<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434574558876366856</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 16:01:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>Search Engine Optimization</category><category>Blog</category><category>SEO</category><category>Wordpress</category><category>Content Writing</category><category>Security</category><category>WordPress Plugins</category><category>Blog Tips</category><category>Blogging</category><category>Blogging Tips</category><category>Blogs</category><category>CMS</category><category>Google Places</category><category>Make Money</category><category>Make Money Online</category><category>PPC</category><category>Risk Assessment</category><category>Search Engines</category><category>Startups</category><category>WP Engine</category><category>WordPress Migration</category><category>Wordfence</category><title>Blog Site Care </title><description>Your source for the best tips and tricks about blogs, bloggers and blogging </description><link>http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Sweit)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>15</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><language>en-us</language><itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Your source for the best tips and tricks about blogs, bloggers and blogging </itunes:subtitle><itunes:category text="Education"><itunes:category text="Educational Technology"/></itunes:category><itunes:owner><itunes:email>noreply@blogger.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><xhtml:meta content="noindex" name="robots" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434574558876366856.post-1681945927203712940</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2015 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-07-01T09:11:13.794-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Wordpress</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">WordPress Migration</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">WordPress Plugins</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">WP Engine</category><title>WP Engine Launches Automated Application For WordPress Site Migration</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-TB2Kpsq6b7_TUHyPpw0OOpAOrzyIRWjriKSyYq_taMFxbwPMneqhcPViiBuSway4K7A1EQfmjX1gbXEy0O_Qn_NEHL45O77cnEbGsqDjlyVh1dw9Gth2ydLb4W9K-FUWlBXRbuTkdGA/s1600/_WP-Engine-Migrate_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="_wp-engine-migrate_" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-TB2Kpsq6b7_TUHyPpw0OOpAOrzyIRWjriKSyYq_taMFxbwPMneqhcPViiBuSway4K7A1EQfmjX1gbXEy0O_Qn_NEHL45O77cnEbGsqDjlyVh1dw9Gth2ydLb4W9K-FUWlBXRbuTkdGA/s320/_WP-Engine-Migrate_.jpg" title="" width="256" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Recognizing exactly what a pain migrating websites may be, WP Engine, a SaaS content management method for &lt;a href="http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/search/label/Wordpress" target="_blank"&gt;WordPress&lt;/a&gt;, has launched an automatic migration application that helps users migrate existing WordPress sites to WP Engine’s platform.&lt;br /&gt;
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WP Engine Automated Migration can be found as a plugin and can help users migrate WordPress sites in as low as 30 minutes by reducing the amount of technical steps, the company said within a statement on Monday.&lt;br /&gt;
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The solution will even help prevent would-be consumers from abandoning their shopping cart because of the unexpected expense regarding WordPress migration. WP Engine claims its new solution reduces the expenses typically associated with a full website migration while eliminating the necessity to pay an additional vendor to move a user’s website from point A to point B.&lt;br /&gt;
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As a promotion to begin its launch, WP Engine Automated Migration will likely be free for new customers exactly who sign up for annual personal, professional or even business plans with WP Engine.&lt;br /&gt;
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“The length of time a migration normally takes will vary based on the amount of data that's transferred. The average migration takes lower than an hour, ” WP Engine said within a blog post. “For sites with a tiny bit of data, the migration could take as low as 30 minutes. If you’ve got a huge site with plenty of data, it could take up to twenty four hours. Even if the data transfer takes daily, the amount of work which falls to you will take just about two minutes. ”&lt;br /&gt;
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Through simplifying migration, WP Engine must be able to convert more WordPress users to paid out users on its platform. Despite the fact that migration is actually free, annual plans even now cost $29 every month for the personal plan. This free migration does give a good incentive for WordPress users who've been looking for a far more managed service.&lt;br /&gt;
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Just lately, WP Engine declared the Alpha project regarding WP Engine Search, powered through Elasticsearch, which is made to give users access to more exact search capabilities.&lt;br /&gt;
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Within March, WP Engine closed a $23 mil funding round led through existing investor North Bridge Growth Equity, financing it plans to utilize towards its worldwide growth and product innovation tactics.&lt;br /&gt;
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Source:: This atop written content is based on materials provided by the &lt;a href="http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/wp-engine-launches-automated-tool-for-wordpress-site-migration" target="_blank"&gt;thewhir.com&lt;/a&gt; and image credit also&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/2015/06/wp-engine-launches-automated.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sweit)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-TB2Kpsq6b7_TUHyPpw0OOpAOrzyIRWjriKSyYq_taMFxbwPMneqhcPViiBuSway4K7A1EQfmjX1gbXEy0O_Qn_NEHL45O77cnEbGsqDjlyVh1dw9Gth2ydLb4W9K-FUWlBXRbuTkdGA/s72-c/_WP-Engine-Migrate_.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434574558876366856.post-699442673505605611</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2015 15:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-05-11T08:46:24.723-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Search Engine Optimization</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Search Engines</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">SEO</category><title>Increase Traffic To Your Blog Site From Search Engines - The Best 5 Tips</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;Your preferred thing about having a blog may shortly be this - they naturally catch the attention of search engine traffic.&lt;br /&gt;
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Blogs have already optimized site structure. Most are setup with a obvious navigation, where every webpage is set up to link back to the other main webpages.&lt;br /&gt;
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They likewise have the inherent potential to become well-linked.&lt;br /&gt;
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In case you haven't already submitted to blog web directories, you are losing out on some great one-way back links. Many of the superior directories can be located on Robin Good? s Top fifty five list at MasterNewMedia.org.&lt;br /&gt;
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However before you head over there and begin submitting, you ought to know a little about how exactly to optimize your blog. After that your new listings may help your site obtain the best keyword placement within the major search engines.&lt;br /&gt;
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These are the top five tips for profitable blog site &lt;a href="http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/search/label/Search%20Engine%20Optimization" target="_blank"&gt;search engine optimization&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;SEO Tip 1: # Profitable Keyword Choices&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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You do have a choice. You can target an overall high traffic keyword you've little chance of ranking well for and obtain barely any traffic.&lt;br /&gt;
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Or you can aim for a keyword which gets a moderate amount of targeted traffic causing more subscribers and also sales. I prefer to call this a "profitable keyword".&lt;br /&gt;
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Whatever you decide to call them, here is the most important thing: They might not get you the most traffic, however they often bring the most benefit.&lt;br /&gt;
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You can be surprised to learn that there is not always a correlation between high targeted traffic and high sales. Probably the most profitable websites in the world obtain moderate traffic because their profitable keywords result in a higher ratio regarding visitors to buyers.&lt;br /&gt;
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An up to date article in Information Week stated which the highest conversion rates via search engine traffic comes from individuals who do 4 word queries.&lt;br /&gt;
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The best thing about your blog is that it may get so well-indexed which you have the potential to exhibit up for a variety of four word phrases which are relevant to your own industry.&lt;br /&gt;
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It isn't only the four word phrases that obtain converting traffic - there are 2 and 3 word phrases that may bring you targeted traffic and sales.&lt;br /&gt;
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Targeting your blog site discussion to a 2 or 3 word phrase which has a high yield of traffic, and however has little competition, isn't a dream of previous Internet days. Another recent research revealed that amazingly high percentages regarding search engine queries debuted as overdue as 2004.&lt;br /&gt;
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So long as there are new developments, new items, services and trends, you will never have a shortage of these types of terms if you learn how to find out them.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;SEO Tip 2: # Keyword Placement&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Your blog may be set up to repeat the keywords that you'd like to target just enough periods to establish a theme.&lt;br /&gt;
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You are able to take full advantage of this in the post titles, the category names, your pages URL names, or maybe a combination of Technorati tags and also the text of the permanent links which appear after every post.&lt;br /&gt;
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Instead of pinging at 15 minute time intervals when your site hasn't already been updated, or even pinging right after every single post, you can in fact get better results in case you update or ping only once during one of three nice spots within the day. Here's one which you can use today.&lt;br /&gt;
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Check your website statistics. If you're obtaining spidered every 14 days or even regular monthly, you can increase your amount of spider visits by blogging within the anniversary of the time that the spider comes to your website. It takes a certain amount of monitoring, but you are able to often predict when the date of your very last spider visit was.&lt;br /&gt;
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An even faster way is usually to ping at a time when the search engine spider is reading a webpage that carries your update. (This is usually a little harder to explain, as I've described, but I have a resource which explains this process in-depth at the site. )&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;SEO Tip 4: # Get Linked&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Turn on your website feed(s) and make use of them to promote your site. Robin Good's guide might get you some great one-way links.&lt;br /&gt;
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In case you sparingly include the profitable keyword you selected in tip 2 within your title and description, all those web page link backs will retain the keyword term you most want awareness for, which is normally noted through the spiders as they follow the link right through to your site.&lt;br /&gt;
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Once there, if you utilize these along with other tips to skew your website a little more to the search-engine-friendly part, the synergistic effect is best, more lucrative traffic.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;SEO Tip 5: # Frequent Updates&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The more you publish, the more food for the search engine spider, which may cause the spider to react through splitting up its job into various visits, whereupon you've even more content, and so upon, until the search engine spider just adds you to a more regular schedule of returns.&lt;br /&gt;
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As an example, my main website gets spidered several times every day by The search engines, and yet I can go a week with no update with not any change in spider visits. This means my webpages get indexed more regularly and my new pages appear faster.&lt;br /&gt;
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Think of what which could do for the launch of your subsequent product.&lt;br /&gt;
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You'll be pleased to know that you don't need to slave over long blog posts several times daily, all day long to obtain similar results through your blog. In reality, some blog software will let you setup your posts ahead of time, so that may have have posts show up daily even if you technically only blog once per month.&lt;br /&gt;
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Bottom line: Some small changes to your blog may draw more search engine traffic with no turning off your site visitors. Done correctly, this provides your audience more of what they were in search of in the first place.&lt;br /&gt;
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Source:: This atop written content is based on materials provided by the &lt;a href="http://www.searchengineguide.com/tinu-abayomipaul/increase-traffic-to-your-blog-from-search-engines-the-top-5-tips.php" target="_blank"&gt;Search Engine Guide&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/2015/05/increase-traffic-to-your-blog-site-from.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sweit)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434574558876366856.post-2281144061534964618</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2015 19:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-07-01T09:10:44.041-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Risk Assessment</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Security</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Wordpress</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">WordPress Plugins</category><title>Multiple WordPress Plugins Susceptible To Potentially Dangerous Exploits</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;Multiple WordPress plugins have been updated to patch vulnerabilities which allow attackers to provide potentially dangerous commands in to the browsers of people visiting trusted web sites. Administrators responsible for &lt;a href="http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/search/label/Wordpress" target="_blank"&gt;WordPress&lt;/a&gt; sites really should make sure the fixes are installed as quickly as possible.&lt;br /&gt;
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The particular cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities make it easy for hackers to concoct particular address URLs which inject client-side code into vulnerable Webpages viewed by visitors. Exploits may steal highly delicate authentication cookies, that give users access to their personal accounts while not having to enter a password. XSS attacks also can change the content inside of a vulnerable Web page. In conjunction with SQL injection exploits, XSS attacks are being among the most common class regarding attacks carried out on the web.&lt;br /&gt;
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During the past few days, higher than a dozen WordPress plugins are actually updated to purge XSS vulnerabilities. In accordance with an advisory published by Web application security company Sucuri, they are:&lt;br /&gt;
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1. Jetpack &lt;br /&gt;
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3. Google Analytics by Yoast &lt;br /&gt;
4. All In one SEO &lt;br /&gt;
5. Gravity Forms &lt;br /&gt;
6. Multiple Plugins from Easy Digital Downloads &lt;br /&gt;
7. UpdraftPlus &lt;br /&gt;
8. WP-E-Commerce &lt;br /&gt;
9. WPTouch &lt;br /&gt;
10. Download Monitor &lt;br /&gt;
11. Related Posts for WordPress &lt;br /&gt;
12. My Calendar &lt;br /&gt;
13. P3 Profiler &lt;br /&gt;
14. Give &lt;br /&gt;
15. Multiple iThemes products including Builder and Exchange &lt;br /&gt;
16. Broken-Link-Checker &lt;br /&gt;
17. Ninja Forms&lt;br /&gt;
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The vulnerabilities are the consequence of developers who misused two popular programming functions that transform or add query strings to URLs, specially add_query_arg() and also remove_query_arg(). Numerous developers mistakenly assumed the functions would certainly "escape, " or sanitize user input therefore it is safe to use. In reality they don't. For the functions to flee user input, they should be followed by functions like esc_url() or esc_url_raw(). This WordPress developer team offers more guidance here.&lt;br /&gt;
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The plugins as listed above were updated included in a coordinated response after a blog post from a week ago that brought the XSS invasion hole to light. Sucuri among others then analyzed the top 300 approximately plugins and notified developers of these plugins found to become vulnerable. WordPress admins who use any one of them should ensure they've been updated in the past 7 days to patch the bug. It is likely that extra WordPress plugins remain somewhat insecure, so admins should study all plugins running on their site to ensure they aren't susceptible towards the same types of attacks.&lt;br /&gt;
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Source:: This atop written content is based on materials provided by the &lt;a href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/04/swarm-of-wordpress-plugins-susceptible-to-potentially-dangerous-exploits/" target="_blank"&gt;Ars Technica&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/2015/04/multiple-wordpress-plugins-susceptible.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sweit)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434574558876366856.post-7455037196817325665</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2015 19:36:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-07-01T09:09:13.761-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Security</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Startups</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Wordfence</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Wordpress</category><title>Wordfence Launches New Tool To Help WP Publishers Prevent Password Hacks</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUGWhhOH4HWRvHC-eScDOSaqoeBKGRNnUMuqM6sX5eJQi9MEYsSh7DJTdJu-aPS45yFiMxIppu0fMZGZDR4ImZSIx8K8qMe7WsfG31X7_GP2xr3L0_owB0eSjjGHveWjI3RXo2qiu3oDU/s1600/_WordFence-Audit-Screenshot_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="_wordfence-audit-screenshot_" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUGWhhOH4HWRvHC-eScDOSaqoeBKGRNnUMuqM6sX5eJQi9MEYsSh7DJTdJu-aPS45yFiMxIppu0fMZGZDR4ImZSIx8K8qMe7WsfG31X7_GP2xr3L0_owB0eSjjGHveWjI3RXo2qiu3oDU/s1600/_WordFence-Audit-Screenshot_.jpg" height="256" title="" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;WordPress accounts for approximately one quarter of all Web sites on this planet, which means the most popular content management system consistently gets attacked.&lt;br /&gt;
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Now, a Seattle startup through the name of Wordfence is seeking to help &lt;a href="http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/search/label/Wordpress" target="_blank"&gt;WordPress&lt;/a&gt; administrators prevent these attacks, and make guaranteed passwords are up to snuff.&lt;br /&gt;
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The company — in whose security plug-in has been downloaded in excess of 5. 2 million times — currently is announcing a new tool which allows WordPress publishers and also admins to verify the potency of user passwords. To make this happen, Wordfence utilizes what is actually a “cracking cluster” of supercomputers to analyse password strength.&lt;br /&gt;
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If the password strength shows up suspect, the tool offers features to enhance site security.&lt;br /&gt;
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“Hackers today have accessibility to a tremendous amount of processing power by means of off-the-shelf computing hardware from vendors such as Nvidia and AMD. This hardware excels at parallel info processing and decreases the time needed to crack a password through orders of magnitude, ” mentioned Wordfence co-founder Mark Maunder. “To assist assure our customers along with the WordPress community are utilizing the strongest passwords possible, we’ve created our very own powerful cracking cluster with more than forty Teraflops of processing power so users can easily evaluate existing password strength plus more effectively secure their own sites. ”&lt;br /&gt;
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Maunder actually put together the idea for Wordfence after his very own personal website was hacked within 2011. He fixed the matter, donated the code returning to a project to counteract similar exploits after which started Wordfence. Currently, he said this company’s technology prevents an average of 23 million attacks every day on WordPress. Maunder previously worked like a developer at Jobster, eToys and also the BBC.&lt;br /&gt;
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The new password tool arrives embedded within the premium version of Wordfence, which costs $39 each year.&lt;br /&gt;
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Source:: This atop written content is based on materials provided by the &lt;a href="http://www.geekwire.com/2015/wordpress-security-startup-wordfence-launches-tool-to-help-publishers-prevent-password-hacks/" target="_blank"&gt;GeekWire&lt;/a&gt; and image credit also.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/2015/04/wordfence-launches-new-tool-to-help-wp.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sweit)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUGWhhOH4HWRvHC-eScDOSaqoeBKGRNnUMuqM6sX5eJQi9MEYsSh7DJTdJu-aPS45yFiMxIppu0fMZGZDR4ImZSIx8K8qMe7WsfG31X7_GP2xr3L0_owB0eSjjGHveWjI3RXo2qiu3oDU/s72-c/_WordFence-Audit-Screenshot_.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434574558876366856.post-9201081100262116386</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2015 19:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-03-22T12:39:01.229-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Google Places</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">PPC</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Search Engine Optimization</category><title>Local SEO - Tips For Killing The Competition</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;Let me inquire you a question, how difficult would it possibly be for you to roll into the “mortgage” marketplace and rank well on the search engines? The reality is that for most decent search terms ranking well is actually hard. Flip that around and look at the very same search locally and suddenly ranking well gets easy and few people understand how much traffic that can really be (hint: done correctly it's rather a lot). This is the 1st part of a two-part article.&lt;br /&gt;
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In this article I’ll explain tips on how to absolutely dominate local search by utilizing an example site to show what’s being done correct, what’s being done incorrect, and what he need to be doing to become the number 1 player within his market.&lt;br /&gt;
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Recently i came across a small local business inside South Jersey run by a &lt;a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/111332747678303149156/posts#111332747678303149156/posts" target="_blank"&gt;John Pepe&lt;/a&gt; He’s the tile installer, and if you do a search upon “south jersey tile installation, ” he’s the 2nd listing. To have his place, he does much less link building, PPC, advertising, and also everything else than the most recognized guy, or even another three people below them.&lt;br /&gt;
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However, there are specific things that he could be doing far better that would permit him to trounce his competition and grow the number one tile guy within his area, both in terms of just how much he could charge and in what number of customers he had.&lt;br /&gt;
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To begin with, let’s talk about exactly what he’s doing right so far.&lt;br /&gt;
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1) He’s got the Google+ account, and he utilizes it. He’s constantly sharing images of his work. This makes links to his main site, and begins to give him some level regarding social engagement — however it could certainly be much better.&lt;br /&gt;
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2) He has a Blogger blog, on that he also shares images of his work.&lt;br /&gt;
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3) He posts images of his work on his main website so that it’s being regularly updated.&lt;br /&gt;
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4) He does a bit social bookmarking, and his Superpages listing is usually up to date.&lt;br /&gt;
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That’s it — right there, you have his overall link building program.&lt;br /&gt;
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Doing exactly what I said above, he’s got over 100 readers on Google+ and more than 180 Twitter followers (and whenever they need tile installed, who do you consider they’re going to use? ).&lt;br /&gt;
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That’s on the top of number two rank upon Google search, that will get him even more customers.&lt;br /&gt;
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Understand something: in a few ways, he is already doing a lot better than the number one company, because he has the captive audience of over 100 folks that the other guys don’t.&lt;br /&gt;
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Nonetheless, he’s certainly doing a few things wrong.&lt;br /&gt;
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1) His site is type of ugly No two ways about this, it just looks extremely amateurish That alone stands a superb chance of chasing off of the best and highest having to pay clients. The very initial thing that he needs to perform is hire a graphic artist. For only all around $50, such an artist could make a better looking logo and also shift his site to some form of &lt;a href="http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/search/label/CMS" target="_blank"&gt;CMS&lt;/a&gt;. WordPress is what I’d use for just a business like his, especially given the obviously low amount of computer technical skill. That will assist his sitem look far better.&lt;br /&gt;
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2) Other than a web link all the way down in the bottom to Twitter, his site doesn't have links to any other social sites with that he may have accounts — and since i have already linked to his Google+ account, clearly there’s just one there. He should become prominently giving links to Twitter, Google+, and Facebook; these links should always be “above the fold, ” nearby the top of the site. I would also include links to his SuperPages, Google Places, Yelp, CityVoter, and so forth listings Again, these should always be above the fold.&lt;br /&gt;
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3) Zero “before” images. It’s good that he’s displaying what his work appear like, but showing what something seemed like before he started would likely help greatly, to give potential clients something with which to assess even better, he really should show pics of before, one-fourth the way via, three-fourth the way via, and completed. Better even than that might be a time lapsed video clip showing him do the complete installation.&lt;br /&gt;
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Despite having those things “wrong, ” notice exactly how little he’s doing to basically crush it intended for his local market Nonetheless, let’s talk about taking him to another level In fact, let’s talk about dominating all the levels and turning him into the undisputed authority and also local kingpin of tile guys inside South Jersey (and through extension, you could follow exactly the same advice).&lt;br /&gt;
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Source:: This atop written content is based on materials provided by the &lt;a href="http://www.seochat.com/c/a/search-engine-optimization-help/local-seo-secrets-to-killing-the-competition/" target="_blank"&gt;Seochat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/2015/03/local-seo-tips-for-killing-competition.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sweit)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434574558876366856.post-1271002012772010182</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2015 22:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-03-08T15:30:55.730-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blogs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">CMS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Wordpress</category><title>3 Things Business Owners Need To Learn About WordPress</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;In just 8 short years, WordPress has become the most popular resource for web site design, powering 23% on the Internet. With its free platform, simplicity of use, community-based development, and also customization capabilities, the open-source content managing system (CMS) is showing no signs of reducing its growth.&lt;br /&gt;
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So what should business owners learn about this power player?&lt;br /&gt;
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1.&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt; It’s not only for blogs anymore!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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WordPress is historically known to be the "go-to" CMS for bloggers. Often periods, business owners feel that the CMS is exclusive to the user base, but in reality, most WordPress websites aren't blogs.&lt;br /&gt;
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Business owners, journalists, blog writers and developers all create unique Web projects using WordPress. In fact, some of the most known sites include CNN, your National Football League, TechCrunch, and UPS to mention a few. Currently the platform is liable for more than 74 million sites on the internet today and this number is still growing by the minute.&lt;br /&gt;
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3.&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt; Customization for everyone&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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No matter exactly how technically knowledgeable you're, WordPress offers functionality to provide great customization for any kind of website. During the set up process, users have an opportunity to select a theme on the WordPress library offering in excess of 2,500 different choices. While this feature is ideal for designing an attractive in addition to properly functioning site, there is the chance that other websites will have a similar appear and feel to yours.&lt;br /&gt;
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However, there are options to creating yours more unique and capable to stand out against the others. If you are at ease using plugins, some enable you to adjust the theme to fit your individual brand. On additional hand, coding knowledge can deliver complete control on the site. Adjusting via the web site backend leaves little limitation as to simply how much can be changed and also personalized.&lt;br /&gt;
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3.&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt; It’s never concluded&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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All great business owners know that there's always room for development. WordPress is no unique. As an open-source CMS, they depend on a community of developers and enthusiasts to aid evolve the platform. Several viewpoints, experience levels and ideas help make sure the newest and best concepts are implemented. Plugins and Themes are increasingly being updated regularly as bug fixes and also innovative concepts are increasingly being applied. Furthermore, the teams perform to introduce new versions of the CMS every 6 months approximately to deliver improved usability along with features. To date, there have been in excess of 100 versions.&lt;br /&gt;
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Dominating the Web design place, WordPress has proven to be the most valuable tools for Web projects for everybody from restaurateurs, doctors, in addition to photographers to developers and also bloggers.&lt;br /&gt;
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Source:: This atop written content is based on materials provided by the &lt;a href="http://blog.1and1.com/2015/01/28/3-things-business-owners-need-to-know-about-wordpress/" target="_blank"&gt;1&amp;amp;1 BLOG&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/2015/03/3-things-business-owners-need-to-learn.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sweit)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434574558876366856.post-7635015484045922912</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2015 20:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-02-25T12:22:41.353-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Make Money</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Make Money Online</category><title>How To Make Money Off Your Blog Site</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;You pound on the keyboard every day, broadcasting your unalloyed truths towards the world (or at least to friends and family) by way of your &lt;a href="http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/search/label/Blog" target="_blank"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt;. Unfortunately, earning such singular authority demands serious time and effort, and what begins as a hobby can quickly begin seeming like Job No. 2 -- sans paycheck. However haven't you heard? You can turn your Web log right into a digital cash cow. Simply choose among these strategies (but keep in mind that it's not all free money -- come duty season, Uncle Sam receives his fair share).&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;LET GOOGLE MEET YOUR NEEDS&lt;/b&gt;: Selling ad space could be the oldest way to make a buck, and with Google's free of charge AdSense service (&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/adsense"&gt;www.google.com/adsense&lt;/a&gt;), it's way too simple. AdSense allows bloggers to show up to three content-specific "ad units" (boxes that may hold up to four ads each) per webpage. "If you're writing about sports vehicles, they'll be ads about sports vehicles, " says Biz Stone, Blogger senior expert in Google. Each time a visitor clicks these adverts, you get paid. Google doesn't disclose its exact share from the revenue, but a personalized report page lets you track your individual earnings. Earn at least $100 and Google AdSense‎ sends you a check.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;PLAY AD-SALES EXEC&lt;/b&gt;: If you wish more control over the ads on your blog site, hit &lt;a href="http://www.blogads.com/"&gt;www.blogads.com&lt;/a&gt;. BlogAds lets you join its database free of charge and set your own ad prices. Companies (including media bigs like Paramount Pictures and Random House) then try to find suitable blogs and purchase ad space for the set period -- say, one month. In contrast towards the way AdSense works, your earnings don't depend on whether any reader clicks your ad. All you have to do is give 20 percent of the net revenue to Mr. BlogAd, and also you keep the rest. Probably best of all, you can indulge your own megalomaniacal tendencies by approving or declining potential adverts at will.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;BE THE MIDDLEMAN&lt;/b&gt;: Numerous companies manage "affiliate" programs. Post an ad provided by Lands' End or Amazon.com, for example, and receive a small commission every period your readers click in which ad, go to the company's Web site and finish up buying a book or splurging over a down parka. Referral fees -- the money you get from these transactions -- vary (you can earn just as much as 10 percent per sale from Amazon). LinkShare (&lt;a href="http://www.linkshare.com/"&gt;www.linkshare.com&lt;/a&gt;) statements to run the Internet's biggest "affiliate marketing network, " with in excess of 600 companies on its roster of advertisers. One more service, Commission Junction (www.cj.com), operates programs for eBay and Expedia. com, among some others.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;PASS THE CUP&lt;/b&gt;: If you are toiling away to maintain a blog that individuals enjoy, why not ask your guests to exhibit a little monetary appreciation? The internet payment service PayPal (&lt;a href="http://www.paypal.com/"&gt;www.paypal.com&lt;/a&gt;) lets you add a donation button for your blog. You can choose to receive money in U. S. dollars, Japanese yen, Canadian dollars, pounds sterling or euros. When visitors provide money, PayPal sends you an e-mail to inform you about. Amazon's Honor System (www.amazon.com/honorsystem) and also BitPass (www.bitpass.com) offer you similar donation options.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;SELL SCHWAG&lt;/b&gt;: Don't dig adverts? Uncomfortable asking for handouts? Then create your individual blog-branded gear at CafePress.com, that provides more than 50 products begging for the unique logo. Choose from standard fare like T-shirts and coffee cups, or, in case Grandma doesn't read your blog, opt for sexy thong under garment (ooh la la). You get to sell each product in whatever price your entrepreneurial cardiovascular desires. CafePress gets back an original base price ($13. 99 for T-shirts, $10. 99 intended for mugs); you keep your markup. Just add your web store's link to your blog, and all that's left to try and do is wait for CafePress to send out you a monthly check. See? It is practically like your genuine job. Mike Peed.&lt;br /&gt;
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Source:: This atop written content is based on materials provided by the The &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43241-2005Jan27.html" target="_blank"&gt;Washington Post&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/2015/02/how-to-make-money-off-your-blog-site.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sweit)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434574558876366856.post-3946206817827059800</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2015 12:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-02-12T04:42:11.293-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blogging</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blogging Tips</category><title>Staying Motivated With Blogging – Work With Others</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;Regular posting is an important part of blogging for profit – I understand I can go a week or so without noticing too huge a drop in earnings – but if you’re attempting to build your readership as well as income regular and interesting posting is perfectly essential. Of course this specific takes discipline and inspiration. Susannah at &lt;a href="http://www.buzzmarketingwithblogs.com/weblog/staying_motivated/" target="_blank"&gt;Buzz Marketing&lt;/a&gt; has a good list to help you get motivated for the year regarding blogging ahead.&lt;br /&gt;
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I do most of exactly what she suggests in her list but something else I’ve done a bit of lately is work along with others on posts and projects.&lt;br /&gt;
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I find that blogging can be quite a lonely process at times – for starters the majority of my friends think I’m crazy and provide me the strangest look while i answer the ‘what do you do? ’ question with ‘I’m a blogger’ – however I also find that blogging can be very an isolating process – staring at your computer all day, studying, writing, reflecting and many others. Whilst as an introvert I really do enjoy time alone I also find that an excessive amount of it leaves me feeling rather lifeless and also unmotivated.&lt;br /&gt;
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Recently I’ve began initiating relationships with a number of others with the particular view to entering into some common relationships. I find that when i do this it may be quite inspiring and energizing.&lt;br /&gt;
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So find yourself a new blogging partner – it could be another blogger, or it could just be one of those folks that gives you one of ‘those’ looks whenever you mention the word ‘blogging’. You see someone who's new to the medium comes at it having a fresh approach, their own passions and interests and could possibly help you discover anything new about blogging.&lt;br /&gt;
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In addition – I’m seeking collaborators at this time for blogging ideas as well as projects. I hope to get a bit more time this year to cooperate with some of you – so if you have a project which you think might be mutually best to us both let me know and we’ll observe where our conversation brings us to.&lt;br /&gt;
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Source:: This atop written content is based on materials provided by the ProBlogger.net&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/2015/02/staying-motivated-with-blogging-work.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sweit)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434574558876366856.post-1689301849227547817</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2015 19:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-02-03T11:23:24.114-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Search Engine Optimization</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">SEO</category><title>Perform Internal Links Boost Search Engine Ranking?</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;Attractive thread over at ‘Self Starter’s Weekly Tips’ community forums – &lt;a href="http://www.selfstartersweeklytips.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3271" target="_blank"&gt;Do Incoming links from the identical URL have less weight than&lt;/a&gt; incomeing links from the different domain? was the question which started this thread off.&lt;br /&gt;
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The suggestions is good – and can basically be summed up the following:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Internal links in your blog site are good for a number of causes:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Firstly these people help your readers navigate around your web site. A well thought out menu or pertinent links within your posts to other post on the similar topic will help you retain your readers for longer and also send them deeper within your website.&lt;br /&gt;
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They assist Search Engine’s robots to navigate your website and hopefully to get every possible webpage indexed. If you have a site map page or an archives page which links to every page on your &lt;a href="http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/search/label/Blog" target="_blank"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt; site this helps the SE’s robots index you much more comprehensively.&lt;br /&gt;
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It appears that most Search Engines (like Google intended for instance) do give some weight to inner links when it comes to ranking your webpages.&lt;br /&gt;
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However internal links usually are not the be all in addition to end all when it comes to SEO&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I suspect which Google are decreasing the particular value/weight of internal links. There's many other people that I respect exactly who believe that the previous few updates to Google’s algorithm have had anything to do with this – and this pages with lots of internal links have basically viewed their search engine page rankings (SERPS) reduce. I don’t believe internal links usually are penalized – but rather have been given much less value. It's merely my opinion.&lt;br /&gt;
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External links are definitely more important to &lt;a href="http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/search/label/SEO" target="_blank"&gt;SEO&lt;/a&gt;. If you wish to develop your blog’s ranking in addition to SERPs then it might be a better use of your time to watch out for external incoming links through other relevant websites than to plaster your individual blog site with internal links.&lt;br /&gt;
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Source:: This atop written content is based on materials provided by the &lt;a href="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/01/07/do-internal-links-boost-search-engine-ranking/" target="_blank"&gt;ProBlogger.net&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/2015/02/perform-internal-links-boost-search.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sweit)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434574558876366856.post-280783418927183834</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 13:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-02-03T07:01:03.102-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Search Engine Optimization</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">SEO</category><title>Should You Utilize Targeted Keywords In URLs</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;‘Should you utilize targeted keywords in URLs? ’ – This is really a question I’ve been asked on many occassions by bloggers attempting to optimize their blogs for Search engines like google. The theory is that if you're writing a &lt;a href="http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/search/label/Blog" target="_blank"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt; about matchsticks which your ranking will be higher if you domain name has ‘matchsticks’ within the URL.&lt;br /&gt;
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Excellent theory – but does it work? Has anybody tested it?&lt;br /&gt;
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It seems that now we can easily back the theory up with a test run through WebProNews who identified that at least in the matter of the major search engines like Google, MSN and Yahoo that keywords within URL do help.&lt;br /&gt;
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So how really does this impact the way in which we blog? In my mind there are a variety of take home messages within this:&lt;br /&gt;
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1. Pick your url of website wisely when starting a blog. I learned this the hard way with certainly one of my blogs that i started on the run one day and later changed the particular focus of. I now have a blog that has a domain name that barely pertains to my site – DOH!&lt;br /&gt;
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2. Try to configure your website so that keywords of individual posts feature within the permalinks of every page. For example you’ll see that this blog utilizes the title of every individual post in the URL. When I swapped to this particular method of setting up my URLs I noticed a 30% enhance in traffic inside of a week to my blogs – it truly does work.&lt;br /&gt;
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3. Keywords in URLs usually are not the be all and also end all. I mentioned in point 1 which i have a blog that doesn’t have appropriate keywords within its URL – I should also mention right here which that blog is my most highly visited blog site and earns more than all of my own other blogs put together. The message therefore is usually to take a balanced approach to Search Engine Optimization. Keywords within URLs are just one of many (some claim hundreds) of factors in getting your blog ranked extremely on google.&lt;br /&gt;
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Source:: This atop written content is based on materials provided by the &lt;a href="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2004/12/10/should-you-use-targeted-keywords-in-urls/" target="_blank"&gt;ProBlogger&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/2015/01/should-you-utilize-targeted-keywords-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sweit)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434574558876366856.post-741058792439072488</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-02-03T07:00:38.817-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Search Engine Optimization</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">SEO</category><title>New Sites Abandoned Through Googlebot</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;As a search engine optimization specialist I usually optimize existing website pages for small business clients, upload them to the website and see pages re-indexed by Google within 1 week.&lt;br /&gt;
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This only happens along with existing business sites which have been online for a few years. Google seems to become updating their index as frequently as every other week at this stage and older established sites which are already indexed seem to be re- crawled upon that twice a month schedule on a reasonably routine basis.&lt;br /&gt;
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Two clients which hired me for recent work saw their rankings shoot towards the top for a newly targeted search term in a weekend when i did optimization on the Thursday and they were ranked instantly through Saturday. Now remember that this doesn't happen for everyone, only those which have been online for a few period and already have significant content which simply needs tweaking and proper title and also metatag information included. They usually have relatively good existing PageRank and prosper for other RELEVANT keyword phrases already. I offer that warning merely to avoid instilling bogus hopes in anyone hoping to achieve the same instant ranking enhance overnight.&lt;br /&gt;
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Those clients that do succeed in this manner are often thrilled with the outcomes accomplished in such short order. I'd love to be capable to offer that kind of ranking boosts to everyone, but some are definitely more equal than others when it comes to easy, inexpensive SEO tune-ups that rev up your rankings overnight. Your mileage can vary.&lt;br /&gt;
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Source:: This atop written content is based on materials provided by the &lt;a href="http://archive.webpronews.com//ebusiness/seo/wpn-4-20040901SitesAbandonedbyGooglebot.html" target="_blank"&gt;WebProNews&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/2015/01/new-sites-abandoned-through-googlebot.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sweit)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434574558876366856.post-1651256245453178248</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2015 19:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-01-28T11:42:44.248-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blog</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blog Tips</category><title>Blogging For Starters</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;I’ve been asked to submit an extremely short piece into a magazine with some basic strategies for beginner bloggers which I thought I’d share here. They usually are not Rocket Science – pretty basic – but a superb starting point for someone venturing out in Blogging.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Keep it easy:&lt;/b&gt; Start with a free and simple to use blogging tool like Blogger. Choose a simple design and just begin writing. You can tweak the structure and make it look very good later.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Write for yourself:&lt;/b&gt; It takes time period for others to locate and read your &lt;a href="http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/search/label/Blog" target="_blank"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt; so utilize it as a space to think out loud about the things which interest you. Pick topics that you're passionate about and you’ll find individuals with similar interests will connect along with you.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Interact with your readers:&lt;/b&gt; Make certain your blog has a commenting attribute – when someone leaves any comment email them or leave an answer comment. People will come back if you take time to acknowledge and interact with these people.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Set boundaries and think about the intention of your blog:&lt;/b&gt; Remember what you are writing is within a public domain so you might like to refrain from talking about your individual life – people WILL find it. Decide up front about what will you and won’t write about and stay with it.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Read other blogs and connect to those that interest you:&lt;/b&gt; One of the better things about blogging is exactly how it connects people thinking via similar issues. Link to these people, add your own ideas, leave comments on their blog – blogging can result in rich and wonderful conversations and bring about lasting friendships.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Be patient, post regularly and also have fun:&lt;/b&gt; It can take a very long time to build up a readership. In the mean time just take pleasure in the writing process. Make it an everyday exercise (it takes some discipline) and don’t quit if it seems no-one is reading – just be yourself and also have fun.&lt;br /&gt;
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What tips would you add for a starters? &lt;br /&gt;
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Source:: This atop written content is based on materials provided by the &lt;a href="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2004/10/01/blogging-for-beginners/#more-171" target="_blank"&gt;ProBlogger.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/2015/01/blogging-for-starters.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sweit)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434574558876366856.post-8769688011509840221</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2015 19:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-01-27T11:37:06.110-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blog</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Content Writing</category><title>Blog Tip – Generate A Higher Quantity Of Content</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;On virtually each and every &lt;a href="http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/search/label/Blog" target="_blank"&gt;Blog&lt;/a&gt; tips content I’ve ever study I’ve seen suggestions about ‘Quality Content’. The theory is that when you write interesting, up to date, insightful posts – people will come to your &lt;a href="http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;blog site&lt;/a&gt;. I’ve written these tips in numerous places already – and i want to say I stand by it as strong advice. I work hard at delivering quality content upon my sites. In fact without it you’ve got little possibility of a repeat visitor to your web site.&lt;br /&gt;
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Having said this specific I also am a big believer in delivering Quantities of Written content also.&lt;br /&gt;
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Someone emailed me personally recently asking me to have a look at their blog. They'd worked very tough on writing some very nice articles, they’d purchased a designer to design a beautiful web site, they had added adsense and online ads and had optimized their web pages well for Search engines (they were within the top 3 for several search terms). The only problem was which they were only generating a number of daily visitors as well as their revenue was only a few of cents (if that) per week.&lt;br /&gt;
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One of the leading reasons I believe their site was only going to ever go thus far was that they spent so much time writing quality content which they only ever submitted one post per day at most (and none upon weekends). After over 3 months of blogging their whole site had been only 60 posts/pages. They were very good pages but generally there just wasn’t very many of them. Now I am not wanting to say which a 60 page blog site can’t earn earnings – if those 60 pages almost all rank highly in Google on a few popular and high paying keywords they might do ok – but at that rate I doubt this specific blogger will make more than a dollar a week for a minimum of a year or two. They just don’t have sufficient pages.&lt;br /&gt;
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Having more pages is much like having more entry points for your blog. The more posts you need to do the higher the chance someone will come across your blog through the search engines. I’ve found which the longer I’ve blogged (I’ve been going for close to 2 yrs now) the much more visitors I obtain. This of course is partly since more people have connected to me over period – but its also because our blogs have close to 5500 pages of content in existence. One of my friends told me the other day which it seems that all time they perform a search of the net on any topic which they find one of my sites listed. Everytime I hear something such as that I’m inspired – my self-discipline of adding pages is paying off with increased visitors and therefor enhanced revenue from all my revenue streams.&lt;br /&gt;
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The other reason which a high quantity of content is advantageous is that this shows Google that you’re an advisable site. This pays off in two places – firstly it assists your page rank – and secondly it'll increase your payment per click if you utilize &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/adsense/start/" target="_blank"&gt;Adsense&lt;/a&gt;. I’ve realized that the more pages you've on a particular subject the higher amounts Google is prepared to pay you every click. This is anecdotal evidence at this stage – Google don’t just spell it out – but I’ve observed other Adsense users discuss it too. Google also ranks pages which are updated regularly greater than those that are stagnant and definately will send its spiders through your website more regularly in case you’re a respected updater.&lt;br /&gt;
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Over the next twenty four hours I’ll be posting some tips to assist you increase the amount of content that you're posting to your own blog/s. Remember I’m definitely not saying to sacrifice Quality – it is necessary – but alone it's unlikely to provide you with the results you will be wanting.&lt;br /&gt;
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How do you generate a good amount of content? Leave your own tips, experiences and strategies in comments underneath – share the information.&lt;br /&gt;
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Source:: This atop written content is based on materials provided by the &lt;a href="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2004/09/28/blog-tip-generate-a-high-quantity-of-content/#more-110" target="_blank"&gt;ProBlogger&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/2015/01/blog-tip-generate-higher-quantity-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sweit)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434574558876366856.post-6802180786285791157</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2015 15:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-01-21T07:27:47.460-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blog</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Content Writing</category><title>The Rhythm Technique of Blogging</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;One of the particular keys to blogging is usually frequent posting. This is actually what distinguishes weblogs via from static websites.&lt;br /&gt;
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The typical blogger posts once every fourteen days – personally I have a tendency to mainly visit bloggers who update more frequently than that. As a &lt;a href="http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/search/label/Blog" target="_blank"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt; reader I become familiar with the rhythm of the blogs that i read. I don’t mind whenever they are daily, weekly or even fortnightly blog writers – but whatever their own rhythm I find myself loosing interest whenever they disappear for unexplained amounts of time. So get into the rhythm of blogging.&lt;br /&gt;
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Personally, i blog daily and dedicate quarter-hour most mornings while I drink my coffee to write down something. I also often post very last thing at night.&lt;br /&gt;
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I read somewhere recently that in case you write for 15 minutes a day you'll have written the equivalent of the average book in per year. Set yourself some kind of goal like that – but don’t fall under the temptation of writing simply because you ‘have to’ – your articles will suffer.&lt;br /&gt;
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One method to help each ‘bloggers block’ is usually to keep a file of tips to blog about. Rather than posting about anything that interests you in one day, keep a few ideas in reserve so that you can post them quickly over a day when you otherwise might have been too busy or not able to post.&lt;br /&gt;
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Lastly – in case you keep forgetting to blog (a common problem) you ought to check out this wonderful new Blogging Reminder Method – The NoemicsPad. Its a revolutionary concept that could change the method that you blog forever!&lt;br /&gt;
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Source:: This atop story is based on materials provided by the &lt;a href="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2004/09/23/the-rhythm-method-of-blogging/" target="_blank"&gt;ProBlogger&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blogsitecare.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-rhythm-technique-of-blogging.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sweit)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434574558876366856.post-2325060989288944867</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2015 07:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-01-18T23:55:28.828-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blog</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Content Writing</category><title>Blog Content Tips – Post Titles Are Everything</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;After slaving away on your own latest blog post pause prior to deciding to hit that ‘publish’ press button and consider your post title. What does it convey to your own potential reader? Titles is most likely the difference between having your post read or perhaps ignored. Of course there are No Rules which will guarantee your post for getting noticed, but you might like to consider some from the following.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Simplify&lt;/b&gt; – Research show that weblog readers prefer simple, short and straightforward titles to pretty or cryptic ones.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Communicate&lt;/b&gt; – In a word or three explain to your reader precisely what the post is all about in your title. Most people will not take time to read something unless they understand what it is regarding first.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Key Words&lt;/b&gt; – Attempt to incorporate words in your title which could be searched for by readers from search engines. Get within their shoes — what key word would you use in case you were wanting information on this topic? In case you’re writing about Kendall Jenner – put her in your post title and you’ll increase its ranking inside the engines.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Grab Attention&lt;/b&gt; – A superb title draws your own readers into your post. Your post may just be one of many on the same topic. Your title is a chance to distinguish it from others like it. Imagine yourself in search of articles on the search engines or news aggregator — what would allow you to be click your link? Intrigue your readers, draw them straight into your post, make sure they are want to read more!&lt;br /&gt;
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Of course &lt;b&gt;Titles aren't Everything&lt;/b&gt; you still need to post something advantageous under them. But a title is not merely the start of the post, it is usually an invitation for visitors to engage with your opinions. Put some effort into developing this and you’ll find people take that every important step straight into your virtual space.&lt;br /&gt;
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