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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. How did WordPress emerge as the leading blog platform? What are some techniques, beyond the obvious, for search-optimizing WordPress content? WordPress Guides and Commentary.

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Tool Tuesday: PostRank Analytics

Akamai Marketing

Most obvious of these is Google Analytics. Another is the popular “Add This&# which also offers analytic information. Share and Enjoy: Tags: analytics , engagement 2 Comments Melanie Baker Posted February 8, 2011 at 2:59 PM Hi Tara, Thanks for the overview. It isn’t that we need a tool that does everything.

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

Idaconcpts

Given that WordPress hosts 59,914,568 as of 09/25/2011 and that over 301 million people view more than 2.5 billion pages each month on WordPress.com-hosted blogs (data from WordPress Stats ), it is not a surprise that many users around the world have chosen WordPress as their CMS of choice. Customization.

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Writing Around the Web – Social Media SEO, Google Analytics, and Social Proof

Kikolani

This month’s featured piece just went live today and is part of the 2011 Bad-Ass SEO Blogging Contest. 5 Essential WordPress Plugins For Comments – One of the best things about using the self-hosted version of the WordPress platform (i.e. These are my favorite WordPress comment plugins.

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560 Resources for Blogging, Online Marketing, and Starting a Business

Kikolani

As 2011 comes to an end, I thought I would share my 10 favorite list posts for anyone ready to learn more about analytics, conversions, email marketing, engagement, link building, keyword research, social media, starting their own business, usability testing, and WordPress. What were your favorite list posts in 2011?

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Successful Blogging for Small and Medium Businesses

Akamai Marketing

Then measure it.You can use Google Analytics, PostRank or even (GASP!) Share and Enjoy: Tags: blog , social media , strategy 2 Comments Dania Posted March 29, 2011 at 7:00 PM Great information. taracoomans Posted March 29, 2011 at 11:48 PM Dig in, Dania! Or someone said you should so your considering it. Then live it.

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Measuring Public Relations Outcomes With Seth Duncan

Waxing UnLyrical

Seth mentioned using web analytics, and acknowledged that correlating PR activities to offline business outcomes is more difficult. Jim is a total web analytics guru, and I’m stoked that he’s making time in his busy schedule for our chat. says: February 2, 2011 at 10:50 am [.] When’s the next chat, you ask?

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