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What Is A Widget?
A widget is just a small piece of computer code or a small application that can be inserted into a web page that performs a certain function or leads to a much larger application. It makes it easier for us non-tech types to get something done on our web sites without a lot of hassle.
You see them and use them all the time.
A widget can be: buttons, dialog boxes, pop-up windows, selection boxes, toggle switches, forms, stock quotes, news, search boxes for Google, clocks, counters, games, feeds and many many more.
If you are a Word Press user, you hear the term widget all the time. A widget in Word Press allows you to add tools or content to the side bars of you blog. One caution however, you must make sure you have a widget enabled theme. If you read the specifications of a theme it will tell you if it is widget enabled. This article is not going to go into all the details here about installing and using widgets. You should go to this web site: http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page to learn more.
Some people also get widgets and plugins confused when talking about their blogs. A widget is not a plugin and a plugin is not a widget. Think of it this way: a widget does something in your sidebar, a plugin affects your whole blog. So placing an auto responder sign up form in your side bar is done with a widget. A product such as “All In One SEO” is a plugin because it affects the SEO of your whole site.
If you go to this web page: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ and look on the left side column you will find many widgets and plugins with ratings from other Word Press users. If there is something you want to do to your blog you will find a widget or a plugin to do it.
Most bloggers use widgets, but there is a lot of discussion about if you should or not, how many, and of course which ones. This decision really comes down to what are you trying to do with your blog?
You have to think about form, function and who is your audience. If you have a blog that is giving investment advice then a widget that shows what the Dow and the Nasdaq is trading at is a good thing.
It’s really common sense. What fits with your blog objectives? However, you will see there are many options out there and it’s wise not to get too much going on in the side bars, because it can be very busy and distracting for your visitors and they may click away before you can communicate your message.
Any ideas?3 Overlooked Ways to Get Hundreds of Links
If you are a blogger, did you know there are free ways to get backlinks for your site quickly? No matter the type of market you are involved with, you can increase your site traffic with the right backlinks. This is the most overlooked method of increasing traffic many bloggers fail to use to increase their traffic. Here are a few overlooked methods you can use for your blogsite.
Write articles regarding your expertise and niche. When you write you include a link to your blog that will create interest for the readers that will cause them to want to view your blog so they will click on the link. Publish your articles on sites such as ezinearticles.com to reach the internet readers that are interested in what you have to say and your business. You will generate traffic with your articles.
The links added to the articles will become links that will be used both at your site and from your articles. This then increases your search engine rankings by the links and content of the articles and blogsite. You increase your internet exposure with both links since the search engines will see both links and sites placing you higher on their search results for the internet users seeking information.
Trackback is a remote system that incorporates the links you have created. It allows the readers that are following a specific topic to locate more information related to their interests. Once you have become familiar with the blog sites, you will be able to see what the interests of the internet users are so you can create articles and postings relating to those interests, thus increasing your traffic. Bloggers using Trackback find an increased amount of traffic and link building due to the other bloggers wanting to be linked to your site with the great information and high levels of traffic.
In addition to writing articles for the sites such as ezines, you need to also submit the articles to site directories. The directories generate a large number of traffic by peeking the interest of the internet users searching for the information you have provided them with your articles. They use the directories to locate the specific information so you promote your blogsite when you submit each article for them to find.
When you write your articles and blog postings, use relevant keywords within the contents so the search engines can locate your writings. The keywords are the method in which the search engines produce their results. So add the essential information in all of your writings making the search engines locate your articles and directing traffic to your site. This is crucial for all traffic on the internet because without the relevant keywords your site is just on the internet without the traffic it could have if you include the words.
Use the information to increase your traffic making your efforts profitable.
Five Blogging Tips
Blogging has emerged as a platform where people can socialize and share their ideas. It wasn’t too long ago where people wrote personal diaries; today this is replaced by personal blogs. News blogs are professional versions where journalists have started writing blog stories and get input from their readers in the form of comments. Giving them a feedback to improve and about their interests. The world around is changing to accommodate blogging as a culture. Though blogging is a free style of writing there are still some of the aspects attached to it, to make it an interesting one.
First blogging tip is to identify who is your potential audience? Who are you writing a blog for? Thousands of blogsites are made daily with a prime motive of earning through affiliate marketing. They fail too often! The reason being they were too quick to become greedy. They never had an idea as to what was their offering and for whom were they writing the content. Therefore identify your niche and segment your audience. Segmenting based on demographics – area, age, sex etc is a good option. If it is a technological blog segmenting on the basis of education would be advisable. A proper segmentation helps in marketing your blog.
Second blogging tip is to design user friendly blog using a simple and yet effective theme. You can easily download blog themes and get set going. Conduct research on the theme, read its user reviews to understand the consensus. It should have sharing capabilities. It should be rich in multimedia – able to embed videos, images and high resolution graphics etc. Tweaking a theme to suit your business requirement can become tough; hiring a professional is not a bad idea to address this challenge.
Thirdly, you should listen to the beat of the market and react. Writing monotonous blogs will not generate sizeable amount of traffic for your site. Therefore, generate some controversy on your blog. You can write on off-beat topics and draw more attention from visitors. Give them something to discuss about and share with their friends and colleagues. Also ensure that your content is genuine and unique. And not copied from websites. People are only interested in unique and informative content.
Fourthly, don’t end up becoming a lethargic blogger. One thing which is constant in this world is change. So change the content of your blog too time and again. You can set a frequency of number of new posts per day and work according to your plan. If you can’t devote time daily to your blog, WordPress can help you on this too. With its Publish in a future date option, you can key in the content of your blog and it will be published on a future date, set by you.
And lastly, don’t be too greedy too soon. If you are considering earning through your blog through affiliate marketing, it may take time. For initial months earning could be as low as 5-10 cents. In order to boost up your earnings you have to market your blog pretty well through backlinks, bookmarks and SEO management. Gradually your PR and earnings will increase.
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