In the early days, spammers would post on their blogs frequently - sometimes every 15 minutes. And for awhile it may have worked - until it was abused too often and search engines realized they were being tweaked for better rankings. A clue? Few people can post that often, day in and day out. As well, the content of the posts left something to be desired - a post every 15 minutes sounding like a...

It’s true - if you’ve writing with WordPress, then you should know that there’s a trick you can use to add more pages, and get more search engines results - without writing more. It’s actually simple to use - just add the following to your articles at key locations: <!--nextpage--> In WordPress, this splits the page, and creates a second (or third, or fourth) page. That’s how I do it here...

I once had a roommate deliver a speech on something or other. In fact, I don’t remember what the speech was, only the example. In it, someone was walking to a job interview in a white suit. He sees someone in the water, jumps in, and saves them. That’s why when he gets to the job interview late, he has a spot on his suit, and doesn’t get the job. The actual illustration was MUCH...

In the process of transferring some older blogs over to another site (preparation for an ActiveBlogging Report article), I was reminded of a little trick I learned about setup - but unfortunately AFTER I set these particular blogs up! The trick is simple: as discussed in my post on mySQL, the WordPress setup involves four pieces of data - a DATABASE, a USER with PASSWORD, and a HOST (usually localhost). But the wp-config.php file includes...

mySQL, the database behind WordPress, could possibly be called the ‘heart’ - after all, unless you ‘pour’ the mySQL data into the blog, it stays a static, lifeless site. But in any case, mySQL is a very important part of WordPress, so it’s worth knowing a small amount about how it is organized, and how it’s used in WordPress. The basics of mySQL are simple (at least as far as WordPress is concerned: • You set...

When I did software consulting, I had a client who told me of a quote that stuck with me. It was a quote that motivated him when times were tough, and I’ve found it tremendously useful as well. But before I introduce it, the reason for mentioning it: as you blog and try to succeed online, time can drag, and success can drag even more. Whether you are building blogs for affiliate income, using a...