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Hints and Tips for Building a Better Blog!

      The Best WordPress Plugin to Fight Google Panda

      If you’re a blog owner, then there’s no doubt that you’ve heard of Google Panda by now.  I’ve read countless articles on the subject so far and have a general understanding of why Google has ...


      Welcome to My New Series: Building a Faster Blog ~ Have Any Questions or Ideas for Me?

      I wanted to take this opportunity to start a brand new series of posts designed to help all of my fellow bloggers out there.  When I first started blogging almost a year ago, I thought ...


      Top 10 Websites for Testing Your Blog’s Speed ~ Knowledge is Power! Build a Faster Blog Series

      I guess the best place to start when trying to improve your current blog’s speed, is to take stock in what its strengths and weaknesses are.  In order to truly know either of those things, ...


      Guide for Formatting Your Blog’s Photos and Images ~ Faster Loading Times Guaranteed!

      Every now and again I get asked a very important question by some of my readers regarding the pictures and images I have on my blog.  They are wanting to know exactly how I format ...


      How to Add a SCROLLING IMAGE BAR to Your Blog!

      I wanted to write this post tonight because it is a question that I get from a lot of my readers and it is a great tool for any blogger to use.  This is a ...


      My BlogHer ’12 Chronicles: A Newbie’s Perspective ~ Volume IV ~ My Final Thoughts

      If you’ve read my previous posts about this newbie’s experience at BlogHer ’12, you may be asking yourself what my final impressions of the whole she-bang were.  What were the highs?  What were the lows? ...


      My BlogHer ’12 Chronicles: A Newbie’s Perspective ~ Volume III ~ It’s All About NYC!

      On to day 3 of my trip to BlogHer ’12 in NYC…  This Saturday, I was a little wiped out from all of the hustle and bustle of yesterday, and had vowed that today would ...


      My BlogHer ’12 Chronicles: A Newbie’s Perspective ~ Volume II ~ Let the Parties Begin!

      If you’ve been keeping up with my BlogHer ’12 Series: From a Newbie’s Perspective, you’ll know that we’re now on to Day 2.  This was technically the first day of BlogHer and I couldn’t wait ...


      My BlogHer ’12 Chronicles: A Newbie’s Perspective ~ Volume I

      Hello everyone!  You may be wondering why I’ve been a bit scarce around here lately and it’s because I’m super excited to be attending my very first BlogHer conference in New York City.  And of ...


      Top 13 Things to Scrap from Your Blog IMMEDIATELY! Build a Faster Blog Series

      Hopefully, you’ve read my previous posts in the Build a Faster Blog Series which detailed some excellent resources with which to discover the real health of your blog and how fast it is performing for ...


      How to Include Pictures in a Partial RSS Feed Using WordPress and Feedburner

      The point of this post is to provide a step-by-step guide to creating a partial RSS feed WITH pictures using both Wordpress and Feedburner.  Now at this point, you may be wanting to get into ...


      Top 5 Ways to Optimize Your Blog’s Images and Graphics ~ Build a Faster Blog Series

      If you’ve read my previous posts, Top 10 Websites for Testing Your Blog’s Speed and Top 13 Things to Scrap from Your Blog IMMEDIATELY, you’ll know that images can be one of the biggest speed ...


      Top 13 WordPress Plugins Every Blogger Should Be Aware Of ~ Build a Faster Blog Series!

      If there’s one true piece of advice I could offer to any blogger, it would be to choose your blogging platform carefully.  There are several viable options out there, but I have to say wholeheartedly, ...


      Tackle It Tuesday – Clean Up Your Graphics

      Today’s “Tackle It Tuesday” theme is going to address how to make your blog load faster as well as give you many more search engine links.  I’m fairly new to this whole blogging hobby, but I have ...