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Posting to Wordpress through iPhone

Just downloaded Wordpress for iPhone…using it now to post something to my blog. This app has basic features that help post to your Wordpress blog.

WordPress 2.8.4 Security Release

Another day, another vulnerability with WordPress.  Make sure you apply the latest patch, because according to the WordPress blog, the latest vulnerability permits a situation where a specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to bypass a security check to verify a user requested a password reset. As a result, the first account without a key in the database (usually the admin account) would have its password reset and a new password would be emailed to the account owner. This doesn’t allow remote access, but it is very annoying.

Link Building with RSS Feeds

clickhere-button2 Just found out about a cool Wordpress plugin that takes advantage of blog and RSS blog scrapers to build links to your site.  The plugin you’ll want to snag is RSS Footer plugin from the great Joost de Valk. (If you don’t have atleast one plugin from Joost then you are missing the boat with Wordpress SEO).

Our of the box the plugin works great, but Graywolf states that you need to do some tweaking to it to take advantage of the link building posibilities of your RSS feed.  With it you can build links to other sections of your blog, or another website for that matter.  Michael used this approach to get top-ranking for the terms [seo blog] and [seo consultant].  I’m personally going to target the phrase [sexiest man alive].  Wish me luck :)

Go ahead and read his great Wordpress SEO: How to Use RSS and Scrapers to Build Links article and start having fun.

What are Tag Clouds?

funny-pictures-cloud-cat This may seem like an easily answered question to many of you in the bloggosphere, but many others are not familiar with the concept of tag clouds.  I thought it would be a good idea to give some of you quick explanation of the concept of tag clouds.

So what are tag clouds and why are they important? I want you to look at it this way:

Every bit of content added to a site, be it videos, images, blog posts, articles, can be "Tagged" with keywords. Take this for example.   I upload a photo to my "wall."  There will be a field called Description which allows me to enter the description of the photo. 

For example: I upload a picture of a red rose.  I can type in the description: "This is a hybrid red rose grown in my science class."  Also on the screen would be a field called "Tags."  It is here that I can type in short keywords "classifying" this photo.

In this case my tags would be: flowers, science experiments, hybrid

Next, I can write a blog post.  This post will have some elements tied to it.  For example, a title field which is the title of the blog post, the story field; which is the whole blog post, and the Tag field, which I can type in short keywords classifying this blog post.

For example: I write a blog post titled "How Hybrid cars can save the world"  and the story would be something about hybrid cars and how they work and how they are good for the environment. Now and can add Tags to classify this blog post.   In this case I could tag the story with "hybrid, electricity, green, cars"

Here is an screenshot from my Wordpress Add New Post screen…notice the Post Tags section to the right:

how to add tag clouds to wordpress

So now, with this added content, my tag cloud would display ALL of the tags  "flowers, science experiments, hybrid, electricity, green, cars." BUT since there are more tags for hybrid, the tag cloud would display all of the tags, but the tag Hybrid would display in a larger, bolder font.  The more content that is added and tagged with the keyword Hybrid, the bigger and darker the word Hybrid would get.

This gives visitors an indication of what is popular on the site…the bigger and bolder tags indicated the most popular content.  Here is the tag cloud from tonyrocks.com:

what is a tag cloud example

When you click on any of the tags in the tag cloud, you are presented with a list of all content associated with that tag (similar to a Google search engine result). My blog tag cloud says that Twitter and SEO are the most popular content items on my site.

Self Aggregating Wordpress Tool

monetize-blogs-automatic-postingAs you know, I don’t promote many products. Frankly, most aren’t worth the time. But, every now and then one comes along that REALLY blows me away.  Ok, maybe I lied just a bit, because you know I DO promote quite a few products…this one however is stinking awesome.

Many of you are in the business to blog for profit, but can’t find the time to post those articles.  Well, this tool does it for you.  All you need is a Wordpress blog, a few affiliate links and blammo, you’ve got instant aggregate Wordpress blog, complete with your plugged in affiliate codes…on autopilot! This is easily the most profitable tool I’ve seen all year.

BlogProfitz was launched a month ago to a select group of marketers. These marketers ranged from total beginner to genuine expert. I’ve been using it over on http://japanese.emailfriends.com to supplement my posts with affiliate links and I’ve got to say that it is working!

If you have a blog:
BlogProfitz enables you to add a completely new level of monetization to your blogs – earning more the traffic you already have.

If you’re an affiliate marketer:
BP is the fastest way I’ve EVER seen to develop new traffic/revenue sources.

As you’ll see on their site, BlogProfitz takes 5 minutes or less to fully monetize and build an affiliate blog. Literally. This is not a flagrant misrepresentation or a statement to just sell you on the system. It really is that fast.

BlogProfitz will…

1. Add thousands of targeted affiliate products to any Wordpress blog, fully monetizing your site in less than 5 minutes.

2. Display targeted videos, articles (from our private database of 15k) and news to your blogs for more content and reader value.

3. BP is integrated with with CommissionJunction, Clickbank, Affiliatebot, Amazon, eBay, YouTube, Regnow, Overstock, Paydotcom, and more.

4. BlogProfitz can be used on any blog, new or existing.

I’ve never seen any tool so easy to use, of such a simple concept, that makes such a profound impact on its users’ businesses.

BlogProfitz is helping its users earn more right now. They’re earning more from the traffic they already have, getting more and better search engine rankings, increasing their websites’ value, increasing readership, increasing retention, increasing traffic, giving their readers more and making more money because of it. They’re doing ALL of this with 1, simple service. It’s happening right now. And it could be happening to YOU.

Grab your copy today and see how quick and easy it is to automatically post articles to your blog and to make the cash you’ve been expecting with it from affiliate marketing.