Comments on: Do You Make These 7 Mistakes Setting Up Your Blog?

By: Michael Martine, Blog Consultant

Michael Martine, Blog Consultant — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:42:34 +0000

@Thomas, I’ve emailed you!

By: thomas tantullo

thomas tantullo — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:06:35 +0000

hi, i need someone to set up a complete blog for me to promote and sell my book.

I need to install click bank to get paid and whatever else, how much to do the whole job? tks tom

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Hobby World CH » Blog Archive » links for 2008-07-15 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:33:33 +0000

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By: Meryl K. Evans

Meryl K. Evans — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:54:37 +0000

Sharp tips, Michael. I have been trying to get rid of the silly dates from the WP blog entry URLs, but it has caused more problems than fixes. Dagnabbit.

By: Easton Ellsworth

Easton Ellsworth — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:22:06 +0000

Another one to add: not setting up a regular backup solution. There are great plugins that handle that. You just would never want to lose your blog.

By: PixelWit

PixelWit — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:31:26 +0000

I disagree with the #1 item on the list. Using a host that features one-click WordPress installations is a great intro to running WordPress on a self-hosted site. Even though there may be a lag in one-click updates, once you’re comfortable working with and within WordPress, you can do a normal update just like any other WordPress admin.

By: Marelisa

Marelisa — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:50:37 +0000

Hi: I just downloaded the All-in-one SEO Pack and Subscribe to Comments plug ins and activated them on my blog, thanks for the tip!

By: Developer Man

Developer Man — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:09:34 +0000

Security wise. Installing the newest version of WP and deleting the admin account are the best for security. This is how most blogs are hacked.

This is a good list of mistakes.

Not knowing your niche and not writing in that niche (being too general) are other mistakes I would add. I’ve seen a number of blogs fail because they post about everything.

By: Michael Martine, Blog Consultant

Michael Martine, Blog Consultant — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:06:11 +0000

@Mark – You’re welcome!

@Dave – Most people don’t realize the importance of keyword research until later. As long as your URL isn’t too specific for the wrong keywords, you can turn that ship around any time you want to.

By: Dave Navarro

Dave Navarro — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:40:04 +0000

I’ll add one …

Starting a blog without the keywords you want to rank for in mind

Learning this the hard way …