As a blogger, I’ve to use various strategies to earn money online. I use Google Adsense and many affiliate programs for the same. You don’t have to worry about ads delivered by Google. The entire process is automated and handled to perfection. Managing affiliate links can be a headache because you’ve to be careful while using them. If you link them in your WordPress posts in...
Search engine optimization aka SEO is one of the most important topics of discussion in the online world. Without following the right guidelines and SEO tips, it will be tough to survive as a blogger or a webmaster. People use search engines and Facebook more than any other website. Promoting a product on Facebook is not free. If you want to do this without any costs, you will have to build a...
This is post 6 of 8 in the series “Prevention and Protection Strategies” Intrusion Detection Honeypots: To Lure or Not To Lure Managing Access to Information Resources More on Limiting Damage to Information Assets Post Authentication Methods Usable Security? User Friendly Factors SQL Injection Explained Web Application Database Vulnerabilities to be Aware of In his article on usable...
Akismet is no doubt one of the best plugins to avoid trackback, pingback and comment spam. It is free for WordPress sites. Paid version of this service will cost the user within 5 to 30 dollars. The pro version (security and enterprise) will give WordPress users access to the backup tool and advanced reports. They’ll also get quality support from Akismet team. Once you install Akismet...
This is post 5 of 8 in the series “Prevention and Protection Strategies” Intrusion Detection Honeypots: To Lure or Not To Lure Managing Access to Information Resources More on Limiting Damage to Information Assets Post Authentication Methods Usable Security? User Friendly Factors SQL Injection Explained Web Application Database Vulnerabilities to be Aware of A lot of time can be spent...
In the last few months, my Google Analytics account has started showing a lot of referrer spam sites like SexyAli, free-social-buttons, Semalt, etc. The spammers are screwing up my GA reports. I have some websites. Tho site with 1000s of visitors is not affected but for my new portals, the referrers are causing high bounce rate which makes the report data confusing. Some referrers seem to...
When you own an AdSense account, it’s up to you to safeguard it. Many accounts get banned every day because they take AdSense program lightly. There are two ways you can keep your account safe i.e., avoid clicking on your ads and report invalid activity to Google. The 1st method is easy to follow because you just have to install an ad blocker plugin on your browser. The browser...
Adsense is one of the best platforms to earn money online, but not everyone is successful with it. Some bloggers make 500+ dollars per month just with AdSense and others have to satisfy themselves with just 50 or 100 USD. If people use black hat methods and cheat Google, their accounts are banned immediately. To be honest, you don’t have to cheat, nor you have to waste time in using...
Elegant Themes is known for its blazing fast and highly responsive mobile friendly WordPress templates and plugins. It is the only developer that offers all its premium 50+ themes and plugins on a payment of 89 dollars. Others will charge you the same amount for a single theme. The templates published by ET are updated, and they adhere to every SEO and webmaster standards that you might be aware...
Social bookmarking websites are important as they can bring tons of visitors to your blog. They will also increase your post’s ranking and visibility in search engines. There are two categories of bookmarking sites, i.e., nofollow and dofollow. Most do follow sites that allow you to share links are considered as spam by Google. Sites that link to such bookmarking portals are penalized, and...
Bloggers want a lot of features in their themes. They also expect their WordPress blogs and websites to load fast. Free templates have limited support and features. Thus, many of the bloggers buy a premium template. Before they make payment, the user will explore 100s of available options. This task induces a headache and creates a lot of confusion. Thus, it is a job for professional and...
English is one of the most widely accepted and spoken language around the globe. Whether its a TV or any other electronic device, English is used everywhere. English has more than 2 billion speakers. Due to its importance, it has become an official language in many countries. Although it is used everywhere, let us face a truth that many people do not speak and write good English. There might be...
Coupon websites can be very profitable if you bring traffic to it. For example, RetailmeNot consistently earns over 100 million dollars in revenue it has millions of monthly unique visitors. It is nothing but a well-designed coupon site. Coupon Raja was bought by one of the India’s largest media hours, i.e., Times Group. Before being purchased, it had reported over five crores of revenue...
Many website hosting providers offer better features and more free add-ons but if budget is not a problem for you, choose a product on the basis of its quality, not quantity. Frankly speaking, the best hosting companies in the world are Hostgator and Bluehost. Hostgator is a superb platform for hosting websites, but if your site has been banned for high resource utilization or some other reasons...
Newspaper themes for WordPress are recommended for technology, travel, health, news, video and sports niche blogs. There are a lot of newspaper and magazine themes available for download in the wordpress.org directory. Most of them claim to be SEO friendly but unfortunately they’re not. Free themes have a major drawback that their support is limited. If you encounter any problems, you will...
Live chat system is an application that you’ll find on many websites. When a customer has some doubts about a product or a service, he can use this web-app to get his doubts cleared before making a purchase. This application is used by costumers as well as support teams at the same time. WordPress is a robust content management system, and you can create any website with it. Developers have...
A sitemap is one of the most important elements of a website. It is nothing but an XML document that features all the pages and post of your blog. It should be defined in a correct way. Failing to do so will confuse search engines and the users. When users start a new blog, they should immediately create a sitemap and submit it to Google and Bing. Frankly Speaking, these two search engines are...
You may have seen fiverr gigs in which people try to sell 1000s of backlinks for just 5 dollars. These people will use an automated tool to build links to authority sites. If they don’t have a software, people will drop links in dofollow forums, or they’ll use the guest posting technique for the same. When I had started my career as a blogger, I read many blog posts that suggested...
Many people think that working from 9 to 5 is a nightmare. Some believe that working from home is a great experience. Well, I’ve been in both the situations and thus I can give a better explanation on this topic. I have spent a year in an IT company. My working time was 9 to 6 or 7. After working for a year, I resigned from the job to be a self-dependent person. I can say that my decision...
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