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Google Tips to Secure Yourself and Your Sites Online

It pays to be safe not only offline but even online. As scams, frauds and identity thefts continue to exist on the web, every internet user needs to be vigilant and take the necessary steps to protect his privacy.

Google marked the Safer Internet Day on Tuesday, February 5, to raise awareness on the ways people can protect their personal information online. Unaware to some of you, Google launched a site called Good to Know in 2012 as a venue for promoting its educational campaigns particularly on staying safe online. The site also provides guidelines on how to best secure your computer and mobile devices.

Emails and even blogs today are not spared from hacking and Google definitely has some surefire tips to help you deal with these issues. The search engine giant revealed it identifies more than 10,000 unsafe websites on a daily basis and they are taking action to keep internet users informed. Google said it displays warnings on up to 14 million Google search results as well as 300,000 downloads informing users of something suspicious in the site or link.

Blogging Popularity Remains, the Stats Have It!

Blogging is valuable and helpful. For the private individuals, it’s an avenue to share their thoughts and feelings about their life experiences. For the business organizations, it’s a way to reach out to their target audience and provide them with useful information.

Platforms

Blogger is the top bog site used in the U.S. with 46 million unique monthly users. This is based on the 2012 blogging stats.

As for WordPress, there are now more than 60 million sites worldwide that use this platform. Each month, some 33.9 million new posts and 40.9 comments are made on WordPress.com while more than 399 million people view more than 3.5 billion pages. On a daily basis, data from 2011 showed that more than 100,000 new WordPress sites are created.

Easy Blogging Tips to Help You Gain More Readers in 2013

Blogging provides so many benefits to private individuals, companies and other organizations. It’s a great way to share valuable information and to reach out to people.

But in order to have a regular stream of readers, there are vital tools you need to include in your blog. Some of these are the basics which many, unfortunately, overlook.

Start with the anti-spam plugin called Akismet. This is free to use for personal blogs and costs $5 a month for business blogs. This tool keeps track of spam comments and trackbacks and stops them to ensure you have a clean blog that drives traffic.

Allowing comments is a good way to build relationships with your readers and to get feedback. When you know what people are saying about your blog, you can find ways to improve your content. Ideally, asking a question at the end of a post is a very effective method of encouraging readers to post comments and engage with them.

How to Share Your Music on Your Blog

Music is a great way to capture attention on the internet and you can share it in many avenues free of charge. We all know that YouTube is the top social media site where internet users turn to for music and videos. But there’s also another way to stream your favorite songs online and this is through your blog.

Streaming music on your blog or blog post is not as complicated as some of you think. It’s an effective way to set the mood when people visit your blog and read your posts.

A popular method in doing this is to embed a video music from YouTube. All you need is get the embed HTML code and then insert it in your blog or blog post. Remember that when you create or edit a post in your blog, it needs to be in HTML so you can easily add the embed code in there. Make sure as well that you preview your post before publishing it so you’ll know that your player is working fine. Once you’ve published it, try the player again to ensure that it is working properly.

Social Media Trends in Asia

When it concerns social media usage, a lot of people think that those in Asia are so far behind. But in truth, Asians are not to be outdone when it comes to engaging in their favorite social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

Reports have it that internet usage is rapidly on the rise in the Asia Pacific region. For a 10-year period from 2000 to 2010, the growth rate among internet users went up with Vietnam topping the list at 12,035 percent followed by China, India, Indonesia and the Philippines.

The Chinese are the number one social media users and RenRen is where they often hangout. Among Facebook users, India is on the top spot with 29.4 million users followed by the Philippines with 25.3 million, Malaysia with 11.1 million, Thailand with 10.6 million and Australia with 10.4 million.

Internet wise, it’s the Australians that lead. Among the country’s more than 21.2 million population, 80.1 percent or more than 17 million are internet users. Their preferred social media channels are Facebook, YouTube, Wikipedia, Blogspot and Twitter.

China comes in second with 477 million internet users. This is 35.6 percent of its total population of more than 1.33 billion. The top five favorite social networks of the Chinese are Qzone, Pengyou, Renren, Sina Wriba and Kaixin001.

Hong Kong, for its part, has 4.8 million internet users or 68.7 percent. The preferred social media sites of residents …

Easy Ways to Promote Your Blog

Whether you’re doing something personal or related to business on the internet, it is very important to spread the word all the time to make people aware of your blog and what you do. Constant promotion is the key to success.

There are lots of ways you can promote your blog and using as many as you can will ensure increased traffic moving onwards.

Links

Building links can be done on various platforms. This means displaying the URL of your website or using an anchor text link.

An anchor text link refers to a word or several words that link to the website or blog. It’s also a good disguise …

Tips to Write Better Blog Posts

Serious bloggers should know how to manage their blogs well to ensure they drive traffic. Those running a business should also learn the ropes of maintaining a blog that provides quality content and attracts the right audience.

You can find numerous tips and guides about this particular topic online but it won’t hurt if you learn more with what we’re sharing here. These are simple and practical tips for the aspiring entrepreneurs and those starting out in business. They are easy to follow and can surely help you maintain an engaging blog worth visiting by internet users who can become potential customers.

Target Audience

Knowing your target audience is vital. It’s similar to planning a business in that when you are able to determine your specific audience, you’d know how to tailor your content to keep them informed.

How to Blog Right to Grab Attention

Blogging today is no longer limited to the hobbyists or those who simply blog to share their personal experiences. Even business owners and companies now utilize this tool to reach out to their target market. And they’re definitely on the right track.

What matters in blogging is you continue to learn about the latest in utilizing this tool and not stop at what you now know. Here, we share some tips from the experts that you can practice moving forward.

Leo Widrich, co-founder of the BufferApp pointed out the importance of treating articles as the product. This means that if you’re writing posts, think about its usefulness to people and if it worth’s paying for. Make sure that …