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WordPress Plug-Ins Every Webmaster should be using

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If you use wordpress as your content management system then you need to take advantage of the many plug-ins available to use. Everyday there are more plug-ins added to wordpress from developers all across the globe and you should make sure you implement the useful ones into your blog. In this article we’re going to look at some of the free wordpress plug-ins that every webmaster should use on there blogs.

#1 – Google Sitemap Generator Plug-in

There are a couple Google sitemap generator plug-ins on the market for wordpress and you can choose whichever one you want. By using this plug-in you’ll allow the search engines to easily find all your posts and pages which will allow them to index your pages quicker.

#2 – All-In-One-SEO-Plug-in

The All-In-One-SEO-Plug-in optimizes your blog posts and pages for the search engines. You will be able to input your own title, keywords and description for the search engines so it allows you to target the keywords that you want to target. This plug-in is viral for attracting search engine traffic from long-tail keywords and if you don’t use this plug-in you shouldn’t blog.

#3 – WordPress Back-up Plug-in

The wordpress back-up plug-in is very important to ensuring that you never lose any of your blog data. When you start customizing and changing things on your blog things can go wrong and if you don’t have a back-up of your blog then you could be in trouble. By activating this plug-in it will automatically create back-ups of your blog for you.

#4 – Related Posts Plug-in

The related-posts plug-in inputs links to older posts at the bottom of every new post you make. This is great for two reasons which are the fact that your visitors will be able to find related content on your blog to read which keeps them on your blog longer, and you’ll also have great inter-linking throughout your blog with this plug-in which is important for the search engines.

#5 – Sociable Plug-in

The sociable plug-in will place a small box of icons at the bottom of your posts and it will allow your blog readers to submit your posts to the social bookmarking websites. This is a good way to get free traffic from your visitors and if you get enough votes your posts could go viral.

There are plenty other wordpress plug-ins that you should use, but these ones are vital and should be installed instantly every time you start a new blog. Once you have them all on your computer then it’s quick to upload them to your new blogs and it’s important that you spend the time setting-up your blog properly so that it’s optimized for the search engines and blog readers.

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How to get quality content for your websites?

A website with quality content will always be getting decent traffic without doing much promotions. People will come again and again, since they are getting something new to learn or read. And if things are expressed in a good way, then they may feel it interesting to read and this might also make them one of the regular visitors of your site. But publishing quality content on a regular basis is not an easy job.

You might be thinking that you would surely be able to publish content on your sites on daily basis- after all its just a single post a day, right? But it won’t be that easy. What if you feel pretty tired for writing a quality post after coming from your college, job or whatever? And what if you continue it for the next few days. You will soon start to lose the knack in writing articles for your sites. You’ll be feeling as if it’s boring to write content on your own. And if that’s the case with you, then you should change your plans a bit.

At such situations you can choose either of the two options that we are going to mention here. You can update your sites on a weekly basis on your own or you can hire an article writer for your writing needs. If you are taking the first option, then it won’t be costing you anything. Not just that, it won’t be even eating up your precious time. But this won’t be bringing much posts even after a month or two. But on the other hand, if you settle with an article writer you’ll be getting articles on a daily basis without much efforts.

Before you decide to hire an article writer you should think whether it would be worth it. If your main aim is to make money from the different sites, then you should be thinking about the revenue that you’ll be getting after you publish those articles in your sites. A part of your earnings will have to be spent for hiring an article writer. Taking this into consideration calculate your earnings per month. And if you think, you’ll be getting some profit out of it, then go for it. Otherwise, concentrate in publishing your own content.

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How to host a newly created domain name?

After you register a domain name, the next thing that you should be doing is to host it somewhere. Its better to go with a reputed hosting company even if they charge a little bit higher than the rest. But if you don’t care with whom you host your site, then you may even go with a free hosting provider.

Depending on the size and complexity of your site, you may choose either a shared hosting, virtual private hosting or a dedicated hosting. When you buy a shared hosting account from a hosting provider, you will be allocated a portion of the disk space that is shared by thousands of other members who have already bought shared hosting from them. Not just the disk space, you’ll be sharing the RAM, bandwidth and other such resources with the many others who are hosting their sites with that particular shared hosting provider. If your site is getting a large amount of traffic daily, then it’s better to go with either a VPS (virtual private server) or a dedicated hosting.

The working of a VPS is much like a dedicated server. Here some kind of special software will be used by the hosting provider and this way you’ll be given a separate area under a server. But unlike a shared hosting account, the RAM, bandwidth and other such resources won’t be shared with others. You will be able to choose different plans according to your needs. Based on that, you’ll be given the resources which will be used exclusively for your needs. A VPS can be ordered for as low as $20 per month.

If your site is getting a lot of traffic, then you may opt for a dedicated server. This way, you are buying a separate server machine from the hosting provider. The server will be taken care by them exclusively for your needs. You can host unlimited number of sites in your dedicated server. The various resources like RAM, bandwidth, etc will be allocated just for your sites that you are hosting under the server. The price for a dedicated server will range from $ 65 to upwards per month.

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Entrepreneur through Blogging

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Entrepreneur through Blogging

Becoming an entrepreneur in any online or offline field can be a very
challenging job. It is because entrepreneurship in any field requires a
lot of hard work and perseverance. It would not be an exaggeration to
say that almost all the qualities which are essential for offline success
also play a very important role in becoming an online entrepreneur. It
is worth mentioning here that if you want to become an entrepreneur
through blogging, then you must have creativity, vision, optimism and
work excellence. If you already possess these qualities then it is more
than a probability that you can make it big in the world of blogging.

Technical knowledge and creativity crucial for becoming an
online entrepreneur

Contrary to several offline businesses where communication and
negotiation skills play a very great role, blogging is an internet
oriented business which requires more of technical knowledge,
creativity and marketing abilities. Link building skills also play a very
important role in becoming a successful entrepreneur through
blogging.

Ability to work without any support from others

A blogging entrepreneur should have an innate ability to be his own
leader. Not only that, he should also be able to cope up with the long
working hours, alone. Contrary to the popular belief, becoming a
successful blogger requires enthusiasm and long working hours. And
the most challenging part is that unlike in offline business, you need to
work alone.

Right attitude can take you a long way

Irrespective of the business you are in, right attitude can take you a
long way. Blogging is an industry which requires a lot of patience,
hard-work and commitment; it is very difficult to become a successful
entrepreneur through blogging. And all these qualities come
automatically if you have the right attitude towards work.

Try to go the extra mile

There are very few successful blogs which do not have any
competition. If you want to make your blog a big hit, then you should
be prepared to add content to your blog which is miles ahead of the
content of your competitor blogs. Like in any other business, you
require to be highly competitive to beat the competition. Any effort to
go the extra mile is definitely going to bring a positive difference to
your business.

Remember your goals as a blogger

To become an entrepreneur, it is imperative that you focus on your
goals as a blogger. Any strategy which is mutually beneficial for you
and your readers is worth considering. One must remember that to
make it big in any industry, it is essential to keep one updated with
the latest trends and idea, not to mention that an entrepreneur should
also be open to some degree of risk, if required.

If your dream is to become a successful entrepreneur, then blogging
can be a perfect platform for you. A commitment to win and achieve,
coupled with the above mentioned qualities will definitely help you in
establishing yourself as an online entrepreneur.

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How to index a website in Google

Your site will be indexed by Google only when the Google crawler finds a link to your site in any other site that has already been indexed by it. It’s job is to index sites and it does it by going through each and every do-follow links that it finds in sites that it has already indexed. If your site’s link is not there in any indexed site, then its almost impossible to get it indexed. The reason is – it should find your site somehow and without a link to your site even in a single site – it won’t be even knowing whether there is such a site online or not.

But there is one more way to index your site. Google allows to submit sites that are not yet indexed. And these sites will be indexed manually by the professionals out there at Google. For that you’ll have to submit your site using the appropriate form that you will be finding online in their site. But I don’t think, your site will be indexed this way. I have already tried this method. And this is something that I hate to do. It will surely take months. And even then, there is no guarantee that the site will get indexed. Then why should we index sites this way? Not just that, using the other method that we have mentioned above, your site will get indexed in a day or two.

One of the easiest way to index a site is by submitting press releases. There are a lot of press release sites. These would be surely high authority sites and so even new pages of the sites will get indexed the same instant. If you are gonna submit a press release of your site, you’ll be able to put a link to your site there. Google crawler will be crawling these sites every now and then since these are sites where people submit press releases. If you are doing it this way, then there is a high chance for your site to get indexed in Google in the next 1-2 days.

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How to rank a site high in Google.

Before you start ranking your site in Google, make sure the site is already indexed in Google. And if it’s already indexed in Google, then you may start doing SEO works on your site. Otherwise, get a link to your site from other sites that are already indexed in Google.

There are different methods of increasing the SERP of your site. SERP stands for Search Engine Ranking Position. Getting quality backlinks to your site should be your first aim when you think about increasing the SERP of your site. And when you publish quality content in your website, you’ll be automatically getting quality backlinks. People will like to point to an article published in your site, if its worth reading. And they would be interested in writing a short introduction regarding the post in your site and then may give a link to your site from their site – so that the visitors of their site can come to your site and read that wonderful post that you have created there, in your site. This way, you are getting an easy quality backlink and also free traffic.

So, that’s one of the ways of getting free backlinks. It may sound tough for you. But once you start publishing quality posts in your sites, you’ll start seeing a lot of traffic. And that will supplement you with a lot of quality one way backlinks as well.

Another way to get backlink is to contact webmasters directly. If you find a site that is related with yours, then try to get the email id of the webmaster and get in touch with him. Ask him to put a link to your site, and also ask what he wants from you in return of that. Some may ask a fee for putting your link on a monthly basis. And some may offer you a fee to put a permanent link – this will be a discounted fee – though it might be an higher amount. You may even find people who won’t be asking any fee at all- but they may ask a link in return for that from your site. In that case, you’ll have to link back to their site as well – and this is called as reciprocal linking. So that’s about getting backlinks directly from webmasters.

Doing the things that are mentioned above, you can increase the ranking of your site. But make sure you are getting links from quality sites, that are related with the niche that you are targeting.

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