WordPress is the most popular blogging platform out there, and for good reason. After all, it’s extremely easy to install, a breeze to configure, and totally customizable. But for all its advantages, there has always been one major pain involved with blogging with WordPress: it’s a nightmare to back up everything and restore it if your blog gets wiped out.

There are several great plugins for backing up your WordPress database, but there has never been an all-in-one solution for backing up and restoring your entire blog in once fell swoop. That is until now…

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One of the greatest advantages to using WordPress to power your blog is the abundance of wonderful plugins that can enhance the functionality and usability of your blog. And in my opinion a “must have” plugin for any blog is one that displays a list of posts related to the one the visitor is reading at the time.

After trying out several “Related Post” plugins on my blogs, I decided to go with one called Contextual Related Posts by Ajay D’Souza. This plugin automatically analyzes the current post, then displays a list of posts that are similar to it directly below it. When the reader gets to the end of the post, he/she can then easily click on over to another post dealing with the same topic. This keeps your visitors on your site longer.

Another powerful benefit of the Contextual Related Posts plugin is the cross-linking of posts within your site. Cross-linking helps search engine robots find and index all of your pages quickly, making it even easier for searchers to find YOUR content in the midst of the constantly rising sea of web pages.

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SPAM!! I hate it. You hate it. Even the spammers themselves hate it (even though they make tons of money sending it!)

SPAM emails have been proverbial thorns in the sides of computer users for decades, and an entire industry has been created just to prevent us from having to deal with it! But did you know that there is actually a good use for the SPAM messages that do make it into your Inbox or Junk Mail folder?

Every day spammers flood inboxes around the world with tons of junk emails hawking everything from debt consolidation services to inkjet cartridges to cheap mortgage deals. Why do they choose to hawk the particular products or services they’re trying to pawn off on you? Two reasons: They are in high demand, and they are extremely profitable.

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WordPress is the world’s most popular blogging platform, primarily because it’s easy install, easy to customize, easy to update and oh, so easy to use! There are three ways to set up a WordPress blog:

1 – Open a free account at WordPress.com, go through a 5 minute sign-up process, then start blogging. This is the fastest and easiest way to get started blogging with WordPress, but it is also the most limited.

2 – Purchase a domain name and a web hosting package, then download and install the latest WordPress files from WordPress.org. Although this “self-hosted” method is the most difficult route to take, it’s still pretty easy and you’ll have virtually unlimited control over your blog’s look and functionality.

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