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1. Related Posts — This plugin helps improve your search engine optimization by allowing search engines to index older blog content more easily. It automatically searches through your blog post database, identifies posts with similar subject matter and keywords, and inserts a link to them.
2. Comment Relish — Once you have a WordPress blog set up, make sure that you are listening to what your bloggers have to say. Not only is replying to blog posts important for SEO but it can also be a useful tool for gathering feedback for user interface web design practices. The comment relish plugin automatically sends an email to bloggers who posted on your blog for the first time thanking them and filling them in about your current events. This is a great way to keep site visitors engaged without being time-consuming. (more…)

WordPress 2.8 is out since last week. But I am still using WordPress 2.6.

Many of you asking should I upgrade my blog engine to WordPress 2.8? My answer is Do Not Simply upgrade without planning. New version is always new features, mean new risks!

WordPress 2.8 Highlights

Some expected highlight features in the latest WordPress version. Mainly on admin interface section.

• New drag-and-drop widgets admin interface
• Plugin and Theme Editor with Syntax highlighting and function lookup
• Four columns dashboard widgets
• Faster admin pages loading

More highlights and new features here.

Check Plugin First!

Many complaint their blog down after upgrade. Most of the problem related to auto update, incompatible plugins and theme. So, check your plugins compatibility first, before upgrade to WordPress 2.8. (more…)

After struggling to setup AhTim.com, I want to share you the plugins and widgets that I use here. I think this is the most basic settings for a blog to make money online.

Plugins

1. AddThis Social Bookmarking Widget (drop-down)

Help your visitor promote your website or blog. Put the AddThis Social Bookmarking Widget on your site or blog, so any visitor can easily bookmark it. The widget works with all popular bookmarking services. By AddThis.com.

2. Adsense-Deluxe

Place Google AdSense ads in your WordPress Posts. Requires WordPress 1.5 or higer. For complete usage and configuration click on AdsenseDeluxe under the “Options” menu. By Acme Technologies.

3. Akismet

Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see (more…)