The internet is filled with tens of thousands of web tools and services for bloggers to use.
How can you know which ones are best for your blog or business? Some advertise more than others and you usually see the ones that pay more, some are more user-friendly, while some need the mind of a pro. [Read more…]
Getting hacked is one of the worst things that can happen to your website. Not only is it difficult to clean up after the mess, but sometimes it’s also nerve-wracking to shore up your website’s defenses. After all, you don’t want the hacking to happen again. Now, in dealing with this, prevention is always better than cure; that starts with finding out why your WordPress blog is getting hacked.
A picture paints a thousand words, meaning it’s an integral part of any blog especially if you want to spare your brain from the additional torture– er, task of churning out more words for your content. However, if handled incorrectly, images can cause more harm than good for your website. Some images are simply too cumbersome in size or data, which is why image compression plugins exist.
Content marketing is the bread and butter of a lot of blogs these days. By definition, it’s a form of marketing that focuses on the creation of content to be distributed to a target audience online. Of course, the bigger the audience, the better the views which, in turn, increases your blog’s popularity or revenue. Luckily, it’s an easy task you can make easier with the help of content marketing plugins.
Whether you’re maintaining a personal blog, putting together a portfolio, or building a business website, security is paramount. As a platform, WordPress is hit more than almost any other by cybercriminals. Don’t worry, though. Securing your site is actually a lot easier than you’d expect.
Security can be overwhelming. Even a user-friendly content management system (CMS) like WordPress is, when you look under the hood, fairly technically complex (at least for a layperson). At the same time, it’s not something you can afford to ignore, even if you’re just using WordPress to host a simple digital portfolio.
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