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Want to be a successful blogger? Diversify these three things.

Posted on November 24, 2022

Note: The links in this post are affiliate links.

There are certain things every blogger must be able to do in order to succeed at blogging.

Of course knowing how to write well and get your points across to the reader is at the top of the list.

However, there are other things that are just as important that don’t really have anything to do with the “blogging” process itself.

Today I’m going to concentrate on one of the most important things bloggers can do to ensure their long-term success: Diversify!

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Q&A: Is the ‘Copy Plain Text’ browser extension safe to use?

Posted on October 23, 2022

Question from Amber: I do a lot of copying and pasting when I’m writing posts for my lifestyle blog.

Something that always irritates me is having to paste everything into Notepad to get rid of the formatting and then copy the “clean” text and paste it into the blog post I’m working on.

I checked Google and found a Firefox browser extension called Copy Plain Text that allows you to copy text and paste it without the formatting.

My question is, do you think it’s safe to use this extension? [Read more…]

How to quickly deactivate every WordPress plugin at once

Posted on October 22, 2022

In my opinion, WordPress is the most powerful blogging platform out there. And truth be told, it’s also one of the easiest to use.

There are times however when something goes wrong and your blog simply refuses to load in a web browser.

If you’re new to WordPress it can be quite frightening the first time you see the dreaded “white screen of death” – the stark, solid white error page that WordPress displays when it encounters what it deems to be a catastrophic error. [Read more…]

How to get your website on the 1st page of Google

Posted on September 12, 2022

Are you wondering what you need to do in order to get your website on the front page of Google?

Most website owners ask this question and are driven by this precise goal when developing digital marketing and SEO strategies.

Luckily, the smart combination of different promotion tactics can help you hit the target, get on the first SERP position, and keep it in the long run.

If you want to get your website on the first page of Google, this post offers several simple, yet effective tips to reboot your Google results. [Read more…]

Q&A: Will not having a robots.txt file prevent Google from crawling my blog?

Posted on August 23, 2022

Question from Gary: In addition to your awesome blog I also read the one that Kim Komando writes.

I recently read an article in which she discussed several things that can indicate that a website is outdated.

Then she said something that both puzzles and concerns me.

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