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3 Reasons Why Pinterest May Succeed Where Google+ Has Failed

SocMed Sean

Through the use of a custom browser widget, Pinterest members can capture media from any public Web site or blog and “pin” it to a virtual pinboard, usually organized around a specific topic (e.g “cool shoes”, “food I’d like to try”, or “my art”). And what about Google+?

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Spring Cleaning For Your Blog – How A Little Work Can Drive Search Engine And Social Media Traffic

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7 Tips For Cleaning Up Your Blog And Improving Your Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Clean up those plugins – If you have been trying out new plugins or widgets for your blog, be sure to delete them if you’re not using them. The data provided to you by Google can be a goldmine in finding and fixing 404 errors.

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[ANSWERED] Using Lazy Load To Speed Up WordPress While Maintaining Pinterest Pinnable Images

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Lazy Load Images Tab Enable Lazy Load for Images: On Images in Content: On Images in Widgets: Off (I turn this off to ensure that any sidebar widgets load when the page is requested) Post Thumbnails: On Skip Images Classes: Type “no-lazyload” without the quotes in this box. I’ll explain why further down in the post.

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Pros And Cons Of Translating Your Blog Posts Into Other Languages

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In my case, I wanted to make sure that folks who were already searching for my solution were able to read my post without having to resort to Google Translate. The problem is Google Translate isn’t always perfect. Here’s a link to 15 funny Google Translate fails. For anything complex or serious in nature, skip it.

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[Tech Tip] 10 Steps To Improve The Speed, Security, and Functionality Of Your WordPress Blog

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If I really need the functionality, could I replace it with a widget or some HTML? My Related Posts widget now is just a custom HTML widget with the links to my most popular posts that I gather from Google Analytics. If I don’t need the plugin, how soon can I turn it off and remove it?

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BrainDump: 101+ Things You MUST Know About Social Media For Business

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YouTube 37) YouTube is the second largest search engine on the planet (only second to Google). I have talked to Facebook reps and Google/YouTube reps. 47) Understand how Google’s Adwords tool works. 50) Spend time learning about plugins, themes and widgets. 36) Never, ever, ever buy Twitter followers. You need them.