What theme do you chose, do you have adverts on the site, which adverts should you include and a question that is getting asked more and more is which plugins should you use?

All these questions and more are important. The theme you chose will give visitors their first impression of your blog. Does the theme fit your blogs subject, is it easy to navigate and even does the colour combination make the posts easy to read?  There are plenty of free themes out there but you may need to edit them slightly to fit your blog. Do you have the technical know-how to do this?  If not, you may want to hire someone to do it for you.

There are also a huge number of plugins available and its easy to go mad and install every plugin you think may add something to your site. When I set up a new blog, I only add plugins that will benefit my site. A while ago, I started using a free plugin which helped my sites considerably. It helped with a lot of SEO settings that have DEFINITELY INCREASED TRAFFIC. Now, a new version of this plugin has been release and you can download it free of charge

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I learned most of what I know about Wordpress blogs from these guys and this new Version 2.0 of their free plugin is a lot more powerful. Just download it, set it up by following the easy step-by-step instructions and away you go….

Don’t under-estimate the value of SEO, you can have the best blog in the world but without traffic, no-one will ever know about it.

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@XH558 (http://www.twitter.com/xh558)
I’ll admit this looks a strange ID but it is the registration of the only remaining airworthy Avro Vulcan. The Vulcan was originally introduced into the Royal Air Force fleet in the 1950s as part of the British Cold War arsenal and if you have ever seen it fly, it is an awesome sight. A Vulcan famously bombed Port Stanley during the 1982 Falklands War (read the book “Vulcan 607″ – its incredible) and was taken out of service shortly after. XH558 was sold to a private company and after much hard work and fund raising, it has taken to the skies again. Follow @XH558 for news and updates to see when it takes to the skies. They also have a website – http://www.vulcantothesky.org/

@ShellyKramer (http://www.twitter.com/ShellyKramer)
Very active on Twitter with great conversation and some excellent links to sites offering good advice about business online. WARNING: Don’t go near Shelly if you are a spammer, she doesn’t take prisoners !!!

@SomakHolidays (http://www.twitter.com/SomakHolidays)
A UK holiday company who really understand social media. Will happily chat with you plus some good travel info too.

http://www.twitterlogos.com

On TwitterLogos.Com, you’ll find a large number of Twitter related images, icons and buttons to help promote your Twitter ID on your website

I use it on all my Wordpress blog (including this one) and the upturn in traffic has been noticeable. People pay good money for this software but you can get it free of charge along with training so you know how to set up.

http://www.undergroundtraininglab.com/go.php?987272

You get the software and training for free.

Check it out:

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I was trying install various plug-ins into the default installation of Wordpress 2.8 from my hosting company.

The fix was fairly simple. You need to replace the version of ../wp-includes/http.php and hey presto, all is well again.

The solution was posted in the following Wordpress trac ticket and gives the link for the correct version of http.php

http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/10104

With over 27,000 people registered there was just no way
everyone could get in to find out about…

“How To Finally Monetize Social Media”

hundreds maybe thousands of people were shut out…

However, there is TWO pieces of good news for YOU

1. Perry has decided to post the replay video for just 48 hours
to let those of you who were shut out have a chance to
watch on your schedule.

Go watch this video while you still can…

https://touchstone.infusionsoft.com/go/smms/ratherto

2. Perry’s team has been removing duplicate and decline
orders and Fortunately for YOU they have a few spots
left in each program…

9 Copies at the MASTERMIND level… (these won’t last long)
18 Copies at the SUCCESS COACHING level
33 Copies at the MULTIMEDIA TRAINING level

Over 600 people have joined the waiting list since MIDNIGHT last
night so these spots will definitely NOT be around long.

The links on the sales page are still closed so if you want
to grab one of these spots you need to go check out the
webinar video page at:

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In my opinion this is one of the best webinar I have seen this
year maybe ever.

Even if you’re not interested in getting into Perry’s training program
YOU Don’t want to miss this Recording Setting Webinar…

Perry packed this thing full FREE Monetizable Content that
YOU can implement immediately…AWESOME stuff!!

Go watch this video while you still can…

And Implement!!

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As the 3rd Ashes test between England and Australia approaches, cricket fans may want to follow David ‘Bumble’ Lloyd’s insight to goings on in this epic sporting clash.

http://www.twitter.com/BumbleCricket

Phil Packer was injured while serving in Iraq in 2008. In the last year, he has been an inspiration to others and despite his injuries, he has completed a number of physical challenges raising over £1m for Help for Heroes.

http://www.twitter.com/PhilPacker

I’m trying not to recommend the same people every week (that would just be boring). My aim is to find new people for you. If you want to look for previous recommendations, just search for the ‘followfriday’ category.