Technically Easy

Category: Websites and Blogging

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

  • Essential Tips to Blog the Healthier Way

    Essential Tips to Blog the Healthier Way

    Reaching the top 10 position of Search Engine Rankings is never easy. However, with continuous struggle and a well-laid strategy, it is achievable. Same rule applies to your weight loss goals. Blogging and good fitness seldom go together. But with little efforts, this can be made possible. Nustrisystem and Medifast help bloggers get on the way to healthy blogging once again.

    After hefty research, I got to learn few essential tips to blog the right way. And sharing has been in my nature forever, so here I am with the some really useful information that will take you one step forward in your journey towards weight loss and successful blogging.

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  • Top 7 Blogging Tips to Increase Traffic to you Blog Posts

    Top 7 Blogging Tips to Increase Traffic to you Blog Posts

    Anyone who has started a blog or a website would want his or her posts to get noticed and reached a wider audience. Increase traffic is one sign of a successful site as it opens more opportunities for the site.

    One might think that achieving this can be a big challenge but driving traffic and attracting visitors and fans is not impossible. Here are a few tips on how to achieve this.

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  • Easy Exercises for Bloggers to Perform at Home and Stay Fit

    Easy Exercises for Bloggers to Perform at Home and Stay Fit

    It is never too late, if you have decided to trim down and come into the group of healthy bloggers. Work and health should go hand in hand and striking a balance between the two is something each one of us starves for. This fact is well understood by programs like Diet to Go and Bistro MD, which strive to make a healthier society.

    Exercising serves several purposes like weight loss, boosting energy levels and keeping you active at work. But not all of them are possible for the “busy blogging breed”. Here are some easy and effective exercises enlisted to set you for a healthy body and an active mindset to help you strike an overall balance. However, accompanying the exercises with a healthy and nutritious diet is advisable.

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  • Why Your Blog Isn’t Making Money (Yet)

    Why Your Blog Isn’t Making Money (Yet)

    What is it about blogging that gets people so excited? Is it the prospect of becoming rich and semi-famous? Or is it the fact that anyone can produce their own publication? Blogging gives people, who may not have every considered themselves ‘the writing type’ the opportunity to communicate to the world through their own personal publications. Blogging can be a lot of fun, and when done just right, a blog can make a lot of money. But so many bloggers find themselves plugging away at their blogs without seeing much income from it, if any.

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  • 4th Generation Hosting – Worth the wait?

    4th Generation Hosting – Worth the wait?

    With the constant innovations in the high cost business server market, it becomes hard to discern what is a genuine technology revolution or merely the next buzzword sales ploy; the following will investigate and examine the claims and supposed benefits of 4th Generation Hosting.

    The fundamental change in server architecture from 3rd to 4th generation is the clustering multi-server environment. Previous incarnations of server hosting architecture have had to rely on the one server unit that was hosting your particular site.

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  • Traffic Stats: May 2012

    Traffic Stats: May 2012

    Last month traffic to Technically Easy continued to remain steady, which can be a good and bad thing. The good is that traffic didn’t decrease, especially with Google making changes to the search algorithm. The bad is that steady traffic means there was no, or very little, growth. I would still like to see a minor increase in traffic, but I realize that last month there wouldn’t be much in terms of increase.

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  • Web Hosting Made Simpler – Just the Basics, Ma’am…

    Web Hosting Made Simpler – Just the Basics, Ma’am…

    Choosing a web hosting service provider is no easy task. Even professionals sometimes have a difficult time making a decision. Qualities to consider when choosing a web host include affordability, reliability, tech support, and personal taste. You have to be careful with looking at Top Ten lists because sometimes the results are skewed by fake reviews for advertising and affiliate purposes.

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    Different types of hosting are available too, many of which are labeled as business, professional, email, budget, shared, green, cheap, or unlimited hosting. More important than those simplistic, yet often confusing, labels are the actual types of hosting.

    The four main types are Shared Hosting for personal blogs and websites, Virtual Private Server (VPS) Hosting for business and e-commerce websites, Reseller Hosting for those that buy server space and sell to their own customers, and Dedicated Server Hosting for large portals and enterprise websites. With Shared Hosting, there are two main types: Linux (or Unix) based and Windows based.

    The reasons for needing a web host will dictate the type that you’ll need. If you’re just starting out and want a small website, go with Shared Hosting. If you’re the CEO of a large corporation, go with a Dedicated Server.

    Affordability

    Price is certainly an important aspect to consider when choosing a web host, but it shouldn’t be the deciding factor. Any hosting service that charges less than $10 a month is considered by most to be affordable. Many services offer monthly fees ranging from $2 to $6, especially when offered in conjunction with a special offer. They often offer sales and special discounts. Many also offer introductory rates. Don’t go with the cheapest offer though. Remember that you get what you pay for. The three ranges are $5 and under, $5-10, and $10 and over.

    Reliability

    A web hosting provider is only as good as the services they offer. If the sites you create are constantly crashing or you don’t have access to make updates, the that provider is considered to have a considerable amount of down time. The best providers have ratings of 99% reliability or better.

    Tech Support

    If the customer service department of your current provider doesn’t speak English, it might be time to find another provider. A good customer service department will be available via telephone or e-mail 24/7. They should be able to answer any question and solve any problem. Unfortunately, it is difficult to judge this aspect of a company before signing on with them. Make sure a phone number or contact info is listed.

    Personal Taste

    This is where even more research comes into play. Search the web for as many Top Ten reviews as you can find. Look for overlapping company names then choose your own top ten and go to their websites. See how you like it. Is the site easy to move around in? Do they have a lot of advertising? Does that bother you? Can you find any contact info? Are the prices within your range? Is the layout nice? Do they provide examples or customer testimonials? Narrow it down to your top three choices, then go with your gut instinct.

    This TOP 15 list is a compilation from several other sites’ top 10 lists:

    1. In Motion Hosting (Dedicated, VPS, Linux)
    2. Web Hosting Hub (Linux)
    3. Web Hosting Pad (Linux)
    4. iPage (Linux)
    5. Blue Host (Reseller)
    6. Just Host (Reseller)
    7. Host Gator (Dedicated, Reseller)
    8. Go Daddy (Linux)
    9. 247 Host (Dedicated, Reseller)
    10. Fat Cow (Linux)
    11. Green Geeks (Linux)
    12. Win Host (Windows)
    13. My Hosting (Windows)
    14. Arvixe (Windows, Reseller)
    15. Host Ahead (Windows)

    If you need more help, do a web search for “web host ratings” and choose a site to visit. Good luck and happy hosting!

  • 3 Good Reasons To Buy Multiple Domain Names

    3 Good Reasons To Buy Multiple Domain Names

    When an individual or business acquires the desired domain name, it may seem like a mission has been accomplished. However, having multiple domain names is even more profitable. Some businesses survive on just one Web site, but many large companies and organizations thrive with multiple domains. Keep reading to find out why.

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