Tech Tips, Tricks and Tutorials
Many new bloggers take a look at their blog’s traffic stats and become confused while viewing the stats for “Hits”, “Page Views” and “Visits”.
Even worse, they often become more confused when they see other bloggers/webmasters bragging about how many “hits” their sites receive every month.
If you find all of this traffic terminology confusing as well, I’ll try to clear it all up for you with this post. [Read more…]
Are you a blogger who’s been wanting to try promoting your blog with Google ads but are afraid it’ll be too expensive for your advertising budget?
Well, now there’s a very easy way to give Google Ads a try and get Google to foot half the bill!
Question from Manuel O.: I have a blog with a sticky post that I update every day with a few news headlines and a new photo.
The page’s URL is the only thing that stays the same.
When I try to share the updated post on Facebook it always shows the old version of the post instead of the new one. Why is this happening?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Are you a Stay-At-Home Mom? If so, rest assured that you are doing the most important job you will ever do in your entire life.
Trust me, you will never regret dedicating your time, talents and motherly love to your kids during the most impressionable times of their lives.
That being said, you can still use your time at home with your kids to earn a good home-based income while still doing everything you need to do as a mom. All you need to do is start a blog!
I know what you’re probably thinking… [Read more…]
Question from Anika G.: Hello Rick. I want to thank you for sharing all of these wonderful tips with us. You have helped so many people by answering their questions, and now I have a question of my own.
A few weeks ago I followed the steps listed in your post explaining how to build a WordPress blog and built one to showcase my photos.
I’m already hooked on WordPress and I’ve been reading everything I can find about it. But there’s something I’d like for you to clear up for me if you don’t mind.
I’ve been reading a couple of WordPress forums and I’ve read several posts where people talked about using “child themes”. I can’t figure out what they’re talking about and I was hoping you could tell me what child themes are? And do you think I need one for my photography blog?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
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