Guest Post

What to do when people copy your blog content?

March 18, 2010

Do you know there are some people who are copying content from your blog without your permission and publish that content on their websites and blogs for few bucks? Do you have any solution to this problem? In this post I’m going to discuss several aspects related to blog content copying.

Yes definitely, you are being put into the risk of losing your search engine rankings and page rank when people copy your blog content. In many cases, copied content from your blog will first get indexed into Google and in those cases your content becomes duplicate. So Google may lower your blog rankings or may even not include your content into its index. So you are not getting the credit for all the hard work you put in writing those valuable contents that are stolen by content thieves.

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BuddyPress: Build a Community with WordPress

March 17, 2010

This is a guest post by Adesoji. If you like to write for Shoutmeloud, do read Shoutmeloud revenue sharing program. Have you ever thought of incorporating a community or social Network with your blog? You have options of using a forum but you consider that has a diversion from blogging? You need not look further because there is a software to every problem on the internet. You will be glad to know that this WordPress ...

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How to Install Buddypress in WordPress MU

March 16, 2010

Earlier we talked about What is BuddyPress and extending our tutorial, and this post is for those who wants to install buddypress on their wordpress MU. In this post I would try to explain how to install BP plugin and make it ready with a wordpress site. A quick guide for first timers Buddypress (BP) is a plugin which extends the functionality of WordPress to a social networking platform and is now for WPMU users. Thanks to ...

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How StumbleUpon Traffic Is Bad For Your Blog

March 15, 2010

Here is something to think about with Stumbleupon. A lot of bloggers use it, myself included. But here is one thing I’ve noticed: a higher bounce rate on any page that is stumbled.

This could affect your SEO on the long run. How?

Assuming you are using google analytics, and assuming google factors things like visitor time and bounce rate, you could be setting yourself up for trouble. If someone is “stumbling” along, they might be going through 10-15 sites a minute, until something catches your eye. What does that mean for you? It means they only stay on your site for 5-10 seconds. And this is logged in your stats.

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Blogspot New Feature: Design your own Blogger Template

March 13, 2010

This is a guest post by Priyanka, who writes at Priyanka Writing. If you like to write for Shoutmeloud, do read : Shoutmeloud revenue sharing program. Recently Blogger introduced the Draft Blogger template maker option, I just checked it out and its very good! Without much knowledge in HTML or CSS it is possible to create some unique themes suited to the bloggers needs. You have to go to draft.blogger.com page to start using this ...

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Cligs : SEO Friendly URL Shortener

March 12, 2010

Url shortening service – a very well-known among everyone, you might have used it on twitter or when sharing something over social networks. If not let me tell you now, it’s a web based service which shortens your lengthy url to smaller ones. Today adding to the list, we are going to see a new url shortening service Cligs which provides you to track your urls in depth. In their own words ” Cligs Shorten ...

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The Lean Blogger: Eliminating Waste

March 12, 2010

This is a guest post by Blogercise who writes at Blogercise.com. If you like to write for us, check our Guest post guidelines. I recently shared some thoughts here at ShoutMeLoud regarding agile time management techniques. However today I would like to talk about another time management methodology: Lean. In this post I will talk about the ideas behind Lean productivity and how these ideas can help you to manage the time you spend developing ...

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5 Tips to Become a Social Media Cool Kid

March 9, 2010

Most everyone has jumped on the social media bandwagon by now in some shape or fashion. To get the most out of social media, you have to be “cool.” Just like in high school, the cool kids were the ones with the most influence. So, how do you go about being cool and getting this powerful influence? The tough task of using Social media is being an Eye candy and being one of the cool-kid. ...

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