I’ve Changed My Autoresponder From Getresponse.com To Aweber.com

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I’ve recently changed my getresponse.com autoresponder to a similar service offered by Aweber.com. Why did I do it? Well Aweber.com is being used by some of the biggest Internet marketers around and the added credibility of that can’t be all false right? Also, Aweber.com’s pricing is pretty low, at only $19 a month for 0 – 500 subscribers, with an increasing pricing structure as the amount of subscribers increases. Once I opened up Aweber and [ Read More... ]

My Google Position For ‘Internet Marketing Blog Malaysia’

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I just did a quick check on some keywords that my blog is listing for and I’m proud to say that on Google (well google.com.my anyway…) I am listed at position #6 for ‘Internet Marketing Blog Malaysia’. I still have some ways to go for the more general terms like ‘make money online’ or ‘Internet marketing Malaysia’. But I’ve got an idea what I need to do to get those – just research keywords, write [ Read More... ]

Why Akismet Spam Catcher Is So Important

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The Akismet plugin is invaluable to bloggers who get alot of comments on their blogs. It works by blocking comments that it detects as ‘spam’ comments and holds them in moderation until you review them, or you can set it to automatically delete everything after a certain amount of time. If you’re not sold on the idea yet, just have a look at some of the automated messages that spammers send as comments. It actually [ Read More... ]

20 Best Free WordPress Themes

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Following in from installing WordPress on your blog as well as the important WordPress Plugins, the next thing you’ll need to download is a good theme for your site. Below I’ve compiled a list of the best free WordPress themes I’ve seen on the Internet. Of course there are a lot more out there but this is just to get you started. Blogging Pro Theme [ Demo ] Zeke 1.0 [ Demo ] Smashing Theme [ Read More... ]

12 Best WordPress Plugins For Your Blog

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These are the wordpress plugins I use for almost all the blogs I run and although the list is very small, it does covers pretty much all the bases when it comes to running a blog. Please feel free to suggest more plugins in the comments section. Akismet – Akismet checks incoming comments to your site to see if they look like SPAM or not and puts them in a SPAM bin. This tool is [ Read More... ]

How To Install WordPress With Cpanel

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Continuing from where I left off telling you about WordPress as a blog platform, I’ve put together a short tutorial on how to install WordPress onto your own server using Fantastico in Cpanel. First off, you’ll need to a) buy a domain name and b) purchase hosting on a webserver, may I suggest: (Yes I admit I’ll make money if you decide to buy from Hostgator, but I use them myself and find it to [ Read More... ]

What Is WordPress?

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“From Wikipedia.com: WordPress is an open source blog publishing application. WordPress is the official successor of b2\cafelog which was developed by Michel Valdrighi. The name WordPress was suggested by Christine Selleck, a friend of lead developer Matt Mullenweg. The latest release of WordPress is version 2.7, released on 11 December 2008.” Above that, WordPress is the next evolution for people who currently have their blogs on free blogging services such as (@Blogspot.com) www.blogger.com or WordPress’s [ Read More... ]

An SEO Upper Hand With The SeoQuake Toolbar

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The SeoQuake toolbar plugin for Firefox is a great tool for Internet marketers and bloggers alike. With it, you’ll at one glance be able to see the Alexa ranking, Google Page Rank as well as other useful information for any website. You’ll be able to check how your website/ blog is doing or even be able to spy on competition. My ranking isn’t that great. On top of that, the program is free and packed [ Read More... ]