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CATEGORY: WORDPRESS
WordPress 3.0 Countdown to New Features
Posted in Wordpress, Zing Blog on June 6th, 2010 by Rusty

With the recent release candidate of WordPress 3.0, the latest version in the most popular blogging platform online, the blogging team readies the new version with some seriously cool features. WordPress started in 2003 with a single bit of code to enhance the typography of everyday writing and with fewer…

Clarify Your Website Content In Search Engines with URL Normalization
Posted in Online Marketing, Wordpress, Zing Blog on February 27th, 2010 by Rusty

In this post, we will learn more about the aspect of a search engine optimization technique, called URL Canonicalization or URL Normalization. We will see why it is important and why being knowledgeable about it will reduce duplicate content issues.

Do you have the right content on the web, but…

10 Essential WordPress SEO Plugins
Posted in Wordpress, Zing Blog on January 19th, 2010 by Rusty

When it comes to web design management and blogging systems, WordPress wins my heart. In my last WordPress SEO post I noted the 12 Best SEO Plugins. Now I want to identify the 10 essential plugins you can’t be without if your running a WordPress Blog. We have done ton’s…

10 WordPress Install Security Tips
Posted in Wordpress, Zing Blog on October 29th, 2009 by Rusty

Now that WordPress has released its harding release 2.8.5 security is on my mind. I did some research to find 10 tips to secure WordPress and make it harder to break in. Below are some of the tips I found most useful.

1. Always change your WordPress database extension. Default…

13 Essential Wordpress Plugins
Posted in Wordpress on September 15th, 2009 by Rusty

Here I’ve compiled a list of Wordpress plugins that I personally use and you should too, that is, if you want a spam-free, quick loading, easily manageable and search engine friendly web site. In my 3 years using Wordpress, I’ve found these to be the most essential plugins that I…

12 Best WordPress SEO Plugins
Posted in Online Marketing, Wordpress on August 9th, 2009 by Rusty

So you’ve freshly installed wordpress and you’re ready to put in the time and effort to make it a huge success.  A few steps go a very long way for the long term success of your blogging site.  Gathered from a variety of sources, here are the steps I now…