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1&1 Hosting, SSL, IonCube And Other Annoyances

Blogging Essentials

1&1 Hosting And Other Tid Bits

I’ve read the good the bad and the ugly about 1 & 1 hosting. I don’t have an opinion on the matter other than I’ve been hosting with them since around 2006. In that time I have experienced all kinds of problems.

Their customers service is okay but I do have some cripes about it and maybe I can help you solve some of your 1&1 hosting problems.

 

WordPress, SSL, 1&1 Hosting

securitySo I have another blog 🙂 that uses SSL. Of course I had to figure out how to the SSL certificate to work with my site.

I called up 1&1 hosting support and they gave me zero support.

They told me to ask my developer how to do it.

I explained to them I was the developer of my site and not a very good one at that. Long story short I purchased my SSL certificate from geotrust through 1&1 and was installed on my server. I still know how to get it to work with my site.

So without complaining anymore about this here is the solution I found. [Read more…] about 1&1 Hosting, SSL, IonCube And Other Annoyances

Top 10 Quality Free Stock Photo Sites For Bloggers

Blogging Essentials

So many people have no idea where to find quality free stock photos for their blogs.

I’m here to end that problem right now!

For those of you who do not know… I am not only a blogger, I am also a graphic designer. Anytime you see a well designed graphic here at Profit On Knowledge… You can pretty much guarantee it was created by me. As a matter of fact… I even requested Larry start having me make graphics for his post so there is consistency in the quality you see here at Profit On Knowledge.

After all… If you had a graphic designer in your back pocket at your beckon call… Wouldn’t you utilize their skills to save you $$$ and time (which is saving more $)?

In the coming weeks, I will be sharing resources to help the photo challenged to the graphic/typography challenged… Learn how to make your images images pop, whether for a blog post, video, Instagram, Pinterest and so on!

I’m here to save you time and money whether you are going to do it yourself or outsource it. [Read more…] about Top 10 Quality Free Stock Photo Sites For Bloggers

How To Protect Your WordPress Blog From Hackers

90 Day Vlog Challenge, Blogging Essentials

I wish hackers and spammers just didn’t exist; that you didn’t have to take such mega action to protect your blog. However… Since neither are the case… You must learn how to protect your WordPress blog from hackers and yes spammers too! You also need to know how to backup your blog properly.

Some of you may have noticed a few weeks ago when you came to visit Profit On Knowledge that you received an error and could not access our site…

This is because Larry’s websites got hacked and his dedicated hosting company shut him down to protect any further threats.

Larry, literally thought it was the end of the world. All of his hard work for years over a dozen sites… Gone with the wind!

Watch this video to see part of Larry’s meltdown…

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The State Of Blogging In 2014 |Blog Tips For The New Year

Blogging Essentials

2014 | Blog Tips | What To Do

[contextly_sidebar id=”145d17419e99f3c2cee05d5927fe85d9″]Profitonknowledge has been in publication since 2006. We have had high page rank, we have had our page rank taken away. We have had tons and tons of traffic and we lost tons and tons of traffic. Yes we made mistakes…

…With that said,

we are still hear we are still blogging and we are still serving the people. It’s 2014 and while we can’t control aspects like what google thinks is quality content we can still provide oodles of value to you.

Blogging can seem very challenging at first. There are times when it feels like you are posting and post yet nobody is reading. My friend this happens to everyone. Just know that if your out there in cyber space blogging and you are consistent in your efforts they will pay off for you. [Read more…] about The State Of Blogging In 2014 |Blog Tips For The New Year

Word To The Wise – Why You Have To Monitor Your Comments Very Closely

Blogging Essentials

I am going to keep this short and simple. Bloggers need commentors. It helps us better understand our readers. As far back as I can remember we have been fighting back spam. Over the years I changed up my personal guidelines.

First it was you needed an avatar. Then I decided just having a avatar wasn’t enough you needed to actually add value to the conversation. So for the longest time my guidelines for commenting on my blogs was:

  1. Have an Avatar
  2. Add value in your comment

As of the newest google update I have been getting bombarded with people requesting me to remove links from my blog. Keep in mind that these same people who are asking me to remove the links where the same people who wanted them here in the first place. [Read more…] about Word To The Wise – Why You Have To Monitor Your Comments Very Closely

Hey Buttercup Stop Worrying If Your Blog Post Is Pretty

Blogging Essentials

Bad Grammer, Bad Graphics, Who Really Cares?

There are some people out their who live to point out other peoples flaws. If you decide to take up blogging you also need to get some thick skin because people are mean. Blogging sometimes reminds me of playing on the school playground when I was a kid.

You could be minding your own business and some bully would come over and push you for no particular reason. In cyberspace it’s even worse. Some loser male or female feels the need to go around and let people know that there spelling is bad or their images suck.

These same people probably need a friend or a hug. More than likely both. [Read more…] about Hey Buttercup Stop Worrying If Your Blog Post Is Pretty