New Webmaster Resource Section Launched

I am pleased to announce that my new webmaster resource section has been launched. This is an area of this website that I wanted to develop for some time, so I am pleased that I made the time to get it finished. My original resource page is still available in a new page entitled Recommended … Read more

WordPress 3.7 Released – Time to Update!

WordPress Theme Lists

Yesterday Matt Mullenweg announced the release of WordPress 3.7. Known as “Basie”, adds a fantastic new feature that allows maintenance and security updates to be applied in the background. Strong password recommendations have also been integrated into the core. The new set up apparently recognises common mistakes that make a password weaker such as number … Read more

Why Your Google+ Profile Might Not Show on Google’s Search Results

Google authorship has become an important part of promoting yourself and your content through Google. Once you have configured authorship correctly, your profile image will be displayed on all of your websites and articles in Google’s search engine results. This raises your profile and encourages more people to click on your search listings. Setting up … Read more

30 Cool Free WordPress Themes

With so many feature rich premium WordPress themes being released every day, it is easy to forget about the great free WordPress designs that are available online. Today I would like to rectify that and bring you 30 cool WordPress themes that will not cost you a penny. My personal favourite is Photum. As someone … Read more

WordPress GPL and Ethics

General Public License

WordPress is released under the GNU General Public License. Amongst other things, this license allows everyone to distribute free copies of the software and charge for it if you wish. One key feature of the license is that you have to give everyone the same rights of the license that you have. This means that … Read more

How to Properly Run a Social Media Giveaway

Getting followers to visit your social media profiles takes a lot of hard work. It also takes a lot of time. Yet social media is not something that website owners and companies can not pay attention to. Creating a relationship with your followers can be difficult. If your updates about your business or pictures from … Read more

Changing the Date of an Article to Boost Search Engine Rankings

Three months ago, Glen from ViperChill wrote a fantastic article about SEO entitled “Revealed: The New SEO (When Google Takes Freshness Too Far)“. One of the key concepts that he addressed in his article was the freshness factor that Google uses in its ranking algorithms. All search engines should, of course, include the freshness of … Read more