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Awesome Changes & Improvements In Store For Sam’s Web Guide

by Sam on August 10, 2010 in News, Site Review with 14 Comments
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The only thing that remains constant in life is change and I’m happy to report on some improvements for my blog, Sam’s Web Guide, and hopefully receive some feedback from my dedicated readers on how to develop the site and make it better.

The overall theme of the blog is dedicated to educating online users, especially webmasters and bloggers, on how to run successful websites and equipping them with all the tools and best practices that will be required. So far, I have been able to cover some good ground in the areas of Search Engine Optimization, Blogging and Social Media through posts that have been well received by my readers. Over the next few months I will be widening the scope and start focusing on more key topics that appeal to a larger audience.

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18 Awesome Websites Powered By WordPress

by Sam on August 2, 2010 in News, Site Review, WordPress with 17 Comments
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WordPress is currently the most popular blogging platform in the world with its newest version at over 11 Million downloads already. This mature, robust and secure platform has gained the respect of business people worldwide with a large number of popular, high profile websites entrusting this system to deliver their services and maintain their image online.

Though many of us use WordPress  just for blogging, it offers us much more than that and can be extended and upgraded to suit and accomplish almost any goal you have online. So to help you get the picture and also gain some insight and/or inspiration, I’ve decided to share some already popular, and not so popular but beautiful, sites that are enjoying success with WordPress as the backbone of their business online.

Most of these sites use WordPress to serve their blog’s content as well as a content management system to efficiently manipulate their site’s design, structure and content.

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Site Review: Webhostingrating.com – Find The Best Web Host For Your Site

by Sam on July 22, 2010 in Site Review, Web Hosting with 11 Comments
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I can attest to the fact that it can be extremely difficult finding the best web host to host your site to launch that awesome idea you’ve been playing with in your mind for years. I have used about 5 different hosts so far and all have disappointed and held me back in truly launching my blog to its maximum potential.

I have found that if I had the knowledge from the beginning of who really was the best and is proven among its users, I could have spared myself lots of headaches. This is where Webhostingrating.com provides an excellent service to help you compare, search, learn and find the best web host possible for your online venture.

Let’s take a look at how this excellent web host rating site can get you started and why it stands out in my mind.

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