Once you learn about blogging, you will come across this term – SEO. Almost every “teach you how to blog website” will talk about this. What is it? It stands for Search Engine Optimization.

What is it all about? Is it that important that a website/blog owner should be aware of it? Well, I can tell you that, there are many things to cover when talk about SEO. It’s a subject to learn by all times. [...more]

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I believe Illacrimo theme is not a stranger around the blogosphere. It is initially a Wordpress theme done by Design Disease and it’s so well designed that it has a high demand. There’s even a Blogspot version of this theme!

Before the widget ready version was released, the Illacrimo theme was not able to support widgets in Wordpress. Who would not love the widget ready version as it makes life much more easier when you want to customize your blog arrangement? However, this theme is not working well with the current Wordpress 2.3 and above version. [...more]

Tags: theme, Wordpress

From time to time, Wordpress will release new version with bugs fixed of the previous version. If you are a Wordpress.com user, worry not as they will do any necessary updates for you, if needed. But if you host your own Wordpress blog in your own domain, you must update your Wordpress blog all by yourself, or the so-called “admin” of your blog.

But when?

When you see the above message appears in your Dashboard, you know that there’s a new release. By clicking the “Please update now” hyperlink, you will be directed to the download page. [...more]

Tags: Wordpress

“Favicon”, a special word form from “favorite icon”. What is it? It’s the tiny image right beside the URL which appear in your web browser. When you bookmark your favorite websites (with favicon available), you will also notice the favicon will appear beside the title. Most popular websites will have their own favicon. Such as Yahoo! has a red Y! and Flickr has a blue and pink circle. It’s time to make one for your own website or blog!

Today, I’m gonna guide you how to add a favicon to your blog. [...more]

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A rich content blog will gain more traffic. If you want your blog to be popular among the blogosphere, you will have to put in more afford to produce something original, unique and interesting. This is not an easy task. One of the factors that make your blog unique is your blog interface or design.

Psychologically, most readers will pay more attention to a blog with beautiful or simply impressive design. However, you have to make sure the way you customize your blog is almost ‘lag-free’. [Tips: Don't make your blog loaded with too many flash components.]

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Tags: Blogger, theme, Wordpress