Which is better for bloggers: WordPress vs Drupal

Before going to the main topic , I just want to give basic of the most popular 2 CMS (content management system) Drupal and Wordpress.  Drupal is a free and open-source content-management framework written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License . Dries Buytaert had initially released in January 2001. WordPress is another free and open-source content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system and it was released by Matt Mullenweg in May 2003.

Which is better for bloggers: WordPress vs Drupal

As above given basic information says that both were released only a couple of years apart, WordPress and Drupal are big players in the CMS market but WordPress has gained a lot more popularity over the years. Its user base is almost 10 times that of Drupal – but is it 10 times better?

Like with any technology debates, each side has its loyal followers. As a WordPress advocate, you’ll be happy to know that I’ve done my research on both sides and will be presenting an argument for each here. The answer in the WordPress vs. Drupal discussion really comes down to level of skill. And succinctly: Drupal has more features that are brilliant if you know how to use them, but useless and confusing if you don’t.

Let’s go into the detail.

Ease Of Use

A deciding factor on which to choose could be how easy it is to use. If you know you have limited knowledge of website development and you need to get to grips with your CMS straight away, put simply there’s no point in choosing Drupal. Its back end is a lot more complicated than WordPress’ user-friendly one. With WordPress, you can start blogging in minutes using the WYSIWYG editor.

Another advantage of WordPress is the brilliant community who are there to help you with queries. Such passionate people want to give others advice based on their own experience, which is great for learning how to make your website better. Drupal has a community too and it’s in no way small; it’s just smaller than the one WordPress has.

When it comes to upgrades – which WordPress does every 3-4 months – WordPress does this seamlessly without you needing to worry about a thing. Drupal’s upgrades don’t include the code. So again, you’ll need the developer knowledge to handle this. Some upgrades require a whole redesign.

If editing on the go, WordPress has a brilliant mobile app, which lets you write, edit, and post articles as easy as if you were on your laptop or PC. Drupal’s interface is responsive, so it’s also really easy to use; it just doesn’t have an app.

Customizing Options

The easiest way to customize your website is through themes and plugins. Adding these takes it from being a blank canvas to something that fits your individual needs. WordPress is the winner here, as it has nearly 37,000 plugins and a variety of free and premium themes. The premium themes let you change almost every aspect of the website, making this is highly customizable option. Check out the themes we offer at Elegant Themes here.

The reason why there are so many plugins is because the huge open-source developer community has developed them for their fellow WordPress friends. It’s these plugins that make WordPress so flexible. You can use WordPress if you want to run a simple blog, have a portfolio to share, showcase your business, or host an e-commerce store.

Drupal offers this flexibility on page types without the need for plugins. However, if you want the convenience of using a plugin, Drupal uses modules instead of plugins and the good ones don’t come for free. Plus, there are limited themes available, so you’ll need to seek out a designer to help you turn your site into something pretty.

A developer can create something that’s unique and data-rich through Drupal, whereas there’s always the possibility that your website can look like your neighbor’s (or competitor’s) if you opt for a free theme from WordPress. This can be the easy route – it’s customizable, but is it enough?

Cost

Drupal developers are less easy to get ahold of than WordPress developers and can therefore charge a lot more. They will have had to go through the steep learning curve of getting to know Drupal and they’ll be looking for payback. And remember, you’ll very likely have to fork out this expense unless you’re a technical whizz yourself and are able to build your own website.

They’re both free to download, but the premium plugins and themes for Drupal cost a lot more than WordPress, whereas there are a lot of free options on the WordPress market.

Bear in mind that if your website grows, you’ll need significant server resources to hold it up if using WordPress.

Security

Drupal wins this round. WordPress’ many plugins can have vulnerabilities and be easily hacked, particularly if the website owner doesn’t update to the latest version or the plugin gets old. Or simply, hackers target WordPress because it is so popular. However, there is a paradox solution: install third-party plugins that increase your security.

Drupal has enterprise-level security and provides in-depth security reports, hence why you’ll find governments using it.

The Size Issue

Drupal can support anything from a one-page static site to something that has thousands of pages and thousands of readers reading those pages simultaneously.

As WordPress was originally designed as a blogging platform, its ability to handle really large volumes of content has been affected and can create a slower experience.

Which Does Google Prefer?

Search Engine Optimization isn’t platform specific but there are a few tricks that make one better than the other. Both have SEO built into them. It has been said that Drupal was built specifically to be search engine friendly but WordPress has a multitude of plugins that can enhance this.

Drupal’s pages tend to load faster due to its default caching features, and search engines put a preference on faster websites. Drupal is also able to handle larger amounts of content. A large volume of useful content is important for SEO.

One big difference between the two is how they handle mobile sites. Many of Drupal’s mobile themes run better off a subdomain, which creates two separate URLs to index in search engines i.e. www.yourdomain.com and www.m.yourdomain.com. WordPress doesn’t have this issue as most of its themes are mobile responsive.

Multiple Authors

If your website is to be used as a publishing platform and you need the ability to let multiple authors log in, create a profile, and post articles then WordPress is better for this.

There are various types of suggested authors, from Subscribed where you can simply view the content, to Editor who can edit other’s work. Of course, there are also the Admins who control the site. As an Admin, you can also edit the capabilities of each of the users and create new roles, making WordPress incredibly flexible in this area. You’re also able to add roles within Drupal, but there are fewer standard roles set up already.

Drupal comes with a basic revision solution, so multiple authors can work on an article at the same time and see the tracked edits. WordPress needs plugins to be able to do this, but there are many competent versions available.

Who Uses Each System?

Drupal boasts The White House and The Economist as users, whereas WordPress has The New York Times and CNN. Because of the varying benefits already discussed, WordPress is the obvious choice for creative websites and publishing content, and Drupal is good for those who need a stable and scalable website without prioritizing aesthetics.

Overall, developers take to Drupal because it is powerful and flexible, so they can work their magic on it and create their own solutions. Bloggers and small businesses that don’t have the knowledge or time and want something really simple to use will opt for WordPress.

It’s perhaps because of this reason – the larger proportion of bloggers and small businesses over developers and those who pay developers – that WordPress has so many more downloads than Drupal.

And The Winner Is…

I’ll leave it up to you to make your final decision as you need to consider what you’re using your site for and where you think you’ll be in the future.

For instance, if you’re a creative agency, you’ll want to project your unique designs, so Drupal might be your choice. Drupal comes in at the top again if you hold lots of data for your own company or clients, since security will be a top priority. And if SEO is part of your marketing strategy, Drupal will work best because of its ability to handle lots of content and provide a quick page load.

If you want to create a multi-author publishing platform, you’ll be better off with WordPress. Just make sure you’ve estimated how big your site will become, as Drupal can handle larger sites better. It’s possible to switch later once you’ve grown, but it’s obviously simpler not to.

The main factor – and it’s a big one – is the ease of use. If you don’t have the experience to develop your own website, or don’t have the time or money to pay someone else to, WordPress is the option for you. You can basically ignore the extra features of Drupal!

Drupal was designed with developers in mind and so the design possibilities are endless. Developers are actively encouraged to come up with their own solutions. But this developer-friendly aspect is intimidating for the lay-man, and so it’s a strength and a weakness at the same time.

Have you had experience of WordPress and Drupal and agree with the comparison? Would you consider switching between the two? Let me know in the comments below!

Note: Article thumbnail image by retrorocket / shutterstock.com

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Monetize Blog Content: Everything You Should Know

As per available information says that the blogging can be a fun pastime, but if you want to make it more than that, you have to be creative. Making your blog into a profitable entity is not easy, but it can be a massive deal if you get it right. If you want to turn your site into a business, you need to be quite savvy when it comes down to it. I have put together a few tips that will help you. Remember, this process will take some time to get off the ground.

Monetize Blog Content: Everything You Should Know

 

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Create an outstanding blog first

When you create your blog, you need to make sure that it is appealing and functional. Before you start, you might want to read a WordPress guide to get all the information you will need. I found an engaging guide online, and you can check it out here. Once you know the ground rules, you can begin to create a site that your audience will love. I can't stress how important this step is. You need to be something of a perfectionist if you want to get things on track.

Optimize your posts

Are your posts SEO friendly? If you never optimize your posts, you will have an issue with your Google rank. Remember, if you want to make some profits, you need to have a high rank on Google. Otherwise, no one will take your site seriously. You should learn some of the core SEO rules so that your posts are excellent. Once you start to educate yourself in this area, you will see that it is easier than you first imagine it to be.

Consider sponsored posts

Do you want to get some sponsored posts on your site? It may surprise you to learn that some PR agencies will pay you to put posts on your blog. If you want to get a sustainable income, this idea is a great one for you. These posts will likely advertise a product or service. You will need to write about this thing and publish it on your site. That way, you can encourage your readership to buy particular products online. Your influence is invaluable to companies - remember that.

Use Google Ads for profit

Another option is to use Google Ads so that you can get some cash. These adverts are PPC. That means that when someone clicks on the advert, you make a particular amount of money. Be aware that the amount might not be all the much. In the long run, though, you should find that all those little clicks add up. When you learn a little about pay per click advertising, you will see that it's an easy way to get an income.

Think like an entrepreneur

Finally, you need to think like an entrepreneur. If you want to make decent profits, you need to be business-minded from the offset. That means that you should always look for new business opportunities. Once you start doing that, nothing will stop you getting what you want.

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Create and run an Android Virtual Device on PC or laptop

Normally bloggers are programmers and IT experts, so they have to test their developed programs in PC or laptop. You might be itching to run some code, but first you must have something that can run an Android program: either an Android device (a phone, a tablet, an Android-enabled toaster — whatever) or a virtual device. An Android Virtual Device (AVD) is a test bed for Android code on the development computer.

The Android SDK comes with its own emulator — a program that behaves like a phone or a tablet but runs on the development computer. The emulator translates Android code into code that the development computer can execute. But the emulator doesn’t display a particular phone or tablet device on the screen.

The emulator doesn’t know what kind of device you want to display. Do you want a camera phone with 800-x-480-pixel resolution, or have you opted for a tablet device with its own built-in accelerometer and gyroscope? All these choices belong to a particular AVD. An AVD is simply a bunch of settings, telling the emulator all the details about the device to be emulated.

Before you can run Android apps on your computer, you must first create at least one AVD. In fact, you can create several AVDs and use one of them to run a particular Android app.

To create an AVD, follow these steps:

1. In the Eclipse main menu, choose Window→Android Virtual Device Manager.

The Android Virtual Device Manager window opens.

2. In the Android Virtual Device Manager window, click New, as shown in the figure.

The Create New Android Virtual Device (AVD) window opens. That’s nice!

3. In the AVD Name field, type a new name for the virtual device.

You can name your device My Sweet Petunia, but in the figure, the device is named Nexus7_Android4.2. The name serves as a reminder of this device’s capabilities.

4. In the Device drop-down menu, select a device type.

In this figure, Nexus 7 (7.27″, 800 x 1280: tvdpi) is selected.

5. Determine the kind of secure digital (SD) card your device has.

In the figure, an SD card with a modest 1000 MiB, which is roughly 1 gigabyte, is selected. Alternatively, you could select the File radio button and specify the name of a file on your hard drive. That file would be storing information as though it were a real SD card on a real device.

6. Leave the other choices at their defaults (or don’t, if you don’t want to) and click the Create AVD button.

The computer returns you to the Android Virtual Device Manager window, where you see a brand-new AVD in the list, as shown in the figure.

And that does it! You’re ready to run your first Android app.

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Productive alternative ways for entrepreneurs and investor less funding

Working as a startup employee is lot more different from being part of a big MNC or corporate company because the work here is not defined and specific. However, startups are booming as always and are becoming the preference of job seekers for the unmatched fun with work culture it provides. But then again, it is not easy to cater to your startup business and its needs. The journey and work becomes lot more easier when you have the best of resources, employees, talent, investments and work culture on board.

Productive alternative ways for entrepreneurs and investor less funding

Raising money is often the toughest part of starting a business, and it’s also the most important. The majority of small businesses that fail within the first few months have one simple thing in common — they run out of money.

The software world is famous for high-profile funding rounds and enormous valuations. But the reality is that most small businesses don't secure equity-based funding, and it doesn’t always make sense to chase down a venture capital investor. Traditional fundraising takes a lot of time — taking away valuable time that you could be spending developing your product and supporting your customers. There’s also the important issue that as you continue fundraising, you’ll own less and less of your company.

Here are a few alternatives for getting your business off the ground without pursuing VC funding.

1. Don’t quit your day job until you start making money in your startup

Keeping your day job is one of the safest ways to keep up with your rent or mortgage payments while you build out your new business. If you decide to take this route, make sure you fully understand your employee contract — particularly any guidelines regarding a non-compete clause or after-hours work.

Financially, this is one of the least risky options to fund your business, but the long days can take their toll on you and it can be emotionally tiring to feel pulled in so many different directions. If you’re truly passionate and excited about your business idea, it’s a lot easier to dedicate one or two weeknights and a weekend day to the startup.

2. Bootstrap and keep your costs low

No matter how big your bank account may be, it’s Business Management 101 to make sure your expenses are realistic for your budget. Don’t listen to all the “go big or go home” or “spend money to make money” speeches: you need to do whatever you can to keep your overhead costs as low as possible at the beginning.

Work out of your home, or co-locate with another company or business incubator. Delay any capital purchases that aren't absolute necessities, and think about leasing when possible. Hire interns from local schools (don’t forget that an intern doesn’t equal free labor; you’ll need to invest some time to help them grow their skills and experience). And always negotiate your fees and terms with any vendors.

3. Reinvest any profits back into the business

If your business is profitable, you can reinvest any profits back into your business and feed your growth through your cash flow. As you continue to grow, you can reinvest into additional people, equipment, marketing, etc. The downside is that relying on your company’s revenue means you can only grow as fast as your sales.

4. Get a private loan

One of the advantages about bootstrapping is that once you reach a certain level of revenue and cash flow, it’s much easier to find a bank or other institutional lender that’s willing to lend to you. Banks aren’t known for taking risks with their funds, so your business will need a solid credit history and revenue to qualify. You may have the greatest chance of being approved if you approach a local bank or somewhere you already have a banking relationship.

5. Reach out to family and friends

For many, tapping into a friends and family round can be a logical starting point for their fundraising. You most likely won’t have to spend a month putting together a 100-page business plan to convince your mom that your brilliant idea deserves some backing. However, mixing money and relationships is full of pitfalls. You may find yourself getting lots of unwanted advice and having family get-togethers that start to feel more like awkward investor meetings.

If you do end up borrowing money from family or friends, make sure that you’re completely transparent about the associated risk and the expected roles and involvement for any investors. Most importantly, never take money that your friend or family member can’t afford to lose.

6. Crowdfund Instantly

Crowdfunding is not right for every business idea and maybe you’ll just end up raising a couple of thousand dollars from your friends and friends of friends, but sites like Kickstarter or Indiegogo can be a compelling option to explore.

In addition to the obvious benefit of getting you some much-needed capital, crowdfunding can help a budding company in other ways too: it forces you to start building your brand and engaging from the start. You’ll grow a customer base, get more exposure, and get real-world validation about your idea.

Here are some ways when you can make the most of the available resources and make your startup a big success, reports ET.

7. Sketch out a Plan

The purpose of the startup should be clear and goals should be made transparent to the workers. Job seekers look for companies that have fixed targets and goals and are passionately driven towards it as this ensures their personal growth.

8. Equip yourself with Latest Technology

The workers should be aware of the latest technologies and should be skilled to use them for work execution. Latest technological tools help forming bigger networks, problem solving, finding resources and much more. If you have the vision but not the power of technology, things become difficult.

9. Putting Employee First

Employees are the ones who can either make or break your business. Their satisfaction should always be your priority because they are the ones who ensure that your customers receive the best of service. The Employee-First Culture is trending in the business space. This helps in employee retention, increase profitability and producing more loyal workers.

10. Be a Hands-on Leader

You need to keep your employees engaged by giving them interesting work to achieve certain targets meeting the deadlines. Try to understand the perspective of your employee during crisis to gauge the situation.

11. Create your Tradition

Rather joining the bandwagon, create and introduce your own traditions that you think would promote productivity at your startup. Work hard with workers but do not forget to celebrate the success as well. This unites the team and motivates them to do better and treat the company as their own.

Bottom Lines:

The bottom line is money is important to every business, but you don’t necessarily need a multi-million dollar seed or Series A round in order to launch.

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Best power banks technology factors and KAMISHI branded affordable products for entrepreneurs

Gone are the days when world class mobile devices needed not much amount of charging. We used to plug it in to charge once in a week, and it would give long battery life. Now, everything going portable – what with laptops, mobiles, tablets and many more – even our chargers have gone portable. The portable chargers, which are known by the name of Power Banks, have been a rage these days. With our smartphones and other devices becoming our constant partners, and a complete dependence on them for all our needs including but not limited to communication, entertainment, business and what not – we need them to last at least a day. And that’s where the power banks have become a necessity. Power banks are portable energy source that can be easily carried in a pocket or backpack and provides smart phone and tablet users additional power when their devices are running low.

Unfortunately, most of us do not know what is a power bank and how it works. Even the manufacturers or sellers do not feel the need to educate the buyers on this necessary information. There are some points to be taken care of while choosing a good power bank depending on your device. Pondering over these aspects, I felt the need to compile details of such precautions and technicalities and the result is this article.

Power banks store energy in an internal Lithium Ion battery and can charge the mobile and tablets. They are nothing but a special battery encased in special casing along with required circuitry to control the flow of power. That’s how I can explain them in a non technical manner. They store the energy in them just like you deposit money in the bank and have a means to charge a device like you withdraw money! That is the perfect analogy. Now that the battery capacity of the devices we are using these days has gone too low what we have been expecting it to with a myriad of tasks being performed, there is a need for an auxiliary power supply and that’s where these power banks come into action.

Choosing a power bank

These are some basic guidelines on what kind power banks to buy. It all depends on your individual requirement. If you have the habit of carrying too many devices while on travel, you may need to get yourself a high capacity power bank. Else, a low capacity portable charger would be sufficient. Her are a few tips based on the major points –

Capacity: This is the most important deciding point in choosing a right power bank. Power Bank capacity refers to how much charge is inside a power bank battery. It is measured in mAh or milliamps per hour. But one thing you need to understand that when a power bank is charging your smart phone or tablet, some of the energy is lost in transfer of power. So the real capacity is about 60-65 percent of the battery capacity listed on the power bank. For example a power bank with battery capacity at 2200 mAh has real capacity in the range 1320mAh to 1430mAh. And this is for quality battery, for downgraded battery the loss of power is even more and hence the real capacity would be less than 1320mAh. Should you decide to buy a power bank, keep your own usage in mind. To meet ever growing charging needs of users, many higher mAh units are available today. Higher end power banks can charge almost any type of devices, from laptops, iPads, tablets and smart phones.

Connectors: Pay specific attention to the number of connectors and the type of connector. It would be more advisable to go for a power bank with built-in cable.

Portability: We are buying a power bank because of its portable nature. If you have to carry a huge power bank than your device, it is too impractical.

Price: Power banks which promise higher capacity at a substantially lower price may not be genuine. Most of them use refurbished battery and may not last long. Go for a power bank from a well known brand. Though it may be a bit expensive, it will keep your device safe and give the required performance.

Protective Circuitry: Ensure that your power bank has additional features to protect your device. Pay attention to following –

Short Circuit Protection – This will help keep your power bank and the device safe when the short circuit problems happen.

Over Charging Protection – This feature will let the power bank cut off the supply when your device is charged fully. Thus, it will be useful in cases of the device being left for charging and forgotten.

Temperature Protection – This will help identify the cases of device overheating while charging the device.

Certification: Check for the UL certification of the device. It will ensure that the power bank you have been buying meets all standard quality requirements.

Phones get faster every year, but battery life doesn't seem to get any better. If you need to keep your smartphone - or tablet or other USB-powered device - going all day, you need a power bank.

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How to find good links that will help your business Google rankings

Google's algorithm updates have shown that your website can get in major trouble if your website has the wrong type of backlinks. How do you judge the quality of a website? What is a good website and from which web pages should you get links? 

 How to find good links that will help your business Google rankings

Replacing something that’s genuine, aged and valuable with something similar but ultimately a poor copy of what is already available is not without it’s perils. And if you try to force Google’s hand where it is ranking sites, Google DOES have a big surprise in store for you. In the news: a new verification process for Google Maps, Google's new policies for app interstitials, Google's new logo, and more.

What do you want to rank no1 in Google for anyways?

• your company name or brand? Not only do you want to rank for it, you want to control every mention of your company name in Google, easily done by social media participation and using the authority of other sites to rank for your brand. Very easy to achieve with just on page optimisation and a few incoming low-quality links (sometimes, not even).
• Your service, in your area? – again, fairly easy. Done with on-page optimisation (geographic mentions in the title and in the text for instance), and generally speaking some low-quality links
• Your service in your country? – slightly more difficult than above, but can be handled with plenty of low quality links from even low quality, unrelated sites in some cases
• Your service? – difficult depending on the niche – you’re going to need some decent links or at least the same amount of crap links your competitors have. Crap anchor text links outweigh unfocused poor anchor text links from even relatively authority sites.
• Your products? – generally speaking, very difficult, especially if your products can be bought in a 1000 other places. You’re going to UNIQUE CONTENT, need links that pass Pagerank, anchor text and trust ie ranking ability. You’re going to need a few trusted sites to link to you to rank all those products. The more pages on your site, the more Pagerank you will need. To get pr, you need incoming links.

Google's algorithm updates have shown that your website can get in major trouble if your website has the wrong type of backlinks. How do you judge the quality of a website? What is a good website and from which web pages should you get links?

Deciding what you want to rank for and how you want to do it are at the core of link building strategy.

Search Engine Optimisation

Search engine optimisation is the process of making pages ‘as relevant as they can be” for search engines to believe they are valuable enough to be considered for top rankings for as many key-phrases as possible in organic or natural listings.

Nobody knows for sure how to get number 1 on Google, not exactly anyway, but getting to number one in Google is largely down the reputation of your website and how relevant pages are to keyword queries. This of course needs to be manipulated to get the the best out of a site, and that’s where companies like Hobo come in.

Typically you get to number 1 by having a good online reputation. Big brands have good reputations. Big brands rank at the top of Google, too. Your reputation is increased by the number of quality web pages that link anywhere to your site. Typically relevant pages with the most, and sometimes the best, links rank at the top of Google natural / organic listings.

Instead of focusing on number 1 in Google, your focus should be to appear in as many Google properties as possible, to give your business as much opportunity as possible to appear for as many searches as possible that are relevant to your business. FOr instance, we are a seo company, so ranking for ‘hot to get to number 1 on search engines like google, Yahoo or Bing might well be valuable to us.

• How hard is it to get to number 1 Google? Ultimately this depends on the competition for the keyword or keyphrase and the reputation of your website. New websites typically find good rankings hard to come by in Google in competitive verticals.
• Placing number 1 on Google and getting no traffic? You must be number 1 for a keyword that is not widely searched for.

You searched for ‘how to get to number 1 on Google’ and I hope this article has shed some light on this – at least you know you should be asking:

• how to get to no1 in Google organic listings?
• how to get to no1 on sponsored listings in Google?
• how to get your site number 1 on Google news?
• get number 1 listing on Google maps results?
• how to get number 1 on Google video results?
• how to get to number 1 in Google image search?
• how to get number 1 in Google shopping comparison?
• how to get website 1 in Google blog search?
• how can i get a site to number in Google updates?
• how to get number 1 on Google local business (now Google Places)?

You can get to number 1 in Google for free if you know what you are doing, and if you don’t, you can pay Google Adwords or find a search engine optimiser like Hobo who can consult with you to help you rank no1 in Google, Bing & Yahoo search engines’ organic listings.

Beware seo companies who promise no1 ranking guaranteed. No one can guarantee no 1 rankings in Google.

Links are still the most important ranking factor for Google (with positive and negative effects).

 

1. Make no mistake: all automatic backlinks are bad

All backlinks that have been created automatically have no positive influence on the rankings of your website. If these automatically created backlinks use the rel=nofollow attribute, there's nothing you have to worry about.

If you used tools that automatically created backlinks in bulk for you, you should try to get rid of these backlinks to avoid a penalty. The link disinfection tool in SEOprofiler can help you to get rid of bad backlinks.

2. The easier it is to get a link, the less you will benefit from that link

For example,uploading an image to imgur.com and then adding a link to your site in the description or comments won't do your website any good. Creating a blog on Tumblr and linking to your site also won't boost your website rankings. If it is very easy to create a link, that link won't have an effect on your rankings.

3. You do not need special metrics

Many webmasters only want to get backlinks from pages with a particular PageRank. While you can use this method, it is usually a waste of time and it makes link building more difficult than it really is.

If a website has an overall high-quality then it does not matter if the page with the link to your website has a low Google PageRank:

• If a high-quality website adds a new page, the new page will have an initial PageRank of zero. Nevertheless, the page can still be very good.
• A page that has a PageRank of zero today can have a high PageRank tomorrow.

If only pages with a high PageRank had a chance, it wouldn't be possible to get new pages in Google's results page. Experience shows that new pages appear in Google's results every day.

4. Using your common sense leads to lasting results

When you find a web page that could link to your site, ask yourself the following questions:

• Does the linking page look good to the average web surfer?
• Does the page have interesting content?
• Is the content related to my website?
• Does it make sense if the web page links to your site?

If you can answer all questions with "yes," then you should try to get a backlink from that page. It doesn't matter if that page has a low PageRank.

Google tries to imitate common sense with its algorithms. If you use common sense to build your links and follow the tips above, you make sure that the backlinks to your website will count in all future updates of Google's algorithm.

For example, the hub finder tool in SEOprofiler can help you to find these related websites. Use all the link building tools in SEOprofiler to get the best possible results for your website.

Get Top Ten Rankings In Google With Simple SEO

Simple seo is just that. Simple. You can get top ten rankings in the SERPS in many industries just by following some very basic (on the whole, onsite) seo tips.

It’s worth pointing out that you *typically* have three chances to tell Google what a page is about, and how important the page is.

1. On Page – The actual text content of the page
2. On-Site – In internal links to the target page
3. Off-Site – In links to the target page from other websites

OK – You’ve got your site….. it’s got the usual stuff – home page, contact page, about us, map, products – but you have a blog! A blog lets you easily add pages. That’s all you really need, although you can do this without a blog of course, but then you need to know a bit about website design.

There may be some evidence that the more you link to a page in your website navigation structure, the more important Google seems to think that page is, in relation to the rest of your site at least.

Pages that aren’t linked to frequently may not have enough link equity to make it into Google’s main SERPS.

1. Optimise 1 page for 1 keyword (multiple related key phrases)
2. Make sure you have a keyword rich page title, the words and keyphrases on the page and in the name of the actual file path if possible
3. Link to this page from within your site with the anchor text “keyword” a few times at least
4. Don’t link out from that page with the exact anchor text “keyword”
5. Going forward, try and encourage other sites to link to this page with the anchor text “keyword” as opposed to your home page. This is called deep linking. Of course, the more unique and better quality the information on your page, the easier it is to achieve this. Stay away from low quality link sources.
6. Sometimes, I consider linking out (where relevant on this page) to other quality sites

Final Thinking: A well optimised page followed with a few incoming links from external sites will perform very well in Google, and is boosted when you tell Google “Hey – This page is important”, by linking to it from other pages on your site. Not linking out to any other page (from the target page) with the exact term you are targeting tells Google as far as this page is concerned, it’s the authority document on the matter (which is the aim of SEO). You would think. Give Google what it wants – Optimise your page, and always link generously to your important pages within your site navigation and content.

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Restore a WordPress Backup on a new server without losing anything

Like many web professionals, I’m so busy doing things for clients that it’s true to say that my own site often suffers thanks to a lack of time. One thing that I have been meaning to do for some time is move the site, which is a WordPress site, to another server, as I’m not overly happy with my current hosts.

Restore a WordPress Backup on a new server without losing anything 

However, it’s one of those things that I’ve put off doing because it does just seem like a lot of hassle, especially since my theme is bespoke and therefore any issues and it will take time to do again (yes, a simple backup will take care of this, I know).

Bearing all of that in mind, I can imagine that many people have the same problem, or have no idea where to start, so here you will find instructions on how to carry this out, without losing theme elements or ending up with a site full of broken links.

Keeping the same URL

Firstly, it’s worth noting that if you haven’t really optimized the site and intend on keeping all of the URLs, and the domain name and the database is going to remain the same, then it’s a simple process.

If this is the case, then you will just have to copy the files and database across to the new server. If you want to change the name or user of the database you will have to alter the edit.wp-config.php file to ensure that it has the right values. Locate the following in the root folder and alter accordingly.

define('DB_NAME', 'user_wrdp1');
/** MySQL database username */
define('DB_USER', 'user_wrdp1');
/** MySQL database password */
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password');

If you’re changing server but keeping your domain name, then you will need to edit wp-config with your new database and user details and then just upload all of your files to the new server.

It’s pretty obvious too, but bears repeating, that you should make a full backup of the site, which should include the following:

• Plugins
• Theme files
• Any uploads that you’ve made
• The database

To do this, you can use phpMyAdmin, which is an open source tool for managing MySQL databases and includes a wealth of useful tools. You can choose to export data in a number of formats, such as CSV, SQL, XML, PDF, ISO/IEC 26300 and others. Alternatively, you can use a plugin such as WP-DB-Backup.

Uploading from local to a remote installation

Once you’re fully backed up and ready to go, first of all you’ll need to disable Permalinks. This can be done in the “Permalinks” screen view which is in the “Settings” menu. Choose the default setting and hit save.

Then, if you haven’t already, backup the database, make a copy and rename it.

Installing WordPress on the new server

Install WordPress as you normally would, either using FTP or through cPanel and then copy all of the files from your local wp-content file to the one on the server using FTP or SFTP. Next, you will need to edit the database in order to replace the local URL with the remote one.

For this, use a search and replace utility, preferably not a text editor and change every instance of the local URL to the remote one. You can use SEARCH REPLACE DB for this, which should be installed in the root folder of your WP install for best results. In order to protect the script from abuse, it’s best to rename it before doing anything else.

For example, if you rename it newinstall.php, you will then go to http://yoursite.com/newinstall.php and follow the on-screen instructions to carry out search and replace. Once you’ve finished doing this, it’s important that you also delete the script in order to secure the DB.

Save the database before continuing. If a new database has been created when you installed WP, then this will need to be deleted. You can do this by:

• Using phpMyAdmin, click on the “Structure” tab
• Underneath the list of tables click on “Check All”
• Choose “Drop” from the menu called “with selected”
• Choose “Yes” when the message pops up asking if you want to drop all tables
• Re-enable your permalinks as you had them in the last installation

You’re good to go.

Moving from host to host

If you’re moving the site to a new host, it’s exactly the same as when you upload from a local server, with one key difference being that you will have to download all of your files from the existing host using FTP.

Changing the URL

If you need to change the URL of the site as it’s in a subdirectory or it’s a new domain name, you can do this by adding some lines to the functions.php file of the theme, as below.

update_option('siteurl','http://www.new-site-address.com');update_option('home','http://www.new-site-address.com');

Then, load the new files onto the site and it should work fine. Don’t attempt to just copy all of the files and database over, as this won’t work properly and you’ll end up with broken links.

Once you’ve then loaded the new files, test and delete the lines from the functions.php files, as your new settings will now be stored and saved in the database.

If you need to set up 301 redirects, which is important to both search engines and users, then you’ll need to connect to the old site and edit the .htaccess file. Locate the file and then paste this code at the top of the file

1 #Options +FollowSymLinks
2 RewriteEngine on
3 RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://yoursite.com $1 [R=301,L]

Once you’ve done this, go back to the new site and test to ensure that the changes have been made successfully. It’s also a good idea to submit the change of URL to Google via Webmaster Tools and you will also need to verify it.

Even you can move installation one server to another server

If you want to Backup an Installation and Restore it on a New Server (For eg. If you want a Backup of your WordPress Installation.) 

Note : The backup will work fine only if the domain name and the path to the domain is the same as installation on old server.

1) Backup the Wordpress installation as shown in the figure below.

2) Then Click on the Backup Installation icon.

3) Go to the Backups page.

4) Then download the Backup from the backups page.

5) Copy this backup file on your new server at the following path /home/USERNAME/softaculous_backups/

6) Now go to the Backups Page on the new server.

7) You can see your backup listed here. Just Restore that backup as shown in the figure below and your Old installation is Restored and ready to use.

Finally, once you’re confident that all is working well and you’ve checked and tested, remember to tell the site users about the change. You can do this in whatever way you think will be the most effective, by newsletter, blog post or on social media and if you still own the old domain, you can set up a temporary redirect to catch any that initially fall through the net.

That’s it, all you need to do to change the location of your WordPress site, even if you’re using a new URL.

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