Three Rules To Kill Comment Spam On Your WordPress Blog

Three Rules To Kill Comment Spam On Your WordPress Blog

Once your blog starts appearing on natural search engine results, something else starts appearing, too. Comment spam. I got asked the other day how I cope with the rubbish that gets posted automatically on Writing For SEO. How much time does removing it take up? The...
My Favourite Social Media Tools

My Favourite Social Media Tools

Social media and content writing are intimately linked these days. Which leads to no small challenge for people like me (and anyone without a full-blown digital marketing department to call on) who need to work a whole load of channels for success. We write blog...
Google Reader is dead. RSS gets more creative!

Google Reader is dead. RSS gets more creative!

I was shocked when the news broke some time ago that Google Reader is due to shut down on 1st July (possibly it’s already shut by the time you read this). The argument that many people – and presumably Google – advance is RSS is dead, too, being old...
What services and tools do I recommend?

What services and tools do I recommend?

Ripping a leaf straight out of the Smart Passive Income book (thanks Pat!), I’ve launched Writing For SEO’s own Resources page. Here you’ll find some of the tools and services I use, and I recommend you try, too. Here’s to your...
Good hosting is so important for SEO

Good hosting is so important for SEO

How much do you spend on hosting for your site? Probably not very much – even businesses can choose the cheapest over the best value. Most hosting is sold as a commodity – how cheap can you eat? That means that so much hosting can be unreliable and/or slow...
Quick Tips: WordPress timesaver & Old Posts

Quick Tips: WordPress timesaver & Old Posts

I keep noting down some useful thoughts, but they never expand enough to become a whole post. Every so often, I’ll be posting a small collection of the best of them. A time-saving tip for your WordPress posts As a Writing For SEO reader I hope you make sure you...