My hosting links article prompted me to add a page describing my link policy.
I find these policy pages a tad tedious, but a necessity. They add weight to your website (when was the last time you saw policy pages on a spammy scraper site?). More importantly, they immediately let visitors know where you stand on various issues.
I’m surprised, but delighted to see that Read the rest of this entry »
Related:Looking for hosting links sounds like a good idea - but what will you do when you find them?
Many webmasters fall into the trap of trying to build as many links as they can. A common way to do this is to search for links or add url, or similar, together with the keyword or keyphrase that you want a link from (or want to exchange links with).
Related:UTW is a fine, well respected plug-in, but Ultimate Tag Warrior URL rewriting has driven me crazy.
I need my WordPress Tags, and I want them right. I started writing about them in my last post, and I have plenty more to say - mainly from a site management point of view, but also many technical tips.
Related:Standard WordPress does not have tags, but there are many plug-ins to help you apply them. Those that I have seen were born in the days when all webmasters looked to keywords to boost their rankings in search engines.
I discuss the merits, or otherwise, of SEO on my web business site. Keywords for SEO are generally recognized as being unimportant, to the extent that free WordPress.com sites do not have them. However, there is an alternative, Read the rest of this entry »
Related:You can wait until you have much more content before applying a theme.
I prefer to get it done near the start, partly in case early visitors get disillusioned by a bland interface, partly because I really dislike the navigation options on the default theme, but mainly because I like to get a feel for the site I am working on and identify with it from the beginning.
Related:Creating a blogroll of business web hosting links is the final step in my initial content package.
My installation wizard will package all the starting content, customized for the intended site concept. Doing this manually takes a few hours - the wizard will do it in minutes.
After this step, you can simply continue building content, but the Internet would be a boring place if all WordPress sites used the default theme. I will discuss themes later, along with some more plug-ins that are crucial (or at least helpful) in hosting your web business.
Before that, a few short notes about links.
Related:I have already created 4 posts, but all these are labeled ‘Uncategorized’. This is a complete waste of time. At the very least we want a catchall category that reflects the key site concept.
In this case, the key site concept is Business Web Hosting. You should change the default category to your key site concept. In WordPress, this is in Manage Categories, and my installation wizard will automatically pick this up and change it.
Related:My web service hosting email policy is simple - I do not publish an email address.
But communication is vital to a thriving web business, so how can I keep in touch with visitors.
The answer is my contact page. A vital early page for any website. Just a few details, and a form so you can get in touch with me.
I love to receive questions and opinions from all my readers. Standard WordPress allows comments by default, but sometimes Read the rest of this entry »
Related:Invest a few seconds now to protect your blog from spam, and you will save thousands in future, not to mention protecting your reputation.
Most spam is automatically generated, and you can automatically stop it with WordPress hosting anti-spam plug-ins. A small amount, typically human generated, might creep through. But if you protect yourself against the worst excesses - leaving you time to edit or filter the odd bad comment.
More importantly, it leaves you free to interact with your genuine visitors.
Most importantly, it stops new visitors from ever seeing the, often offensive spam, leaving your reputation intact.
Related:Following on from last post about installing the business web hosting site, this post looks at WordPress options.
I already mentioned the General options. Here are the rest.
I just change edit box to make a bit bigger. 15-20 lines is enough.
I used to add extra pinging services, but don’t bother now, as I can’t see any extra benefit to justify the risk of duplicate pinging. If you know different, please let me know.
Left as defaults. Might be a good idea to increase number of blogs if you blog frequently and use Read the rest of this entry »
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