Backup Your Blog Online with… BlogBackupOnline

If you are looking for a good solution for backing up your blog or even transferring the content of your blog from one platform to another, you may want to give BlogBackupOnline a try. As the name suggests, BlogBackupOnline is a service that allows you to backup your blog and save it online.

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Attract New Readers by Seeding Your Blog

Seeding your blog is the act of pre-dating articles before you publish them. Similar to post-dating (adjusting the date so that your article will post in the future), you can adjust the publish date of your article to be some time in the past. By doing this you can seed your blog with articles like they have always been there.

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Optimize Your WordPress Blog For Mobile Devices

Today almost everyone has some sort of mobile device, whether it be a cell phone, PDA or a hand held gaming system like the PSP (Playstation Portable) that is capable of browsing the web. And more and more people are actually using these devices to email and view their favorite sites and blogs.

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Are You Losing Readers From Your 404 Page?

No need to worry though, by creating a custom, more helpful, 404 Error Page you can encourage readers to look further than the standard error page. And in the process you may be able to convert them into a loyal reader. Here is a quick guide on how to edit or create your own custom 404 Error Page in WordPress.

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Customize Your “Read More” Tag

By default the tag will insert the very bland “Read more…” (or similar, depending upon who coded your theme) text wherever used. This may be functional and get the basic job done, but it does little to encourage readers to actually click to continue reading. So how can we change this to something more personal and pleasing?

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Tips For Better Video Blogging

Video Blogging really seems to be catching on as of late. Even some well known, A-list, bloggers are getting in on this new medium. While I think it’s a great way to deliver your message, there are a few rules that should be followed. Here is a list of tips that will help take your video blogging to the next level, and make the experience more enjoyable for your readers (viewers).

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Easy and FREE Ways To Cloak Your Affiliate Links

Referrals are a great way to make money on your website or blog, however there are some issues in using the default referral link’s. The first is that they are usually very long and ugly. The second, and most important, is that many people won’t click on a link if it looks like an affiliate/referral […]

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10 Sources For Blogging Inspiration

Writing content for a blog can be tough work and if you run out of ideas, it can be down right impossible. The good news is that there are tons of ideas and topics to write about if you just know where to look. Here is a list of 10 sources to get your blogging […]

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Would You Be Prepared If Your Blog Just Disappeared?

Take a moment to think about that question. What if you woke up one morning, fired up your computer to check on your blog and nothing. It was just gone. Server crash, sloppy Systems Admin, or act of God, would you be prepared? How long would it take you to get back up and running? […]

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How To Manually Add Social Bookmarking Links

Social bookmarking is a big a deal, and with good reason. If you can get to the front page of any of these sites, then you’re all but guaranteed to get a huge influx of traffic. However, to get one of your posts to the front you have to get readers to vote for it, […]

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