While this is slightly off topic, I wanted to share some of my experiences with the Swift Basic theme and do a quick review. I’ve used this on multiple sites, and can hopefully share a little on my experiences with the theme. If you’re a new blogger, and happen to be cheap like me, you probably don’t want to invest a lot of your hard earned money on a premium WordPress … [Read more...]
Why Fiverr Backlinks Are Bad for SEO
In a previous post, I did a case study on Fiverr backlinks. In that post the results of my case study were rather inconclusive, and I wanted to give it another go before I could definitively say whether paying for a backlink on Fiverr was worth the $5. This follow up post is a result of doing another gig on Fiverr and the results of that gig related to the SEO of my post. So, … [Read more...]
Quality Content Is King
If you're into blogging, you've probably heard the phrase that content is king. You have to be careful as to how you interpret this, it's not about the number of posts you produce it's more about the quality of those posts, the quality of the content. If you keep reading, I'll give you a good example of what I mean about "quality content is king", but first let's talk a … [Read more...]
A Quick Reference Guide To Starting A Blog
I thought it would be helpful to create a reference guide that could be used by new bloggers who are looking for information on the needed steps to start a blog. I know when I created by first blog, while exciting, it was a little overwhelming the first time I had to do it. I remember having to constantly come back and make tweaks or changes to what I had created, which not … [Read more...]
Making Your Post Visible
[This is part 5 of a series of 5 articles on how to start a blog. To view the main post, with links to all of the relevant content, read my post on Steps To Start A Blog.] Now that you’ve published your first post, or any post for that matter, you need to put some effort into ensuring it gets read. You can create the best content in the world, but if a potential reader … [Read more...]