Yearly Archives: 2010

Business / Homepage / Marketing / Search Engine Marketing / SEO / Web Development / WordPress

Grading your own blog

Blog Grader

In this day and age it seems that a new blogs go up on daily basis. The demand for information from consumers has evolved drastically which has caused  everyone to establish themselves as an expert.  Well, I’m not going to quite argue that here but what I do want to share with you is how you can measure your own effectiveness by grading your own blog. The controversies of blogging and its advantage continue to rise and I’m sure they won’t settle down in the near future.  Although in the meantime if you’re wondering how effectively you’re utilizing your own blog then I’d like to show you how to do this.

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08/03/2010
Business / Google / Homepage / Marketing / SEO

Web 2.0: Does your business compete?

Web 2.0 Technologies

The competition in the Web World continues to remain highly competitive.  There are hundreds of thousands and even millions or billions of websites out there that simply haven’t understood the power and potential behind Web 2.0.  For many website owners the term remains loose without a definition behind it.  Their websites are not performing or in most cases are loose cannons.  If you’re seeking to establish a well built web presence for your business then you need to be focusing on the most popular Web 2.0 utilized by other leading companies and brands.

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07/21/2010
Business / Homepage / Marketing

Big Marketing Predictions for 2010

The Rise To The Top

The World of Marketing hasn’t exactly been peachy and with the nasty turn of events in 2009 it has left many businesses wondering what 2010 would offer.  Recently I came across a good article from TheRiseToTheTop.com that talked about some of the expectations business owners can look forward to in 2010.  Perhaps a bit of an old article now considering we’re halfway into the year yet I thought it would be something good to read upon and share with you.

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07/12/2010
Homepage / Main News Category / Search Engine Marketing

Google AdWords: The Search Query Report hidden potential

Pay-Per-Click Marketing or also known as Search Engine Marketing (SEM) remains one of the most important marketing pieces that your business should be utilizing. Driving targeted traffic to your website will yield to more qualified leads and conversions. Google AdWords offers the most advanced PPC platform with the highest results and best buck for your money.  Just in case you are unfamiliar with this particular program & application feel free to browse around and find out more information on how Google AdWords can help your business.

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06/23/2010
Homepage / Joomla / Main News Category / Web Development

HowTo: Update your Joomla 1.5.x Installation

I’ve said it before and will say it again. Joomla is hands down the best Content Management System out there with the most flexibility for web development. In most cases new or intermediate users to Joomla think that the upgrade process of the CMS is a hassle. True! It’s a hassle if you don’t understand how to do it right or never done it before but definitely not impossible.  Also just a reminder to those that are just starting out with Joomla, please read thru the Introduction to Joomla documentation for your own sake.

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06/21/2010
Homepage / Joomla / Main News Category / Tutorials / Web Development / WordPress

How to eliminate spam on your blog?

Akismet Plugin

Having a WordPress blog or “a” blog in general requires lots of maintenance and upkeep.  The continued contribution of content alone on regular basis needs dedication, time, and effort.  More content to you blog shows active status but can also gather the spam bots or spammers in general real quick.  Battling spam on your blog can be frustrating and cause alot of headache or unwanted content to show up on your blog.  Recently I had the opportunity to help a company out by showing them how to eliminate spam on their blog.

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05/24/2010
Drupal / Homepage / Joomla / Main News Category / Web Development / WordPress

Why choose Open Source Solutions (OSS)?

Open Source Solutions

In a World where web presence defines the existence of your business and competes with others Open Source Solutions (OSS) are a common web solution.  A variety of web applications such as Joomla, Drupal, Mambo, WordPress , Php Nuke are children of the Open Source Initiative.  Building professional websites with the help of OSS has been a common practice and strategy for many years.  These individual applications offer full on functionality that enhances and provides the ability to built professional websites.

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05/20/2010
Homepage / Main News Category / Web Development / WordPress

WordPress & Your iPhone

If you are one of the many iPhone owners such as myself then I’m sure that you are in full exploration mode for applications. I don’t blame you. The iPhone offers everything you need in a phone both for recreational and business use. As a constant commitment to my blog I have searched of ways to continue being active as much as possible. These days time is short and each day seems to have less hours to get more work done on top of what’s already on my plate.

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05/11/2010
Homepage / Main News Category / Web Development / WordPress

Moving Your WordPress Blog

Recently I was faced with a challenge involving the relocation of a WordPress blog. The task at hand involved the moving of a WordPress blog from one folder location to another in t atthe same web server. Given that I’ve used WordPress for a few years now and kindly consider myself an expert in the area I eagerly jumped into this with both feet in. Wrong! It did take me a bit to do some research and analysis to find out the best approach to this. I’m glad that I took the time to do this otherwise it may have taken alot longer to complete.

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05/05/2010
Homepage / Main News Category / Web Development

Using jQuery to fancy up your website

In today’s competitive market every website owner that cares about their popularity on the web wants to ensure that their website is user friendly, easy to navigate, and presents content instantly to its users.  Using jQuery to fancy up your website can be one way that you choose to display individual content sections.  jQuery functionality is usually used in situations where a certain content section of a page needs to be displayed in a selective manner.  Before I go in deeper and show you how you can create a fancy accordion style drop-down effect on a page of your website let’s get into the basics of jQuery so you become a bit familiar with the process.

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04/08/2010

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