Interview with Tom Volkar: WordPress Summer Camp 2009 Sneak Peek

At the request of several of the already registered campers who received this pre-camp BONUS call over the weekend, I am sharing it with you. As Marty Marsh so eloquently put it in an email to me: “I hope that all of your summer camp participants will listen, and I also hope that you won’t [...]

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Slow Down the Content Scrapers with the FeedEntryHeader Plugin

You work hard on your content, and it’s really disheartening to see that someone else has stolen it and published it on their site. But, what can you do about it? These lazy bloggers who steal content from other sites are called scrapers, and they most commonly get your content through your RSS feed and [...]

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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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Give Extra Link Love by Using the CommentLuv Plug-in

As we discussed, link love is a term used to describe linking to someone else’s site or blog. When you do this, you are potentially sending traffic their way, hence the ‘love’ part of the term – we all love traffic. Just like in real life, the best way to get love is to give [...]

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