Ari Herzog

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Goodbye Feedblitz, Hello WordPress Feed

Ari Herzog

I wrote in 2011 about paying Feedblitz to deliver my posts to your preferred reader. But, due to that company now charging pricing tiers that don’t fit my needs, and cognizant that WordPress has a built-in feed address, I’m leaving Feedblitz and you can add this feed instead. Here’s a link to the signup form.

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Goodbye Feedblitz, Hello WordPress Feed

Ari Herzog

I wrote in 2011 about paying Feedblitz to deliver my posts to your preferred reader. But, due to that company now charging pricing tiers that don’t fit my needs, and cognizant that WordPress has a built-in feed address, I’m leaving Feedblitz and you can add this feed instead. Here’s a link to the signup form.

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The Thesis Theme is Gone

Ari Herzog

WordPress was new to me that year, having migrated from Google’s Blogspot system a month earlier; and I wanted to display certain features on my blog. But since mid-2011 I saw myself using less thematic features and creating more customized functions. These functions could as easily be manually coded into any WordPress editor.

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Lather, Rinse, Repeat

Ari Herzog

The way it’s historically worked on this blog is when you submit a comment, you have the option to check a box — powered by a WordPress plugin called Subscribe to Comments — to receive subsequent comments by email. Enter another WordPress plugin called ReplyMe. Effective January 8, 2011, this is now installed.

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Why Livefyre is Here Again

Ari Herzog

I installed Livefyre on my blog in July 2011. Why should you be forced to use the vanilla WordPress commenting system to type your name and a website when you can now link your name to that Facebook or Twitter account? The comment system remained for three months. Today I bring it back. How to comment with Livefyre. Post your comment.

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Blog Visits Increase Despite No Tweeting

Ari Herzog

Data from October 19 – November 18 in 2011: 12,547 visitors. Related Stories Analyze Your Visits to My Blog How WordPress Comments are Evolving Plot Your Tweets with @Xefer. Data from October 19 – November 18 in 2012: 8,236 visitors. 7,726 unique visitors. pages per visit. 53 seconds per visit. 82% bounce rate.

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Lather, Rinse, Repeat

Ari Herzog

The way it’s historically worked on this blog is when you submit a comment, you have the option to check a box — powered by a WordPress plugin called Subscribe to Comments — to receive subsequent comments by email. Enter another WordPress plugin called ReplyMe. Effective January 8, 2011, this is now installed.