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I’ve posted onto BusinessBlogConsulting.com a list of my favorite WordPress plugins and what they do and why I like them. If you’re blogging under the WordPress platform, you might want to trick out your blog with some of these great plugins. The list includes: PodPress, Popularity Contest, Google Sitemaps Generator, Akismet, Adhesive, Ultimate Tag Warrior, […]

What follows below are some of my favorite WordPress plugins and why. Many of them I have in common with Cavemonkey’s excellent Top Ten WordPress Plugins list. Here’s my list, in no particular order: PodPress – makes it super-simple to post podcasts; includes an inline media player Popularity Contest – offer a leaderboard of your […]

In Part 1 of this article, we discovered some great free services courtesy of search engine powerhouse Google. Now, in this second and final installment, we’ll dig into a dozen more Google services and tools. But, first, let’s look at what’s changed with Google over the past several months. First off, and happily, Gmail accounts are no longer by invitation only. You can sign up for a free email account, with over a gigabyte of storage space, at https://gmail.google.com. And POP mail is supported now too, not just Web mail.

Links are the currency of the web. Not only do their drive traffic in their own right, but they also are essential to high search engine rankings. Without good inbound links to your web site, your search engine optimization (SEO) efforts won’t get off the ground.

Stephan Spencer, founder/president of Madison, WI-based Web development and marketing agency Netconcepts, weighs in with eTailer about where search is headed.

Stayleaner.com, the ecommerce site for J & J Health Foods, sells vitamins, herbs and supplements for sports nutrition and body building. Fred Evaristo of J & J Health Foods states: “I rely heavily on pay-per-click advertising as I can’t get ranked in the natural searches no matter what I do.” We feel your pain, Fred! Let’s see if we can’t help Fred and his team…