Below we’ve rounded up 10 really cool remote control apps that can turn your smartphone into a wireless keyboard, mouse, or trackpad, allowing you to control your computer from the couch. For office purpose, some of these apps enable you to control presentation slides giving a good impression to your audience. Apart from controlling computer, entertainment centre and even your car can also be remotely controlled through your phone with WiFi connected. These apps are simply changing the way you use your phone. So try them out now and don’t forget to leave your comments here.

Remote
Many iTunes users should be familiar with Remote. The app is designed for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch to remotely control iTunes on your computer. By connecting to the same wireless network, you can use Remote to browse your library, choose playlists, change a song, and adjust volume on the iTunes. Additionally Remote can be used to control Apple TV from anywhere in your home.

Mobile Mouse
This is one of the best apps that turns your iPhone and iPod Touch into a wireless mouse for your computer. You can browse your photo library and play the video from the comfort of your sofa. Apart from that, Mobile Mouse can also act as a remote keyboard and it supports on-screen typing, password protection, Multitouch gestures, etc.

VLC Remote Free
VLC Remote is one of the most popular apps for controlling multi-platform media player on your Mac, PC as well as Linux computers. The app can be installed on both iPhone and iPad, allowing you to control VLC from your comfortable sofa. With this remote control app you can play, pause, stop, control volume, and turn on and off fullscreen while watching a video. It also lets you use the graphical equaliser, view cover art and playlist, control subtitles, audio track and many more.

i-Clickr PowerPoint Remote
i-Clickr is the ideal app that helps you to control your PowerPoint presentation including animations. The remote app turns your presentation into a movie and lets you make real-time annotations to grab your audience’s attention. After you finish the presentation, the app enables you to email the PDF version of the presentation with audience.

Boxee Remote
Boxee is a well-known home theatre PC application that allows users to stream broadcast TV channels to any device. It lets you recommend video content to your friends through its integrated social media services. To make the full use out of it, you can install its mobile app Boxee Remote that turns your iPhone into a remote control for your Boxee TV.

HippoRemote
HippoRemote app transforms your iPhone or iPod Touch into a wireless keyboard and mouse. The app comes in both free and paid versions, enabling users to control home theater PC, interactive whiteboard as well as PowerPoint presentation slides. The remote control app doesn’t require any dongle or adapter, what you need is only WiFi connection.

Off Remote
Off Remote is yet another cool app to control your computer at home. With iPhone or iPad on hand, you can turn off, lock, sleep and restart your PC and Mac without having to touch the computer. One of its handy features is that you can set a computer to automatically shut down after completing a specific task such as download or upload a file. The app also lets you check whether your computers are turned off. Another good thing about Off Remote is that you can control a number of computers at the same time on your local network.

EyeTV
EyeTV has both software and hardware that can turn your iPad and iPhone into a portable television. With the app, you can watch live TV while on the move, playback recordings, view and edit recording schedules, browse program guide, connect your Mac via WiFi and many more.

Remote HD
Remote HD turns your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch into a wireless keyboard, mouse and trackpad. The app enables you to view the live display of your computer, both PC and Mac, stream video and audio, control applications and many more. Additionally, Remote HD also supports AppleTV where you can launch or switch apps.
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Keymote
With Keymote remote app installed on your iPhone and iPod Touch you can literally control everything on your Mac using shortcuts. Tasks like remote controlling iTunes, DVD player, refreshing Twitter stream as well as playing YouTube videos can be done easily through WiFi network. The app also allows you to create and download keysets for the applications you use most.

Below we’ve written 2 step-by-step tutorials guiding you to create a friend list of your own on Facebook as well as restrict certain people from seeing your posts. We hope these simple tutorials and screenshots are helpful for protecting your post privacy.

How to Create a Friend List on Facebook

1. Sign into your Facebook

2. On the left sidebar, click on ‘More’ link next to ‘Friends’.

3. Hit the ‘Create List’ button. You’ll see a new menu pops up, give your list a name and then add people to the list by typing their names.

4. Now, the new list you’ve just created will appear on the left sidebar, under ‘Friends’.

How to Limit Who Can See Your Posts on Facebook

1. Click on the gear icon in the top-right corner and then select ‘Privacy Settings’.

2. You can decide which group of people see your posts. To do that, click on ‘Edit’ next to ‘Who can see my stuff’.

3. Click on the drop-down menu where you can select the audience (Public, Friends, Only Me, Custom, etc.) you want for your future posts.

If you choose ‘Custom’, a new menu will pop up allowing you to choose the group of people whom you want to share (or don’t want to share) your posts with.

Facebook has another privacy tool that allows you to limit the audience for old posts on your Timeline. To do that, click on “Limit Past Posts” and then hit the “Limit Old Posts”.

When you want to publish a new post, Facebook provides you ‘Post Privacy Setting’ where you can choose the audience of your post. To do that, click on the drop-down menu next to ‘Post’ button and then select your target audience.

A Mobile Presence Helps Students with College Life

Students need easy access to information about their college, which is why mobile websites and apps improve students’ lives. Students are able to find information about classes, shuttles, food, and everything else related to college life. But according to the Chronicle of Higher Education, only 15 percent of colleges currently have mobile apps. Seems a like a wasted opportunity to me.

Fortunately, colleges have options for implementing mobile websites and applications — the open-source platform from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), educational software from companies like Blackboard, hiring third party groups to develop unique apps or allowing their students to have control over the schools mobile presence. My chosen university made the decision to go with the last option. Which in the end, I believe is better than the others. Especially if you consider the fact that they were in charge of attracting their peers and not a group of various age groups. However, most colleges don’t have the funds to develop apps and mobile websites of their own. I attended the University Of Central Florida, where they offer web design and coding classes. So the cost for the school to enhance their mobile presence was very small. But for institutions without the same resources or programs, taking the time to check out MIT and Blackboard products would not be too much of a bad idea.

Several Colleges have developed mobile websites and apps of their own. For instance, Texas A&M University has a suite of free mobile apps that help students with college life (TAMUmobile). The apps include bus routes based on GPS, help planning class schedules, dining apps that show menus, and more. The University of California has an app that is programmed for all iOS users. The University of Alabama app goes a little beyond providing users with information on bus routes and course schedules. You also have the option to view recordings of faculty lectures, school performances and the “Million Dollar Band” through iTunes U. Their app is available on iOS, Blackberry and Android. Ohio State University implemented a real-time bus locator and people finder into their app, which is programmed for both iOS and Android. It’s a step up from the University of California and Alabama if you ask me. But the institution with the crème de la crème of apps is Massachusetts Institute Of Technology. Who else would it be? They are the guys who created the programming platform for remaining universities. Their app offers, “real-time shuttle tracking and alerts, an interactive campus map, a searchable people directory and a self-guided campus tour.” That’s a pretty impressive app.

Apps and Mobile Websites Are Recruitment Tools

According to HarkCollege.com, 75 percent of college students say their smartphone never leaves their side. They use it for everything from social networking to looking up information about local businesses and studying for school. So, college students now expect to be able to access information about their college from their smartphone. And it makes complete sense.

Every college graduate can relate to the anxious feeling of wanting to know whether or not they passed their hardest course. During my senior year, I was required to take a course with a professor that I had been strategically avoiding for my last two years. My financial situation required me to work a part-time job, while being a full-time student. So I was unable to avoid him forever. For the most part, I did a pretty good job on all his assigned projects and was beginning to worry why everyone considered him such a tough professor. And then one day he announced the final project and how much it affected my final grade. At that moment, all of the gossip and stories about this professor made complete sense. The time gap between turning in my last assignment and when grades were actually posted online was two weeks. Two weeks of not knowing whether or not I was going to walk across the stage. Two weeks of trying to make up a speech to tell my parents, just in case I didn’t pass. So when the day finally did come, the first thing I did on my lunch break at work was look up my grades. If my university had made the decision to not have a mobile website, I would have spent the entire day driving myself crazy.

Not having a mobile website or college app is detrimental to a college. Colleges that do have a mobile website and apps can use them as recruiting tools to show potential students they care about technology and support its use. It also cuts down on stress during midterms and finals.

Engaging with Students Is Easier with a Mobile Presence

College students like to feel connected, which is why social networks are so popular and Wi-Fi spots with easy access to the Internet on campus are important to them. Colleges can use apps to connect with students to find out what they need and want. They can also provide high-speed Internet from InternetServiceProvider.net to make sure students can connect whenever they want. This keeps students happy and better able to stay on top of homework to succeed in school.

As you can see, having a mobile presence is important for a college because it enhances the lives of students. Plus, there also benefits to the college in terms of recruitment and student happiness. Has you college created apps or a mobile website yet?

Guest Author: Kristina Jackson

Kristina Jackson is a freelance writer in technology and design. When I am not busy writing, you can find me hanging out with my puppy Louie while watching YouTube videos of Paula Deen.

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Developing a Theme

A large number of blogs, particularly personal and lifestyle blogs, frequently stray from one topic to another with reckless abandon, while others stick to a few key topics. Either method can work, but generally it is more effective to focus on one particular area. Travel blogs are a good example of this – the topic is broad, but if they are all about travelling then their readers will tune in to find out about the latest place that the blogger has visited or has chosen to research. Similarly, a craft blog that gives a regular example of converting something old into something new – such as old magazines into a footstool or clothes into more fashionable clothes – will attract readers who want frequent ideas. If the craft blog then strays into a social observation piece, for example, it risks losing followers.

This also raises the issue of knowing the audience. This is particularly important for businesses that are trying to expand their customer base; they need to be aware of what their customers are interested in reading about. A website selling sports clothing is better off blogging about sporting news than it is about 50 ways to use an old milk bottle. Tone and style are keys in engaging a particular audience, and it is important to bear the reader in mind while writing. Some bloggers write in order that potential employers can be referred to their work, in which case they are more likely to adopt an authoritative tone than someone who is only writing for the benefit of their friends.

Regular Updates

Even with a fantastic blog, readers will become bored with waiting and forget about it if it is not updated regularly. Successful bloggers often use a formula to ensure that their posts are at least weekly, if not daily. Neil Pasricha, for example, created a blog called 1000 Awesome Things, providing his followers with a positive thought each day. Having posted every weekday since June 2008, Neil has had over 50 million hits. The benefit of the simple, list-like approach is that people look forward to the next post, tuning in each day for a quick look. It is not necessary to adopt Neil’s list-like style in order to update regularly, but it helps to be confident before starting that there is enough material for at least one blog post a week. Planning ahead before publishing can ensure that there is at least a range of topics waiting to be written, if not a selection of completed posts ready to be uploaded at the right moment. Having a reliable source of inspiration can help to provide structure to ensure regular updates, whether it is a word chosen at random from a dictionary, that day’s headline or an interesting fact associated with the date. Using the news headlines as starting point is a good tip to keep the blog current, and will give readers something more to think about than more general topics.

Many bloggers include a weekly feature on their site, and often to great success. This could involve a weekly chance for followers to submit suggestions for a blog post, for example. Not only does this encourage followers to read the blog at least weekly, it can also give bloggers the chance to write about something different each week without it affecting the overall tone and style of their site.

Edit Thoroughly

A key rule when taking written exams is to check the answers thoroughly before handing in the paper, and it is a key rule of blog writing as well. A large number of people do not read through what they have written before they publish it, and it is obvious when they haven’t. The most experienced writers in the world make errors from time to time, whether it is a typing error or accidental repetition. Reading through the content before publishing will not only highlight any errors, but will also give a better idea of what others will experience when they read it; if the writer is bored reading over it again, the likelihood is that the reader will be too.

A significant aspect of editing requires writers to be ruthless. It is often difficult to cut out words from an article or blog post but the more concise the writing, the more interesting it is. If a lot of research has gone into the post, providing readers with links to continue their reading if they are interested is more effective than putting all of the information into one article. This can even be used to create another post that can also be linked to, so giving readers the choice of how much information they consume. This will satisfy those who have only a few minutes to spare as well as those who want to find out more.

Break It Down and Keep It Organised

One of the benefits of blogs is that they are quick and entertaining to read. In light of that, a wall of text can be extremely off-putting and difficult to focus on. Breaking a post down into subheadings will not only make it look smarter and more appealing, but also allows readers to come back to a particular point in the article later on when their boss isn’t looking over their shoulder.

Subheadings are not only useful in the article but also for a blogger’s entire site. WordPress archives users’ work for them, grouping it into monthly chunks. However, if a variety of different topics are covered within the general theme, it is much easier for followers to find an old article if the posts are organised by category on the right hand side of the page. For example, in the craft blog mentioned above, categories might include ‘Fashion’, ‘Kitchen’, ‘Home’, ‘Garden’ and ‘Kids’. An organised page looks more professional and allows newcomers to browse past posts before following.

A Splash of Colour

In addition to using subheadings for breaking up a wall of text, images also help to generate and maintain interest. When using images that do not belong to them, it is important to provide links to the source to avoid any trouble. Using personal images can be more interesting, and bloggers do not have to be experts in photography or Photoshop to create a good image. Simple software and applications such as Instagram can edit images to make them look more professional and to keep followers entertained.

Technical Tips

The success of a WordPress blog does not rely solely on content – there are matters such as plugins to consider, too. In its list of technical tips for WordPress success, Hongkiat includes suggestions such as installing a plugin that allows users to submit posts to others bloggers’ sites. Allowing followers to get involved and creating a higher level of interactivity can broaden the market of a blog as well as maintaining interest. It can also benefit the blogger by allowing more regular updates without having to produce work when they don’t have time. Other suggestions from Hongkiat include creating a neat calendar view of the date on which the post was uploaded and adding Reddit buttons to allow users to promote the post on Reddit. This can also be applied to other sites such as Twitter and Pinterest (which would be appropriate for the craft blog). Sharing has become an integral part of promotion and marketing, and one share from a follower could dramatically increase the number of followers.

Guest Author: Evelyn Page

Evelyn Page is a freelance writer for Wait.co.uk and in her spare time enjoys blogging and internet shopping!

Fortunately Google Image Search isn’t the only option we have. There are many image search engines and stock photo websites out there where you can look for any type and quality of images. Below we’ve listed 22 image search engines and websites that absolutely worth your attention, some of them even support reverse image search.

Google Images
Undeniably, Google Images is the most commonly used image search engine on the Web. Depending on your needs, you can use its filters including sizes, colors, type of images, times, and SafeSearch to restrict the results to the images you want. Additionally, you can also search images by pasting image URL or uploading an image instead of entering keywords.

Yahoo! Image Search
Similar to Google, Yahoo also has a powerful image search engine that allows you to narrow down your searches by using their filters such as colors, sizes, websites, etc.

Bing Image Search
Being a popular search engine, Bing also allows you to search images with its refined interface. You can filter the image results by sizes, colors, layouts, styles and people. The size of display thumbnails can be set as small, medium or large depending on your needs. SafeSearch feature provided too.

Ask.com Image Search
When searching images on Ask.com, the search engine will recommend you related searches helping you to find the right photo faster. The image results can be filtered by sizes and colors.

Flickr
One of the most famous photo sharing and management sites on the Web. On Flickr, you can find a wide variety of photos that can be used for personal and commercial projects. It’s also a great platform for sharing photography and videos.

PhotoBucket
PhotoBucket is a well-known online image hosting site where you can browse, upload and download quality images for free. If you stumble upon any interesting photographs, PhotoBucket enables you to instantly share them on your favourite social networking sites.

ShutterStock
This is a huge stock photo agency that provides millions of quality images, photographs, illustrations as well as videos. You can either find the photos by using its search engine or browsing its comprehensive categories.

iStockPhoto
Similiar to ShutterStock, iStockPhoto is another site that offers a wide selection of free stock photos, vector illustrations, footage and audio files which can be used for various types of projects.

National Geographic Photography
One of the best sites to find stunning photography and breathtaking wallpapers related to animals, nature and weather, landscapes, people and culture, travel, etc.

Stock.xchng
Stock.xchng provides high quality stock photography where you can download them for your own use and share with your friends via social networking sites. The website also has forum allowing you to chat with other members.

TinEye
This is a famous reverse image search engine that lets you search images by using image instead of text. To use the service, you can upload the image, enter image’s URL or drag any image file and drop it on the page.

GettyImages
GettyImages is another online creative resource where you find tons of stock images and video clips, both rights-managed and royalty-free.

American Memory from the Library of Congress
On American Memory site, you can find valuable images, maps and audio files that chronicle America’s historical people, places and events.

Topsy Image Search
Topsy, a search engine that not only allows you to search Tweets and links published on Twitter, but also images and videos. The results can be sorted by relevancy and date.

Twicsy
Twicsy enables you to search newly uploaded photos on Twitter. It helps you to understanding the latest trends on social networks.

Corbis Images
On Corbis Images site, you can find a wide variety of stock images, photography, illustrations as well as video clips. All these creative resources can be used for advertising, web design and social media projects.

PicSearch
PicSearch is a search engine for images, photos as well as animated pictures. The online service provides a number of options such as colors, sizes, orientations and types, helping you to find the images you want, effectively.

Exalead Image Search
Exalead’s image search engine has a number of filter options such as size, content, realism, file type, orientation and color allowing you to search images more specifically.

New York Public Library
With NYPL digital gallery, users can access to a vast collections of vintage photography, historical maps, posters, manuscripts and many more.

HST’s Greatest Hits 1990-1995
This site is specifically designed for those who love space and astronomy. You can find a huge selection of photos of celestial objects taken by Hubble Space Telescope.

Image * After
This is a good site where you find and download high resolution images and textures for any purposes.

Skylines
Skylines is an interesting image search engine where you can find real-time photos posted on Twitter and other social networking sites. You can narrow the searches by using Hashtag and Location.

Talking about transferring money through the Internet, many people are concerned about their credit card information being stolen, financial accounts being hacked, or not being able to get back refund if the item purchased is broken. Additionally, some people encountered problems like not being able to use local credit card on a website, or being unsuccessful in completing a transaction due to unknown reasons.

Given the above facts, it’s important to know more online payment services rather than just PayPal so that you’ll have choices when in need. Today we’ve rounded up 7 reliable global payment processing services similar to PayPal which can help you to transfer, receive and even request money in the safe and easy way.

PayPal
PayPal is the most widely used payment processing services on the Web. Users can connect the service with their local bank account. In the event that this option is not available in certain countries, credit card or debit card can be used instead. Once you’ve chosen the payment method and established the connection, you can send, receive or even request payment with it. Every money transfer will be charged an additional fee and the rate varies between countries. Additionally, Paypal offers buyer protection so that user can request for refund within 45 days (maximum).

Google Wallet
Google Wallet is a very convenient app that stores your credit and debit cards on your Android phone. It’s like your digital wallet where you can pay by tapping the back of your mobile phone to a NFC point of sale terminal at checkout. When it comes to online shopping, you can use Google Wallet to check out at any online merchants with “Google Wallet Buy” button. The only drawback of this service is that you are not allowed to transfer money to other users.

Amazon Payments
Amazon Payments is a very good PayPal alternative. It allows you to send and receive money from other users around the world. With AP account, you can add fund from your credit card or bank account, and make purchases on online merchants. When it comes to online business, Amazon customers can buy items from your site by using the payment details and shipping addresses stored in their Amazon accounts to complete the purchase.

Payoneer
Payoneer is a pretty unique financial service where you can send and receive money through re-loadable prepaid MasterCard. To get the card you will have to register the service and there’s no registration fee. However a small fee will be charged when activating the card. With the activated Payoneer card, you can load money into it from your bank account or credit card. The card can be used in stores, online or at the ATM. It’s very suitable for online shopping as it accepts many currencies.

Payza
Payza is another payment platform you can use to transfer money, make online payment and get paid from other users in over 190 countries. You can easily transfer fund to Payza from your local bank account or credit cards. Every transaction will be charged a small fee just like other online payment services. Apart from transferring fund between users Payza can also be used to buy items at many online merchants. The service has all the necessary security features to protect your financial information.

Skrill
Skrill (formerly known as Moneybookers) provides you an easy and cheap way to transfer money worldwide. The payment service connects with your bank accounts (in certain countries), and your credit or debit cards, so that you can send and request money of any currency to other users around the world. A fee will be incurred when there’s a money transfer from Skrill and the rate varies across different countries.

Square
Square is a very interesting payment processing service. To use the service, you need a little gadget that plugs into the headphone jack on your smartphone to read credit cards and accept payments. Square’s fee structure is very straight forward; it charges a standard 2.75% for every transaction. However there are some drawbacks you need to be aware of, Square is only available in the US and it does not support money transfer from your bank account.

Paymate
Paymate is an Australia based online payment facilitator that enables sellers from Australia and New Zealand to receive money from International buyers. Users can use the payment service on their e-commerce sites, online shopping sites as well as on eBay. The currencies accepted including AUD, NZD, USD, EUR, and GBP. Paymate also has risk management system assessing every transaction to prevent fraud. As a buyer, you can simply enter your credit card information without having to register an account. All your financial details will be carefully handled by Paymate and will not disclose to sellers.

The good news about cinemagraph is that it’s actually not that difficult to create one. Forget about using sophisticated computer software or thinking you might be stuck in the complicated making process. Creating an impressive cinemagraph only involves a few simple steps. All you need is your smartphone or tablet with cinemagraph-making app installed.

In today’s post, we’ve rounded up 6 free iOS and Android apps that let you create awesome cinemagraphs to impress people. So just give these apps a try and have fun!

iPhone’s Cinemagraph Making Apps

Cinemagram

This is one of the most popular cinemagraph-making apps available on the iPhone AppStore. Its intuitive user interface allows you to film a short video clip and then convert it into a cinemagraph in a few simple steps. You can also apply some video effects and filters making the end results even more impressive. Once it’s done, your art pieces can be instantly shared on the app itself or on the social networking sites including Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.

Echograph

Echograph is another app for making animated photography. Its cinemagraph creation process is quite straight forward and easy. The first step is to capture a video with your phone’s camera or import clip from the photo library. Secondly trim the duration and then select the start and end frames you want to create the loop’s illusion. Third step, select the photographic still frame as the cinemagraph’s backdrop. Lastly, paint your original video to sprinkle action into the static image. Once it’s completed, you can share your art works directly to Tumblr, Facebook, and Twitter.

Kinotopic

The process of making cinemagraph by using Kinotopic is pretty much similar to other apps. It involves three simple steps only. Firstly, you start with recording a new 3s video clip or choosing video from your phone’s multimedia library. Then edit the video by applying some effects, borders and filters. The last step requires you to animate a small portion of your video to complete the whole process. What makes Kinotopic unique is that it allows you to stabilize your video clip which helps to enhance the quality of the cinemagraph. Social sharing features also included in the app.

Flixel

Another free app for making a photo that contains a small portion of looping motion. The app has a pretty simple creation process. Once you’ve recorded a 4s video clip, tap the “Cinemagraph it” button to choose the portion of photo you want it to be animated. You can loop the animation forward or backward. Special effects like loop delay and filters can also be added to make the cinemagraphs look awesome. Similar to Cinemagram, Flixel allows you to either share your works with friends on social networking sites or save it to camera roll for your own viewing.

iCinegraph

iCinegraph lets you create high resolution animated photograph and the duration can be as long as you want. The creation process is easy. All you have to do is record a vide clip and then paint the animated parts with your fingertip. You can make your art piece looks great by adding some effects and filters. The unique part about this app is that it comes with a viewer where you can view cinemagraphs directly on your phone.

Android’s Cinemagraph Making Apps

Fotodanz

If you are using Android based smartphone, Fotodanz is a good choice you can try. The app’s animated photograph making process is very simple. All you need to do is record a 3 or 5s video clip, highlight the area you want to be animated, and then tap “OK” to share your artwork with your friends via SMS, Facebook and Twitter. To make your cinemagraph more impressive, you can animate more than one area, change the looping styles as well as apply some filters and effects.

In today’s post, we would like to recommend you some effective tips to deal with broken links on your WordPress blog. These solutions are determined based on our in-depth research on the net and our SEO experience. Hope you’ll find them helpful.

Tip 1: Identify Broken Links on Your Site

There are number of ways you can use to check broken links on your site. Online services like Google Webmaster Tools, Xenu’s Link Sleuth, Integrity (for Mac OSX) and WordPress plugins like Broken Link Checker and Broken Links Remover can be used to scan your site and list out broken links easily.

Tip 2: Remove Broken Links from Your Site

Given the facts that broken links are unfriendly to both your visitors and search engines, the easiest solution would be removing them from your site. Previously we’ve published a tutorial guiding you to find and remove broken links from Google search results by using Google Webmaster Tools. If you are WordPress user, install Broken Link Checker plugin to perform the same job.

Tip 3: Apply 301 Redirect

In many cases, broken link is caused by the landing page that’s no longer there. To solve the problem, you can apply a 301 redirect. This status code means that “a page isn’t here anymore, it has moved to a new location”. It helps to make sure that both visitors and search engines are redirected to the right page instead of presenting an error page or blank page. It’s important to understand the difference between 301 and 302 redirects. A 302 status code says that “This page is temporarily unavailable, but it will be back soon.” So, when the search engine bots crawl the broken link, it will not replace the old URL with the new one.

If you have no idea how to set up a 301 redirect on the web servers like Apache and Microsoft IIS, ask your server administrator for help. As for the WordPress user, plugins like Redirection, Quick Page/Post Redirect plugin and Simple 301 Redirects can be used to specify both redirect type and redirect location, and manage them easily.

Tip 4: Create a Professional Looking 404 Error Page

In case your website has broken internal links, then an informative 404 error page will be useful for telling your visitors about what happened, helping them to find what they’re looking for. Better yet, you can provide a search engine allowing your visitors to find other related pages on your site. It’s not advisable to show your visitors a boring and blank page which will cause them leaving your site immediately.

If you have no idea how to create an appealing 404 error page, check out our showcase of 60 File Not Found pages to get some ideas!

Due to the advancement in high speed Internet and popularity of mobile devices, big companies like Apple and Google have entered the online TV markets. It shows how important video streaming is these days. So if you are an Internet marker, e-commerce entrepreneur or content publisher, video streaming is something you absolutely can’t afford to miss!

Today we’ve rounded up 10 most commonly used video streaming services where you can live stream any shows and events by connecting your webcam, camcorder, or mobile device to the Internet. These sites offer all the necessary video and broadcast tools so that you can reach your target audience easily. Apart from that, social sharing features are also available where you can embed video on your blog, or share it on Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites. So if you are ready to live stream your show for the first time, check out the following websites.

UStream
UStream is one of the most popular live video streaming services that allow you to broadcast your live shows and events online. The site features multiple social media buttons and functionalities making video sharing an easy task. Also, users can search and watch online events without having to login to the service.

Livestream
Livestream is another widely used live streaming video platform. Users can broadcast video online through camcorder, computer’s webcam, smartphone, camera, etc. The service offers a variety of video tools, media players, embedding and sharing features, helping you to connect your live video to your audience.

Justin TV
Justin TV, another good choice for broadcasting user-generated live video while allowing users to create real-time connections with people around the world. The free service allows users’ videos reach unlimited number of audience for free. As a viewer, you can watch the broadcasts without having to register as a member.

Bambuser
Bambuser allows users to live stream videos from the mobile phone, computer’s webcam and DV camera. The free service is social media friendly, you can easily stream live mobile video on Facebook, Twitter, WordPress and Myspace. Other features include integrated online storage, geo-location tagging as well as sharing buttons.

YouNow
This is a live social TV platform where users can broadcast videos through mobile phone and webcam. It’s a good place to watch live broadcasts and meet new friends.

QIK
With QIK, you can capture mobile video and share it with others right when you’re recording. Additionally you can use mobile video chat with other QIK users. QIK is social networks supported, making video embedding and sharing an easy task.

Freedocast
With Freedocast, you can broadcast live video and chat with other users. The service comes with Flash video encoder which provides you the best quality streaming. Freedocast also enables you to add effects to videos, making your PC a studio.

Vaughn Live
This is a social broadcast and entertainment site where users can live stream video and make new friends.

Vokle
Vokle is a good place to broadcast live video and audio to wide audience and the videos can be easily embedded on any websites and blogs. The platform allows users to take text and video call questions from audience for better discussion and interaction.

Flixwagon
Flixwagon enables users to use their mobile phones to broadcast live video online. Users can watch videos on the site, upload them to YouTube as well as share it on Facebook.

1. Creating a strong password is the first thing that you should do when making your WordPress secure. You must create a strong admin login in the initial stages so that no one will be able to login your WordPress without your permission. You can enhance this and make it more effective by changing your password at the end of every month. This will keep off any hackers who thought of compromising your blog.

2. If you want your readers to read the full post then you should stop it at a spot where the reader gets more curious. It is at this spot that you should insert the ‘’read more’’ tag. Each and every post has such a spot and you should take advantage and make the reader want to read more. Let the reader have no other alternative but to want to read more. This will eventually increase the number of people who frequent your WordPress.

3. Any time that you are looking for a WordPress developer to develop your site you should be careful and interview them first before settling on any of them. Ask them if they understand php ,if they don’t but they claim to be developers and not designers then you should run as you still can instead of working with someone who does not understand what he is doing.

4. If you had blocked off search engines from your privacy settings during the construction of your site then you should remember to switch them on when you decide to go live, this is because that little sucker blocks them for good and can only return if you turn them on as they are not automatic. This will help you greatly when it comes to ranking of your site. If you go live and the search engines are still blocked then you will not be ranked and this will give you no traffic whatsoever.

5. Contact information is paramount regardless of whether it is a website or a WordPress blog. You should make sure that people are able to communicate with you effectively. Without contact your WordPress will be of no use to the user and yourself. You should not hide your contact information at the foot of your page or with a very small font size that the reader cannot even figure out what you have written. Instead you should have a separate page with all the contact information well displayed without hiding anything.

6. You should also remember that Google looks for alternate tags when indexing images, as a result you should never forget the alt tag when you are inserting photos to your blog as this is what Google looks for .Google does not like a blog where the alternate tags are missing in action.

7. You should be very careful as you underline any tag. Many people still think that any underlined text is a link. Avoid confusing the reader as they will think you are doing it at will. Let any text that you are underlining be important and if it is not then you should avoid doing so.

8. Boost your security and avoid giving hackers any login information to your WordPress blogs. If you are still using the default admin then this means that you are giving the hackers a 50% opportunity to get your login information. To avoid doing this you should create a new username and do away with the old one by deleting it. As you do so remember to assign your posts and pages to the new username before deleting the old one.

9. Use images to promote emotions on your blog post. With photos on your blog you will be able to attract more readers to your site. Make sure that the photo you are using in your blog is related to the content of the blogs. Any reader who visits your blog and sees these images you have some hard time forgetting your site and as a result they will keep coming back to your site. Let the image you have decided to use provoke some information that will help in establishing a relationship between the reader and your blog.

10. Also remember that the moment you hit that publish button then the blog immediately appears on the web and to your RSS subscribers. This means that you should never hit that button if you are not sure whether your blog is alright. Avoid publishing your blog when you are angry as this will be reflected directly to the readers and rest assured not many will be pleased by what you have written. If you write a blog when you are angry or in bad moods then you should not publish it until you are sober. The best alternative at this point will be to save it in the drafts and then revisit it later when everything has calmed down.

11. Also think about the theme you choose for your website or blog. Verify whether it meets all your needs or it still needs so more work done on it. You should only use a theme that allows your site to grow as your business grows. Changing a theme at the middle of the road is not a simple thing that can be done with a click of a button and for this reason you should be very careful before you approve any theme.

12. You should always back up your files and database regularly if you are self hosted. By doing this you will be playing safe and securing all your files so that you do not lose them.

If you follow all these guidelines clearly then you will be increasing traffic to your WordPress blogs and at the same time you will have a database with secure blogs that you can be proud of.

Guest Author: Gary

I am Garry a web enthusiast. I am content writer and blogger by profession. I write different articles and blogs related to web design, web development, Internet marketing, web design etc. Currently I am working with Softtrix as a Content writer. I am very passionate towards my work. I always love to explore myself in the things that interest me.