How to Build an Impactful Online Presence with Kim George – YourChicGeek

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The month of February 2016 is  seeing its last days and I’m here with the second featured blogger of the year. She’s coming after Ikechi Awazie and I’m happy you are going to meet someone of substance today.

In the past, I have had the excitement to feature over 30 must-meet bloggers. While I’m glad these are my awesome peeps, I want to give you the opportunity to meet and connect with them too. Check out the list here

If you’re starting a business and are struggling to use the web to grow your company and attract clients… then our blogger today — YourChicGeek is your girl.

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Comment Display Order ~ Newer/Older at the top! What do you think?

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Though the comment display order has not been a big topic of discussion online, the comment section is a very active and attention-grabbing spot on every blog that has it enabled. It’s where bloggers and readers interact the more.

As a matter of fact, some readers spend more time on the comment form than on the post itself. The reason is that they skim through and then scroll to the comment section to drop a comment. Most do that to get a backlink (which is not a good reason to comment)

If you are running a heatmap tool on your blog, one thing you’ll discover is that the comment section on your blog posts (mainly, the comment form) has more clicks.

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Hostgator 60% discount code Limited Time Promotion!

Hostgator 60% discount code: Click here to automatically apply the coupon code to your order.

Hostgator has been my preferred Webhosting company since 2008. After having tried out a couple of different web hosting companies in Europe, USA and India, I frankly think the choice of Hostgator has not been an error.

That doesn’t mean they are without defects. As a matter of fact, you are never going to find a perfect company in this world of imperfection.

The difference however is they have a certain minimum guarantee that assures the smooth functioning of any business of any size.

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These popular bloggers are F.A.K.E (See their names)

Since getting into blogging, I have come across so many bloggers and most of them are fake. I have been hanging around and reading their blogs but recently, I found out they really are F.A.K.E.

The list of these fake bloggers is long. They are both men and women.

The fun is these are very popular bloggers and almost everyone is saying they are the best. But I think they are F.A.K.E. Here are their names:

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WARNING!!! The Danger of Sponsored blog Posts!

Do you accept sponsored posts to make money on your blog? That is ok but here is the danger you may not know. Serious Warning

Sponsored blog posts are posts you publish on your blog in exchange for something – Money, free copies of software or ebook, free access to a platform, etc.

It has become a common way for bloggers to monetize their blogs. They get paid something between $10 and $1000 (and even more) to review advertisers’ service and link to it from the review post.

There are generally 4 or more reasons an advertiser would pay you to write about his product;

  1. To instantly have traffic from your community. Once the sponsored post is published, you are required to mail to your list, share on social media, etc. This instantly will start driving traffic to the reviewed product page.
  2. To continually have traffic from your blog. Advertisers expect the sponsored post to be well positioned on search engines in the long run. That way, they will keep having targeted SEO traffic from your blog.
  3. The third reason (which happens to be a bad idea for Google lovers) is to pass PageRank and boost their SERP ranking. They insist on not adding the nofollow tag to any link on your post pointing to their product page. Some insist on keyword-rich dofollow links.
  4. Branding is another reason some advertisers want to associate with some influencers.

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Website Security Warning ~ Weekend Shock! 534 attacks in 24 hours!

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Last weekend, during a chat with my friend Joy Healey, I decided to login to my CloudFlare (Content Delivery Network) account just to check out a few things after she mentioned some technical issues with her blog.

My blog has been running on this CDN for the past 2 years and there has been practically no security issues to deal with from my end.

NB: Joy has create a blog post sharing her experience and how she got her issues resolved. Check her post here

Now, while talking with Joy, I thought maybe a solid CDN could be the solution she needs. It’s important to note that the CDN technology is complex and I’m no expert at it. The main two things I need from a recommended CDN are: 

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