PhotoDropper Not Working? Try Free Stock Photos Foter

By Shivam Vaid On October 24, 2011 3 Comments    59 views
Foter Alternative to Photo Dropper

I had recently migrated to wordpress 3.1.2. Ever since this upgrade, the photo dropper plugin refused to work. I googled a bit for solutions but of no avail. Disabling other plugins, reinstalling photo dropper plugin etc did not help. The problem was that whenever I used to enter a keyword and click on search, nothing would happen and result area would remain as a blank page. This problem prevented me from using external photos on my blog for a while. Thankfully, I have found an excellent alternative which works the….. Read More

The Bin Laden Effect On Blog Readership

By Shivam Vaid On May 11, 2011 Leave a Comment    16 views

Last week, the whole world woke up to the news of Osama Bin Laden having been killed in a US attack. This was a huge news as this ended an almost decade old manhunt for the most wanted terrorist in the world. This news literally swept all other conversations on the web. Twitter reported around 3K tweets per second on the same when the news first came out. So it was no surprise when I looked back at the blog readership pattern of the week starting May 2  ( Laden….. Read More

Your Personal Experience Can Be Your Most Rewarding Blog Post

By Shivam Vaid On May 3, 2011 Leave a Comment    50 views

Blogging for me is not about making money. It is an extension of my online identity. It is a place where not only can I share my ramblings but also create content that can help the readers overcome a problem. In a mad race to get more subscribers and hence more revenue, many bloggers tend to write posts just to target some popular keywords. It’s more of a case of keyword defining the content rather than vice versa. While this may work in the short run, it could also turn….. Read More

Know How Pricing Of StudioPress Genesis Theme Framework Works

By Shivam Vaid On April 26, 2011 Leave a Comment    75 views

Inficone currently runs on Arthemia wordpress theme created by Michael Hutagalung which I have customized to suit my blogging requirements. I have been contemplating migrating to a premium theme for a while now. The sooner I do this – the better it will be for me as the number of posts and hence the associated risks would keep on increasing over a period of time. One of the premium theme framework that I am seriously considering is Genesis framework by Studiopress. It is one of the more evolved frameworks that….. Read More

How I Got 100+ Comments On A Blog Post – An Analysis

By Shivam Vaid On April 13, 2011 Leave a Comment    19 views

Last week, my post on tatkaal passport got it’s 100th comment. It was a little milestone that triggered me to think what all I had done right that enabled me to reach there. For the ones unfamiliar with hindi, Tatkaal means prompt/urgent. Under this Indian scheme, you can get your passport in a week or so as opposed to around two months that it takes for a normal application. photo credit: GoTRISI Last August, I had got my passport renewed under this scheme and had to really spend significant time….. Read More

WordPress Missed Schedule Solution

By Shivam Vaid On April 12, 2011 Leave a Comment    103 views

Last to last weekend I had scheduled a few posts for the previous week. To my horror – I discovered mid-week that the posts haven’t been published. When I checked my dashboard, it showed <Schedule missed> error for each of the posts. This was disappointing as I was occupied last week and had done this scheduling to make sure that blogging momentum is not lost even if I do not have time for blogging. photo credit: Photo Extremist A lot of effort goes in to each and every post including….. Read More

Get Free Creative Commons Images For WordPress Blog

By Shivam Vaid On March 31, 2011 Leave a Comment    149 views

Images are an integral part of any content that you produce on your blog. The downside is that it is hard to find contextual images that would do justice to the associated content. Even if you find an image, there is always a question of whether that very image can be used on your blog without any license/copyright constraints. Finding royalty free photographs for your blog posting is a challenge that every modern blogger faces. If you have your blog hosted on wordpress, than one plugin which is invaluable for….. Read More

Spam Comments In WordPress – The Lighter Side

By Shivam Vaid On January 24, 2011 Leave a Comment    35 views
Wordpress Spam Comments

Spam comments are a menace for any blogger. If you let down your guard for a few days, the wordpress inbox gets filled with a huge amount of spam comments. A blogger would want to get rid of these comments ASAP. While I always like to see useful and interesting comments on my blog, a lighter side is also to analyze the content of the spam comments. Their sole purpose is to get approved by the blog owner and provide the desired anchor text to the submitting entity. I guess….. Read More

Blogging Advice : When You Have No Time To Blog

By Shivam Vaid On December 11, 2010 Leave a Comment    29 views

How many times has it happened that you are occupied with a lot of work which prevents you from being regular at blogging? It is an extremely tough situation to be in if you are a passionate blogger. Keeping away from blogging not only means that your readership can possibly get affected but also could mean that slowly you would start losing the pulse of the kind of content that you desire to produce. It is really not about money or anything else – it is about the whole effort….. Read More

Is The Average Internet Blog Visitor Dumb?

By Shivam Vaid On November 25, 2010 2 Comments    40 views

Before I start with my thoughts on the topic – please note that the title is not intended to offend anyone. It is in fact a realization that sometimes you assume a few things about your blog reader or take visitor behavior/knowledge for granted which may not be entirely true in reality. This realization clicked when the other day I was reading a post on hot blog areas @ BlogTyrant – where a discussion was happening on which areas should one focus on his blog so that maximum visitor attention….. Read More