Pimp your wordpress blog

In this post I will tell you how to pimp your blog with the best wordpress plugins and as for themes, I posted a top 10 in a past article, which were chosen from my point of view. I am writing this post because I have a lot of friends that don’t have the necessary knowledge, info on some problems that make the blogging experience harder. Some have problems embedding video, mp3 files into posts, other can’t add meta keywords, description and also there are some problems in adding ads from amazon and even google. Before writing about the plugins that I am using, here is a list of websites that have the necessary resources you need for making your blogger live easier:

  • First of all, the plugins section from wordpress .com, which is very easy to find under “EXTEND > Plugins“ or here is a the direct link
  • A nicer website with more plugins is WP-PLUGINS.NET and on the .ORG version is a plugin repository

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Google and the new pagerank update

As you all know a new Google pagerank is expected since April , when the last update occurred and from some reasons I can say that the new update will have a major impact on some big sites and on web directories. Why do I think so? Because Google is working hard in changing the algorithm in a such way that paid links don’t count for PR and for some of us the tests that they are doing are a pain in the ass. For example, me, I have some niche websites on some good keywords that rank on the first page but in the last two – three weeks my traffic has dropped of 40% and of course the revenue as well. I hate this all system of being dependent of only one search engine, but that’s how things work. Read the rest of this entry »