I have just added support for Sphinn to my hacked version of the popular Sociable plugin. For those unfamiliar with Antisocial, these are the differences All links have nofollow added – this might sound strange coming from someone who strongly supports the removal of nofollow from comments, but there is no logical purpose having a followable link to a social bookmark … [Read more...]
WordPress SEO Masterclass For Competitive Niches
Take a well optimized WordPress blog in a competitive niche, rip it apart, and help maximise its chances of ranking in the SERPs and raking in some cash. This isn’t lame all-in-one optimization plugins, it is entirely geeking it out! Update: 28th August 2010 – this article doesn’t take into account changes to the way Google handles nofollow to combat PageRank … [Read more...]
Linking Mistakes Frequently Encountered on Blogs
When reading other people's blogs, you can encounter a multitude of linking problems that thousands of bloggers are making, either when linking to people within their own posts, or when they are commenting. Linking to Top Level Domains Rather Than Posts There are multiple benefits for both you and the blog or website you link to if you use deep linking to related content … [Read more...]
7+7 Reasons Why Google Buying FeedBurner is a Match Made in Heaven & Hell
Rumours have been surfacing for the last few days that Google might be buying FeedBurner for around $100M. Listed below you will find 7 reasons Google and Feedburner are a perfect match, and 7 equally compelling reasons we should be concerned. Match Made In Heaven? There are some very positive reasons that this is an ideal match and I am going to concentrate on those … [Read more...]
Ultimate List of DoFollow & Nofollow Plugins
Banish Nofollow From Comments and Trackbacks WordPress by default, just like other blogging platforms, has automatically been adding the “nofollow” microformat extension to all links from user generated content such as comments and trackbacks. To support the growing rejection of NoFollow for blog comments, I have compiled this list of plugins that help you remove nofollow from … [Read more...]