Facebook is always encouraging Facebook page owners to spend money with them, whether it is boosting posts or increasing page likes. A few weeks ago I looked at the effectiveness of Facebook Page Promotion. You will recall that my overall impression of the promotional technique was that it was misleading. They had promised me thousands … Read more
An unprotected WordPress website is like sticking a big poster up and asking every spammer in the world to drop by. It is unfortunate but the truth is, the core version of WordPress is terrible at stopping comment spam. I was reviewing one of my WordPress websites the other day. It is not a website … Read more
Over the last few years we have seen many theme designers create simplified designs that place everything on one page. These designs are perfect for certain types of websites such as resumes, portfolios and information pages for businesses. Most of these designs achieve this by letting the user scroll from one section to another. It … Read more
One of the annoying things I have found about using the internet in South America is that many websites are not accessible. This is been very common for me here in Colombia, and as you can imagine, frustrating at times too. There seems to be no pattern to the websites that are down. It does … Read more
Logos are an important part of branding your website or business. My problem has always been that I don’t know what I want. Whether I am designing a logo myself or paying a designer to design something for me, I always struggle to figure out what theme the logo could have. Which is why it … Read more
Stock images are big business. In the past they were used mainly by large blogs and news websites, however over the last few years we have seen many small blogs use royalty-free stock images for their blogs. This is partly due to the increase in awareness of website owners not using images illegally. Simply copying … Read more
Author hReview is a brand new WordPress plugin that adds Google rich snippets to your search results. It was designed specifically for reviews and ratings posts. The plugin was developed by Hesham Zebida, owner of the great blogging blog Famous Bloggers. Once you have installed the plugin, you will see a new area under your … Read more
From the first day they were anoounced, I was excited about the introduction of post formats to WordPress. It seemed like the next evolution of blogging to me, allowing users to go beyond regular posts and share videos, quotes, statuses, images and more. It never seemed to catch on with everyone. Very few WordPress designs … Read more
I logged onto KevinMuldoon.com this Monday to see the website was down. My hosting company Servint had emailed me recently advising me that my website would be down for ten minutes whilst they upgrade something on my server, however that was not the problem. The problem was with KevinMuldoon.com exceeding bandwidth. My natural reaction was … Read more
Last month Google announced that Blogger owners could now leave comments on blogs using their aspiring social media service Google+. Since then I have seen many people introduce Google+ to their websites and it seems to be growing in popularity every day. I discussed 3 Reasons I Don’t Use CommentLuv on my blogs yesterday. In … Read more