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Q&A: Will changing my Twitter username remove all of my Tweets and Followers?
Question from Gail F.: Hello Rick! I hope you’ll be able to answer a question for me.
I have a fairly active Twitter account for my business. I’ve had it for 3 years and it has almost 4,000 followers and right at 18,600 tweets.
What I need to know is will changing my username cause me to lose my followers and tweets?
Rick’s answer: I have good news for you Gail. Changing your Twitter username will have no effect whatsoever on your followers or existing tweets. There are a couple of things to consider however: [Read more…]
Scam alert: Be careful when downloading free software with an ad blocker enabled
Whether this actually fits into the “scam” category is probably debatable, but in my opinion it fits into it quite well.
There are countless free software programs and apps on the Internet, and many of them are simply outstanding. In fact, I recommend free programs to my readers all the time.
But that being said, there’s one huge problem with some free download sites: It’s easy to unknowingly download unwanted “add-on” software if you aren’t diligent about checking the download page for offers for “optional” programs and apps. [Read more…]
How to make your WordPress blog load as quickly as possible
Do you have a WordPress blog that is slow to load in a web browser?
If so, I recommend that you take steps to speed it up right away, for two important reasons:
1 – Most people will only wait a couple of seconds for a web page to load before clicking the back button and going to a different website.
That means if your blog’s pages load slowly it’s a good bet that many of your potential readers aren’t hanging around to read your posts.
2 – Google is now actively penalizing slow loading pages via their search algorithm. That means fewer visitors will find your blog when they search for a term that’s relevant to it.
Luckily, there are several things you can do to speed up your blog so it can reach its full potential: [Read more…]
Wikipedia just a got a lot easier to use thanks to ‘Page Previews’
Wikipedia is the world’s most popular online encyclopedia, and I use it fairly often when I’m looking for a quick overview of some topic.
If you use Wikipedia as well you’ve probably noticed that most of the articles on there contain quite a few links.
In fact, longer articles typically have dozens of them!
One of the most frustrating things about reading a Wikipedia article is having to click on all those links just to learn the context of the linked term.
Reading a Wikipedia article usually goes something like this: [Read more…]
How to control a hard-wired light fixture with your smart phone
A while back I wrote a post explaining how to use a WeMo Mini Smart Plug to remotely control most anything you can plug into an electrical outlet.
I received a lot of feedback from that post, and several readers asked if there’s a way to control a hard-wired light fixture with a smart phone as well.
As luck would have it, there is. All you need to do is replace the standard wall-mounted light switch with a handy Ankuoo NEO Wi-Fi Light Switch.
While the WeMo Insight Switch lets you control whatever is plugged into an outlet, its Ankuoo counterpart lets you do the same thing for a hard-wired light fixture. [Read more…]
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