First off, I want to let you all know that my site is ready for viewing, so check it out!! www.organichealthcures.com. it isn't perfect yet and has some flaws but you can at least see it.
Question 1. What is a spin forum? I am reading Jon Legers e mails where he is talking all about this in reference to blogging.... I don't understand it and do I need to know it?
question 2. He is also mentioning "Blogbuilder" for networking your blogs... i have wordpress and am starting to network on varios sites like twitter and facebook......so do I need this blogbuilder?
2. If you only have one blog, I don't see a need for a tool that would link blogs together, which is what blog builder seems to be.
If you just have this one site with one blog, wordpress is all you need for now.
Your site looks OK. I am not crazy about the picture at the top.
I think it should fit within the border of the Header. If you could cut off the top and bottom and move it all the way to the right I think it would look more like part of the header.
If you don't have any events to post you can get rid of the calendar. You can always put it back later.
Yes, i think it is "spinning"....... do I need it? Does it help promote my site or something?
Pablo,
Thank you very much for your guidance, I will remove the calendar, but I can't change the picture size, it is a wordpress theme and that was the size it came with.
I know I can change the theme, but honestly, there are so many to choose from that I get overwhelmed, especially since I only knew how to open e-mail 2 months ago...LOL... It took me two months to get my site this way....No, I can't hire anyone, I just lost my day job and discovered we're pregnant again, so this is something I have to do myself ( With all the friendly advice I can get ).
I'm glad I don't need that blogbuilder, I guess my focus now is content and promoting right?
You could try for a reality show. My lord 6 kids and one on the way. God Bless you. My only child is 17 and I can't imagine 7...
Anyway I would be glad to help you with the theme stuff. I haven't messed with Wordpress for a while, but I have to get back into it since I am promoting the "Socrates" theme as a product. I would recommend that one since it is easy, but it is not free.
As far as article spinning goes, it is helpful to have software to do this but you can do it manually too. It just means you change certain words and sentences for every service or place you submit your article to so you don't have duplicate content (for which you get penalized in page rank) with all the same content in a bunch of different places.
Or you can just "Spin" the version you have on your site(s) and then you will never be penalized for duplicate content.
I Don't think you need to change the theme, if you like it. I was just giving my opinion. Yes, working on promoting it and getting it out there is what you should be doing. I love your niche BTW. I am a big supporter of organic cures, though I am on a bunch of traditional meds at the current time. Once I drop the weight I need I will try to get off some of them.
I will be checking out your site for ideas.
Hope that helps
Pablo
Last edited by pmaior; June 3rd, 2010 at 03:43 PM.
I have to respectfully disagree with Pablo about spinning and duplicate content. You can post the same content to multiple sites. That means you can post an article to your blog, then post that same article to article directories. Duplicate content only comes into play within a domain, so you don't want to post the same content multiple times on your own site, but on other sites is fine. Lynn has a post about duplicate content (with video from Google) that explains it here: http://www.clicknewz.com/2078/duplic...-penalty-myth/
And as far as spinning goes...if you must, then do it manually. Automatic spinners just make a mess of your content. If you're really concerned about posting the same article in multiple places, rewrite it yourself, but honestly, I wouldn't worry about it.
When you get more comfortable with Wordpress, you may be able to change the dimensions depending on what theme you use. There does seem to be a problem with your header, though. I compared it to the "Amazing Grace" theme preview and your "RSS," "Home", and "My Healthy Child" buttons, are off-set. There are many helpful people on the forum that may have had a similar problem and could help. I'd suggest posting a new thread just about that issue.
With regard to the "spin forum" I'm wondering if he was referring to the forum on his website. I googled, "Spin forum Jon Legers" and after reading some, I think that might be what he means. (Just a guess...)
I think I found info on the forum question. Check out http://jlforums.com/ and under the group titled, "Content Creation" check out the forum titled, "The Best Spinner."
Hope that is what you are looking for.
Peace,
Roey.
PS - you will need to create a log-in account to get there.
Thanks for shedding more light on the spinning subject. I have read a lot of different information on duplicate content, including the idea that there is NO penalty for duplicate content, and that there are penalties if you have duplicate content that exists in a hundred other places on the internet. I have never worried that much about it since I don't have that many articles out there, but that said I have "spun" some of my articles on an article sharing site and It's almost as much work as just re-writing the article manually.
LOL....you made me laugh... yeah, my life can be on a reality show But honestly it's not that bad, actually, 4 kids are grown and gone. 25 yr girl in NY, 21 yr boy in Marines in GA, 20 yr girl in AR, and 18 yr girl in Marines in NC. only 2 youngun's 14 and 12 yr girls. So this baby will be a loner, unless I have twins My hubby is getting clipped before I am due LOL!!!
Check out my "Meet Peter and Paula" page, you will see that my husband had/has many health issues and was on 74 prescription drugs a day!! He was over weight, losing hair, turning gray and a zombie.......The drugs were killing him, not curing him. He is now on NO drugs, with a full head of blond hair ( in his mid 40's) and skinny... 165lbs at 6 "1". I wish I had more content for you to look out, now, but check out my " Who is Monsanto" article, there is a lot of info in it.
I am having a few problems with my site, and like Roey said, I should post another thread question.
Cindy,
Great stuff, I am going to check out that link, Thank you....
Roey,
yes, the header is off, when I put a "buddypress" on the site, it shifted everything down.... I don't know how to fix it, so figured it doesn't look that bad.
But I am having a real problem with permalink......My top page links " meet, P&P," and "who is Monsanto" work fine, but as I post a blog, it only allows one permalink, so, say I write about Monsanto, and another on Diabetes, they both have the same link.......
Then, My category links... i.e." in the news"... don't work because they all say.. Organichealthcure.comcategory/inthenews.... there is no slash after "com" com/category.......and there is no way to change it, I've been looking for three days.............UUUGGGHHH!!! anyway, like Cindy said, I need to post another ???????
Hey, thanks all, talking with you all is very helpful, I put off doing this because I was learning so much, I just didn't feel ready, but I see I might have moved faster by staying in touch.
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But honestly it's not that bad, actually, 4 kids are grown and gone. 25 yr girl in NY, 21 yr boy in Marines in GA, 20 yr girl in AR, and 18 yr girl in Marines in NC. only 2 youngun's 14 and 12 yr girls. So this baby will be a loner, unless I have twins
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