Do you think that Google+ will be Facebook or Twitter “killer”? Well we will know the answer when the time comes. But what we can tell you now is that Google+ is definitely a social media that you can’t afford to ignore especially if you are blogger, web developer or content producer. Today’s article is exclusively written for WordPress users as we would like to introduce 2 methods of adding Google+ to WordPress blog or website. So don’t miss it!

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By default, WordPress displays full post on the homepage and category pages. However, some users prefer their posts to be published in the form of excerpt (partial post), making their blogs look more decent. In fact, there are some benefits of publishing posts in excerpt form. Imaging if your visitors load a page which has lots of images, it can significantly impact your page load time. By using excerpt, you can simply show a short description of the article and let visitors view the post on single post page.

Other than that, excerpt also helps to increase page view count. Imaging if you don’t use the excerpt, your visitors will just read the post on the homepage or category pages. By adding it this way, they will go to the original post. That is 2 page views instead of 1. Without further ado, let us show you 2 simple tutorials on how to display post excerpts in your WordPress blog. Read more…

How can you increase your website or blog’s traffic and generate more revenue? In our previous post titled: Best Thumbnail Related Posts Plugins for WordPress, we’ve emphasized the importance of having thumbnail related posts plugin set up on your WordPress blog. Today we would like to introduce WordPress users another two great related posts plugins called nrelate Related Content and nrelate Popular Content.

Oops, are you using other blogging platforms? No worries, nrelate is currently also available on Blogger and Tumblr. If you are on a different platform or a custom site, contact nrelate and let’s see if they can get you up and running! Read more…

Two of the most powerful and widely used web browsers are Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, but which one do you think is more suitable to web developers and designers? We all know that one of the reasons that made Firefox so successful is the Firefox add-ons. What about Chrome? Other than simplicity and speed, Chrome also provides extensions which have similar function to Firefox addons.

In today’s post, we would like to show you more than 50 Chrome extensions which are extremely helpful for web designers, developers and bloggers. They are all selected based on our in-depth research on their usefulness and popularity. So, give them a try now to boost up your productivity and enhance your work’s competency. Read more…

Are you looking for some useful practices to improve your pages ranking in the search results? If your answer is yes, the first thing you should know about is Search Engine Optimization (SEO) – a process of improving the visibility of a website or a web page in search engines via the search results.

You may think that SEO is very complicated and confusing, but the basics of SEO are quite easy to understand. Today we would like to discuss about some useful SEO practices that will not only help your pages get higher ranking in search results but also drive more traffic to your site. So don’t miss the opportunity to give yourself a good foundation in learning search engine optimization! Read more…

If you are WordPress blogger, have you ever thought that some of your International visitors might not understand your blog’s content in English? To solve this problem, you can actually install a language translation plugin to translate the content in your blog into other languages. It will certainly make your visitors feel comfortable reading your post in their native language and use your blog without any language obstacles.

Today, we would like to introduce you the top language translation plugins available in the WordPress plugin repository. You can be sure that the given plugins are trustworthy and operating well because they have multiple positive reviews from the satisfied customers and experts. Read more…

Firefox is the best choice for anyone simply because its huge collection of free addons for every purpose, from automation to task management, documents syncing and FTP clients. Each of these addons can make certain things easier and that`s especially important for web developers and designers because searching for errors and optimizing your pages can be a painful and time-consuming process. Here are some of the best Firefox add-ons for anyone interested in web design or development. Most of them can be used to make your workflow quicker and more productive.

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Have you ever searched the web for great ways to generate or increase traffic for your website or blog? Are they useful and worked for your site? As you know there are numerous ways to increase traffic, some will cost you money, and some won’t. Below you’ll find our top 10 legitimate ways to boost the number of visitors to your website for free. We can assure you that all of them will work for your site or blog.

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Are you looking for a plugin that allows you to add contact form to your WordPress blog? If you ever searched plugins through WordPress plugin directory, you might realize that many of them were out of date or not what you needed. Today, this issue will be ended here as we will introduce you a variety of top WordPress contact form plugins for you to choose. We believe that you will be able to get a good one that is suited for your needs.

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Nowadays almost all the mobile phones are equipped with Internet surfing capabilities. Since more and more people are accessing websites through their mobile phones every day, many bloggers and web developers have actually adapted their websites to these visitors. In this article, we compile a list of useful mobile plugins that can be used to make your WordPress blog or website mobile friendly.

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WordPress has so many plugins that let you accomplish almost everything you can imagine on your blog. If you are WordPress beginner, you might have no idea on which plugins to install that can bring your blog or website to the next level. We know that there are plenty of best WordPress plugins posts out there, but what we want to introduce you today is the best plugins that you can’t afford to miss. Without further ado, here’s the list.

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CDN is a global content delivery network that has been widely used to optimize blog’s speed. It works by caching your site’s static files such as images, CSS, JavaScript files, videos, etc. and delivering them to your visitors via the CDN POP closest to them. Since those heavier elements are being delivered locally to the visitor, it greatly improves the end user experience and makes your site load faster.

To choose a right CDN service, there are many factors to be considered such as reasonable price, multiple servers (nodes), easy to configure, etc. In this article, we are going to recommend you 11 CDN services for you to consider. Read more…

By default, whenever you update a post or page in WordPress, It saves a backup or revision copy of the old page. These revision copies tend to build up over time, bloating your database unnecessarily. Ultimately it will slow down the loading time of your site. In this article, we would like to recommend you 3 simple plugins to clean up your database by deleting all existing revisions.

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Did you know that when you register a domain, all your personal information including your name, address, email address and phone number are immediately made available to anyone who wants to see them? That’s right. Your personal information is exposed to anyone, everyday, and anywhere.

Although your domain’s whois record cannot be hidden or deleted, you can protect it through some privacy services. What you can do is register your domain in the name of these proxy services so that their information will be made public instead of your personal information. Here are two popular whois privacy services available on the web. Read more…

Website usability testing is one of the important online publishing strategies allowing you to effectively scan and identify which are the critical issues to be addressed in your web publication. It can improve the effective use, legibility, navigation, and user experience of your website. In this article you can find both the best free and paid versions of website usability testing tools available out there.

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