Blogging for Dummies

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Gary · Posted in Blogging, Recommended Reads · Comment 

This book provides a useful resource for all kinds of bloggers, whether you’re blogging about a hobby or a someone doing it for a business. Blogging For Dummies, 2nd Edition gives you all the basics so you can get a good start. And if you’ve been around the blog a few times and want to advance to the next level, Blogging For Dummies, 2nd Edition even takes a look at podcasting and videoblogging.

The author’s advice in the Dummies series is aimed at getting you up and running as quickly as possible. The book explains what blogs are and what they are not. It also explains the different types of blogs, and how and why they are different from websites. The good thing is that the author looks at all the options and draws up comparison charts which show the features, cost, and options offered by various providers and software programs. This includes popular features such as the ability to display adverts and upload photos. It also gives tips on blogging and how to get the most out of your blog.


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Search Engine Optimization – An Hour a Day 2nd Edition

Posted on February 1, 2009 by admin · Posted in Recommended Reads, Search Engine Optimization · Comment 

One of the most important things to web site design is Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in our opinion.

Most if not all web designers want their site to be in the top 3 ranks in Google. Amazon rates this book quite high and all the reviews rate this as 5 star. We would strongly recommend you invest in this book if you are struggling to position high in Googles search engine.

This book helped us to understand more about SEO and has helped us rank at position number 5 on the first day of launching our site. We are thankful to this book and the SEO consultants for sharing there useful tips and techniques.

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Wordpress for Dummies

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Gary · Posted in Recommended Reads, Website Design, Wordpress · Comment 

This book is a must read if you are new to Wordpress and blogging.
It will help ease the process of setting up your Wordpress blog site.

Wordpress for Dummies is a comprehensive and easy to follow book, which covers everything from Getting started with Wordpress, to Designing your blog site, using Templates and Plugins and also some examples of good templates and plugins.

We created this website using Wordpress and as well as this book we came across Revolution which has some great themes that are easy to use and customize.

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