Top 10 Website and/or Blog Traffic Tips

Posted by WP Gal in Blog, Blog Maintenance, Blog Optimization, Blog Tips, Inbound Marketing, Internet Marketing, Keywords, SEO (Search Engine Optimization), Social Media, WordPress plugins | 3 comments Traffic building is a form of online marketing, and it isn’t a magic formula where you snap your fingers and *poof*, you have regular visitors on your website or blog. It requires work, and most importantly, time and dedication to drive traffic to site. There are many ways to increase traffic to your website or blog, but it boils down to building trust and credibility. When people trust...
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The Beginner’s Guide to Web Design with WordPress at Learnable

Posted by WP Gal in Blog, Blog Maintenance, Blog Tips, WordPress, WordPress plugins, WordPress themes | 0 comments It’s been rather quiet here in the UC Web Creations blog, but that’s because I’ve been so busy with several web design projects as well as a project of my own: a beginner’s WordPress course! Introducing my new course, “The Beginner’s Guide to Web Design with WordPress”, offered exclusively at Learnable.com. In the past few months, I’ve been lucky...
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“Everybody Wins” Contest from Maxblogpress – Win the Subscribers Magnet Plugin!

Posted by WP Gal in Blog, Contests, Resources, WordPress plugins | 0 comments MaxblogPress has made a few very useful free and premium plugins, such as the Maxblogpress Ninja Affiliate that I use and reviewed a while back. I’ve had my eye on Maxblogpress’ newest plugin, Subscribers Magnet, for a while. This WordPress plugin essentially will help you build an email list much faster than using conventional methods, and it’s very easy to work with. It...
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WordPress Security Tips: Avoid The Hackers Series (Part 1)

Posted by WP Gal in Blog, Blog Maintenance, Blog Optimization, Blog Tips, WordPress, WordPress plugins | 0 comments “Ack!! What happened to my blog??” As with everything that becomes popular, WordPress is not immune to the potential breach of security that hackers can inflict, and it certainly has not escaped the attention of hackers around the globe. There is always someone out there who wants to do more harm than good… that’s how I see hackers, anyway. As a law-abiding citizen, I...
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Discover How to Improve Your Page Rank and Site Traffic

Posted by WP Gal in Blog, Blog Maintenance, Blog Optimization, Blog Tips, SEO (Search Engine Optimization), WordPress, WordPress plugins | 1 comment With many dubbing Google as the “King of the Internet”, any changes they make to the way they rank a website catches everyone’s attention, including mine! There are many ways to improve your page rank and traffic on your site, but in this post, I will concentrate on one major tip: decrease your site load time! If you’re wondering why, read on! I guess I should start by...
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WordPress Plugins: Friends or Foes?

Posted by WP Gal in Blog, Blog Maintenance, Blog Tips, WordPress, WordPress plugins | 0 comments One of the greatest things about WordPress is the ability to add functionality to it via plugins. There are some awesome free and premium plugins out there that will enhance your WordPress blog or website, and personally, I find it difficult to keep my number of active plugins to a minimum, but there are a few reasons to not install every single plugin you find that you like! Why would you want...
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Awesome WordPress Plugin for Audio

Posted by WP Gal in Blog, Blog Tips, WordPress, WordPress plugins | 0 comments I really disklike having any kind of Flash on websites and/or blogs that I own or design, and I know there are many designers and developers out there who agree with me. Using flash also makes SEO more challenging for websites and blogs, which is another reason to stay away from flash if you can. In addition to working by day as a Technical Trainer, working by night as a freelance web and blog...
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As Promised – MaxBlogPress Ninja Affiliate Special Discount

Posted by WP Gal in Blog, Internet Marketing, Social Media, WordPress, WordPress plugins | 0 comments Yesterday I mentioned that the “MaxBlogPress Ninja Affiliate” plugin was going to have a discount soon, and I now have more details, so as promised, I’m passing this information on to you! It’s a $30 discount that brings the cost down from $97 to $67, and it’s only available for 3 days starting tomorrow! (From Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010, until Friday, February 5th,...
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MaxBlogPress Ninja Affiliate Plugin Review

Posted by WP Gal in Blog, Internet Marketing, Social Media, WordPress, WordPress plugins | 4 comments Have you ever been on someone’s site and noticed that a link was shorter and simpler than expected? Maybe an example will illustrate this better: http://www.sitename.com/xxxx Where “xxx” can be anything from twitter, facebook, maybe a product recommendation, etc. (so www.sitename.com/facebook, or www.sitename.com/twitter, or www.sitename.com/recommends/productx,...
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WordPress 2.8.5: Hardening Release (Security Update)

Posted by WP Gal in Blog, Blog Maintenance, WordPress, WordPress plugins | 0 comments As with any technology that becomes popular, there are always people out there who decide to develop ways to attack, hack, exploit, and just plain break it! In my opinion, Apple will soon be facing this problem as well as Macs become more and more popular. WordPress is no different, and with WordPress popularity growing at a fast pace and being so widely used, there have been some security...
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