Middle Ear Media

Category: Blogging

  • Stop Spam: WordPress Comments

    Stop Spam: WordPress Comments

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    Stop Spam: WordPress Comments is the first in a three-part series called Stop Spam. The unfortunate reality is that there is no way to stop spam entirely. This series deals with how to minimize and filter spam, and the trade-offs between anti-spam techniques and usability. Different types of spam include email spam, blog or comment…

  • 7 Steps to Online Success

    7 Steps to Online Success

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    Online success can be defined differently by individual marketers, advertisers, and content creators. It depends on each individual’s purpose. I offer these 7 Steps to Online Success as a guide for those who want to operate a successful website. Follow these simple practices and you’ll see how easy it can be to succeed. The 7…

  • How To Blog: Topic Tips

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    It can seem daunting at times, but it’s very important to learn how to blog effectively by choosing better topics to write about. Do you suffer from writer’s block and have difficulty generating ideas? Or have you experienced information overload and just couldn’t seem to narrow down your ideas? It happens to all of us…

  • How to use FeedBurner with WordPress

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    Find out how to use FeedBurner with WordPress. If you have a blog, you’re probably familiar with the concept of feeds. If you’re not sure what a feed is, read my article about RSS feeds. Feeds are a great way to share content. However, there are some limitations. There’s really no way to know any…

  • Free WordPress Theme “MEM Core” released

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    Word­Press is a pop­u­lar, open-source, Con­tent Man­age­ment Sys­tem built by hun­dreds of com­mu­nity vol­un­teers around the world. Although, I’ve been devel­op­ing Word­Press Themes for years, I finally got around to releas­ing my first free WordPress Theme for pub­lic use. I call it MEM Core which is short for “Middle Ear Media Core” because I plan…

  • Let’s All Help Stop SOPA/PIPA

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    I just wanted to do my part to show my support and help save the internet. What’s wrong with the internet? You may have heard about SOPA — the Stop Online Piracy Act or its sister bill in the Senate, PIPA — Protect IP Act, but do you really know what will happen if these…

  • How to Blog: For Beginners

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    This post will help you learn how to blog. So, you finally have your own blog. Now what? You’ve been anxiously awaiting the moment, and now that you have the ability to share your thoughts with the entire world, you can’t think of anything to say. Maybe you feel intimidated by the whole concept of…

  • Dynamic Content: Why it’s Essential

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    There are many reasons to have dynamic content on your website, but the two most important are to increase traffic and to increase sales. Dynamic content will drive traffic to your site by helping give you a better ranking in search engine results. It can drive sales (assuming you’re selling something) or conversions by giving…

  • RSS Feeds Explained

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    Have you ever noticed the sheer amount of information on the internet? It’s become overwhelming and guess what? It’s only going to grow! So content publishers need to find ways to make it easier for their audience to receive their content. The concept behind RSS is really simple. So simple in fact that RSS stands…

  • Knee Deep in WordPress

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    In case you haven’t heard, WordPress is a personal publishing system built on PHP and MySQL. In other words, it allows your site to be a dynamic, database-driven organism. So rather than having a couple static HTML pages sitting there getting dusty, your site can be built with PHP modules which can be combined in…