Before setting off to South America two years ago, I cancelled my monthly phone contract in the UK and switched to Pay As You Go (known as prepay in some countries). When I returned to the UK last month, I had around £12 of credit on my account with Tesco Mobile. That’s not a lot … Read more
The WordPress default theme has always been an important part of the development of WordPress. Three years ago, the Twenty Ten default theme raised the bar for all WordPress developers. The theme was a replacement for the old Kubrick design; which was looking very dated at the time. Twenty Eleven and Twenty Twelve improved upon … Read more
Whilst viewing Webmaster Tools last night, I came across a new section under Search Traffic entitled “Manual Actions”. As you may know, my Martial Arts Videos website currently does not receive much traffic from Google. To be more precise: It receives less than five visits per day. Google already responded to an email I sent … Read more
Every WordPress user has had to face comment spam at one point or another. It is a frustrating and time-consuming thing to deal with. In order to combat spam, many WordPress users install multiple anti-spam plugins. This normally removes the majority of spam. The problem is that it sometimes works too well. One of the … Read more
It is that time of the month again when I took a look back at how this blog has progressed over the previous month. This monthly review has proved popular with regular readers, however I have found that it really helps me too, as it allows me to evaluate my own position. As I advised … Read more
Since relaunching my website Martial Arts Videos two months ago, I have been faced with a difficult problem. The website gets little to no traffic from Google. Some days I am only getting one or two visits from Google; and traffic from Google rarely exceeds ten. A quick search on Google shows that most of … Read more
The WordPress admin area got a new lick of paint last year, however the interface has not changed much in many years. In many respects, the admin area looks dated when compared to other blogging platforms such as SquareSpace and Ghost. As you would expect, there are many plugins available that address this issue and … Read more
Digital books exploded into the mainstream a number of years ago. They are everywhere. I have seen eBook devices for sale in many poor countries I have visited and in developed countries like the UK, digital book sakes have long since overtaken printed book sales. I would definitely consider myself a technophile; or as Eddie … Read more
Hiring people to write for your blog is a great way to greatly reduce your own writing responsibilities and increase the posting frequency of your blog. If you have decided to bring in some extra writers, you need to decide how many people should write for you. That is, do you want one or two … Read more
Two years ago I headed off to South America. I returned to Scotland in July 2012 to see my family and attend a wedding though Two months later, I returned to South America in order to see the whole continent by bus. Due to the sheer size of South America, I did not see everything … Read more