WordPress Web 2.0 Spot-Er

I simply had to share this great video of lecture presentation by Lorelle VanFossen on WordCamp 2007 in San Francisco, CA. To anyone like me who were not able to attend, this is a great way to see the key points and many thanks to OneMansBlog, who permitted sharing of these videos.

It’s a 2 videos totaling almost an hour of great information and I encourage you to click Read More and see the lecture. Content Is The King! Learn how you can create that type of content …

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Since releasing my modification of FH Freedom theme that I was planning to use for one of my own projects on June 15 I really didn’t spend much time on promoting it. I submitted it to couple directories and posted a note on it in appropriate location in WordPress.org forum – that is it.

Almost month and a half after its release I decided to take a look at the stats. According to my counter it has been downloaded 459 times to this date. Not a big number but considering the luck of promotion – it is a fair one.

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Today is a big day for over 56% of my readers located in US – Independence Day and I simply couldn’t ignore the fact and would like to extend my congratulation to all of us leaving is US! I was going to install some flashy script but instead I have decided to give you a link where you can see it very well implemented.

Here is your Online Salute – America! <– Click to visit.

WordPress Web 2.0 Guide has been updated. For anyone using it for implementation of their own blog I highly recommend a new visit and glance over. The guide have been updated to reflect changes related to WordPress 2.2.1 and to address some questions from readers. Some plugins have been removed and some new added due to my new discoveries and personal experience.

I have also added my recommended hosting due to the questions I received. While I’m sure there are many great hosts available I only recommend what I personally use and can vouch for.  So feel free to re-visit my WordPress Web 2.0 Guide as I’ll be continuously updating it to reflect any new developments and make sure it stays up-to-date.

Perhaps an unusual subject for comparison but I actually thought it was important to bring it up. WordPress blog with all the bells and whistles to make a true interactive Web 2.0 portal can consume quite a bit of bandwidth and load time will greatly depend on the connection speed of the visitors. So the question is:

What Is Most Important To You As Blog Author: Interactivity or Accessibility Of Your Blog?

I provide a quick poll on this question below the article and I would appreciate your vote. But I also want to share some information that brought up this topic and possible solutions and trade-offs.

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DEFINITION: RSS is an XML-based vocabulary that specifies a means of describing news or other Web content that is available for “feeding” (distribution or syndication) from an online publisher to Web users.

SIMPLER DEFINITION: RSS represent one of the technologies via which websites and blogs can provide you with frequently updated content directly. Content can include but not limited to: blog entries, news, podcasts. RSS could be a full feed or just a summary and once subscribed – it is delivered directly to your Reader.

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Whether you blog is for fun or for profit you should have your “Most Desired Action” clearly defined. What is Most Desired Action? Depending on the orientation and goals of your blog or site it can be anything and here are a few examples, by no means all-inclusive:

• Get people to interact and comment on your stories.
• Turn an accidental visitor into reader by providing easy access to more relevant information.
• Have visitors to subscribe to your RSS feed or newsletter.
• And the Big One – have your visitors click on your AdSense or Affiliate link.

Examples above just some of the most common Most Desired Actions and yours could be quite different form it but your must have it clearly defined in your mind and guide your visitor every step of the way until they actually take that action. And here is how to improve your chances of actually getting that action.

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I felt the need to change the look. Actually I have realized that the cool (or so I thought) header I added to my site didn’t do anything to my Search Engine Optimization and Page Links in that section were actually damaging the site from se perspective.

So here we are. I have changed the look of the site a bit and added a new “Featured Article” section to index page. It helps me to highlight the most important posts as they will be created and hopefully assist people to find them.

I have also brightened up the colors of text headers and made them more Web 2.0 –ish … Let me know what you think. Your opinion as always will be greatly appreciated!