Do keywords in URLs improve your search engine rankings?

This is an excerpt from an email I received from Axandra Search Engine Facts the other day. It’s an interesting question because I personally find that besides validating your website/blog to W3C guidelines there is no one single other thing (on-page) that makes a massive difference to your search engine rankings. In my experience doing [...]

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My top 4 places to buy premium quality wordpress themes

When I started Laptop Millionaire I struggled to find a wordpress theme I actually wanted to use, until I discovered premium quality wordpress themes that is. When you start looking for really high-end, well designed blog themes you can find some really beautiful designs with great functionality built-in – it’s just a case of knowing [...]

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How to Make Money with Your Blog: the book every blogger should read

I bought this book a while ago and it’s been patiently waiting its turn in my ‘to read’ pile – but once I’d picked it up, I read it completely, cover to cover, in a single day. It’s a goldmine of information and I really wish I’d prioritized it ahead of some others I’ve [...]

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THE most amazing plug-in for the Thesis WordPress theme

I have just found THE most amazing plug-in for the Thesis WordPress theme. If you’re familiar with the Thesis theme you’ll know about the ‘hooks’ system it uses to allow you to customize your blog. Well the system can take a while to get familiar with (if you’re not a programmer like me) because you [...]

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Writing your first blog post

Writing my first blog post was the hardest thing I’ve written in a long time.  I agonized over it for days and all I can say is that I hit ‘publish’ for the first time and I’ve never looked back. In reality your first post soon disappears down your home page and into the archive. [...]

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Environmentally friendly web hosting

Imagine stumbling across an eco friendly hosting company that uses green servers and offers environmentally friendly web hosting for just £3.95 per month plus a free domain for life… I sometimes get distracted from what I’m doing but recently I’ve become more aware that everyday I’m bombarded with messages about being ‘green’, living eco friendly [...]

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Make Money Blogging by Matt Bacak

You have created a blog and your blog is dedicated to a niche industry. Have you ever thought that the blog could make money for you? We would look here in this article, ways and means, to make money blogging. Lets first have a look at what are the prerequisites for a blog needed to [...]

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5 must-have Wordpress plug-ins

Here’s a quick list of five must-have worpress plug-ins that will make your blogging life a little sweeter…

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Finding a good quality WordPress theme

Once I’d got wordpress up and running I was desperate to personalize it with my own design and the book I was reading directed me to the wordpress free theme directory. Now don’t get me wrong there are some nice themes there but I found the directory hard to navigate and I just couldn’t find [...]

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Finding web hosting for WordPress blogs

I’ve found a great web hosting company that gives you a free domain name for life when you buy a web hosting package from them. When you consider that a .co.uk domain costs around £3 per year and a .com £10, a free domain for life is well worth having. Once you’ve registered your domain [...]

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