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

Posted on November 24, 2022

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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…]

10 tips for keeping hackers out of your WordPress blog

Posted on June 24, 2022

WordPress blogs are constantly being targeted by hackers, and the problem is getting worse all the time.

It seems that the miscreants of the world have nothing better to do than try to make the lives of others miserable while exploiting the hard work of legitimate bloggers to “earn” some ill-gotten cash for themselves.

Keeping a blog safe from hacking attempts gets more difficult every day as the hackers become ever more determined and sophisticated.

That being said, there are a number of things you can do to help keep your blog safe and secure from the miscreants of the world. Here are 10 tips that can help prevent your WordPress blog from getting hacked: [Read more…]

Is your blog truly mobile-friendly? Find out right now.

Posted on June 18, 2022

As I mentioned here and here, both Google and Bing now give mobile-friendly websites an extra boost in their search engine rankings.

That’s why I strongly recommend that you add a mobile-friendly theme to your blog if you haven’t done so already.

If you think your blog might already be optimized for mobile, you can find out for sure by typing your blog’s URL into Google’s Mobile-Friendly Test tool.

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