WordPress: 10 Top Plugins

It is over a year since I last published a list of my then 14 Favourite WordPress Plugins, revisiting this recently was quite interesting. A number of these remain firm favourites, some are no longer supported, and one or two simply don’t hack it any more, at least not for my purposes. So I thought it time to provide an update, this time with a tougher set of criteria to qualify as one of my ‘top 10′.

The difference in emphasis is to look for more than simply providing a function, and include plugins that also meet some or all of the following criteria:

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Enhancing Your Presence on a Mobile Website

Is your website compatible for mobile devices?

Websites in their traditional format, when accessed via a mobile phone or a smart phone, can often appear to be all jumbled up or they can be difficult to navigate. Images and videos can also cause load time problems which, more often than not, result in the attempt to access the site being abandoned. This is far from ideal, and yet there are plenty of websites that display these characteristics. Is yours among them?  Have you checked out your website on any mobile devices? Is it compatible?

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Refresh Your Online Presence for 2011

Tips to Get Your Online Marketing Ready for 2011

It’s time to strengthen your online presence, so that you can take advantage of the emerging Internet marketing trends in the coming year. Here are 8 tips to get you started:

  1. Go mobile. Is your website easy and enjoyable to view on a mobile phone? With more and more iPhones, iPads and Android powered smart phones in use, mobile marketing will expand beyond mobile messaging. Mobile email, mobile websites and mobile applications are already viable marketing channels. Make your website mobile friendly now!
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WordPress Plugins – 14 Favourites

Which Plugins Do you Favour?

There are now so many WordPress plugins available it is sometimes difficult and time consuming to find the right one for you. I have previously published a Top 5 and Top 10 list of my personal favourites, but this time I though I would simple list some of those that I use regularly and that offer, in my opinion, above average functionality. So here goes:

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Yoono

Yoono – the one stop shop for all your social needs

I have just discovered Yoono. The amazing application brings together all of your social sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, FriendFeed and many more. Ok so it is not entirely unique, but bear with me a moment.

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Lazyfeed – exactly as described!

The latest incarnation of Lazyfeed.com is amazing. It provides instant access to a constant stream of information on any topic you choose to ‘tag’ with a key phrase. Each topic you monitor is displayed in its own container, showing the latest 2 or 3 topics found, together with images where available. As new information is discovered the container [Read more...]