Technically Easy

Category: Websites and Blogging

This category will contain any blogging-related posts, that includes platforms such as WordPress and Blogger.

  • Choosing a Profitable Niche for Your Blog

    Choosing a Profitable Niche for Your Blog

    One of the easiest places to begin earning money online is through blogging. Virtually anyone with knowledge about any subject can begin a blog and through the proper promotion, can earn a decent income. However, one area in which beginners often have difficulty with is choosing a niche that will be profitable. Starting a blog and realizing there isn’t a potential audience for the topic can be downright demotivating.

    Many internet marketers use complex techniques such as analyzing traffic data, average CPC, etc. for niche-related keywords. This can be daunting for a beginner and fortunately, there is an easier way.

    There are two fundamental features of your niche that must be present in order for it to be profitable which are: a large audience and products related to the niche.
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  • Which Comes First – Company Name Or Domain Name?

    Which Comes First – Company Name Or Domain Name?

    Back in the days when internet was nonexistent for general people and businesses, you could pick any company name you desired. As internet became mainstream and not an exclusive tool of communication for federal agencies, the concept of domain names cropped up.

    A domain name is just the name that embeds your website IP address and instead of a series of numbers appearing as the website, it is a proper name.

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  • What Makes a User Friendly Website?

    What Makes a User Friendly Website?

    There’s nothing worse than investing countless hours and amounts of money into your business website only to have it flop on debut. It’s natural to feel disappointed if this happens after the anticipation of unveiling your new website has been building steadily.

    Although an ineffective marketing plan can have something to do with a website that’s not drawing business, the actual website itself may be the problem. No matter what you do to draw traffic to your site, if potential customers hit the “Back” button shortly after arriving, they’re not likely to return.

    This is why developing a user friendly website is so important. Learn how to capture and maintain consumer interest with a friendlier, more valuable site.

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  • Tips for Creating A Successful Technology Niche Blog

    Tips for Creating A Successful Technology Niche Blog

    It takes no rocket scientist to figure out that technology blogging is, by far, one of the best niches of the blogging world in the modern times. The modern society is obsessed with technology and blogging about technology is the secret to getting ahead in the blogging race.

    For anyone who is looking to start a successful little business venture technology blogging is the way to go. If you possess good writing abilities along with an access to the latest gadgets and technological innovations that the world has to offer every day, you stand in a great chance of making your blog a success.

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  • How to Protect a Domain Name

    How to Protect a Domain Name

    The most obvious way is to keep it…but let’s not simplify the situation too much. In most cases your domain is something you rent. You pay a fee and the domain name becomes yours, but then after a while, this agreement to allow you to have that domain name expires, a bit like renting a house.

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  • Traffic Stats: September 2012

    Traffic Stats: September 2012

    Last month was a great month for traffic for Technically Easy. The months saw some record numbers in terms of traffic to this blog, which I am definitely pleased with considering the drop in traffic at the beginning of the year. Over the past six months I have seen the traffic numbers continue to climb, and it was no different in September. The year-over-year numbers were also the best I have seen in almost a year.

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  • 10 Tips for Choosing the Right Web Hosting Company

    10 Tips for Choosing the Right Web Hosting Company

    Starting an online business or personal website requires a secure and reliable host. If you are new to the industry, it may be confusing to determine what to look for in a hosting company. What’s important? What are the key differences? Below are a few tips to keep in mind when choosing a host for your site.

    Some of the key elements when selecting a host are: support, down time, backup options, plugins or widgets, whether you can upload using FTP, whether you have access to a control panel, what other sites would share your IP address, where their servers are located, price by bandwidth and site.

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  • 3 Ways To Become Less Dependent on Google Search

    3 Ways To Become Less Dependent on Google Search

    When you compose a new post for your blog, what’s the first thing you have in mind? Is it your readers? Or is it Google? It’s a sad reality of the modern web that bloggers cater to the whims of Google, often to the detriment of their readers. They stuff their article with keywords and mind every little link, lest they find themselves not ranking in the top 10 for high-volume keywords. But you know what?

    You can’t blame them

    The incentives are there. Google is the world’s biggest traffic referrer. Bloggers need traffic, and so catering to Google’s rules can pay off. Unfortunately, at the same time it can create a poor experience for readers.

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