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The Free SEO Tools You Really Need To Have

» by Ken Jones April 18th, 2008 at 4:14 pm » Comments (6)

If you’re just starting in SEO and trying to learn as much as you can about Search Engine Optimization, your budget is probably going to be very limited (or perhaps even non-existent) but that doesn’t mean that you can’t gain access to some of the most useful SEO tools around.
Sure, there are more advanced tools [...]



Configuring Your New WordPress Blog

» by Ken Jones April 15th, 2008 at 2:44 pm » Comments (4)

You’re on the home straight now.
You’ve made it to the Third and Final Stage of Installing a WordPress Blog.  You should have already been through Stage 1: Preparation and Stage 2: Uploading.  The tricky stuff is out of the way and all that’s left for you to do now is to complete the initialization of your [...]



How To Upload WordPress To Your Webserver

» by Ken Jones April 10th, 2008 at 5:06 pm » Comments (0)

Welcome to Part 2 of the 3 part series: Installing WordPress Is Easy.
If you haven’t read Part 1: Preparation yet, head over there now and make sure that you’ve taken care of all the things you need to do get ready to upload the WordPress software to your webserver.
Ready?  Okay, let’s get going.

First up, you need to [...]



Getting Ready To Install WordPress

» by Ken Jones April 9th, 2008 at 3:27 pm » Comments (1)

Remember the Seven P’s:
Prior Planning and Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance
There are a number of things to do before you actually install WordPress on your webserver and taking care of them now will help make the rest of the process go a lot more smoothly.
If you’ve been reading the earlier parts of the Beginner’s Guide [...]



Installing WordPress Is Easy

» by Ken Jones April 8th, 2008 at 1:54 pm » Comments (0)

Now that you’ve worked your way through the earlier parts of the Beginner’s Guide and chosen a webhost for your new WordPress blog, it’s time to install the WordPress software on your webserver and set the whole thing up.  This can seem like quite a daunting task for the first-timer, but WordPress has been designed with ease of use in mind [...]



Choosing A Web Host For Your WordPress Blog

» by Ken Jones April 1st, 2008 at 6:45 pm » Comments (0)

This is important.
You want to set up a new blog site and you want it to be visible to search engines.
And you want lots of visitors to come to it.
And you want to make lots of money by writing your blog.
You’ll have to wait a while for that last one.  It takes time before it’s [...]



Registering Your Domain Name

» by Ken Jones March 24th, 2008 at 10:52 pm » Comments (0)

You’ve decided on a niche for your new website.
You’ve made a shortlist of domain names you’d like to use.
What’s next?
Now, you need to find out whether or not your favourite name is already taken and if it is available, shell out some money to make it yours.  Don’t panic this is easy enough and it won’t cost [...]



What’s in a (domain) name?

» by Ken Jones March 17th, 2008 at 9:23 pm » Comments (0)

Don’t let the title confuse you.
I’m not going to waste your time or insult your intelligence by going into a lengthy series of definitions of the various parts that go into making up the address of an internet site.
I’ll assume, for the sake of brevity, that you have at least a workable understanding of

“www” - Wibbly [...]



So You Think You Can Blog?

» by Ken Jones March 13th, 2008 at 12:52 am » Comments (0)

You’ve made the decision. 
You’re going to do it. 
There’s no holding you back.
You want to start a blog.  And nothing’s gonna stop you now.
But… what’s your blog going to be about?  What can YOU write about on a regular basis?  What are you going to call your blog?  Are you really sure you want to do [...]



Hello, Good Evening and Welcome

» by Ken Jones March 9th, 2008 at 9:38 pm » Comments (0)

Hi there.  I’m Ken.  Welcome to my first post here on SEOpsCentre.com 
Now, I know what you’re probably thinking…
“There are plenty of really good blogs out there about Search Engine Optimization and Marketing (SEO/M) so does the world really need another one?”
I’ll let you be the judge of that, but first, let me explain a little [...]