January 20, 2013

Keywords mean nothing unless you back them up with content. Improve your SEO by creating quality, relevant content for the search engines and your visitors

Tags: content, Google, relevant content, search, SEO, Wordpress

Category: Helpful Info, The Buzz

January 14, 2013

Useful when changing domains or link structure, the 301 redirect is a status code that, when applied to a web page, automatically “redirects” the visitor to a different designated page. This also indicates to the search engines, etc. that the page has moved permanently and that they need to update their records with the new address. Read on for the benefits…

Tags: 301 Redirect, domain, Google, redirection, Wordpress

Category: Helpful Info, The Buzz

October 10, 2012

What is #WPQA? Over the last couple of months we noticed that a lot of people on Twitter were asking variations of the same questions about WordPress but had no way of comparing or collaborating on the answers.  After helping several of these people with everything from the CSS of a theme, to recommended WordPress hosting, to the difference between self-hosted WordPress and WordPress.com, we decided to dig deeper and explore a way to get the questions and their answers into one place and accessible to anyone who needed them.  Enter the Twitter hashtag #WPQA. The problem Since we don’t [...]

Tags: twitter, Wordpress, Wordpress Questions and Answers, WPQA

Category: The Buzz

September 14, 2012

A common question I get regarding custom wordpress themes is: “Why would I go with a custom WordPress theme when I can just get a $30.00 pre-made theme?” I have to say this is an extremely legitimate question and one that everyone should ask themselves to make sure a custom wordpress theme is really what you need for your situation. Ultimately your situation will determine if you should get one or not. For some people, they don’t need one. For others, they should have gotten one yesterday. Keep reading to find out if you should consider a custom WordPress theme. [...]

Tags: custom wordpress theme, theme, Wordpress

Category: Helpful Info, The Buzz

December 6, 2011

As you know, we are always looking for ways to improve the level of service that Big Cloud Media provides and to move toward that goal, we have recently begun posting helpful tips on Twitter regarding Blogging, WordPress, Websites and Marketing (with a little SEO thrown in for good measure). It is our aim to keep you informed on common issues that we have run into while completing our various projects and ways to avoid them. We also want to provide great advice and helpful burbs to educate, inform and empower you to make the web related decisions that will [...]

Tags: blog, success, tips, twitter, website, Wordpress

Category: Helpful Info