This is a mixture of both how to buy parked domains and a rant about why I really hate domain parking. If you’re not in the mood for a rant, skip straight to the ‘how to’.
The rant
It really gets to me how there’s some great domain names just left parked for the sake of profit. [...]
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Buying parked domains
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
Using H1 as your post title
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Incorrect post title markup is such a common problem with many Wordpress themes. And the use of <h1> to markup website or blog names seems to be a tradition that’s hard to give up.
If you think about the semantics of the HTML header tags <h1> and <h2>, <h1> is the main title of the page [...]
Incorrect post title markup is such a common problem with many Wordpress themes. And the use of <h1> to markup website or blog names seems to be a tradition that’s hard to give up.
If you think about the semantics of the HTML header tags <h1> and <h2>, <h1> is the main title of the page [...]
Back up your blog, save your ass
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
It’s easy to back up your blog. With a backup you can easily reconstruct your blog if anything goes wrong or jump ship to another hosting provider.
Back ups are essential in the corporate world of IT, so much time and money is put into ensuring there’s a reliable backup and disaster recovery system in place. [...]
It’s easy to back up your blog. With a backup you can easily reconstruct your blog if anything goes wrong or jump ship to another hosting provider.
Back ups are essential in the corporate world of IT, so much time and money is put into ensuring there’s a reliable backup and disaster recovery system in place. [...]
Wordpress permalink format for SEO
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Wordpress permalinks are important for SEO. The default permalink format is meaningless and should be formatted correctly to improve SEO and help readers more easily navigate your blog.
Get rid of dates, use categories and post titles instead
The default wordpress permalink format is to use post numbers, which is the worst option you could use. [...]
Wordpress permalinks are important for SEO. The default permalink format is meaningless and should be formatted correctly to improve SEO and help readers more easily navigate your blog.
Get rid of dates, use categories and post titles instead
The default wordpress permalink format is to use post numbers, which is the worst option you could use. [...]
Don’t bother reinventing the wheel
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
So I’ve just finished the first version of the website, no doubt it will continue to change slightly over time. It’s all powered by Wordpress, using a number of different plugins, bits of code found on the internet and various other websites such as Twitter.
The number one tip I would have for anyone planning on creating and running a business blog or website is: focus time on getting things finished and working, rather than trying to understand how they work.
So I’ve just finished the first version of the website, no doubt it will continue to change slightly over time. It’s all powered by Wordpress, using a number of different plugins, bits of code found on the internet and various other websites such as Twitter.
The number one tip I would have for anyone planning on creating and running a business blog or website is: focus time on getting things finished and working, rather than trying to understand how they work.