8 things you need to know about Solid State Drives (SSD) before buying one!

I remember when I got into PC maintenance in the year 2001. Dealing with storage devices was a common daily activity.

Mainly, we used floppy disk drive, Hard Disk Drive, CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read-Only Memory) and CDRW (Compact Disc-ReWritable). We never had any contact with Solid State Drives (SSDs) and don’t ask me why 😉

Fast forward to 2004, I went into web development and Hardware maintenance became a thing of the past. As a matter of fact, one of the web hosting companies I worked with introduced me to SSD storage.

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How Freelancers and Bloggers monetize their skills on job portals!

bloggers and freelancers

The Internet is opening more doors for bloggers and freelancers.

There are many more ways to make money online nowadays. I remember the ease during the early days of Affiliate Marketing. Things have become tougher today with growing competition.

Affiliate Marketing still remains an interesting way to generate income online. But it’s not as easy as it used to be. Driving targeted traffic from search engines now is no longer for the kids.

But that’s not really a problem because there are more money making channels. We want to discuss about your skills and Job boards.

Recommended: efaah jobs, job board for bloggers and freelancers

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How to know the HOT TOPICS on your blog. What to do with them!

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One of the reasons many bloggers struggle is the fact that they don’t know how to narrow their niches and write for a specific group of readers.

It’s always a big challenge for beginners to choose a blogging topic. For the  most part, they are advised to begin broad, covering different related topics, then gradually figure out what’s hot with time and focus on those hot topics.

Hot in the sense that their readers pay attention and interact more in those topics. But this has turned out to be a bad piece of advice for many. They keep throwing their feet in the dark, not knowing what’s hot cake or not hot on their blogs.

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9 reasons I will Never visit your blog again (and why you are losing readers)

The last time I visited your blog, I was so disappointed. So I took the hard decision never to come back again.

As I’m writing this post, I’m sure you are still losing more visitors. I’m not the only one who left regretting to have clicked your link. Personally, I want to let you know 9 points that pushed me to this decision.

I’m sure after reading this points, you are going to sit up. There are millions of blogs out there with wonderful attractions. So I won’t regret keeping away from yours. I’m sure I’ll find what I want somewhere. I didn’t just want to go without letting you know why I’m leaving. So here are my reasons to quit for good;

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[SEMrush] Toxic Backlinks ruining your SEO and how to remove them

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One fatal SEO (Search engine optimization) mistake we make is building backlinks and moving forward without looking back to clean up.

Not all the links pointing to your blog will add to your search ranking. Some are toxic and that’s what we want to deal with in this post.

But what is a toxic or dangerous backlinks ?

At the moment of writing, there is no universal definition of a toxic backlink. However, this generally refers to links from private blog networks, websites that violate Google’s guidelines, or sites with major security flaws.

Toxic inbound links are the unnatural links that can negatively impact the SERP rankings of your website.

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SEO is EASY but you are making it HARD! Here is what to do instead!

Trust me SEO is easy!

No. Search Engine Optimization is hard.

What am I even saying ? You got me confused 😉

The real thing is “SEO is easy” but you are making it hard. You are the reason your SEO is difficult. Just give me a few minutes to explain. I will also show you how to start ranking and celebrating search traffic.

If you are new, take a look at this post on SEO for starters

Very quickly, the best source of traffic I have had is search engine. I have experimented with Email list traffic, social media traffic, referral traffic, etc.

And please note I’m talking about free traffic and SEO is the king when it comes to:

  • Conversion
  • Dwell Time
  • Bounce Rate

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