Attention Fiction Lovers! Get Your Fiction Fix!

Love to read fiction but never seem to have the time to sit down? Feel guilty about all the things you ‘should’ be doing if you take the time out to read for pleasure? How ’bout some fiction on the go?!! Diva Fiction Bytes to the rescue! For just $14.95/year (only $9.95/year if you become [...]

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13 Plugins Make My WordPress World Go ‘Round

In honor of Thursday Thirteen, here are 13 WordPress plugins that I use and love. What are YOUR favorite plugins?

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DIY SEO: Step 7 – The Wrap-Up and the Handy Checklist

This is the ninth and final post in our DIY SEO for WordPress series.

Whew! You made it! You rock!

By now you have some serious DIY SEO for WordPress tools in your toolbox to help you get the attention of the search engines. By no means are you now an SEO expert – sheesh, neither am I – but you’ve got the basics now and let me tell you what – that’ll take you far.

I know all this might seem a bit overwhelming when you think about applying all these tips and tricks to your posts, but I’ve made a handy little checklist to help you.

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Using DoFollow Is Like Signing a Letter of Reference

Your page rank is, among other things, a numeric representation of your reputation in Google’s eyes. When you link out to other sites and allow the search engines to “follow” the links, it’s like putting your reputation on the line and endorsing those sites you’re linking to. Allowing the search engines to “follow” your links is like saying, “Yeah, they get my vote cuz I think they’re good.” Endorse a bunch of crap out there and what happens? Your reputation suffers.

There are many, many things that increase your page rank (your ‘authority’ or ‘reputation’) and you work hard to achieve it. But you don’t have to be in an all or nothing situation when it comes to putting that reputation at risk in order to help other bloggers.

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DIY SEO: Step 6 – Commenting

Commenting is one of the easiest ways to drive traffic to your site. Assuming you’ve got great content waiting for your visitors when they get there, it’s also a great way to initiate conversations and build community in your target market. You can use commenting to get the attention of and build relationships with other bloggers which might turn into JV partnerships down the road. And of course, allowing comments on your own blog gives your visitors, customers and referrals a way to connect with you and give you feedback about your content, products and services.

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DIY SEO: Step 5 – Make Navigating Your Site Easy

This is the seventh post in our DIY SEO for WordPress series.

This step really has more to do with your site overall, rather than individual content. Though you do want to have a site navigation plan in place from day one, some of what I discuss here will only make sense when you’ve been adding content for awhile.

Great site navigation is extremely important because it helps you keep your visitors on your site longer. Remember, all the great content in the world won’t help if your visitors can’t find it. So, let’s make sure visitors can easily find all that great content you’ve got!

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