Category Archives: Site Development

Premium themes vs Free themes – Which WordPress theme is the best?

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WordPress is amazing piece of software for many different reasons. One of these key reasons is its ability to render the same content in many different ways using WordPress themes. There are literally thousands of free WordPress Themes available in the WordPress themes directory and many more on other sites across the internet. There are also a number of Continue reading →

Blue Yeti vs Tascam TM-ST1 Microphones

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I have been creating a lot of videos for the Grownupgeek Youtube channel (Youtube.com/Grownupgeek) and I plan on doing more in the future.

I noticed long ago that the cheap Plantronics headset I was using sounded thin and ‘tinny’, so I purchased a Tascam TM ST1 mic.  The Tascam was a big improvement, but it sounded a bit nasally.

Today I purchased a Blue Yeti, so I did a quick video comparing the sound quality of all three.

 

Is Your Blog Fast Enough?

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Now that Google uses the speed and performance of your blog or website in determining how well your pages will rank in searches, and knowing that everyone hates a slow blog or website, have you actually ever tested how fast (or slow) yours is? Or do you already know that it is not as fast as you would like but have no idea where to start looking to fix it?

A lot of webmasters use Firebug or YSlow to test their website and Continue reading →

Tips To Guarantee Failure As A Blogger Or Webmaster

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These tips have been collected by observing the methods of various bloggers and webmasters from around the globe. I think (and ohh Jeebus I hope!) that by reading these tips we can all learn something… Especially them.

Getting started:

  • Decide what topic or ‘micro niche’ you are going to grow your internet empire on. It will be helpful to visit several online webmaster forums and post the question “What is the best paying topic and keywords for a new website?” in as many off-topic places that you can find.
  • Find the cheapest, slowest web host that you can. Since you can hardly speak a word of English you will obviously be targeting visitors in the United States, so it is best to find a web host located in the “datacenter” basement of a restaurant in a 3rd world country (that one across the street from your favorite Tea Shop/Internet Cafe should do just fine).
  • Carefully choose your domain name. The name should be grammatically incorrect and copied from a successful website in your same niche but with a special twist. For example: iphone-infos Continue reading →