Posted by Jesse - December 7, 2009 | 10:30 am
This is a recommended ping list for a WordPress blog. The information is gathered from personal experience and various sources on the web.
Every time you post these services will be notified of your blog post increasing your online exposure.
http://api.moreover.com/RPC2
http://bblog.com/ping.php
http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2
http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php
http://ping.feedburner.com
http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/
http://rpc.pingomatic.com/
http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
http://topicexchange.com/RPC2
http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates
http://xping.pubsub.com/ping
Categories: Tech
Tags: list, ping, wordpress
Posted by Jesse - September 1, 2009 | 10:14 am
This article is about how to make Wordpress search engines friendly, and optimized for.
A default Wordpress installation is SEF enough, which means that the structure itself performs pretty good in Search Engines.
But with these hints, you will give your posts the best environment as possible to compete in the Search Engines Results Page (SERPs).
Categories: News
Tags: seo, tips, wordpress
Posted by Jesse - August 4, 2009 | 10:11 am
If you’ve got a Wordpress.com blog, you’ll be pleased to know you can now share an itsy-bitsy-Wordpress-linky to each of your posts.
That’s right: WordPressWordPress
has launched the WP.me short URL, designed for linking to your blog posts from space-limited sites like TwitterTwitter. It isn’t a general purpose URL shortener or rival to Bit.ly: it’s just for those on WordPress.com.
WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg writes of the launch:
Categories: Tech
Tags: short url, wordpress
Posted by Jesse - July 4, 2009 | 10:07 am
Whatever industry you happen to be in, you want to stand out from the crowd and be unique, and not give the impression that your online presence is just a slightly modified cut and paste job. Of course, if you’re depending on a pre-built content management framework like Wordpress for the core of your blog or website, then that could prevent your online presence from truly standing out.
So, in this article I’ll run through 10 fairly straightforward ways that a beginning developer or blogger can customize their Wordpress theme to ensure it doesn’t “look like a blog” — at least to a certain degree. Keep in mind that the goal here is not to hide the fact that a website is using Wordpress — that’s quite difficult, if not impossible. The ultimate goal here is to help your website have a seamless, consistent, look and feel that does not necessarily scream “Wordpress driven” from the instant the home page loads up.
NOTE: These tips are for beginning WP developers who are coding themes for their own site, or experimenting with theme development. Most likely, these tips would not apply to custom downloaded themes that are pre-built and probably already have many of these customizations.
Categories: Tech
Tags: wordpress, wordpress tips, wordpress tutorials
Posted by Jesse - June 4, 2009 | 10:05 am
The WordPress tips and few hacks mentioned below may only apply to a self-hosted installation of WordPress version 2.6 or above.
*If your WordPress blog is hosted on wordpress.com, please skip this.
Categories: Tech
Tags: wordpress
Quick Blog Tip: Separating Comments and Trackbacks
Do your trackbacks display before your comments?
Since learning that comments can be separated from pingbacks/trackbacks, many bloggers have adopted the format. However, there are some blogs which put the pingbacks/trackbacks before the comments and if you run a popular blog, this can be a pain for your readers who wish to leave their own thoughts.
Pingbacks and trackbacks reference your idea elsewhere, however, comments continue the conversation directly on your site, therefore they should receive priority. Don’t make your readers scroll for eons just to see that conversation.
Categories: Tech
Tags: blog, comment, trackbacks, wordpress