WordPress Spam Management

It is virtually unheard of for a WordPress blog to not receive some form of spam, which means that many users take advantage of the Akismet tool, a plugin included in WordPress that can be activated when you first install your blog software.

However using Akismet can result in a considerable time overhead when it comes to managing spam, especially if your blog is growing in popularity. If this is something that has happened to you, then you could be veering from tearing your hair out in frustration to considering blocking comments or using one of the third party comments solutions discussed previously.

Fortunately you don’t have to do this. There are plenty of ways in which you can minimize the time required to manage spam comments on your blog thanks to WordPress and [...]

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Is Your Font So Bright, You Gotta Wear Shades?

One of the biggest mistakes that a lot of webmasters make can drive visitors away in an instant. What’s sad is the fact that this mistake can be so easily avoided that it is almost insane.  Take a look at your text on your website.  Take a good, long look at it.  Ask yourself these four questions [...]

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Responsive RichWP FrameWork Sneak Peek & The New BlogBEAST Child Theme

We are about to wrap up work on the FrameWork update and we’re getting closer and closer to the release of the responsive version of the RichWP FrameWork. To make sure that everything meets our high expectations for this release we have set it up on a high traffic website … and it is running smooth! Click on the screenshot below for a sneak peek of the upcoming RichWP Responsive WordPress FrameWork + New BlogBEAST Child Theme. Resize the browser window for the responsive effects or load the site on your tablet or smart phone:

Responsive WordPress FrameWork Sneak Peak

Besides the new BlogBEAST Child Theme I will also release another full responsive Child Theme named SuperBLOGGER. Stay Tuned!

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Going the Extra Step – Helping Your Readers Understand Your Mumbo Jumbo

How many times have you read an article which was full of terms and words you didn’t understand? Frustrating, isn’t it? You are trying to find out some information. You find a good article to read that gives you the information that you are looking for. But the person who wrote the article filled it with a lot of words and phrases that you need a college degree to understand.

Too many writers make this exact same mistake. They want to impress their readers with their knowledge. Therefore, they write a lot of long words that makes them look like they know what they’re talking about.  The problem is that they lose their reader and make their reader feel dumber than they are.

Here are some suggestions on avoiding this problem with your audience [...]

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Choosing a Suitable Comments Solution for Your Blog

Whether you want to receive feedback from readers, foster a community spirit or simply provide a way of collecting information for use in future posts, the use of comments in blogs can work wonders.

Most blog software features its own comments function; if you use Blogger, for instance, then your readers can sign-in with a Google or Open ID account to leave their thoughts.

WordPress users, have a much wider selection of solutions at their fingertips. Along with the native option, plugins for services such as Disqus and Facebook can be added to a blog [...]

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3 Ways to Keep Your Articles From Being a Cure for Insomnia

Everyone had at least one of them. You remember, that teacher who put you to sleep. He or she rambled on and on. They used the same monotonous voice. No excitement. No end to the lecture.  They spoke in seemingly endless sentences that really had no meaning. Think of the teacher in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” who put all of his students into a stupor.

Unfortunately, there are some content writers like that.  Their sentences are long and boring. Their paragraphs are endless.   They use hundreds of words without really saying anything at all.  They think that longer is better.

Not with content, it isn’t.

Here are some rules of thumb to remember when it comes to writing content [...]

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Inspiration: Best Gray Color Schemes

Recently, gray has been a popular color in the world of Web 2.0. This is because gray is a generally understated color with thousands of possibilities. In this article, I will be going over my favorite sites with a gray color scheme.

TweetDeck

Tweetdeck

#1F1F1F #efefef #2a2b2c #1f1f1f

TweetDeck’ s webpage features an amazing color combination of light and dark grays. This combined with extremely simple fonts and content boxes makes this site the Web 2.o lover’s dream. Personally, I’m a huge fan of the buttons TweetDeck has decided to use on their site. This is because they offer light gradients which add a bit of “flare” to the buttons [...]

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5 Types of Useful Articles Visitors Love

Why should people read your articles? What good is it going to do them to read what you have written? If you can’t answer these questions, then you haven’t written a good article.

Let’s face it. People are busy these days.  They have work. They have families to take care of. They don’t want to spend time reading articles that aren’t going to give them anything in return.  That is why you have to give them a reason to read the articles.  You have to give them something that repays them for the time they spent to read it.

There are five main types of articles that people love to read [...]

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Building Relationships and Driving Visitors to Your Site with Twitter

More and more bloggers are turning to Twitter to promote their services and content, using the popular micro-blogging service to deliver updates and build relationships with their readers in a way that offers a more natural conversation than, say, email or blog comments.

Thanks to tweet scheduling and RSS feeds you can manage the exact time your latest posts are updated on the social network. Techniques such as these might seem a little impersonal but they’re only a couple of the tools that the savvy blogger has in his or her Twitter arsenal.

Building relationships is important with any blog – setting yourself up as a voice of authority on a particular subject automatically draws readers towards you. With Twitter you can contact your readers directly, engage in small exchanges and use the service to spread your reach beyond that provided by your favored blog platform [...]

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How to Engage Your Readers – The Introduction Paragraph

Did you know that most people are too busy to read beyond an article’s opening paragraph? That’s why it’s so important to write a good one. If the opening paragraph of your article isn’t good, the person won’t bother reading the rest of it. That may be the reason why writers just don’t know how to write our articles’ opening paragraphs. Do you have this problem? You are not alone. But once you have read my article, you are going to find writing your opening paragraph much easier. I am going to give you the steps that are needed to write a great opening paragraph every time [...]

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