I found a new WordPress plugin that takes the place of the older Installer plugin. If you want to be able to upload new themes and plugins to your WordPress blog from the dashboard then check it out.
It’s posted on my other WordPress guides blog at www.WordPressMax.com
Check It out here:
Upload WordPress Themes and Plugins From The Dashboard
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Installing WordPress and making posts isn’t all that difficult, what takes time is learning what plugins to use and how to use WordPress for optimal results and traffic generation.
WordPress plugins are used to extend the functionality of a WordPress blog. If there is something you want WordPress to do, chances are there is a plugin for it. Most plugins are free to download and use. An extensive list of plugins can be found at:
The difference between an installed plugin and an activated plugin is that an installed plugin has only been uploaded to your blog directory on your websites hosting account. It is installed and available for use but needs to be activated before it can be used or provide its functionality. Below is a list of all the WordPress plugins that I personally install and activate on all new blogs I setup for my Blog Builder Service.
I will also configure as many of these as I possibly can as part of the service. Some of the plugins will need a more personal touch by the individual blogger themselves. In this case I will personally help you with the final touches.
If I setup your blog most of these will already be configured and you will also have a few more optional plugins installed but not activated.
Well not all of these are for SEO and Web 2.0 but still useful.
If You have a better list or want to add to it feel free to leave a comment below.
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Getting traffic to any site is the goal of all webmasters, repeat website traffic is the key in gaining the trust and loyalty of your visitors.
With the use of several WordPress plugins, a WordPress blog can be optimized to gain that repeat traffic. Several tools can automatically notify your readers of a new post, of course you need to supply the content to keep your visitors wanting to come back.
There is a plugin that encourage first time visitors to subscribe to your blog feed with a subtle, unobtrusive pop-up box, and another that automatically subscribes someone who comments on a post. With the subscribe to comments plugin, anyone making a comment will be notified of other comments made on that post. Of course you need to encourage this interaction on your blog. When writing a post ask questions of the readers, say something controversial, do anything to encourage them to post a comment.
Another underutilized tool is setting up your blog feed in your autoresponder. This will notify your list of all new posts made on your blog. You can even set up a new autoresponder specifically for your blog and place an opt-in somewhere on your WordPress blog
There are several ways to get repeat website traffic and WordPress makes it so much easier. Above are a few of the methods I use. What are some of the methods you use to get repeat website traffic?
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I have seen a few comments in my WordPress blogs Akismet spam subpanel. They are coming from a site called Trackback submitter.
Trackback submitter is a spamming software tool used to automatically post comments on blogs to generate backlinks. The WordPress plugin Akismet filter caught all of these spam comments with no problem. So if you think this is a shortcut to getting links to your website forget it, it’s a waste of time and money.
From the looks of the comment:
This is exactly what I expected to find out after reading the title ss Blog Can Generate Website Traffic | Work At Home Business Blog. Thanks for informative article
The software tries to use the title of the post to make it look like a real comment. As you see in the above spam it didn’t get the title of my blog post correct with the ss in front of Blog.
The Trackback submitter spam is coming from a spammer named Eric, his email address is eric25@yahoo.com. The URL is submit-trackback.com, IP address 64.22.110.34.
If you don’t have a spam filter on your WordPress blog you can blacklist this or any other comment spammer by clicking on Options, Discussion and scroll down to the bottom of the page. Paste the URL of the spmmer in the Comment Blacklist, and click Update Options.
Now don’t get me wrong, I am not against automation when it comes to making money, hell I even contemplated placing an affiliate link to the software in this post! 
I just don’t want some lazy, ignorant idiot spraying his Internet graffiti on my website!
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Mostly those new to Internet marketing ask this question quite a bit on various forums. There are plenty of reasons to use a WordPress blog on your own site and most of them contribute to the biggest and most sought after, website traffic.
First to clear up some confusion: WordPress.com offers a free blog that is hosted on WordPress.com just like you can start a free blog on Blogger. A different site, WordPress.org is where you can download all the files, for free, to upload and run a WordPress blog on your own site.
The blogs hosted on blogger and WordPress.com are limited in options, and customization. To customize these blogs to any extent you need to know how to open and manipulate the templates php or HTML code.
A self-hosted WordPress blog is highly customizable, extremely flexible, and you need not worry about it being shut down like a blog can be on Blogger or any other site you don’t control. There are thousands of free WordPress themes available so finding the right look for your blog should not be a problem.
Adding items to the sidebar on a self-hosted WordPress blog can easily be done within the dashboard using widgets. Simply add a text widget, write your text, paste in your affiliate links, newsletter sign up form, Goggle ads, pictures or anything you want. Then simply drag and drop the widgets into your desired position. No need dig around in the themes code to add anything.
When you write a blog post you are actually adding another content page to your website. The search engines love to see and crawl a site with fresh content. And another page on your website raises your chances of more traffic.
The most valuable feature of a self-hosted WordPress blog are plugins: Almost all plugins are free to download and they add features or change the functions of your blogs behavior. Plugins cannot be added to the WordPress hosted free blog.
Here is what WordPress and some of the thousands of plugins can do.
Search engine optimization – As stated above, when you write a new post you are actually adding a new content page to your website. By default It will be seen by the search engines like this: My Blog | Keyword Rich Title Of Post. With a few plugins the post’s page can be automatically optimized, adding keywords and descriptions and swap the title around to a more search engine friendly Keyword Rich Title Of Post | My Blog.
Then by placing your post in a keyword targeted category and using a custom Permalink structure the posts URL will look like this: www.myblog.com/keywordCategory/titleofpost. Another tactic the search engines like. A blog post can very quickly find its way to the top of the search engines, sometimes in just one day.
Tagging plugins are used for better internal linking structure and additional search engine optimization. A keyword phrase, or in blog terms, a tag in your posts will link to other posts with the same tags. Top blog directories like Technorati can also be tagged within a post. This will automatically alert them that there is content related to the tagged phrase on your blog.
WordPress can be setup to ping a list of directories automatically when you publish a post. Getting back links and traffic very quickly. You can add as many of these sites as you want.
There are several plugins available to setup a Google sitemap for your blog that automatically notifies Google and Yahoo of any changes to your blog.
Social bookmarking and Web 2.0 are the big buzzwords online now, and WordPress plugins are available to take advantage of this too. By allowing your visitors to comment on your blog and using a plugin to subscribe them to the post, they will be notified of any new comments, repeat traffic.
There are plugins available that show the most popular social bookmarking sites on each post. So you and your visitors can bookmark your posts. Adding links to your blog on these sites, more links means more traffic.
I briefly touched on social bookmarking but that is probably one of the most powerful and viral methods of driving targeted traffic your blog. I highly suggest getting a free copy of the Authority Black Book to learn more.
Utilizing Trackbacks are another feature to increase traffic to your blog. Find another blog with content related to yours. If you like a specific post on another blog write a post about it on your blog. Place a link to it in the Trackback section, and a link to it in your post also. Then if the other blogger approves it, an excerpt from your post including a link to it will appear in the comment section of the other blog.
Installing WordPress on your own site can be confusing and time consuming for first timers. You need an FTP program, know how to setup a database, how to CHMOD files on your hosting account, and must also tweak some code in one of the files. You may also need to add a few lines of code to your sites .htaccess file.
As you can see all different things I touched on about a self-hosted WordPress blog all add up to one thing, increased traffic. Of course you need to provide your visitors with quality content, post on a regular basis, and utilize all of the tools and WordPress plugins to get the most out of it.
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Adding content to your WordPress blog can be easily automated with the right WordPress plugin.
How would you like to setup a blog and have content posted to it on a regular basis without writing anything? Then WP-o-Matic. The Wordpress RSS Agreggator may be just what you are looking for.
WP-o-Matic is an easy to use WordPress plugin that pulls content from a feed, and posts it automatically on your blog. I couldn’t get it to install from the WordPress Dashboard using the Installer plugin so had to use the traditional FTP method to get it installed. Installing consists of uploading a folder with six files in it and changing permissions on one of the files.
Once installed it is very easy to use, click Options, WP-o-Matic, add the feed URL and choose what category to place the new post in. You can also configure how often to check the feed for updates.
WP-o-Matic is a nice tool for those with multiple WordPress blogs who want to post the same content on all of them.
You can get WP-o-Matic here: WP-o-Matic. The Wordpress RSS Agreggator
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I started this WordPress blog back in late January 2007. Not knowing very much about blogging or WordPress for that matter. I did know that a blog on my site, if used correctly could start generating traffic for my entire website.
Then around late March 2007 a friend of mine recommended that I read the Authority Black Book by Jack Humphrey at the Friday Traffic Report.
After studying the Authority Black Book it came to my attention that I had a lot to learn about properly setting up a WordPress blog to take advantage of the Web 2.0 tactics that Jack was writing about.
While the ‘Black Book’ gives you the overall picture, it is not a step-by-step guide to properly installing and using all the WordPress plugins needed to generate more website traffic.
I began to get things setup; finding the WordPress plugins, configuring them and signing up for all the right social bookmarking sites. And everything else that I was reading about in the Authority Black Book.
Then slowly I started seeing results. Below are the stats for my site in March 2007, this site was a few months old at the time and was not getting tons of traffic. Keep in mind I was blogging almost every day at this time but without using any of the recommendations from the Authority Black Book.
Average daily visits for March were 295 and the most in one day were 428.
After several months of Authority Site Building my average visits per day in June are up to 635 and have spiked to a max of almost 1000 visits for one day. As Shown below:
I know for some veteran bloggers traffic like this is a drop in the bucket, but for some just starting out it can be very encouraging.
Since March the average daily visitors has increased by 100 per day every month. There are several reasons for this. One are the back links that are getting spread around the Internet from consistent blogging and social bookmarking. Others are coming from search engine traffic for long-tail phrases used in the blog post titles. Using the proper WordPress plugins for SEO some of these posts can and have climbed to the top of the search engines very quickly, sometimes in one day.
Continue to post good quality content, use all the tools that a WordPress blog offers and you too can see your website traffic grow exponentially with each new post.
Questions? Comments? Submit them below and I will be glad to help!
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Using a custom permalink structure for your WordPress blog not only enhance the look of your posts URL but will also help search engine rankings.
One of the first things to do after installing your WordPress blog should be to customize permalink structure.
Follow these steps for a more SEO friendly WordPress blog URL structure.
Login to the WordPress dashboard, go to Options, Permalinks.
The four options are:
Default
» http://www.esmartjob.com/blog/?p=123
Date and name based
» http://www.esmartjob.com/blog/2007/05/29/sample-post/
Numeric
» http://www.esmartjob.com/blog/archives/123
Custom, specify below
Custom structure /%category%/%postname%
If you noticed I use and recommend the custom structure /%category%/%postname% this will change the URL to http://www.esmartjob.com/category/titleOfPost
With a good SEO friendly category and post title your chances of ranking higher in the search engines will increase.
If the title of your post is too long you can shorten it in the write post screen using a shorter but relevent Post Slug found on the right side just under the Post Password box.
What if you have an existing WordPress blog and changing the URL structure will lose many of your incoming links? There is a WordPress plugin for this called Permalink Redirect.
The Search Engine Journal has a recent post describing how they implemented a custom permalinks structure to their existing blog. Check out the post here: SEO Friendly URL Structure for Wordpress Blogs
Don’t like or agree with my recommended permalinks structure? Check out more permalinks customization options at Wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks
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Copyright © Jeff Houdyschell
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There are numerous ways to make money online with a WordPress blog or any other blog for that matter. Goggle AdSense is probably the most common method that most bloggers consider first. However there are othe ways to use your WordPress blog to make money online.
Another Google-like advertising method is In-Text Advertising. One of these types of content links advertising can be found at http://kontera.com/ . As you can see I have recently implemented this on my site and will monitoring it for the next few days.
If you have a WordPress blog you can easily add the script from Kontera with a nice little WordPress plugin called Kontera DynamiContext Plugin. This WordPress plugin handles the Kontera script quite well without the need to edit any of your template files.
Another way to monitize your blog is joining one of the pay post sites. Get your blog approved on one of these sites and you can get paid by advertisers to write posts about their product or services. The Make Money Online blog has more about pay per post here: Making Money From Blogging.
Other ways to make money online with a WordPress blog are quite obvious and apparent right here on mine, with the inclusion of income opportunities for programs I belong to as well as ClickBank products.
Remember there are many different ways to make money online so make sure to capitalize on all available income opportunities.
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With the growing popularity of blogs and the ease to obtain links through comments on blogs, it didn’t take long for programmers to come up with automated tools to blast link packed spam comments to unsuspecting blogs.
Some just turn comments off for their blog but to me that eliminates one of the great features of making your blog interactive for your visitors. Comments can open discussion between the reader and the blogger. Your blog’s visitors can even subscribe to a post’s comments, getting notified of any new comments, keeping your readers coming back.
The WordPress plugin, Akismet checks comments posted on your blog posts against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not.
To activate Akismet from your WordPress blog dashboard, click Plugins, scroll down and click Activate next to the WordPress Akismet plugin. After you do that you will see a box near the top of the dashboard that looks like this:
Click the link in the message, and then the Akismet Configuration panel will open. You should then see this in the middle of the screen:
Please enter an API key. (Get your key.)
On the top of that page click the Sign Up tab, fill in your information and if you have a self-hosted blog choose the Just a username, please option.
Be sure to use a good email address in here to get your login information and WordPress API key, click the box to agree to legal junk and click next.
Check your email and click the confirmation link from WordPress to activate your account. You should then see a page that reads, “Your account is now active!” Click the login link within the text of that page and login.
You should now be at the WordPress.com site, if so click the dropdown box on the very top right of the page and choose “Edit Profile”, now you are in the Global Dashboard.
Within the WordPress Global Dashboard, click Profile, you can now see your WordPress API key on the right side of the page. Oh, and by now you should have also got the API key in an email from WordPress also! But you should still edit your profile while you are in the Global Dashboard.
Now its time to place the API key in the Akismet WordPress plugin; go back into your WordPress blog dashboard, click the link on the Akismet WordPress plugin warning box near the top of the dashboard. Paste the WordPress API key in the box and click update options.
If the warning box is not visible check to see if Akismet is activated, click Plugins and look for the status of the plugin on the right. You will notice that all activated plugins are highlighted green. When Akismet is activated you can configure it by clicking Plugins, and look for the Akismet subpanel (white text in the dark blue bar) directly below and to the right of then main panel menu.
Keeping comment spam out while allowing your blog visitors to comment, will not only keep your blog clean but more interactive and help generate more traffic.
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Writing a WordPress Blog post is pretty straight forward. Tagging a WordPress blog post is the extra step to get more traffic, higher search engine listings and page rank.
To get started click Write on the main panel and the Write Post screen opens. Then follow these steps to write your post and tag it using the Ultimate Tag Warrior and Tagalize It WordPress plugins.
www.yourdomain.com/category-name/your-post-title/ Using a Post Slug will shorten the last part of the URL to what you create in the Post Slug box. Try to make it shorter but still relevent to the title of your postThe WordPress plugins Ultimate Tag Warrior and Tagalize It will play a big role in optimizing your posts and blog.
A tag is simply the term used for keywords in blogging and the above plugins help create and manage your tags as you write your posts.
If you are writing a post about work at home you would want to create a category for the tag work at home and tag it throughout your post. Shown below:
[code]work at home [/code]
The plugins used in this instance do several things.
More tagging options can be used by the Tagalize It WordPress plugin to tag words that pings two popular blog directories Technorati and Ice Rocket. This will alert those sites that you have content about the tagged words. A pretty easy way to get the word out about your blog. Be sure to add your blog to the those two directories also.
To tag Technorati and Ice Rocket use the followin:
[code] Word or phrase for Technorati
[Tag-Ice]Word or phrase for Ice Rocket[Tag-Ice] [/code]
Once you are done writing and tagging your post click Save and Continue Editing, scroll down to look over your post in the Post Preview box, make sure all your tags are properly formatted and closed and scroll back up to make any changes.
Update for version 2.2 – The preview box is not shown on the bottom of the write post screen but a view link is available on the top right side of the write post box, clicking it will preview your post in a new window.
You can add more tags as a comma seperated list directly below the post editor if you wish. Or look up more tag suggestions with the tags (keyword) suggestions tool.
Once you are happy with your post click Publish, if you have the WordPress Plugin Smart Update Pinger installed and activated it may take a few extra seconds for your post to publish while it pings your blog.
After your post is published click (View site) at the very top of the Dashboard. This next step is very important so be sure to click the title of your post to bring it up in its own page.
Using the WordPress plugins Gregarious and or Share This you should now start social bookmarking your post. Scroll down to the bottom of your post and click the green Share This icon. Click on as many of the sites this shows and start joining them.
If you have just the Gregarious plugin you will see a group of icons below your post. The same goes here, join as many as you can.
Now everytime you make a post be sure to click the post’s title to show it on its own page and click on the Gregarious and or Share This social bookmarking icons and start bookmarking your post.
This post was inspired by the Authority Black Book written by Jack Humphrey. If you are serious about your blog then you need to check out the Friday Traffic Report for free blog marketing and Web 2.0 promotion tactics.
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This WordPress blog guide is based on version 2.0 and above with the following WordPress Plugins installed.
Akismet is not active. You must enter your WordPress.com API key for it to work
Click the link to get an API key and follow the directions to add it to your blog. Akismet keeps spammers from adding nasty comments on your blog. You should really use it.
If you are new to blogging and Internet marketing I suggest for now you get comfortable just writing posts, or finding information you think is worth reading from other sites and write about that. There are videos and more information here:
Configure A New WordPress Blog
General WordPress Information can be found here. What Is WordPress?
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