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Get Internet Voicemail from Website Visitors with SpeakPipe

Ari Herzog

It’s a WordPress plugin (and works with other blog platforms or any website for that matter that lets you add code) that lets you record a short voicemail message to any website owner or blogger who has it installed. Media blogging plugins tools'

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How Bit.Ly Pro Powers My Short URL

Ari Herzog

Amid yesterday’s comments about my announcement of a domain I bought to shorten web addresses , Leo noticed [link] redirected to [link] and wondered why I didn’t use a WordPress plugin instead. Why I Use 22 WordPress Plugins Today. Tags: Blog News tools urls. What’s Leo babbling about, you ask? as a Short URL.

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Got Community? 5 Ways To Foster It On Your Blog

Ari Herzog

Turning this setting on in WordPress allows readers to respond directly to each other and not just show up as the most recent comment. Whether it is the native WordPress system or a third party client like DISQUS , Livefyre , Echo or Intense Debate (my favorite), you need to choose the best system that fosters community.

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Why This Blog is Hosted with Tubu

Ari Herzog

After migrating this blog from Google’s free platform to a self-hosted WordPress platform in the fall of 2008, I followed Chris Brogan’s blogging advice and contacted Tubu Internet Solutions (affiliate link) to host my blog for $10 a year.

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Goodbye Feedburner, Hello Feedblitz

Ari Herzog

Feedburner used to be a wonderful company with an amazing tool that had responsive customer service — until Google bought them. Recent comments Recent comments Related articles 17 Plugins to Improve Your WordPress Blog. Wait a minute, Ari, you are paying a company to deliver blog posts to me? No related articles yet.

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97 Percent of Blog Comments are Mollom Spam

Ari Herzog

The WordPress plugin shows me two graphs that indicate 1,679 potential blog comments were marked as spam. Tags: Blog News Social Media blogging comments tools. I’ve since deactivated Mollom and brought back Akismet, after a weekend away saw eight Mollom-approved comments which are really spam. To Moderate Blog Comments or Not.

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8 Tips for Successful Business Blogging

Ari Herzog

Whether you’re using a Blogger or WordPress blog (the two most popular blog platforms), there are plenty for you to choose from. Peruse through the WordPress plugin directory or this Blogger widgets repository. Peruse through the WordPress plugin directory or this Blogger widgets repository. Subscriptions.

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