tо add аn item tо уоur portfolio, click оn “Add Nеw Item” аnd enter уоur portfolio item details.
Add thе fоllоwing shortcode whеrеvеr уоu likе оn a page оr post tо show thе portfolio

Download it Here http://wordpress.org/plugins/awesome-filterable-portfolio/

Widget Context for WordPress

July 19, 2013 By DJX Leave a Comment

Whеn uѕing a WordPress theme thаt hаѕ sidebar widget areas, typically аnуthing уоu put in thаt sidebar area appears оn еvеrу page оf уоur site thаt includes thаt раrtiсulаr sidebar. Sure, ѕоmе themes hаvе “home page only” sidebars, аnd аnу widget thаt уоu include in thоѕе sidebars оnlу appears оn thе home page оf уоur site, but whаt if уоu hаvе a YouTube video оr a Facebook widget thаt уоu wаnt tо put оn оnе оf уоur оthеr pages, but nоt hаvе it арреаr еvеrуwhеrе else? Thе Widget Context plugin аllоwѕ уоu tо control whiсh pages уоur sidebar widgets will арреаr on.

Thе conditions саn bе set in thе widget view, but thе implementation iѕ a bit confusing. You’ve gоt checkboxes fоr templates (single post, single page, etc.), but уоu nееd tо uѕе асtuаl URLs if уоu wаnt thе condition tо bе a раrtiсulаr page. Effectively, thiѕ means уоu ѕtill hаvе tо leave thе widget view tо gеt thе input уоu need.

Do you have a passion? Blog about it

November 16, 2012 By DJX Leave a Comment

Sometimes, when writing a purely personal blog, you can have a mental block and not be able to write an entry in many days, or even months. This eventually leads your blog to get less and less attention. In order to avoid this, you have to get conscious that you have a blog which purpose is to share personal experiences with other people.So bear in mind that everyday experiences can be your friends, even if you think that they are just daily, plain and boring routine; for others your knowledge and advice can be a great help.

If you’ve been in this kind of situation more than once, you can consider this tips to help your blog have life again, and making its maintenance a funny experience for you, and not something you do because you have to.

A new day, a new skill

Every day you have the opportunity to learn something new, so you can pick up a different activity to practice and keep on it along the week or simple along the day.Later, you can tell your readers about the whole experience, by explaining the details involved in doing such activity, and encouraging them to do it as well.

Share your hobby

All of us have something that we enjoy doing, and we have grown certain knowledge about that topic, how to get involved, benefits from doing it, and the best ways to do so. This can give you a lot of material to build a great entry for your blog, so share with the people the things that you like!

Be a teacher

Just like with your hobbies, you surely have incurred in more than one professional or technical area, so you have gain a lot of knowledge about that subject. Sharing that kind of information can give to your readers the opportunity of learning something different of what they are used to.

As you can see there are a lots of ways to give to your readers new and assorted content, so they can learn from a lot of topics, and at the same time the popularity of your blog will increase by having them suggesting it to others.

Watch this video to learn other tips to get new and fresh ideas to blog about

HOW TO GET PAID FOR APPLYING SEO

November 13, 2012 By DJX Leave a Comment

We have talked about optimization before, so we know that it can bring a lot of benefits for us and our site, by improving the quality of our content and being on the first pages of the search, giving us a good traffic, and having possible customers from around the world.
But having a popular and improved site is not the only benefit that we can get from the optimization; you can get paid for having extra features in your site.

Here are two methods that can help you rise the amount of money you get.

Another click, another dollar

Having an optimized blog makes you have a better “audience”, better content quality and even a lot more of feedback and traffic, which means new ideas and a bigger network of comrades. But all these people who is reading you can help you rise your numbers. How? Well, there are many sites that offer you a hand to boost your income by agreeing to put advertising ads on your blog.
Every time that a reader makes a click on the ad, you are paid a certain amount of money, and it increases over and over as clicks are made on it. However this can be,initially, a rather slow tactic. Here’s where SEO makes its appearance, by ensuring you to have a constant traffic and an assorted kind of readers; which derives in more clicks every day.

Youtube it

When you have your own company, offering services or products, is your main goal to sell them to the world and gain popularity, prestige and the trust of the people who is buying something from you; making a youtube channel can come in handy for this purpose.
You can become a member of youtube community and take advantage of the “partnership” that they offer to you, by simply making original and legal videos showing the quality and features of your products or services. Making an analogy, views are for youtube, what clicks are for the ads companies, in that way, youtube will consider help you depending on your views, and your channel’s content.
However with this method you can’t get money, purely said; in short, you won’t receive money from youtube, but they will ensure you to reach more clients, sponsors and partners for your company, but this will make you rise your money income.

If you are decided to apply SEO to your site, you should consider taking one of these alternatives to increase the benefits of it and it will only bring you improvement.
If you want to learn more ways to earn money from applying SEO, watch this video

PLANNING YOUR SEO STRATEGY

November 13, 2012 By DJX Leave a Comment

Nowadays, No company can be really competing in the market if it doesn’t have presence on the internet. Marketing has evolved into a more complex matter since everything can be done through a pair of clicks. Given the situation, most of the companies decide to open a blog or an account on a social network in order to get closer to the clients, and offer a personalized attention.

But having a blog purely related to your company is not something that can be lightly taken, as a part of your business plan, it need to be properly planned. And there’s no better plan for your blog that building a SEO strategy for it. When you apply SEO (search engine optimization) to your blog’s entries, you can get more benefits than you think. But “Where to begin?” you ask yourself. Well, when it comes to SEO nothing is written on stone, you can change your strategy many times as you want, but certainly there are some basic knowledge that you need to have in order to make get the best from optimization.

From the very beginning

When it comes to SEO, you have to be careful when choosing where are pointed your publications, meaning: your niche. You have to have clearly defined what kind of market you want to immerse in. This is going to help know what kind of people are you writing to, who are your direct rivals and how you are going to build a marketing strategy. So for every SEO strategy, this should be step 1.

Make the domain count

One would think that the domain name is a part of your blog that SEO would not need to touch. But thinking that way is a mistake. The domain of your site is something that is analyzed by the search engines to index the sites. The best thing you can do to optimize your domain is to choose a popular word, related to the topic that you write about and including it on your domain name, this will give you more chances to get on top results in the search engine pages.

Writing with purpose

Optimization is about “ranking” in the best position when the search engines look through your page’s information. Given this, you have to think carefully what you are going to write and even the words you are going to choose. Keep in mind that you have to pick a relevant word related with the topic that you write about, make that word appear at least three times in your article, that way you’ll make the engines relate your publication with the word and thus, making the reader go to your page.

Hook up the reader

Sometimes, when writing, one tends to simply put the words in order for others to understand you, because of that, the main point of the article is not clearly seen from the beginning and the readers leave before you can explain properly what you want. So, when writing your article, let the reader know what the article is about, what points you are going to explain, and how you are going to help them. This way you’ll be sure to keep them reading until the end.

These are four basic aspects that you definitively have to keep on mind when planning your SEO strategy, but this is not something that you are supposed to do word by word, you can plan your own strategy depending of your needs and the things that works for you.

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Meta Info: 3 steps on how to make it work for you

November 8, 2012 By DJX 1 Comment

Meta info, or metadata are little descriptions about the information that you write on your articles, in other words, meta info are tags that describe what does the article is about, the name of your blog and the person who writes it, as well as other information related purely with what you write. Sometimes people does not give importance to this information or is difficult for begginers to redact it correctly since not everybody is aware of the importance of this “tags” and thus, not being able to input that kind on information. But meta info is essential to the search engines, even when you don’t see that information, the engines look through that info to determine how useful to the readers your information is. The browsers compare the information of your meta data with the search terms that the user inputs on the engines. Given this, you would want to describe the information on your blog in order to give accurate solutions to the readers and thus getting permanent suscribers.

Now, you may think, how do i use this meta info correctly if i barely know what this tags are. Well, we are giving you a five steps guide to keep on mind how can you create efficient tags for your articles

Be Accurate

You have to keep in mind what you have to convey to your readers, and how useful your information can be to an specific problem, that way you’ll be able to describe the article’s info in short words, or tags,. Keep in mind that if you have a solution for a common problem but you are not able to describe it correctly, people will not get to your site, and thus you won’t have visits to it.

Always look for trends

We have mentioned before how important the keywords are, and your meta info is not excluded of that matter. If you always look for the most important keywords that are compatible with your content, you can include them in the meta tag, this will help you to be positioned in a the top results by the engines.

Don’t over do it.

Over stuffing your meta tags is not something that we can recommend, even if you think that you will get more results by doing that, you will only make the engines not to rank you higly, due to the difficult of index too many words.

At the beggining it can be difficult for you to find the correct tags for your articles, but as you keep using them, you will understand how it works, so keep in mind this quick guide and you will master it in no time. This is just a n introduction on how meta tags works and what you shouldn’t do. But if you want to know how can you use the meta info and how they can help you improve the traffic on your blog by applying seo.

Watch this video to have an idea on how meta info works and how can you change it on your wordpress site.

Suscribing to elemental services when starting a blog

November 8, 2012 By DJX Leave a Comment

Have you ever noticed how fast does the information travels on the social networks?. Even when social networks are different one with another, they can be linked. By linking your accounts on different networks you can always be aware of the latest news, and not just that, but you can let know other people that you updated your blog, even if you don’t follow your blog directly, they follow you on other networks

Aside of that, suscribing to the elemental services when you start your own blog is something that you should definitively do if you want to add more people to your suscribers, and if you need your blog to have more traffic. This, due to the chain effect triggered when you share information on your blog, for example, you publish on a network that you updated your blog with a certain topic, then a follower of yours reads it and finds it interesting, he, at the same time,shares it among their acquaintances and the chain keeps going, until you reach new and different readers, who will give you the traffic that you need.

These are some networks and elemental services that you should keep in mind to have an account on, and a brief desription on what they can do for you

Facebook

This is maybe the most famous network that people use to keep in contact with friends, clients and more. It allows you to share notes,photos and videos, making the experience more dinamic.

Twitter

Twitter is a social network that allows you to give brief updates on 140 characters or less. Is not as dinamic as Facebook, but is pretty useful for informational purposes.

Google +

Even when google plus is a pretty new network, comparing to twitter and facebook, it gives you the plenty of advantages when sharing info, and a dynamic features to help you.

Reddit

Using reddit can help you share links and web content on a space where other users can rate if it’s worth reading it or not. This will give you an idea on how useful can or can’t be a certain kind of information to the readers on the net.

StumbleUpon

By giving previous information on your preferences and topics of your interest, StumbleUpon will guide you to specific contenta that you can rate to help others know how valuable it is. The advantage is that everytime you are given different results.That way you can expand your network with people that is interested in the same things that you are.

Feedburner

If you want to keep track on how many suscribers do you have daily on your feeds, this definitively is the tool for you.

Akismet

No matter where you are, there are always going to be spamers dropping undesirable messages on your blog. Akismet will give you the means to get rid of those annoying comments.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a tool that you can combine with feedburner to have the exact notion of what’s going on with your suscribers. Google analytics gives you specific information about how your readers got to your blog, how your marketing plan does work with your blog and even what pages of the site does have more popularity.

Google webmasters tools

Here you have so many tools that can help you to know directly how your readers where looking for when they found your blog, aside of that you can control how many external and internal links directs people to your blog.

Now you can have a grasp of how important it is to suscribe to elemental services and social networks when you recently start your blog. This will help you create a net of friends and suscribers that are specifically interested in what you have to say. And at the same time, this will make easier the task of promoting your content massively. Of course you can choose much more services and networks to join, but these are the main ones that will give you results in less time.

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The correct use of blog tags

November 6, 2012 By DJX 2 Comments

The correct use of blog tags is something that not all of the people can manage. Blog tags are similar to blog categories, they help to label your content, but you have to treat them differently,though. Mistaking the use of categories and tags is what make the users not get all the benefit that they can offer you combined.

Blog tags classifies the information of your entries with especific criteria, differently from your blog categories. To have a grasp of what you should do to do a correct use of the blog tags, we are going to give you simple steps that can be generally applied when tagging your content.

Match your tags with your information

Tags are meant to let the users search all the content related with a certain word, like a reference on a book, thats why is important to match properly those reference words with the article that you want to publish. This way you’ll be helping the reader and yourself to find the information in a quick way.

Don’t forget what you tag!

Sometimes when you are editing an entry on your blog, you may forget what tags you have already created for previous publications, this can lead you to create nwe ones that can be similar to the old ones, in other words, you would be duplicating the tags and this will just confuse the reader and it will take more time to get to the solutions that they are looking for. So, pay attention when applying the tags.

Avoid the unnecessary tags

It’s true that you want to have a lot of readers interested in what you have to say, in order to make your blog popular, but using tags unrelated to your content is not the way that you are going to get there. By keeping the tags as simple and detailed as possible, the readers will notice that it’s effective to always look through the articles on your blog, not having to search among empty articles and getting the solutions that they need.

Tags can help you a lot when applying them correctly,it may be difficult for you in the beggining since it takes time to get used to tag your content, and learning which words are appropiate to “describe” your content with tags.

Blog categories: Why do I need them

November 6, 2012 By DJX Leave a Comment

Why do I need Blog Categories? When you write the entries for your blog, you will notice that they have some topics in common and some how they relate with each other. But how do you organize them? Yes… with Categories. Having your blog organized in categories will help you and your readers keep track of certain topics they are interested in, since they can create a map like guide of your articles.

Here is a list of three things on how blog categories will help your readers

GUIDANCE

When someone looks for a solution or a tip for certain theme or activity, they have to navigate through a lot of pages, and if the writer does not have categories on his blog, it may be difficult for them to find what they are looking for. So, having categories will guide them directly to the answers they need, saving them a lot of time and making your blog one of their top choices

ASSORTED AUDIENCE

Having Blog categories can be an advantage for you since you are showing beforehand to the readers that you have other topics that you write about and that can be of their interest. This will help you to drag different kind of audience, and thus will give you more popularity.

SEO FRIENDLY

When having a blog you definitively want to have your entries listed on the top of the google’s search results. Blog categories and SEO are holding hands in this matter. When you have a category, you can use keywords to describe them, and google will catch them to index them properly, so it’s a great opportunity for you to optimize your entries.
Understanding categories and applying them properly may take a little time, but in order to make the task simpler, you can draw a sketch of how your articles are related with one another, and this will give you an idea on how you can archive the entries under specific categories. But be careful! having too many categories can confuse the reader and even yourself, so try to keep them as few as you can and make them as different as possible.

You can learn a little more about categories watching this video.

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