Search Engine Marketing Tips & Thoughts » Favicon http://ericsangerma.com PPC & SEO Tips Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:23:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Useful WordPress Plugins http://ericsangerma.com/wordpress/useful-wordpress-plugins http://ericsangerma.com/wordpress/useful-wordpress-plugins#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:35:09 +0000 Eric http://ericsangerma.com/?p=204 I have been willing to post about my favourite WordPress Plugins for a long time but I wanted to be sure that I choose the most useful ones for SEO and monetization purposes.

All the plugins in the following list are free and can be easily found by typing their name in the search box for new plugins in your WordPress admin panel. Some of them need an activation code (namely the Maxblogpress ones) and I have linked them to their download pages.

So here you have it, 12 of the most useful WordPress Plugins:

  • Headspace 2 (alternative: all-in-one seo): very useful to optimize your posts for Search engines
  • cforms II: Creates a very fancy and easy to tweak contact page
  • Feedwordpress: useful if you want to add content on your blog from targeted feeds
  • Google analytics for WP: unables you to easily add Analytics to your blog
  • Google XML Sitemap: creates a sitemap to be crawled by search engines, updates with any changes on your blog
  • MaxBlogPress Favicon: To easily add a favicon to your blog
  • MaxBlogPress Ping Optimizer: (so that you are not flagged as a spammer, especially if you update your blog quite often)
  • Max Banner Ads: to easily add and rotate banners in your wordpress blog
  • Privacy Policy: it says it all, adds a nice privacy policy to your site
  • Subscribe-remind: increases your rss subsribers by adding by adding some text at the end of each of your post inviting readers to subscribe to your feed
  • Sitemap Generator: adds a sitemap page to your blog
  • Yet another related post: gives you a list of posts and/or pages related to the current entry, introducing the reader to other relevant content on your site

Of course this list is not exhaustive so feel free to share your favourite WordPress Plugins in the comments below.

]]> http://ericsangerma.com/wordpress/useful-wordpress-plugins/feed 6 Get a Favicon for Your Blog http://ericsangerma.com/tips/get-a-favicon-for-your-blog http://ericsangerma.com/tips/get-a-favicon-for-your-blog#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 12:23:04 +0000 Eric http://ericsangerma.com/?p=86 What is a Favicon?

favicon Do you see the Letter E inside your browser in front of the URL of my blog? Well, this is a Favicon.

A favicon is a little 16×16 image displayed inside the browser location’s bar as well as the bookmark menu. It allows your reader to identify your site easily in the middle of all of their bookmarks. It is kind of like a branding for your blog.

How to Create a Favicon?

There are a couple of websites out there that can create a favicon for you instantly and for FREE. I personally use this one here.

You just need to chose a picture or image that you have and upload it on the website and they will create fhe favicon. You then just need to download it to your computer.

How To use a Favicon?

Once you have your nice little favicon, you will need to upload it to your server (usually the public_html folder). To check if you did it right, type http://yourdomainname.com/favicon.ico and it should appear in your browser.

Afterwards you have to insert the following code in the HEAD section of your page or in your header.php page if you’re using a WordPress theme between the <head> tag:

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://yourdomainname.com/favicon.ico">

Save your changes and it should be all set. Refresh your website page couple of times and it should appear after  a while.

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