Everyone wants to have Good look and feel for their own blog. WordPress is providing really nice blogging platform which is used by many people like me. I used to share Blogging Tips which can help you make your blog better and sometime I used write about WordPress plug-in which can help you to improve your blog look or performance.

Today I would like to share revive of Cu3er Post Elements which is WordPress plug-in based on cu3er technology. This is plug-in is good to show Image plays. If anyone is having Image Blog he/she can use this plug-in to show as Slider or one can use it to Portfolio.

What is Cu3er ?

According to the developer of this plug-in  : CU3ER : flash 3D image slider you will love! CU3ER is:

• FREE
• EASY to set up
• CUSTOMIZABLE via XML
• TAILORED to provide a UNIQUE look & feel
• INSPIRING
• FUN-to-USE

WordPress Cu3er Plug-in

If you talking only about Slider then Smooth Slider is my first choice but if you are looking for something really Stylish yet simple then Cu3er Post Elements is really good choice.

You just need to define from which category you want to publish the post, how many post you want to publish, height & Wight of the slider and few other setting.

Cu3er Post Elements (WordPress Cu3er Plug-in) Review

Personally I feel this plug-in need to add few more features but still it really useful for newbie blogger or not techy bloggers.

Positive :

• Easy to Use
• Fast Implementation
• No Coding require
• Auto fetching Images & Text
• User Define Slider size

Need to Improve:

• Customer Selection for specific post
• Images is not comes in centre (User define Image location )
• More control control for look & feel.

As I mention earlier this plug-in is really good for them who are using Image Blog, newbie, Don’t know much coding etc. If you can check my other post on How to protect content Theft ? or How to add Google Buzz etc.

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I guess you must read an Article on why you should Comment on my blog? And I really got some more comments by that post. Which was telling you the benefits of commenting on my blog? I hope you all get benefited. If you missed it then you must comment now on this post and the older post as well.

Commenting is best tool to be in touch with your favourite blog / blogger but do you think it is also having some inherited benefit as well.   Check the following benefits for commenting on others blog.

Get external Backlinks to your Blog

There are two type of Backlinks  1) Internal Backlink 2) External Backlinks. Both have their own value. One help us to gain Internal Link Juice and one will help for External Link Juice. External links will help you to get better rankings in Search Engines. I used to comment on any post / content I like. You might can see me comment first on any of my friends blog.

Personal Brand Development

This is some broad concept to understand. It helps in various ways to develop your personal brand. If you are used to read blog and feel you can contribute some to that topic this gives some extra mileage in terms of “Visibility”. People must feel that this guys is having good knowledge. Same manner if you jump in some discussion, of course with solution this all help you to develop you personal brand.

Get Some/More Traffic & Subscribers

When you put some notable comment many one wants to know more about you and your blog this the way you are getting some extra traffic. If your comment is having more impact then It might lead that visitor to subscribe for your blog too.  one comment and lot many benefits. How’s that ?

Online Relationship Build-up with Bloggers

When you are comment on any ones blog and with really good inputs, Blog owner really visit your blog. If he/she likes your blog then you must get comment on your blog too. These things lead you to some really good relation with bloggers (leading bloggers too). I am having habit of commenting and this help me to get good terms with Daniel Scocco, Founder of Daily Blog Tips and many other successful blogs. After that I even published article How To Optimize Your Site for Local Search on Daily Blog Tips ( that was really some achievement for me during that time.

Get an Idea for Next Blog post

Many times we want to write something for our blog but we are missing some good topic / content / idea. When you are commenting on other blogs, you must read that article first in order to comment so this can give you some Idea that about your next topic.

So what your gaining by spending few minutes a day ? You care improving your blog in terms of Search Engine Optimization, You are getting more visitors and more subscribers, You are expanding your network across the Cyberspace, Getting new friends and of course you are making your Personal Brand Better.

Tell from when you are going to start commenting? Don’t miss time, just comment here and start enjoying benefits. Just make sure you will have some more blog which is having commetLuv plugin. Which can give you more mileage. Even I am having that plug in install at my blog.

When we are writing some good Innovative things as blog post and if some still it and post on their blog like their own content it huts. Don’t you think so ? Recently I wrote an Article at Internet Marketing Journal about Reconsider 5 Things for Google Adsense. It take two years to understand Adsend logic better, I did lot many experiment and not more do know about Google Adsense but with in a Day It got Still by one Gentleman, who is Blog url is having nice word “Legend” , I got surprise if he is really Legend then he need not to copy the content.

Content Theft is one of the big issue in blogosphere now. I was looking for solution how I can come out form this issue and I got one nice Plugin WP-CopyProtect. This plugin is easy to Install and do nice job. WP-CopyProtect will Disable Right Click Section and Disable Text Selection so you are out of basic worry. Still this is not 100% way out but of course It helps a lot to get it theft in very easy manner.

I would like to say thanks to Chetan Gole for making this wonderful Plugin. I had install this plugin Today and it seems good as of now. If you want to share your experience about Content Theft, Blog Post Protection or about this Plugin just comment here. Share your views about using this plugin as well.

This is guest post by TOM

For years, WordPress has been known for its weak security. The security issues WordPress has had is a laundry list of hacks and exploits that malicious users can use to access personal information, post unauthorized content or simply wreck your site, none of which you want to suffer.

Simple things like changing your default password and changing your mySQL table prefixes are the preventative measures that most webmasters can do, but you shouldn’t stop there. Hackers can intercept data exchanges between your server and your computer and user’s computers to get passwords and other information. Your themes and plugins could be compromised, sending sensitive information to outside computers or even allowing hackers access to your server. Spam attacks, iFrame injections, mySQL injections, and a host of other security risks associated with WordPress can leave your blog open to disaster. Fortunately, a number of plugins are available that will automate these security tasks and make your blog less vulnerable to attack. Below, you will find 10 plugins that you can use to lockdown your WordPress blog. You can click the link to go to each plugin’s Web site to get more information about how the plugin works and how to install the plugin into your WordPress site.

1. Angsuman’s WordPress Guard Plugin This plugin protects your WordPress blog from brute force password attacks. Brute force is where a hacker will attempt possible password combinations until it finds one that works on your site. It also exploits that attack outdated plugins and software that can give hackers access to your blog.

2. Bot Block This plugin prevents automated registrations on your site. It blocks multiple users from signing up from the same IP address and also looks up user IP addresses on a blacklist. Any blacklisted IP addresses are not allowed to register.

3. AskApache Password Protect This plugin adds additional filesystem level password protection via .htaccess files, making it easy to set and change the password for WordPress directories on your server itself to prevent unauthorized attacks that can occur outside WordPress.

4. WP Blogsecurify WP Blogsecurify works in several ways to harden WordPress. First, it forces logins to occur via SSL, reducing the chance that passwords and user names can be intercepted. Second, it prevents the leakage of session identifiers so that they can’t suffer from hijack exploits. Finally, it conceals database error information, so that information can’t be used in an attack.

5. WP Security Scan This multipurpose plugin will hide your WordPress version so it doesn’t advertise what specific vulnerabilities apply to your installation. It also checks for permission and password issues that leave your blog at risk.

6. Login LockDown Login LockDown logs all unsuccessful attempts to log in to your blog and records the IP address and time of each attempt. It will lockout IP ranges associated with failed logins to discourage malicious attempts to access your site.

7. WP-SpamFree This plugin works in a similar manner to Akismet to identify comments that are spam so they are not displayed on your blog. Spam comments can include links to malicious Web sites, or malicious code that can execute on your blog. This is an effective tool that helps deal with the WordPress comment spam problem.

8. Admin-SSL Admin-SSL funnels all your administrative activity through SSL, locking it down so no information can be intercepted between your computer and your blog. This works for both dedicated SSL and shared SSL configurations.

9. Anonymous WordPress Plugin Updates Since WordPress transmits information useful to hackers as it looks for plugin updates, Anonymous WordPress Plugin Updates can be used to remove identifying information such as your WordPress version and the URL of your blog. By keeping your plugin updates anonymous, you can make it harder for people to attack your site using data from plugin Web sites.

10. Theme Authenticity Checker This plugin checks to see if a theme you’ve uploaded contains malicious code. Since so many free themes are out there, you never know if someone has embedded back door access that they can use to manipulate your site.

Tom is a designer and writer who works for a UK based specialist offering HP Deskjet cartridges, toner, paper and other print accessories. You can read more of his posts on their blog.

Everyone who starts blog or connect to be online media they start thinking about how they can make money online and they started their journey like Treasure Hunting. Making money from online media is not a easy job but of course you can make good amount of money if you work in right direction.

Now you might be feeling that how to find right direction and you must having so many question in your mind about Blogging and Make Money online. You must be thinking that if you could have some guide or guru sort of stuff you can make it very fast.

You need to go long for finding Guide just read Make Money Blogging by Daniel Scocco, a famous blogger and founder of Daily Blog Tips.

This is book is really good in sense it guide you from choosing blog platform like Blogger, WordPress or Self hosted blog till the entire journey in blogging. Daniel is blogging since 2006 and this book shares all the hurdles he might face or might be going to face. He had covered very small thing even. As a active Blogger I can understand that this book is really helpful to starters.

You can download this book from http://www.dailyblogtips.com/make-money-blogging/ but for that you need to signup for his news letter which gives you constant learning experience.

So what are you waiting for  ? Just share you experience with me too as comments.

Hope you all now using Google Buzz. There are lot of Buzz on Blogosphere about Google Buzz. You can read official post at Google Blog about Google Buzz.

My first hand experience with Google Buzz was pretty Good.  The way they introduce it’s nice, very seamless connectivity with Gmail (my all-time favourite mailing services ).  I hope you also loves Google, Gmail and other services.

You might be feeling that I am going out of the tract and you can’t hold your temptation for knowing that How you can add Google Buzz to your WordPress. I know you are looking plugin for Google Buzz. Then Don’t worry you are at right place.

www.clickonf5.org is coming up with Google Buzz Plugin for WordPress. Sanjeev Mishra and Tejaswini are people behind this site and these guys are doing wonderful job. They all ready gave Plugins called Smooth Slider, Instant Weekly Roundup, Cute Profiles.

Just check what is Google Buzz button for WordPress (Plugin) according to developer of this Plugin.

Google Buzz is launched and many publishers, webmaster and web addicts has already started using that. If you are having a WordPress site then you can add “Google Buzz Button” thru a simple wordpress plugin to let other people share your posts on their Buzz. Google didn’t release any official button yet but we have released a WordPress plugin to add a button on a post/page. Once your visitor will click on this button, they will be taken to a page where they can add some note on your post’s link and title and share that on their Buzz. This way your post/page’s reach will increase by huge amount.

Download this Plugin from Clickonf5

Disclaimer : I haven’t tested / tried this plugin yet. But Planning to use it soon. I had used their plugin Smooth  Slider and It was Good.

Internal Links is not a new word for them who keep in touch with SEO or Internet Marketing. Still who are new to this field should know following definition.

An internal link is a hyperlink that is a reference or navigation element in a document to another section of the same document or to another document that may be on or part of the same website or domain of the internet.

Internal Linking

Links are considered either “external” or “internal” depending on perspective. Generally, a link to a page outside the same domain is considered external, whereas one in the same domain is considered internal.

However, these definitions become clouded when the same organization operates multiple domains functioning as a single web experience, e.g. when a secure commerce website is used for purchasing things displayed on a non-secure website.

Similarly, a blogging website might have thousands of different blogs, in which

context one might view a link as “internal” only if it linked within the same blog, not to other blogs within the same domain.

Source – Wikipedia

Improve Blog :

Keep in mind that Internal Links will help you and your reader to keep updates about some old and related article / post / information from your blog. This will help visitor to discover some more information about your blog. This will help you to improve your page views, reduce bounce rate and make user friendly navigation system.

Focus on you target keywords:

Many times we are not understanding value of internal links. Try to be focus on Anchor Text too. I am sharing an example for it.

Option 1 : Did you check my article about Canonical URL ? No Just click here to know more ..

Option 2 : Hey ! Why don’t you check my article about Canonical URL

What’s the different between Option one and Option two ? virtually nothing. I want to focus you attention for my article about Canonical URL but what is the best practice to do ? the second option as I am using that as Anchor Text and I am killing two birds with one stone. Getting Internal Link and tell search engine that this links is about Canonical URL.

Use Breadcrumb :

Breadcrumb will help visitor to navigate easily and also help you for internal navigations. It makes your blog internal link reach blog.

Use SEO Smart Link Plugin :

Feel bored that need to find each keyword from article and link with relavant links. No worries You can go for SEO Smart Link WordPress plugin. You just need to feed your required keywords with their links. When you wrote post and make it online this plugin will do the needful.

Keep linking with your internal blog will help you to gain more PR, More authorities and more internal links means win – win situation.

WordPress is undoubtedly number one Blogging Platform for bloggers. But now It’s not limited to blogging people are stretching WordPress for some unique and off beat use also. Even you will Clone WordPress theme for some famous sites like Digg, Google etc.

I used to search a lot for WordPress and Internet Marketing things as I love this both things. I had a encounter with several Versatile thing about WordPress themes and offbeat wordpress usages. So I feel let collaborate all and share with friends.

Well many of themes are free but some Premium theme can burn your pocket. So just keep checking Theme Info link this will give you more idea about particular theme. The list is as follows.

WordPress Clone Themes

We like many site for their look and feel as well as their features. Some geeks are too creative to make clone of their look and that also in some fantastic manner. I am amazed some time to see that. Let’s explore some this kind of WordPress Clone themes.

Digg Like themes – Clone of Digg

Live Demo – Theme Info

Google Like theme – Woogle

Live Demo – Theme Info

Facebook Clone theme – Facebook Lover

Like me, many people are Facebook Fan so We have some more theme which are develop as clone of Facebook for WordPress. Bye the way are you become my Fan at Facebook ? Not Yet ? Just check sidebar and be my fan at Facebook.

Live Demo – Theme Info

Facebook Clone theme – Facebook WordPress theme

Live Demo – Theme Info

Facebook Clone – Cry Book

Live Demo – Theme Info

Twitter Clone Theme – Fresh Tweet

Live Demo – Theme Info

I am also planning to add more theme not only WordPress Clone themes but also WordPress alternate use themes like an Article Directory. I will publish WordPress The Versatile Part 2 some time during next Week. I will appreciate if you can post a comment about any missing wordpress clone theme or any unique / offbeat theme for WordPress. This will help me to enhance this list. So wait for WordPress the Versatile Part 2.

Every visitor who visit my blog is not commenting on my posts / articles. Industry survey says there is 2% or 3 % from your visitors commenting your blog. Why so less because people are not bother to comment any where until and unless they might get benefit out of it.

If I say if you comment on my blog you will get good benefit out of it. I am sure you will love to comment as well as you will keep commenting on my blog. The main befits are as follows.

Get Do follow Back Links

My blog is having dofollow atribute so when you are commenting on my blog you will get a dofollow backlink. Isn’t it you are looking for ?

Don’t Buy any thing still get two free

Generally We are getting some irresistible offer from leading brands about “Buy one Get one free” but here you will get two free just for doing comments. Wondering How ? I am using CommentLuv Plugin so when ever you start writing post, after submitting your Name, Email and URL, this plugin will find latest post of your Blog / Site via your RSS. Now you are end up with two links one is your Home URL and second one is your latest Post URL. Just check this as example bellow.

Get Pagerank Share from my Blog

I hope you are aware about Pagerank, If not check the definition of Google as follows.

PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an indicator of an individual page’s value. In essence, Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. But, Google looks at more than the sheer volume of votes, or links a page receives; it also analyzes the page that casts the vote. Votes cast by pages that are themselves “important” weigh more heavily and help to make other pages “important”.

Google is checking all Inbound / Outbound links of you page and will share your PR. The better you have internal links the better you will get advantage for getting PR leaking internally. I am dare to share my PR with all my commentators. Just get more information about Internal Linking and PageRank Leakage

Get New Visitors

If you landed to my page and you put down any comment at the end of the comment there is link of your latest post and this link can attract new visitors to your blog. For this you must have a catchy Title and killer content.

Get more Visibility in blogger Community

When ever you are reading good article you might be checking comments for that article. I hope more then 85% blogger are doing the same. If you are sharing good comment or informative comments you will automatically get more visibility to other Blogger.

I can write few more advantage as well but now it’s your turn to find it and share it as a comment. So what are you waiting for Keep Commenting ………………..

I hope you all are using sitemap.xml for your blog / site if you are not you must start using it because It’s a way that you can point your content to Different Search Engines. Search Engine can sniff your site content via you sitemap (Not all the time.) If you are not having sitemap.xml for your site the you probably get code from Google Code Sitemap Generator.

No we are assuming you are having your own sitemap.xml and you want to update instantly to all major Search Engine on a single click or complete atomized then what will you do ? Just follow the bellow mention steps. Here I am assuming that you have basic knowledge of Programming, Server Handling, FTP etc. I will advice you not to execute / edit wrong file if you are not having proper knowledge of Code or Server Admin. You just do it manually copy the bellow mention code (scripts) edit WWW.YOUR-SITE.COM/SITEMAP.XML to your sitemap URL then paste in browser and hit Enter Key.

http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ping?sitemap=WWW.YOUR-SITE.COM/SITEMAP.XML

http://www.bing.com/webmaster/ping.aspx?siteMap=WWW.YOUR-SITE.COM/SITEMAP.XML

http://search.yahooapis.com/SiteExplorerService/V1/ping?sitemap=WWW.YOUR-SITE.COM/SITEMAP.XML

http://submissions.ask.com/ping?sitemap=WWW.YOUR-SITE.COM/SITEMAP.XML

http://api.moreover.com/ping?sitemap=WWW.YOUR-SITE.COM/SITEMAP.XML

This will be manual thing but if you want to make and forgot it thing then what to do? Very Simple You have to  follow following steps. (Make sure you have knowledge of Server Admin)

If you are Using Linux Server

1. Download ping.php file from bellow mention link
2. Edit the file with your sitemap URL.
3. Upload that file in your sites root folder.
4. Now log on to your Control Panel.
5. Find an Option for Create Cron Job
6. Define Cron Job as per your site requirement, Daily, Weekly, Every 1 Hour etc.
7. Select ping.php as schedule file.

If you are using Windows Server then check this:

You can do this in task scheduler of windows server. Task can be created manually in the task scheduler or with @ commands and can be designated to run under a user account with privileges. There is also a software (free) called nnCron which uses the same kind of syntax that of Linux on Windows.

This is shared by Vishal Vasu, a Windows Server Management Expert. Thx Vishal.

Congregates ! You are done with auto execution of your Sitemap file.

Download Ping.php

Disclaimer : This just a tutorial you can use it by your own Risk. We will not be liable for any damage or any mishappening.