Blog Category: Blogs

This article reviews how to add audio files, like MP3′s, to your WordPress blog or WordPress website.

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Sometimes it becomes necessary to move your website from one hosting company to another. As a small business website owner you may wonder what is involved in this process so that you can judge the benefits versus the cost of moving to a new website hosting company. I recently moved several dozen of my clients, including my own website, from one hosting company to another, in search of better customer service, and wanted to give others who may be contemplating such a move an idea of what’s involved.

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You know you’re going to have a bad day when you Google your website and see the warning “This Site May be Compromised” in blue underneath your website address:

This is what happened to one of my clients. Find out what we did to fix this and get the warning removed.

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I often recommend adding a blog to my small business clients’ websites – and I do this to improve their website traffic and search engine rankings. How can adding a blog accomplish these goals?

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Ok, I admit it. Since yesterday afternoon I’ve been trying to improve the speed of my blog. And this one tool has been incredibly helpful. PageSpeedTest How fast is your website loading? Find out!

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All bloggers should read this Reuters article “Judge in US defamation rules blogger not journalist“. Sorry if you’ve already heard of this, I’ve been on vacation and am just finding out now.

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I just noticed that my Feedburner counter shows zero readers. I went searching to see if anyone else has this issue and found this post: Feedburner Counter displays 0 readers on all blogs – so apparently it’s not just me. I agree with Vincent and am hoping Google hasn’t just decided to kill Feedburner services. Here’s a link to the official Feedburner Status Blog.

UPDATE: The number came back, magically, by itself. No idea why.

One of my clients found this excellent list of “50 Blog Topics for Small Business Owners”. If you have a small business website with a blog, and are banging your head on the desk trying to think of what to write about, read over this list, it’s sure to help you think of something to write!

50 Blog Topics for Small Business Owners by Jessica Swanson.

In the last 12 months, I’ve had three clients with WordPress blogs get hacked into. In every case, the WordPress version had become outdated. So if you see a little message like this when you log into your WordPress Dashboard:

Don’t ignore it, just hit the “Please update now” link and follow the instructions.

WordPress may release updates every month, or every few months, so be sure to log into your blog at least monthly to check for a new version number.

Prevent hacking and viruses – keep your WordPress Blog updated!

I ran across a really impressive article today while I was working on a client’s WordPress blog. She had hired a company to perform SEO (Search Engine Optimization) on her blog and was unhappy and looking for guidance. While I knew some of the basics, I went in search of some expert advice. I wanted to post a link to this comprehensive article called “WordPress SEO: The Definitive Guide To Higher Rankings For Your Blog” written by Yoast that I found, because although it’s quite lengthy and time consuming, it’s a wonderful checklist for those of you who have time and patience and want to increase the rankings of your blog.

He starts out with the most important things to focus on:

• Permalinks (I always do this)
• Titles (yup, this too)
• Descriptions (um, don’t really do this at all for my posts)
• More text (who new you could change this!)
• Image Optimization (those pesky alt tags!)

Enjoy!