There are plenty of web hosting companies out there, so many that you may never get to review them all before making a decision. The situation is even more tragic if you are a blogger on a budget, because you need servers that are both reliable and reasonably priced. Here is a short review of…
Not every Android smartphone can be rooted to access full administration privileges. Some smartphones — like Alcatel One Touch — will resist most hacking attempts and leave you frustrated with a phone you can hardly manage in terms of memory occupation and boost in performance. If you tried to root your phone to uninstall apps…
In the business world revenue is important to maintain the success of the business. Unfortunately for many businesses one common challenge that many come across is having plenty of traffic but not enough overall conversions. While many companies tend to focus on creating content which is designed to generate plenty of traffic, they may not…
Have you ever felt stuck? Blogging should be an easy process once you have come up with your ideas and scheduled them in your editorial calendar. Or is the process the part you got stuck at? Sometimes it’s a good idea to hire a blogging coach when you feel you are going nowhere with your…
Getting Quality Backlinks for SEO Last Update Backlinks can be explained as perpetual, virtual pathways originating from millions of other websites on the internet and ending up on your website, or further connecting you two to dozens of other websites. This systemized connection and combination of domains is exactly why these are termed as ‘websites’.…
Do Blog Comments Help SEO? Last Update To read Brian Dean’s post at Backlinko, comment backlinks sound not just outdated a technique, but even boring. In fact, he warns readers that they’re “NOT going to find anything about guest posting (blah) or blog comments (yawn)” in his post. Yet you can still buy blog comment…
When was the last time that your affiliate link in your posts earned you new commissions? When was the last time that post was well received by your readers? Asking yourself questions like these can make the difference when you try to earn affiliate commissions from your blog posts. You have to understand that Web…
Every successful blogger started just like you— from zero. It took them a while — and hard work — to earn their ‘hero’ status. It took them effort and sacrifices. But look where they are now! Darren Rowse and Jon Morrow are probably the most popular bloggers in the blogging niche. Spencer Haws is a…
It’s $8.2 billion the estimated cost to of ad blockers to the ad industry according to the IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau). In Germany, the case has been brought to court even, but it lost. Why consumers do block ads? To keep themselves safe against malware and spyware, of course. It’s not unheard of that ads…
You probably heard this often throughout your blogging life: “You don’t blog enough!” “You should write more often.” “You never update your blog. It’s boring.” Blogging frequency is one of the most talked aspect of blogging on the Web. If it’s true that 46% of people read blogs more than once a day (HubSpot Science…
David Goehring (cc) Have you ever thought of yourself as a leader? Think about it — you influence and inspire people to reflect or take action every day, whether you write for a niche or you only run a personal blog. You leave a footprint in people’s lives, be it huge or marginal. When I…
Scrapebox is inarguably one of the most important SEO tools ever. It has a lot of useful features that almost every serious SEO needs. However, if you’re completely new to Scrapebox and even SEO, you may want to get thorough with some of the basics first before you move forward. That being said, here are…
The idea behind this post came from two simple questions: How can I maximize the marketing power of each social media channel without wasting time and resources? And How to boost blog traffic without relying heavily on Google? Both problems came to me with a certain urgency as I worked to improve my clients’ social…
le Liz via Compfight Are you afraid of your weaknesses? People see weakness as something to avoid at all costs, something to get rid of because it brings shame to their lives. If we had to listen to Seneca when he wrote that “All cruelty springs from weakness”, then yes, we should fear weakness. But…
Ello.co was on everybody’s mouth in 2014. Someone even ‘dared’ to say the newborn social network would replace Facebook in the long run. Ello was born from the dream of a group of artists and designers who wanted a minimalist, essential social network that respects user privacy and doesn’t sell ads — a dream for…
Are you still wondering what domain extension to choose for your new blog or your new project? Registrars tend to stress the benefits of a certain TLD over another in terms of SEO, but should you listen to that advice? Actually, NO. There are plenty of myths around the role of TLDs and domain names…
Klout is a notable social media manager analyzer. It’s free and widespread, and the Klout Score is so common among various social and blogging platforms, that use it as an indicator of quality. However, Klout is much more than that. Klout can turn into a wonderful blog idea generator if you know how to use…
Does Ghostblogging Work? Last Update Remember how SEO used to go before Google Webmaster Guidelines? Optimizing a website for search engines was a mere collection of tips and tricks that did the job just fine. You could stuff your page with keyword; you could build a gazillion of low quality backlinks and get rewarded for…
There are WordPress plugins for pretty much every purpose out there, but when it comes to Marketing and SEO, you can count the good ones on the fingers of one hand (maybe two, if your search goes deep enough). In my 12 years old of blogging for personal and professional reasons, only 6 WordPress plugins…
On September 18h, 2015, a Google Webmaster Blog post came up to shake webmasters and SEOs and give everybody with a website some food for thought — Google is no longer granting an easy and painless reconsideration to those websites that violate Webmaster Guidelines again and again after they have been successfully reconsidered. To quote…
Search Engine Optimization Matters Search Engine Optimization (SEO) can make or break a new business, and has a huge impact on whether a new site is commercial success. The general concept, for the uninitiated, is that search engines use criteria from your site, plug them into an algorithm, and then use the result to decide…
Formerly a new frontier, the Internet has now become a very crowded place. Businesses face intense competition as they try to get noticed in search engine results. At the same time, Internet users are constantly on the lookout for goods and services that will improve their lives. As businesses and customers look for each other…
It’s a tough nut to crack for bloggers, businesses and brand managers. Online reputation is totally outside of control — it’s in the reader’s and customer’s hands, they can push a company to the highest ranks or lead it to sink, online and offline. But does it have to be so tragic? Is reputation really…
Google has been trying to enforce HTTPS on all websites since August 2014, stating in their Webmasters Blog that they want to make sure that “websites that people access from Google are secure”. To underline the importance of their pro-HTTPS campaign, Google said that implementing HTTPS would bring small ranking benefits to webmasters. But while…
You see this often on your partners’ and competitors’ websites. A page, a paragraph or a line stating the mission (or the values) the company plans to fulfill and how. When done in detail, a mission page will cover everything from business ethics to B2C relationships and HubSpot event lists 12 inspiring company mission statements…