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One of my mentor gave me this link it says\u00a043 Blogger Tips \u2013 What you should do after installing WordPress <\/strong>and reading it I find it very interesting and its a very good place to start for any blogger.<\/p>\n 1. Adjust your time zone under \u2018general\u2019 settings.<\/p>\n 2. Change \u201cOther comment settings\u201d and check the \u201cEnable threaded (nested) comments 5 levels deep\u201d, in \u2018Discussion\u2019 settings. This helps highlight any replies to any comments and is easier for the visitor to read.<\/p>\n 3. Get yourself a\u00a0Gravatar<\/a><\/strong> that will be displayed whenever you comment. Having a Gravatar helps promote you and your brand across the internet.<\/p>\n 4. Get and install a personally designed header banner. Personally designed header banners make your blog stand out.<\/p>\n 5. Change the \u201cDisplay name publicly as\u201d field to your name \u2013 under the \u201cUsers\u201d menu tab. Doing this will display your name as the author of the blog posts you publish.<\/p>\n 6. Delete the default \u201cBlogroll links\u201d and \u201cMr WordPress comment\u201d \u2013 Under the \u201cBlogroll\u201d and \u201cComments\u201d menu tabs. <\/strong><\/p>\n 7. Set up and install Google Analytics. The best free tool around to monitor your traffic stats. <\/strong><\/p>\n 8. Create an About Me page. You want to share a little about you and what you can do for your visitors.<\/p>\n 9. Create a Contact page, so visitors can easily make contact with you.<\/p>\n 10. Have a Favicon designed and installed \u2013 it\u2019s all about your personal branding.<\/p>\n 11. Delete the \u201chello world\u201d default blog post.<\/p>\n 12. Add a Privacy page. This is the page where you tell your visitor what you do with any data they give you.<\/p>\n 13. Add a Disclaimer page. You also need to add a \u2018Disclaimer\u2019 page. This is the page that stipulates what you mention on your blog may not suit everyone and not everyone will get the same results.<\/p>\n 14. Add an Affiliate Disclosure page. I believe in being totally open and honest with my visitors. If I am going to make some income from someone clicking on a link on my site, I like to tell them and so should you. This page should tell your visitors that you make an income using affiliate links on your blog.<\/p>\n 15. Move to a premium theme. Those free WordPress themes are very \u2018clunky\u2019 \u2013 hard to change, difficult to maintain and restrictive in their design. For the best premium themes check out this post:\u00a0Premium WordPress Themes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n 16. Add a blog title and tagline that includes your primary keyword phrase in the \u2018General\u2019 settings.<\/p>\n 17. Change the \u2018permalinks\u2019 (\u2018permalinks\u2019 under \u2018settings\u2019) structure to a custom structure: \/%post_id%\/%postname%\/ This structure is deemed the best for SEO purposes.<\/p>\n 18. Set up your categories using your keyword phrases. Again this helps with SEO.<\/p>\n 19. By using the Google Webmaster tools, you can quickly get your blog indexed. Verifying ownership of your Blog via the Google Webmaster Tools.<\/p>\n 21. Change the \u2018Update Service\u2019 under the \u2018Writing settings\u2019 to include the following sites:<\/p>\n http:\/\/rpc.pingomatic.com\/<\/p>\n http:\/\/blogsearch.google.com\/ping\/RPC2<\/p>\n http:\/\/api.moreover.com\/RPC2<\/p>\n http:\/\/api.my.yahoo.com\/RPC2<\/p>\n http:\/\/rpc.technorati.com\/rpc\/ping<\/p>\n http:\/\/rpc.twingly.com\/<\/p>\n http:\/\/rpc.weblogs.com\/RPC2<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.blogdigger.com\/RPC2<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.bloglines.com\/ping<\/p>\n http:\/\/ping.feedburner.com\/<\/p>\n http:\/\/rpc.icerocket.com:10080\/<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.octora.com\/add_rss.php<\/p>\n http:\/\/ping.syndic8.com\/xmlrpc.php<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.wasalive.com\/ping\/<\/p>\n http:\/\/ping.weblogalot.com\/rpc.php<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.blogpeople.net\/servlet\/weblogUpdates<\/p>\n http:\/\/ping.myblog.jp<\/p>\n http:\/\/ping.bloggers.jp\/rpc\/<\/p>\n http:\/\/bblog.com\/ping.php<\/p>\n All the above sites will be updated when you publish a blog post.<\/p>\n 22. Add a FeedBurner RSS Feed so visitors can be automatically informed when you add a blog post.<\/p>\n 23. Also allow subscription to your blog via email. <\/strong><\/p>\n 24. RSS Directories. Performing this will make your blog index quicker in the search engines and can provide a steady stream of organic traffic. RSS Directories hold millions of links to websites and blogs and are some of the most visited websites on the internet.<\/p>\n By adding your blog\u2019s RSS feed to the RSS Directories, every future blog post you add to your blog, will automatically be added to the RSS Directory. And that means it could potentially be seen by thousands of visitors and your blog will receive a powerful backlink from the RSS Directory.<\/p>\n You only have to add your blog\u2019s RSS feed to the RSS directory once and everything is set up to work automatically.<\/p>\n One of the best RSS Directories for rankings is:\u00a0http:\/\/feedagg.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n 25. Start building your list by giving something of quality, away.<\/p>\n 26. Start adding valuable comments on other blogs \u2013 get your name out there.<\/p>\n 27. Add unique blog posts as least 3 times a week to your blog. <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n 28. If you have used FTP to upload WordPress \u2013 store\/remember your ftp login details. You can waste hours looking for access details.<\/p>\n 29. Change the password of your WordPress Admin login. Some hosting sites provide the password when you first install WordPress \u2013 change it \u2013 you just never know who has also seen it.<\/p>\n 30. Change the WordPress admin username \u2013 most hackers know that \u2018admin\u2019 is the username and then they only have to guess the password. Make it twice as hard and change the admin username to something other than \u2018admin\u2019<\/p>\n 31. Keep WordPress and your plugins up to date. Often WordPress and plugins are updated due to security reasons. Keep your site updated on the latest versions. Make sure you backup before you upgrade and test after your upgrade.<\/p>\n 32. Add the\u00a0Akismet<\/a><\/strong> and\u00a0WP-SpamFree Anti-Spam<\/strong> plugins to reduce the amount of spam comments you receive.<\/p>\n 33. Install the \u2018Subscribe to comments<\/a><\/strong>\u2019 plugin so visitors return and can reply to other commenters.<\/p>\n 34. Show some Google Link Luv by installing the\u00a0CommentLuv<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0KeywordLuv<\/strong> and\u00a0DoFollow<\/a><\/strong> plugins.<\/p>\n 35. Install the\u00a0All-In-One-SEO<\/a><\/strong> plugin and include your primary keyword phrase in the \u2018Home Title, \u2018Home Description\u2019 and \u2018Home Keywords\u2019.<\/p>\n 36. Install the\u00a0Google XML Sitemap<\/a><\/strong> plugin and manually build your sitemap. It helps get your site indexed.<\/p>\n 37. Add the\u00a0WP-DBManager<\/a><\/strong> plugin and schedule backups to be created everyday.<\/p>\n 38. Make Better Use of the 404 Page \u2013 <\/strong>automatically redirect the reader to a list of your best posts or you can present them your entire post archives. The\u00a0\u00a0404 SEO plugin<\/a><\/strong> will help.<\/p>\n 39. Improve the security of your blog by installing\u00a0Login Lockdown<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n 40. Install a caching plugin like\u00a0WP-Super-Cache<\/a><\/strong> to make your blog load faster.<\/p>\n 41. Install\u00a0SexyBookMarks<\/a><\/strong> plugin so visitors can easily socially bookmark your blog posts.<\/p>\n 42. Install the \u201cSEO Friendly Images<\/a><\/strong>\u201d plugin. SEO Friendly Images is a WordPress optimization plugin which automatically updates all images with extra search engine optimization functionality.<\/p>\nTidy up\/Design<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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