Blogicians

A Blogger is also called influencer. Being an influencer, a mistake from a blogger can cost very heavily. He may or may not realize this. The stakes are very high for top notch bloggers. The beginners are yet to establish their footprints. Therefore, both of them can't afford blogging mistakes. As a blogger, you need not market yourself as the blog itself is your promotional channel. Let me admit, it is very tough to build a blogging career. I shared the challenges in my post, 5 Challenges of being a blogger. Besides facing this five mountain like challenges, a mistake on top of it can be suicidal. The margin of error in a blogging career is almost NIL. Still we all are human beings and To err is human. At one point, i thought that blogging mistakes can kill my blog. To read more, click on following link

AdSense optimization can do wonders for the blog. I do agree with this statement. The web is flooded with blog posts on AdSense optimization. At a macro level, Bloggers have suggested 8-10 points that are re-written & copied by most of the bloggers. I was also trapped and spent more than three months on AdSense optimization. My conclusion is that Google Knows BEST. The suggestions from Google Adsense or Default options are the BEST options to maximize revenue for a blogger who don't want to experiment. As there is a consensus that you can increase 20% Adsense revenue through personalized AdSense optimization. To read more, click on following link

When do you publish your Blog Post?, One of my fellow bloggers asked me recently. Though i gave a thought on when to publish a blog post in past. At the macro level, the relevance of this topic is more dependent on your blogs traffic source. When i searched the net, i found that a lot of agencies/experts/analysts have done research on this topic. The findings are published with exact precision like you should publish a blog post on Thursday at 9:40 AM to get more likes/shares. Unfortunately, there is an army of bloggers who are following these dictate blindly. Mostly, the timing of blog post is fine tuned either for social media share or content freshness for regular visitors. To read more, click on following link

The Killer Social Media Strategy is the key to the success of blogging career. “Strategy” as such is the most discussed but least understood topic on the web. On a weekly basis, i receive 2-3 business proposals from so called Social Media Expert/Manager. Quite interestingly, Social Media Management is one of the top listings in the businesses that can be started without any investment. I will share the background of this post in some time. It was a casual observation that lead to full-fledged research and thus the idea of this post originated. To read more, click on following link

WordPress Cache Plugin is a must have concluded one of the most popular blogs. Two of the most popular WordPress cache plugin are W3 Total Cache and WP Super Cache. Both of them have more than 1+ million active installs each which mean they are together powering more than 2+ million sites.  Before writing a post on hugely popular WordPress Cache Plugin, i did thorough research from a bloggers perspective. I installed both these plugins on my blogs at one point or another. Installation of WP Super Cache is much simpler compared to W3 Total Cache. My post is linked to optimization of a blog. Therefore, i will not discuss pros and cons of individual WordPress Cache Plugin. Whenever i installed either of these two WordPress Cache Plugin, i faced one problem or another. I searched and changed every possible plugin settings to fix the issues. To read more, click on following link

A Social Media Plugin is a must have for the success of any blog. Finding a right Social Media Plugin is like finding a right life partner. My quest for good Social Media Plugin is never ending. You hate it or love it but can't live without it. The definition of good social media plugin is different for different bloggers. One set of bloggers focuses on functionality and features in Social Media Plugin. In short, they love FANCY Social Media feature. On the other hand, rest are more concerned about the size of plugin and load time of the same i.e. performance. Let me admit that you cannot get best of both the worlds. You can be on either side. I believe that social media share and follow just a functionality and should be treated the same. Social Media Visibility / Social Rank is now a critical part of SEO Visibility. To read more, click on following link

Alexa Rank Widget is must have to improve Alexa Rank of a Website.   This is a common consensus among all the bloggers. In layman terms, Alexa Rank Widget help to estimate the site metrics more accurately, therefore, better Alexa ranking. The widget compliment the Alexa toolbar. You may argue that i don't need Alexa Rank Widget for my blog/website as it is not accurate. There is a full-scale debate on the authenticity of the Alexa Rankings. During initial days, i did not focus on Alexa Rank as i was biased. After that, i realized that i am wrong. Either you love it or hate it, a webmaster need good Alexa ranking for online survival. I agree that it is not 100% accurate but at the same time NO other ranking tool is as accurate as Alexa Ranking. Off late, i observed that Alexa has taken a lot of steps to fix anomalies to make Alexa Ranking as precise as possible. Earlier i found that blogs or sites with much lower traffic were ranking well in Alexa. Now this anomaly is very limited. To read more, click on following link

A Direct Advertisement is one of the best ways to generate income from your blog. Unlike affiliate programs or 3rd party ad networks, You need not share ad revenue in Direct Advertisement. Therefore, you can earn more. Another advantage is stable and predictable revenue. In the case of other forms of monetization, a regular ad income cannot be guaranteed as it depends on available ad inventory and no of advertisers that impact daily CPC/RPM. At the same time, the internet is flooded with fraudsters and tricksters. A carrot of Direct Advertisement is also one such trick to trap bloggers. Weekly on an average i receive 4-5 Direct Advertisement proposals from various sources. To read more, click on following link

A secondary menu is a good to have a feature in Genesis Theme. I love to experiment with new features of the theme. Recently, i included the secondary menu on one of my blog. The key objective was to enhance ease of navigation for my readers. Ease of navigation is directly linked to the reading experience of a visitor. As i shared in my post on Blog Post Length that good reading experience is critical to increasing engagement level. Fortunately or Unfortunately, everything is inter-linked to each other. A general trend among bloggers is to retain two navigation menus i.e. primary menu and a secondary menu. A primary menu is used to highlight blog "Categories." On the other hand, Secondary Menu is used to showcase the services and vital info of blog. To read more, click on link

What is the ideal Blog Post Length for SEO? was asked in a recently concluded workshop on SEO or Search Engine Optimization. Everyone has different views on this topic. Most of the opinions are either copied, inspired or distorted. The master post of all the copied/inspired content is research by Medium. You may check the original blog at The optimal post is 7 Mins. Almost 90% blogs on this topic are inspired by the original blog. It concluded that ideal Blog Post Length is of 1600 words that can be read in 7 mins. Another interesting read that compiled all the research on the ideal length of the online content is The ideal length of Everything Online, Backed by Research.  Even reputed bloggers copied the thought process from research on these two posts. To read more, click on following link