Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Using WordPress To Blog? Here's What You Should Know


Are you worried that your WordPress blog does not get sufficient traffic? Considering starting a blog but aren't sure how to get started? It takes a strategic blend of knowledge and effort to operate a successful blog. This piece can help you get going.

Choose a unique design to make your site stand out from the competition. It saves time, but doesn't make a great impression on others. You want your site to stand out from others.

If your post contains a long title, be certain to adjust your permalink. For instance, "Ten Ways Smart Parents Can Tame Their Children" would come across as a cumbersome, long URL. Rather than writing that, have your permalink be "discipline-tips-children" or something similar that captures your keywords.

It is easy to do video blogging with WordPress. This will require you to spend more time prepping, but this is worth it. Most users on the web will love this. A video can show them things that the written word just can't convey, and as a result, it can be a very powerful tool.

Know as much as possible before you begin with WordPress. Plan in advance so that you can be ready for anything. You need to know how to produce great content and about SEO or search engine optimization prior to your blog launch.

Make a posting schedule for yourself. You can stay motivated when you know how to post. In fact, you can sit down one day and create posts for the rest of the week, then you can use the schedule feature to have WP upload the posts for you.

You might find one day that you think you've made a lot of changes to your blog that haven't been saved. That is probably not the case. You can solve this by clearing the cache of your browser. Save changes by holding the 'shift' key while refreshing the browser.

Unless you change the settings, all your posts will be listed in chronological order. You must start by altering the date. Open a post and look at the upper right hand corner. There you will find the date. Change the date by clicking on it, and save the post to change the order of posts.

Know you have a general understanding of exactly how the WordPress application works. Start using the advice right now. You will gain visitors to your site. It will also be easier to use. Set a bookmark to this page to reference later. As soon as you've applied what you've just learned, your site is going to be much improved.