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Hi there. I’m Michael Pollock, the new owner of Blog Strategies. David Henderson, the site’s original founder, had a few too many projects on his plate and was kind enough to transfer Blog Strategies to me. He will surely be missed around here, but I hope to more than adequately fill his shoes.
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I’ve run into a first in the world of Web hosting companies – a company that not only has limited and poor technical service but offers no money back to new customers who sign up in good faith. Happened to me as I was seeking affordable virtual dedicated service (VDS) service as a backup alternative [...]
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Wordpress every so often has updates to its fabulous blog software engine. I generally find out about it when I sign-in to the Dashboard of a blog to see a notice at the top center. Most updates to Wordpress are easy – simply click Update Automatically, and the process works seamlessly.
It’s always good to update [...]
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Long before the Internet, Mark Twain said: “You are a coward when you even seem to have backed down from a thing you openly set out to do.†Such is the case with people who anonymously post vile material and comments online. But, they often leave fingerprints …
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Web hosting services for either Web sites or self-hosted blogs, such as Wordpress, have created significant cost-savings for users but also problems. With the downright cheap cost of site hosting plans, people are not only creating more blogs – which is good – but using the online hosting services to backup their computers and gigabytes [...]
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If you’ve ever considered starting your own online membership site, this may be for you. My friend from Australia, Yaro Starak, has created a 72-page, free report that’s loaded with information on how he uses membership sites to build a community and a six-figure income for himself.
As I read through the report, I was amazed [...]
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I cannot tell you the number of people I know who decide to have a blog in support their career, projects or something new, like writing a book or gaining celebrity status, only to discover that their own name as a domain main is not available. Happens all the time, especially to authors, journalists, politicians, [...]
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eMarketer.com reports some dramatic statistics about the popularity of blogging among Internet users in the U.S. – There are an estimated 27.9 million bloggers online now, and the number is increasing steadily. By 2013, there may be 37.6 million bloggers:
If yesterday’s blogs were about personal expression, today’s are about two-way conversations that take place on [...]
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A few days ago, I wrote about my trials with InMotion Hosting. They’ve since called to apologize for, “letting me down.” No kidding … when they take everything off-line for nearly 9 hours for server maintenance, that is letting down customers. Oh, did I also share that they said a cpu usage spike by a [...]
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With the increased use and popularity of the Wordpress blog platform comes an increased threat of malicious hacking. I am hearing of Wordpress blogs being compromised and taken-over, often because of weak passwords.
Believe it or not, there are robotic hacking programs that can invade a blog or Web site in seconds, and cause serious damage.
Making [...]
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