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My New Twitter Policy

My New Twitter Policy

New Twitter Policy goes into effect today. If you have the default Twitter icon or a locked account (and I don’t personally know you) I will not follow you back. How hard is it to upload an image of yourself or your company’s logo? It’s not. If you don’t want your picture up there because you are insecure then go make an avatar. Don’t want your picture up on Twitter because you’re managing... [Read more about this Article]

Twitter Auto DMs Suck

Twitter Auto DMs Suck

The abuse of the Twitter Direct Message (DM) functionality has always been an issue with Twitter. However, as my follower count grows so does the constant barrage of useless and annoying Auto Direct messages. The idea of someone trying to sell sell me an e-book or whatever, before any kind of relationship has been established seems silly and wrong. Anyway, here is a video I made regarding Twitter and... [Read more about this Article]

Excluding Categories in Wordpress Sidebar Widget

Excluding Categories in Wordpress Sidebar Widget

This is a short Youtube video demo on how you can exclude categories from you side bar if using the sidebar widget. This requires us to edit the widgets.php file instead of the sidebar.php file. More how to videos can be found at the Traffic is Gold Youtube channel. Similar Videos: Excluding Pages In The Wordpress Sidebar We also announce our videos on Twitter, you can follow us on Twitter here: @trafficisgold. Step... [Read more about this Article]

What is #followfriday on Twitter?

What is #followfriday on Twitter?

Twitter is a very powerful instant communication tool. It can be used for fun, business or a combination of both. I wanted to answer the question; What is #followfriday? So here is a quick video showing you what follow Friday is and how to participate. Follow me on Twitter. Follow me on Youtube. Hope that helps!  Read More →

Google’s Vince Update - A Question of Trust

Google’s Vince Update - A Question of Trust

During January/February (2009) Google made an update to their search algorithm. Many in the search community are calling this update a Big Brand push. Meaning the change in the algorithm has helped big Brands achieve high rankings for certain keywords. Matt Cutts of Google produced a video to discuss the update: “I would not call it an update, I would call it just a simple change.” - Matt... [Read more about this Article]

Follow Us On Twitter

Follow Us On Twitter

Follow me on Twitter so we can connect. Not sure what Twitter is? The Common Craft have created a wonderful overview of Twitter. Enjoy!  Read More →

Adding YouTube Videos to your Blog Post

Adding YouTube Videos to your Blog Post

A quick Video on how to embed video into your blog post with out using a plugin. This video tutorial is only for the Wordpress blogging platform. There are several great WP flash video embed plugins, but this will show you a quick way of adding video to your post, without the need for a plugin. Watch more of my videos here: Traffic is Gold Youtube Channel  Read More →

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