But what if the feed does not update? … and we had a chance to experience this today as Feedburner feed would simply not sync, and not update. Here is what I did…

Feedburner Feeds Not Updating

1. Check original source feed –  has it updated? When you use caching plugins, there is a high chance your feed is cached and when pinged bots come by, they do not find an updated feed. Clear cache and confirm that the original feed has latest content.

2. Validate Feeds – check your feed with Feedvalidator to see for any RSS errors which prevent your feed from syncing correctly.

3. Ping Feedburner – use this form to ping your feed urls or site url (which should have feed autodiscovery links in the html), then your feed will be quickly updated (or it will point out feed errors). This did not fix our issue as well.

4. Resync Feedburner Feed - If your feed is valid, and even after pinging the feed does not update in an hour, then Feedburner recommends you go to the feed troubleshoot page (after logging into your feedburner account) and then you need to resync your feed and it will get updated instantly.

That worked and synced our feed with fresh content. Have you ever need to fix Feedburner feed issues?

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What is Thin Content?

Simply put it is poor content, low quality content, few words of content which is classified as ‘low quality’ by search engines and fails to generate any significant search engine traffic. So basically it adds to the site bloat and reduces your link equity value. Note that low pageviews does not necessarily mean thin content, its possible the content is good, but not highly searched.

If you autogenerate or scrape content, it can lead to thousands of low quality web pages which get no traffic, so this thin content is what needs to be fixed or moved to different domain / subdomain to fix Google Panda penalty (e.g. we moved our job board to a different domain, as it synced data from a huge dataset).

How to Find  Thin Content?

Since our site was recently stuck by Google Panda update, we have witnessed very low traffic since then. This update especially affected sites with heavy ads above the fold, but then there are several reason Panda can strike. As we looked into the site archives, there indeed was lot of thin content which had accumulated over the years since 2004, when the site started.

So lets get started… Open up your Google Analytics statistics (Google Analytics is a must have site traffic tracking tool, and its free!). Go to Content > Site Content > Content Drilldown. Then choose to review traffic details of the last one year.

We use archives based on months in a path like /archives/year/month/,  we simply browse down to  Content Drilldown > Archives > Year > Month.

Now you can analyze in detail which articles are getting low traffic. Remember to sort by pageviews to get the data.

We tend to delete or unpublish all articles which have less than 10 pageviews in a year!

Depending on your site, you can instead choose 3-6 month data and decide on lower criteria like 5 pageviews. Either way you need to relook at all these pages and analyze why these pages are getting low traffic, fix the content, or move to drafts to fix later, or simply delete them. Since these articles never received any traffic over the year, removing them would not make a traffic drop anyway.

Remove Thin Content

Most articles affected with low traffic on our site were having large blockquoted text. The blogging styles were different in 2004-2007, and there was a tendency to repeatedly quote text from authoritative resources. After a threshold, this might have been viewed as copied / duplicate content from another site (especially since blockquotes are also linked back to the source).

Another important group was articles with broken links. Well WordPress has an excellent plugin to find broken links and nofollow them all in minutes! We are still working on removing broken links from our old archive pages, as over 10% links were broken!

We reviewed lots of old content month by month and  identified lots of low traffic content, removed quoted content, fixed articles which were useful, and yet deleted over 500 articles over the last week! … and plan to remove at least 200  more this week!

Warning: Remove content only if you clearly understand what you are doing. It might be a better idea to unpublish rather than delete posts, in case you need to restore content later. Many of these articles may have backlinks and may have had traffic further in the past, so if you created the content, you know what your past popular content was like nobody else. It is a good idea to edit / delete the content yourself, rather than outsourcing it to an intern.

Note: Low pageviews does not necessarily mean thin content, its possible the content is good, but not highly searched, and removing them can harm your site. So it is essential to check your content, identify why its ranking poorly, and if it is actually good original content, but with low searched terms and therefore low pageviews … keep it.  (Thanks @Sumesh)

It is essential for webmasters to find thin content today to fix Panda updates, or even better to prevent your site from getting penalized. Subscribe our blog as we continue to fight Google Panda and post tips that helped us.

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There a dozens of ways to get traffic to your site. Some of the methods include Search Engine Optimization, Pay Per Click, guest blogging, and solo ads, just to name a few. While paying for visitors can bring immediate rewards, it’s also possible to lose a ton of money while you’re learning the ropes. And when you’re just starting out, cash to invest in your online business might be in short supply.

One of my favorite traffic generation methods involves spending no money whatsoever. All it takes is a little sweat equity, and this is one of the best investments you can make in your business. I’m talking about Forum Marketing. I know, not glamorous and sexy, right? Well, keep reading to find out how to leverage the problems people are seeking answers to by hanging around forums in your niche.

Find The Right Target Audience

This is actually pretty easy using our old friend Google. Simply enter your niche and the word forums and you’ll turn up pages of potential marketing opportunities. Add a few keywords to narrow down your search and you can focus your efforts even further.

For instance, I entered “Tropical Fish Forums” to turn up dozens of potential places where I could check out what fishy people are talking about. But to narrow it a bit further I tried “Tropical Fish Beginner Forums” and found a whole different subset of forums that focus in on those who are just beginning to care for tropical fish. Those that may be seeking advice on how to get started, like the best size tank for their place, or the most economical filter, etc. Someone who may be looking to spend money on their new hobby. If that’s not an AH-HA moment, I don’t know what is!!

Getting Your Forum Feet Wet

It’s pretty easy to do this part. To get started you’ll just need to read through some of the forum posts to get idea of what kind of community you’re getting involved in. Spend some time and really read what people have written. This is the part where the sweat equity comes in. And to increase your chances of getting the free traffic flowing, you’ll need to be doing this same thing for perhaps 5 to 10 forums. So initially there’s a fair bit of “work” involved, but the rewards are so worth it.

Once you have a sense of the community it’s time to start contributing to the conversations taking place. You may actually have to sign up to be a member, so keep track of your username and password in a text file on your computer to prevent confusion and wasting time later on. Then pick some threads that appeal to you and offer opinions and advice. The idea here is to be super friendly and helpful without being pushy or pitching any products. Sales pitches will definitely get you banned from almost any forum. You need to establish yourself as a helpful voice and active member. Soon people will begin to recognize your username and rely on you to provide answers to their questions. This will help position you as an expert in the field.

The forum is a place where people come to converse with liked-minded folks and to find answers to their questions. You should be respectful at all times and avoid injecting your personal opinions on subjects other than what’s covered in the thread or forum you’re on. Absolutely no inflammatory posts should be made. Treat this as a great opportunity to get your name out there as an expert in your field, because word travels fast in these forums, and bad behavior will not be tolerated. On the other hand, if you prove yourself to be helpful and respectful, that news too will certainly get around.

Your Key To Success, Your Forum Signature

Blatant self-promotion is simply not allowed in any forum, period. So how in the world do you get people to visit your website or blog so you really show them what you can offer?

When you sign up for membership at the forum, you’ll probably be given the opportunity to create a profile telling other forum members a little about yourself. In this profile is where you have the chance to point people to your online real estate if they want to find out more about you.

If you do things right, people will begin to trust you and naturally want to find out more information about you. Your profile is your chance to gently point them in the right direction. Again, don’t be pushy. It’s a real turn off, and believe me, the word will get out.

Some forums allow a signature box, and you should be able to mention your website or blog here as well. Just remember to be subtle and you should be fine. People hate being sold to.

I’d like to mention just a few more important points about forum marketing:

• When seeking out forums, make sure the ones you’re considering are active and thriving. Too many forums have been abandoned or only have sporadic use, so be sure to check to see there are current posts and active users before you waste your time.
• Most forums have a FAQ section, and you may be able to get some useful information there.
• Look for LONG threads, the ones with many posts and active participation. These have many eyeballs viewing them every day.

Forum marketing can be a very lucrative source of free traffic. The visitors you get will be laser-focused. They will already know and are visiting your site because of the reputation you’ve built offering valuable and free information in the forums. This is the best kind of traffic you could ever ask for.

Guest Author Ted Begnoche is a writer, internet marketer, and owner of NetProfitPersuasion. His passion for generating traffic sometimes keeps him from sleeping at night.

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If you made minor changes, old cached CSS files might not make a difference. But what it you made substantial structural changes, or introduced new classes… your site would appear totally broken to regular visitors.  How many readers would think that refreshing the page will fix your site?

Force CSS Files Refresh

The answer is to force browsers to load the latest CSS file.

1. The way to do this is to change to a new CSS file name in the HEAD of the html, that will force the browser to load a new stylesheet file. But if you edit your CSS too frequently, its cumbersome to keep fixing new CSS files everytime and editing the source stylesheet name everytime.

I used to keep 3 CSS files like style1.css, style2.css, style3.css and keep cut pasting the latest code edits to the new one and updating the header.php file. An easier way is to add a so called version to your CSS file everytime like ?v=25122011, this will change the file name and force a refresh, but then again you have to change the file name everytime you edit WordPress stylesheets.

2. Then I came upon this nice trick suggested by WordPress developer Mark Jaquith, which suggests you use the function filetime which adds the server time the file was changed to the CSS url. Here is the code – cut and paste and try for yourself.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_url'); echo '?' . filemtime( get_stylesheet_directory() . '/style.css'); ?>" type="text/css" media="screen, projection" />

So we used this code and now our stylesheet call code in the HEAD looks like this
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/wp-content/themes/qot/style.css?1324491378" type="text/css" media="screen, projection" />

You note that the new code has made our stylesheet style.css?1324491378 – This number will change whenever we save a new version of the style.css and will force site visitors to load the fresh copy of the CSS file.

A smart trick which makes web designing easy for bloggers who like to tweak their site design every day…

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Activate Facebook Timeline

To Get Facebook Timeline right now, follow the steps -

1. Go to  Introducing Timeline page and click “Get Timeline” at bottom of the page. (If you prefer to wait, a profile alert will appear as the feature rolls out on your profile).

Note: If you click that link once, it might not reappear again. So click the link when you are ready to get Facebook Timeline. if you dont see the link on that page, there is another similar link on the Timeline Apps page.

2. Then you are taken to your preview Timeline page.

3.  At the top right are options appear to Take a Tour or Publish your Timeline.

4. Clicking on Public will make your Timeline live right now. Its a good idea to take a Timeline Tour.

7  Day Timeline Preview

Here are a few facts before you decide to publish your timeline and make it public and live on the internet to your friends.

• When you upgrade to timeline, you have only 7 days to review it
• Only you can see your timeline during your 7-day preview.
• You can publish your timeline anytime during those 7 days.
• If you don’t publish timeline in 7 days, it will go live automatically after seven days.
• Your new timeline will replace your profile, but all your stories and photos will still be there.

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Google Cloud Print button

Simply add the following code to your article pages on your website and allow users to easily print any page. Get the code for the Google Cloud Print element and its a simple cut and paste required. This code will put up a print button where you place the code. Clicking on the print button requires users to connect their printer to Google Cloud Print.

When users register their email for Google Cloud Print, it registers the available printers (including non cloud enabled printers too) and you can then start using this print facility. This is the popup you get when you click the print button after connecting.

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Still there is one popular destination on the Web where every Hindi songs fan can easily find almost any piece of his or her favourite music. I’m talking about YouTube – number one video portal which has a rich collection of Bollywood movies and songs.

Convert Youtube Videos to MP3

But how to get all these amazing songs into an MP3 player? MP3 is a universally accepted audio format, successfully played on any iPod, Zune, Coby, Sansa, Walkman, and other audio gadgets. So the best option to get Hindi songs into an MP3 player is to convert YouTube music videos to MP3 format. Despite of a wide range of YouTube to MP3 conversion tools and services, users often face the problem of insufficient output audio quality and terrific software usability, so that the download process turns again into a disaster.

To be on the safe side, I suggest to get YouTube Hindi songs with the help of Free YouTube Converter from Freemake.com. This is a free video and audio ripping tool, capable of downloading from all top video sharing websites. The main asset of this too is that it allows users to rip original audio tracks from streaming videos without any re-encoding.

This visually appealing app is so intuitive and easy to use that even non tech-savvy can make the most out of it. All you need to do is switch on “One-click download mode” (1), then choose input quality (2) – for audio extraction it’s better to stick to “Optimal parameters”. Next select either “Convert to MP3” or “Extract audio” (3). Note that if you choose the latter, you’re likely to get M4A/AAC on the output, as most YouTube videos contain M4P/AAC audio tracks. Choose a destination for your Hindi songs – you can save them directly to your MP3 player folder (4). Finally, go to YouTube and copy a video link of the song you’d like to get. Paste links one by one into the program, all the rest will be done automatically.

If you can’t find your favourite Bollywood song on YouTube, don’t get desperate: Freemake Video Downloader will fetch you any MP3 track ripped online video clips. The app is absolutely free and works under Windows XP, Vista, 7. Requires .Net Framework 4.0 or later.

Guest author Elena Vakhromova is a social media enthusiast and guest blogger writing about free multimedia software. Join Elena in Twitter or contact via email. Screenshots by Elena.

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It requires you to setup Facebook Mobile, which will link your mobile phone to Facebook. Facebook Mobile can then send text messages to your phone like notifications for friend requests, messages, Wall posts, and status updates from your friends; and can also update your status, help you search for phone numbers, or upload photos and videos from your phone. Go Facebook > Account Settings > Mobile to get started.

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Keep the Good Content Constantly Pouring

Obviously, your subscribers have voted for you with their money because they are interested in what you have to offer. This is why it is of paramount importance to keep the good content constantly pouring. Nobody says that all your articles must be masterpieces because this is impossible but if you don’t maintain a permanent high quality, you will start losing subscribers for sure.

Drip Feed to Retain Interest

Drip Feeding – Serve Content in Drops. Drip feeding is one of the best strategies to retain user interest. The approach is similar to TV series, where the series ends just when the plot thickens. Similarly, with the right WordPress membership plugin, you can schedule your content in a way that spans from one month into the next.

For instance, if you are starting new series, publish the first one or two parts at the end of this month and announce that the rest will be coming next month. This way if people are interested in the dripped content, they will hurry to renew their subscription for the next month, so they don’t miss the end.

Ensure Good User Experience

Even if your content is top notch, if your site is messy, this doesn’t help. You need to have an easy to navigate site. You wouldn’t like your subscribers to be missing content they paid for simply because they can’t find it, would you? You need to put in visible places all the links to the content your members are entitled to, so that they can find it with ease.

Offer Volume Discounts and Discounts for Prepayment

Volume discounts also work well. For instance, if you have corporate clients, you can offer 3 memberships for the price of two. This might be valuable for a company because it allows 3 separate individuals to be members. Of course, if you are serving the same content to everybody, getting 3 times the same stuff is pure waste of money for the company but if your membership site is around personality (i.e. a paid forum or a professional network), one extra profile for free is always welcome.

However, even if you don’t have corporate clients who will appreciate the volume discount I explained in the first paragraph, you can always give discounts for prepayment. For instance, you can offer 6 months for the price of 5. This way you ensure you will get paid for at least 5 months in advance. Don’t consider the month you are giving for free a loss because if the subscriber dropped after the first month, you would have lost 4 months’ fees instead.

Use Teasers to Announce New Content

Just when your subscribers think they have seen all you can offer, announce new forthcoming stuff – be it new features or new content. You can put the announcement in a visible place onsite or send your users emails. In any case, make sure that the teaser is easy to notice. You can announce when the new stuff is coming (i.e. next month), or you can leave the proposal open to keep them teased even more.

Don’t Forget The Personal Touch

Your subscribers aren’t a crowd – they are separate individuals and it is recommendable to treat them as such. If you have thousands of subscribers you will hardly be able to remember all of them but there are other ways in which you can add a personal touch to their experience.

For instance, if at registration you ask them for their birthday, you can set birthday reminders and congratulate them on the day. You can also send personalized emails in which you address your subscribers by name. All these are small gestures but they help to make your members feel special.

Build a Community

The personal touch is great but you also need to build the sense of community, an exquisite club they are fortunate to belong to. If possible, you can schedule live events (online and offline) to meet in person because this more than anything else creates the feeling you are part of a community made up of real people, not just anonymous nicknames.

Retaining your paid members shouldn’t be that difficult, if you perform according to their expectations. Still, sometimes no matter what you do, even if you are perfect, they won’t stay. Don’t allow this to break you but concentrate on retaining your remaining members and attracting new ones instead.

Guest author Ada is the Blogger Relations Manager at WinkPress, which is a web resource about leveraging WordPress, its themes, and plugins to create versatile and unusual websites. Image by Eva under CC license.

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