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31 Days to a Build Better Blog

In an earlier post, I mentioned that I had just finished reading “ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six Figure Income.” As I stated in that article, whether you are a complete blogging novice or a seasoned veteran, … Continue reading

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There are no shortcuts

When you are trying to build a blog and hoping to make a little money in the process, it can be discouraging if you are not building consistent traffic.  It can be especially discouraging if your traffic is going down.  … Continue reading

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5 Search Engine Optimization (SEO) blog posts you need to read

So you want to build a better blog?  You’d love to earn more money from your ad space and then quit your day job.  But how do you do that?  We all know the simple answer – TRAFFIC!  But building … Continue reading

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Changing WordPress Posts to Pages

During the time that I was having problems with the spam injection hijack, I upgraded through a couple of versions of WordPress.  During this process, I somehow “lost” all my pages.  They were still there as posts, but for some … Continue reading

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How to add a Google AdSense link unit to the WordPress Loop

I am going to describe to you how to add a Google AdSense link unit to your WordPress Loop and stay within the (current) limitations of no more than three link units per page – and we will do it … Continue reading

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Add a digg count to your WordPress posts

One of the things that originally attracted me to WordPress was the extensibility of plugins. But I have more recently come “full-circle” in my thinking seeking to do more without the use of plugins. Not that I don’t like plugins, … Continue reading

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Displaying one category differently from all others in the WordPress loop

One of the categories of my blog is “My Bookmarks.” This is where I add the contents of my del.icio.us bookmarks to my blog to share with others. However, since these are not really “posts” for the blog, I set … Continue reading

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Further Optimization of the W3C Validation Images

So call me picky, but I went ahead and tried to further optimize the process for using the W3C validation buttons. I know that seems like trying to eek out another 10 horsepower from a 400 horsepower sports car, but … Continue reading

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Optimizing W3C Validation Buttons

I was recently working on one of my sites and had added the W3C buttons for valid XHTML and CSS (which actually validate, by the way). I regularly run speed reports on my sites as well and when I added … Continue reading

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