Jan 26, 2012  •  In Blogging, Bloggy Thursdays, Geek, Web, WordPress

Bloggy Thursdays: Backing Up Your Blog

Welcome to this installment of Bloggy Thursdays, where I share with my fellow bloggers tips and tutorials to maximize and better your blog. While I do not consider myself an expert, I do like to think that after 10+ years of blogging — in addition to my technical knowledge — I know more than the average blogger when it comes to making your blog more appealing to readers.
Do you have any comments, questions, or topics you’d like to see covered here? Please send me a message via my contact form. Enjoy!

I have stated in an old WordPress Plugins post that…

Jan 19, 2012  •  In Blogging, Bloggy Thursdays, Personal, Web

Bloggy Thursdays: The Internet Writing Guide

Welcome to the very first installment of Bloggy Thursdays, where I share with my fellow bloggers tips and tutorials to maximize and better your blog. While I do not consider myself an expert, I do like to think that after 10+ years of blogging — in addition to my technical knowledge — I know more than the average blogger when it comes to making your blog more appealing to readers.
Do you have any comments, questions, or topics you’d like to see covered here? Please send me a message via my contact form. Enjoy!

I know that I said I will…

Jan 15, 2012  •  In Geek, Web

Demon Fever [A Daily Dose of Zombiepocalypse]

For each day of 2012 thus far, Redditor Vidzilla has been posting mock-screencaps of various websites “in real time” in an effort to demonstrate what might happen if World War Z were to really take place.

You can be sure that I will be checking in every day for all the nitty gritty updates.  My only worry is that it will eventually come to a stop as I believe an actual zombiepocalypse may result in the death of the interweb.

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Jan 12, 2012  •  In Blogging, Geek, Web

The Geek in Heels’s SEO Tips for Beginners

I have stated numerous times that I don’t really believe in SEO (search engine optimization) tactics. Sure, you can painstakingly devote many hours (or even pay someone) to optimizing your site for search engines, but in the end, what helps the most is good content.
That being said, roughly half of my traffic comes from search engines, and after 10+ years of blogging, I like to think that I have picked up some tips to help you get your site easily and efficiently found by web searches. Some of these tips are no-brainers for any seasoned blogger, while others are…