Searching on WordPress blogs has always been one of their weaker functionalities. I’m not a techie, so I don’t understand the algorithms behind searching, but I do know that whenever I tried out the search feature on my own blogs the results were dismal. Which was probably costing me readers. So I went in search [...]
I’m not a heavy user of PPC, but I do run a few campaigns. PPC advertising is becoming ever more expensive so I spend a lot of time now optimizing my campaigns to improve my conversion rate. Here’s something I tried a few days ago. I haven’t been running this long enough to be able [...]
Why would you want to build a variable-width website? Because the range of screen widths on which people browse the internet now ranges from around 12 inches to twice that size. And if you choose to view your PC through your TV you could be viewing web pages on screens many times bigger than people [...]
Check out the new widget at the bottom of the right sdebar. Google Friend Connect (GFC) is a great way of running a small community from your site or blog. Which, in turn, is a great way of developing a following and some extra traffic – particularly for static sites. I’m still pretty new to [...]
I saw this question in a Twitter Group on What’s This Web Thing today: How do you use Twitter in your business? I’m now using Twitter regularly and it’s bringing me new traffic and building up my list of followers very nicely. So what turned me onto it? A while ago I read this post [...]
The last WordPress theme you’ll ever need. Bit of an extravagant claim, I know, but consider this: The Thesis theme for WordPress has been designed from the ground up specifically to enable non-techie users to customise and change the look of their site at will. Full Disclosure up front: I use Thesis and I’m an [...]
I read a series of posts in a forum group yesterday which set out the steps people should take in order to achieve success in their online businesses. So I chipped in with my own views – which I’ve repeated here: