WordPress is a fantastic platform: it supports some great features, it has a very large install base, and there is a large community of developers supporting the product.
That being said, both good and evil people have access to the code-base so there are several security basics you want to follow. There are some great tips available on the WordPress Codex, here, and one of those tips is to change your MySQL Table Prefixes. (more…)
A popular way to add subscribers to your email list is to offer a whitepaper, special report, ebook, or another type of giveaway in return for the visitor’s email. This is called a Lead Capture Form, and its popular because it works extremely well.
If you’re using Contact Form 7 already, you’ll be pleased to find out that turning a normal Contact Form 7 form into a lead capture form is easy! (more…)
Frequently, we use WP-PageNavi as our plugin of choice for outputting pagination links on WordPress sites.
Often, however, I want to customize its HTML output. Sometimes I need to display my items in a list, other times I just want to wrap them in some custom HTML. In both situations, I find it difficult to get the job done without a workaround.
I cooked up a quick function to customize the HTML output of WP-PageNavi, by wrapping the output in list item tags, and thought I would share it. (more…)
The Big Idea: Keyword Research Tells You Volume, Keyword Difficulty Tells You Feasibility
When doing keyword research, especially in the context of finding “low competition” keywords, its important that you don’t become overly obsessed with the long tail. No matter what, if there’s no one searching for a keyword anyway you shouldn’t allocate a lot of your time pursuing that phrase. Keyword competition is about choosing amongst a list of good keywords to choose the ones which are relatively easier to rank for. But its very likely that all of the keywords you target will still be difficult.
This article will teach you how to prioritize your efforts by comparing the relative difficulty of each phrase. Our hope is that on your next SEO campaign, you’ll find at least one keyphrase which you expected to be more difficult than it actually is.
Before You Begin
If you haven’t already, put the keyword list in an Excel or Google Drive spreadsheet. You’ll want to make at least 8 columns: Keyword, Search Volume, Google:allinurl, Google:allintitle, Google:allintext, Authority Domains on Page 1, Keyword Difficulty Score, Notes. We’ll explain each of these in the article, and tell you how to fill them in.
We’ll be filling in these as we go. The “notes” field is a general purpose place for you to capture any interesting features of the results for that key phrase. For example, you might make a notation that although the domains returned for this search result are high authority, the content is several years out of date. Keyword difficulty calculation always has a large subjective component, and so its important to record not only your final score but the reasons why you came to that score.
Now that your spreadsheet is setup, you’re ready to begin. We’ll explain the method in just a few short steps below. (more…)
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WordPress is a fantastic platform: it supports some great features, it has a very large install base, and there is a large community of developers supporting the product. That being said, both good and evil people have access to the code-base so there are several security basics you want to follow....
New post has been published on Illuminati Karate, Inc.
A popular way to add subscribers to your email list is to offer a whitepaper, special report, ebook, or another type of giveaway in return for the visitor’s email. This is called a Lead Capture Form.
If you’re using Contact Form 7 already, you’ll be pleased to find out that turning a normal Contact ...
New post has been published on Illuminati Karate, Inc.
Frequently, we use WP-PageNavi as our plugin of choice for outputting pagination links on WordPress sites.
Often, however, I want to customize its HTML output. Sometimes I need to display my items in a list, other times I just want to wrap them in some custom HTML. In both situations, I find it di...
A fantastic gift of North Carolina grown pecans from Lakeview Pecans!
Excellent gift "basket" from the folks at Mottis - Wednesday is looking up!
Came back from lunch to find this in our office, a gift from our wonderful client, Andy Nichol (the best private investigator in Raleigh).
Thank you Andy!
Special Thanksgiving feast from The Lunchbox and More!
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The only thing worse than being unable to crack the top 10 is getting there only to find out there’s not very much traffic to be had in the first place. So before you spend a lot of time and effort trying to rank your website for an uncharacteristically difficult keyword, do your homework to make su...
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We are proud to announce that we have released our first plugin in the WordPress Plugin Directory – the IK Facebook Plugin.
The IK Facebook Plugin is a easy-to-use plugin that allows users to add a Facebook Feed as a Widget or via a Shortcode. It includes options to link back to a site, title the Fe...
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There are many reasons for creating a Simple Facebook App. Whether you’re developing new functionality on Facebook or writing code that needs to interact with Facebook, step one is creating a simple Facebook app.
Steps To Create A Simple Facebook App
There are several steps to creating a Facebook ...
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Bootstrap, for the unfamiliar, is an HTML/CSS/Javascript template for building new websites. It includes factored versions of many common UI elements, one of which is the dropdown menu.
Unfortunately, WordPress’s wp_nav_menu function does not output the classes Bootstrap is looking for, and we need ...
Big day for IK today, as we welcome Aimee White to the family! Aimee is our new Account Manager, and will be helping out with design and web stuff too.
We look forward to introducing her to y'all over the next few weeks. Give us a call - and someone might actually answer!
We are proud to announce that we have released our first plugin in the WordPress Plugin Directory – the IK Facebook Plugin.
The IK Facebook Plugin is a easy-to-use plugin that allows users to add a Facebook Feed as a Widget or via a Shortcode. It includes options to link back to a site, title the Feed, add custom CSS, and more! (more…)
There are many reasons for creating a Simple Facebook App. Whether you’re developing new functionality on Facebook, writing code that needs to interact with Facebook, or setting up the IK Facebook Plugin – step one is creating a simple Facebook app. (more…)
WordPress is a fantastic platform: it supports some great features, it has a very large install base, and there is a large community of developers supporting the product. 
