As a general rule of thumb most errors you’ll encounter with your WordPress blog are the result of excessive or incompatible plugins. While many find the selection of essential plugins a conundrum I believe in testing each plugin one-by-one with the latest version of WordPress so I can isolate the problem to determine the cause [...]
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How to Get Your Tech Blog Indexed by Google and Yahoo
By now you’re tech blog is ready for action and you’ve started to explore the inner workings of WordPress and hopefully produced some content. In the business of blogging experience will lead you to one conclusion – unique quality content is always king. Now that you exist in the address bar of your browser it [...]
Your First 3 Steps after Setting up WordPress
You’ve registered your domain, you have your web space and WordPress is installed. At this point there are 3 very simple steps you can take towards improving your blog – Permalinks, Feedburner and Google Analytics. If you are not sure what Permalinks are simple login to your blog’s wp-admin page and click the “Settings” option [...]
How to Setup WordPress on your Tech Blog
It’s a bit ironic that I would need to explain how to setup WordPress for someone that wants to develop tech-related content, but I’ve promised to guide you from the ground up so let’s begin. WordPress is a blogging platform that just happens to be my personal favorite. Some people will argue that WordPress is [...]
How to Register a Domain Name For Your Tech Blog
The first step in starting your tech blog is deciding on the domain name -the name of the site. Behind every website is an IP address and thanks to the Domain Name System (DNS) we can easily type in a web address such as yahoo.com instead of referring to 209.131.36.159. To see this in action [...]
Choosing a Web Host for your Tech Blog
In the world of websites and blogs there are three primary forms of hosting – shared, vps and dedicated. When you are first looking to launch your blog the most recommended form is shared hosting. Shared hosting is exactly what it sounds like – you share disk space on a server where hundreds of other [...]
Welcome to TechBlogStartup
My name is Nick Marshall and for the past two and a half years I have run a successful tech blog. During this time I learned a great deal of information that I hope to share with you on TechBlogStartup.com. We will start from the ground up, beginning with the basics such as registering your [...]