Category: Blogging | Blog a Living

Should you personally brand your blog?

You may believe your blog needs your name and face to gain trust. But this isn’t true for most blogs, and there are advantages to keeping it impersonal.

ICANN Domain Abuse Email Scam (also Domaincop, others)

I got an email today for one of my sites. I discovered an exciting little invisible iframe at the bottom that was, I’m sure, designed to infect my computer. I’m calling this one the ICANN Domain Abuse Email Scam.

Why You Might Want to Blog Anonymously

Many moons ago when I started out, no one ever considered blogging under their real names. Here’s why you should feel absolutely free to blog anonymously.

How to Secure a WordPress Site

You may want to bookmark this post, because I’m going to come back to it every few months and update anything that’s changed. In it, I’m going to talk about all the ways that hackers can get control of your WordPress blog, and then about many things you can do to secure Wordpress blogs.

How I became a full-time blogger

My journey to becoming a full-time blogger, probably in more detail than you ever wanted.

Does Google Rate Your Site as Mobile Friendly?

Learn why it’s crucial to check your site with the Google mobile friendly test. Make sure your site makes the cut.

Ransomware: how to protect your PC, and why bloggers must

Ransomware prevention is especially important for bloggers. Not only can it wipe out all your files, but sometimes it comes with other malware designed to record your logins so they can hack your sites.

Why working for free doesn’t work

If you’re a blogger, you’ll be asked to work for free sample products and run press releases. You’ll be asked to do a lot of work for free, and here’s why you should turn almost all of it down.

Being a full-time blogger

How do you get to be a full-time blogger, and do you even want to be one? Click to learn more about my journey and see if it’s for you.

Genesis: How to place the post meta and info just on single pages

I’ve been working with the Genesis Framework for WordPress lately, and I recently discovered there are two ways to make Genesis display the post meta and info conditionally, and which method you need depends whether the theme is HTML5 or not. On most sites, I use excerpts on the front page, and most Genesis themes