Another Newbie starting a Blog
When I first started this blog, before the big move, I was writing about the things that I had to learn to make this blog happen. Since I started over, I have not posted on the topic, so here is one of I am sure many.
First I got Wordpress installed by my hosting company, that was easy. I started looking for themes just by doing an internet search and decided to use this one for now. I got an Adsense account almost as soon as I started because it seems to be the starting point for trying to make a cent or two. I started researching various plugins and what they can do for you.
For instance right now I am looking for a way to add trackbacks to my posts, which it does not seem that this theme does automatically. Wordpress themselves have many plugins on the Wordpress page that are free to get and use. I have not found one that I think will work to add a link at the bottom of my posts for trackback.
Trackback is a way of letting another website know that you are linking to one of their articles. Should a person copywrite everything? I still have not come to an answer about that. I do understand that by using trackbacks, you can drive more traffic to the site you are linking to, which is my goal. At least get a couple of readers, who can help give me feedback on what I am writing.
This is just the latest thing that I want to add to this site. There is always adding more advertising but I really need to get traffic in order to make use of the ads. What can you suggest to help promote a new blog?
Sean @ October 17, 2007