
Posted on January 27th, 2010.
Developing a personal brand is essential to differentiating yourself and establishing a reputation. Personal brands are developed over time, but can be honed, shaped, and changed at a moment’s notice. Personal brands are good for any professional, but are absolutely essential if your business is you.
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Posted on January 21st, 2010.
Recently I explained my reasons why you should build their own computer. I figure, if I’m going to tell you that you should, then at the very least I aught to tell you how. It’s actually much easier than you may believe. I think it’s safe to say that the component manufacturers do their best to make it easy – it is in their best interest to sell parts, after all. If you take on a computer building endevour, you’ll find that in the end, you’ll have a new, well-built, and cost-effective computer that you can be proud of.
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Posted on January 15th, 2010.
There are so many plugins for Wordpress it’s hard to know where to begin. I’ve spent years researching, testing, and using a variety of plugins and have compiled here my list of what I consider to be the best.
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Posted on January 8th, 2010.
The comment spam that is left on this site is absolutely ridiculous. Links surrounded by incoherent drivel that sometimes hardly passes for any language, whatsoever. Now, I’m not against anyone promoting their own site in a comment, so long as the comment adds value to the conversation. What I don’t understand is why some people believe that they can generate value-added comments, that will properly promote their website, through automated commenting systems. It is impossible to come up with a comment that is relevant to the topic being discussed, and actually adds value, when you haven’t read the actual post. Comment spam is a tool for fools!
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Posted on January 6th, 2010.
One of the most important topics of our day (for website admins, anyway) is Search Engine Optimization, or SEO. This is the practice of optimizing a website for search engine results. There is much to say about this – and, frankly, much that is unknown. Exactly how search engines work is a tightly guarded secret. In fact, Google has been known to make changes to their algorithm if crucial information is ever discovered.
That said, there are some things that we do know, and some important, basic steps that you can take to improve your search engine results.
Continue reading: Search Engine Optimization Basics – What you should know