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Twitter is a great tool for finding information, meeting new people, building social networks (both personal and professional), sharing your knowledge, website, expertise with others, and so much more. However, getting useful information out of Twitter can be surprisingly difficult,…
Developing a personal brand is essential to differentiating yourself and establishing a reputation. Personal brands are developed over time, but can be honed, shaped, and changed at a moment’s notice. Personal brands are good for any professional, but are absolutely…
There are so many plugins for WordPress it’s hard to know where to begin. I’ve spent years researching, testing, and using a variety of plugins and have compiled here my list of what I consider to be the best. Must…
The comment spam that is left on this site is absolutely ridiculous. Links surrounded by incoherent drivel that sometimes hardly passes for any language, whatsoever. Now, I’m not against anyone promoting their site in a comment, so long as the…
One of the most important topics of our day (for website admins, anyway) is Search Engine Optimization, or SEO. This is the practice of optimizing a website for search engine results. There is much to say about this – and,…
I was recently reminded of an experience that I had gone through during the “wild west” days of the Internet – when this domain was held hostage by an unscrupulous company. When I first got the bright idea of registering…
I’ve been doing some experimenting with social bookmarking sites, like Digg, Reddit, Mixx, and StumbleUpon. When no effort is made, they provide an absolutely small measure of traffic. On a blog that was recently launched, that has no real established…
Security is an important issue for all blogs. The developers at WordPress do a good job of keeping an eye on security issues and plugging any holes that are discovered. However, it’s good practice to take additional steps to ensure…
Twitter asks the simple question, “What are you doing?” But the question, “Why do you twitter?” seems to be much more popular with friends, co-workers, and family members, who “don’t get” twitter. I do it for the information.