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12 (of the) Best WordPress Guides and Plugin Reviews of 2011

Webbiquity SMM

WordPress is not only the most popular blogging platform , but is increasingly becoming a leading website content management system (CMS) as well. Cost and ease of use are certainly factors, but one of the important reasons is its extensibility through plugins. 14 WordPress Plugins Worth Considering by JT Pedersen.

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WordPress Blog Hosting: WordPress.com or Self-Hosted?

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Committing to a content management system (CMS) for your blog is a big decision. Given that WordPress hosts 59,914,568 as of 09/25/2011 and that over 301 million people view more than 2.5 It might cost you, but consider the alternative: doing it wrong and losing all your data. Takeaway.

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3 Projects to Improve Auto Financial Services Websites

Idaconcpts

Remember from my previous article on responsive design , that according to a July 2011 – January 2013 survey from the Media Behavior Institute, 43.5% Note: the content management system of the desktop and mobile sites may or may not be the same, so there is no guarantee that the updates are automatic.). of the U.S.

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Eight Factors to Consider When (Re)Launching a Business Blog

Webbiquity SMM

According to Small Business Trends and HubSpot , the percentage of businesses with blogs has increased from less than half in 2009 to nearly two out of three in 2011. Sure, there are alternatives, ranging from other free or low-cost platforms (e.g., Blogger , TypePad ) to fee-based systems (e.g.,

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7 Steps to Creating Million-Dollar Web Apps (And a Big Announcement)

Viper Chill

Premium meaning, for once, it actually costs money. 37 Signals – Creators of popular web apps like Basecamp, Highrise and CampFire, reportedly made over $8m in 2008 (up from $5m in 2007) with their services which cost a monthly fee. That plugin was a built in around 9 days, and only cost me $300 in development work at the time.