ContentRobot is pleased to announce our newest service: BlogOnCloud9. What is it? BlogOnCloud9 is the premier destination to host your WordPress blog. Bloggers can get the best of both worlds and take advantage of a scalable “cloud” hosting plan coupled with expert WordPress support from ContentRobot. BlogOnCloud9 will support bloggers every step of the way. … Read More
Building Your Site
Social Networking Cuts into Blogging Time
Ah, we just scanned our blog and we see posts published in 2009 are (sigh) few and far between. Is ContentRobot adding to the trend of recent stories blaring that “Blogs Are Dead” and “A-listers Not Blogging?” Perhaps. This quarter has been filled with many activities that have superseded blogging. Chief among them are: Client … Read More
SEOing Your Blog with Tags
Blogs are great in attracting search engine indexing because they, by their very nature, are updated often with fresh, relevant content. Beyond implementing the excellent All in One SEO plugin, what else can you do to optimize your blog? Tag your posts. What is a Tag? Tagging allows you to add keywords to your posts. … Read More
Picking the right WordPress host
NOTE: This post is outdated. Please read this post for our current WordPress hosting recommendations. We often get asked to recommend a good reliable WordPress host or even troubleshoot a slow performing site/blog (which is many times due to a poor host). While everyone likes to pick the least expensive host they can, there are … Read More
When good hosts go bad (for WordPress anyway)
ContentRobot once had a favorite host that we recommended to all our clients: Pair Networks. They were reasonable … wonderfully responsive … easy to use … Then … A client’s blog was partially down, meaning you could see the site content but not the theme or the CSS. What happened? Where was the warning email … Read More
Always Be Testing
Our pals at FutureNow announced the availability of their newest book: Always Be Testing: The Complete Guide to Google Website Optimizer. If you want more leads, sales, and profits from your website, then you need to test, test, test. Google Website Optimizer is all about testing, and this book shows you how to use that … Read More
5 Ways to Be Good to Your Blog So Your Blog Will Be Good to You
As we head into the final quarter of 2007, we offer a variety of ways to get your blog noticed. 1. Start with a Great Design Your mother was right — first impressions do count. An eye-catching professional design will go a long way toward: Showing you are serious about your blog (and care about … Read More
We Love These WordPress Plugins for Search Engine Optimization
Looking for a great way to attract those search engines to index and rank your site? Check out these WordPress plugins to help you spread the word about your blog. Google XML Sitemaps This nifty little plugin will allow you to index your blog to create a sitemaps.org-compliant sitemap of your WordPress blog – most … Read More