Guest blogging sparked a phenomena of website owners to utilize it in order to debut new bloggers to specific communities, and bring in fresh content. The problem is – guest blogging got way out of hand. Google cautioned about guest blogging long ago. While they’ve been talking more about backlinks and linking, they’ve always had
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Why I Left HostGator
So I left HostGator. I bet anyone reading this might wonder why would someone who have been with them for more than half a decade just leave? I’ve been with HostGator since 2008 as a dedicated server hosting client. It wasn’t until January 2013 year that I had so much trouble on this server. Prior
[Continue Reading...]#Fail – HostGator Needs To Wake Up!
HostGator reported on Wednesday, April 16, 2014, at 11:00 AM CST USA, that their Provo datacenter had a network outage. The outage turned into a solid downtime of 13 to 15 hours for some hostees, including myself. In fact, my dedicated server is still having hiccups – short downtime spells. This is what I had
[Continue Reading...]Cute Personalized Blinkie Signatures
I’ve actually had blinkies on my site for years. A lot of people like to have their signatures at the end of their post. This is the reason why I created them before. They are your normal signature, or for some of us, we call them siggies. I just didn’t realize that since my site
[Continue Reading...]Dear WordPress: Please Remember The User’s Choice in Upgrading
I don’t normally do columns or letter-like responses, but I find myself writing one today. And if this is seen, great. If nothing is done, well, at least my thoughts have been shared on the matter. This is in regards to the automatic upgrade feature in WordPress. For those really new to WordPress, the older
[Continue Reading...]Facebook Ads And Fan Pages: Traffic Decline
After Facebook adjusted its algorithms late November 2013, fan pages have been suffering traffic-wise. In fact, a study by Ignite said that the Facebook fan page traffic decreased by an average of 44%. Their study consisted of over 689 brands. In fact, brand reach is at 3%, and not the former 16% that Facebook boasted.
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