Get International Readers To Your Blog

I have been working on a new version of my Translation plugin for Wordpress which creates static translated pages of your blog and links to it. You do not need worry about getting your blog pages translated. This plugin is free to use, you can see it in action on this blog. This blog can be read by readers from 23 different countries. You can see the picture on the right side which is from Google Analytics. You can see searches coming in different languages.

Using this translation plugin can increase your traffic and sales and more revenue from advertisements. I have been using this plugin for about 2 months now and I have seen my Indexed pages on Google has gone up 10 times.

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Try Wordpress 2.7 beta 3 - Great Admin Interface

Wordpress 2.7 dashboard

I just upgraded this Wordpress Installation to the latest Wordpress 2.7 beta 3. I was bit hesitant to install on this site as its a development site. So I backed up the database and the files in case I get into trouble, but the upgrade went smooth and did not have any trouble. I have still not gone through all the features, but I really like the admin interface. There are no much changes in the front end, but the backend is totally different. The navigation part has really changed and is very much optimized. 
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My Blogging Tools

Its very important that if you are blogging full time or you are an active blogger, you should have sufficient tools to be productive. I have been blogging for some time now and I have my own way to get the best out of me.

This is my computer table at my home. I do not have a PC, but I have a 22 inch LCD Monitor, a wireless Microsoft keyboard, and a wireless mouse. I have a 4bps broadband connection with Wifi router.

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Using Picasaweb for uploading pictures for your blog

If you have a Google Account, then you should download Picasa which is a simple photo editing software and you can directly upload images to the Picasaweb and insert pictures to your blog. The biggest advantage is that you can save space and bandwidth of your hosting

Make Money From Your Twitter Account

Twitter is a very popular platform for the Internet users. If you do not have a twitter account, you are missing a great service. Twitter is a free service, where you can update your status online which can be viewed by your followers and the public.

The more number of followers you have, you have more power with your twitter account. You can send message to your followers through different tools and even through a text message from your mobile now. Now you have to make real cash from your twitter account. There is a limitation of sending a maximum of 140 characters in a single message. This is a very cool feature to stay in touch with your friends, customers and family. You can even check your friends updates from your mobile phone or PDA.

How to earn money from your Twitter Account

Twittads

You can make money by joining this program. The earning will be depend on the number of followers you have and how much you use twitter. You can decide the price and time that you want to sell your Twittads. I think this is a great program. Follow me on Twitter for latest updates. Sign-up for a free account at Twittads

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10 Top Plugins for Wordpress Post

Wordpress is one the most widely used Blogging Platform which is an open source software written in PHP and Mysql. I would say that this is the best best blogging tool and its very user friendly. To enhance the features of this platform, you can use different plugins which are free to use and is available at the Wordpress Plugins Directory. Some plugins are commercial which most of them are free to use. In this post, I have done some research and listed down the plugins which should be useful for you.

cformsII - contact form- cforms is a highly customizable, flexible and powerful form builder plugin, covering a variety of use cases and features from attachments to multi form management, you can even have multiple forms on the same page!

Google XML Sitemaps - This plugin will create a Google sitemaps compliant XML-Sitemap of your WordPress blog. It supports all of the WordPress generated pages as well as custom ones. Everytime you edit or create a post, your sitemap is updated and all major search engines that support the sitemap protocol, like ASK.com, Google, MSN Search and YAHOO, are notified about the update.

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Where, How and What to comment

Commenting on other blogs are one the ways to get people know about your blog. Let me first give you a brief info about the advantages of commenting on other blogs. Usually on every blog you need to enter 4 information, Name, URL of your blog, email and finally the comment. Let me first tell you that 99% of comments are tagged with rel-nofollow, so don’t expect any boost in back links or any SEO gains.

What are the advantages of commenting ?

Let others know about your blog. Your comment will have your name with link to your blog. There are chances that you get visitors from this link.

You get popular if you are a regular commenter and establish yourself as an active member in the community.

Where should you comment?

Don’t just go to any blog and comment. Select the blogs that you should comment. The blog where you comment should be of the same category that your blog is. Reason, you are expecting visitors who will be interested in your blog content and is of same category. Don’t expect a regular reader from a SEO blog if your blog is related to tourism. The visitors of a SEO blog will not be interested in reading your articles related to Tourism.

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Some Wordpress Plugins You may like to use

Recently I was not doing any posts here as I was busy with the development of some Wordpress plugins. I have completed those plugins and are hosted at the Wordpress Plugins Directory. If you are having a Wordpress blog, you can try these and let me know your comments.

Kish Twitter

This plugin will be helpful for bloggers who use twitter actively. Once you install this plugin, you can view, update the latest timelines and your readers can see who you follow, who follow you, your latest updates, latest public updates. If you are logged in as the Admin, you can update messages from this widget. You can find it working at my Technology Blog. This plugin is using AJAX so no page reloads and its simply fast. The features includes the customisation of the widget. You can change the font, color, background, height, width of the widget in the settings to match your theme.

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Quicktime Pro for editing and compressing video files

I have been experimenting different tricks to compress video files for web sharing or posting video to my blog posts. If your video file is not optimized then its difficult to load on a web page and need more time to buffer. Video files when compressed compromises with the quality of the video. I came across Quicktime Pro which is an excellent tool and a must have for bloggers who do video posts.

With Quicktime Pro, you can edit videos, save in different formats, export to different mobile formats and even save as HD video. Quicktime Pro is not free, but need to pay US$ 29.95 for getting the registration code. First you need to download Quicktime which is free and register for the Pro version. Once you get the registration code, there is no installation involved, your need to enter the registration key using this procedure

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Compression your videos for blog posts

One the important factor for doing video posts is to upload a video which is compressed using the right codec and maintaining the quality. I have been experimenting with different tools on this topic and I am almost satisfied by the way I work now.

Tools for Video Blogging

1. Good Digital Camera
2. Video Editing Software
3. Account with video hosting website

Digital Camera for Blog Posting

A Good digital camera that can be carried when you travel and is not a burden to keep it in your pocket will be good. There are many cameras which are ideal for this and not much expensive.

• Flip – Most of the popular bloggers use this and its very small and convenient to use.
• Vado Camcorder – Another one with more features and advanced one. You can find the comparison of these two cameras done by Amit on his blog.

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