Review for Shylock, best Adsense Plugin

December 10th, 2007

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Shylock Adsense is a WordPress plugin that allows you to insert Adsense ads on your blog without modifying the template. More then that, you can set it up to show different Adsense ads for articles older then X days (x is the number of days you decide).

For example, you can insert a 468√ó60 ad at the bottom of a new article, and once that article turns 7 days old it will have a more aggressive 336√ó280 ad blended with the text from the beginning of that article.

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This way your regular readers will not be bothered by your ads, while visitors coming to older posts from search engines or other sources, will see a version that is monetized better.

Another feature is the ability to have articles without ads inserted in them, very useful for payed reviews, where you might not be allowed to have ads (I think it’s the case with PayPerPost).

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WordPress Plugins Pack 10/07

December 8th, 2007

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This is the wordpress release pack from adivorblog.com, if you are interested to suggest your plugins see HOW TO SUGGEST PLUGINS or THEMES

aStickyPostOrderER allows you to re-arrange the order that WordPress displays posts.

ClickQuote will wrap selected text in appropriate tags and insert it into your comment reply box.

Limosin Status Line displays a line of text at the top of your blog page.

PowerBlogroll allows you to display a blogroll with name and favicon.

Simple Feed Copyright will add a simple copyright notice at end of full text articles in your feed.

WP-Members restricts WordPress content to be viewable by registered site members.

wp-richcomments lets your blog subscribers attach flickr photos and YouTube videos to their comments.

Calendar Cloud displays yearly calendars containing 12 months weighed by their post counts.

fGallery Categories Widget allows you to show a link to the different galleries you made with the fGallery plugin.

Limit Posts Automatically lets you automatically choose when to cut your post excerpts on the front page.

User Level Themes allows a site administrator to select different themes for users with and without administrative access rights.

Goodbye “SEO Title Tag” and Welcome “All In One SEO”

December 7th, 2007

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I’ve been considering replacing my SEO Title Tag plugin with the All-In-One SEO Pack for a few weeks now. I finally took the time to test it today, and without question the plugin is superior to the SEO Title Tag plugin. After I determined this, I quickly made the switch.This is by far the easiest plugin to install I’ve found - even the most newbie of bloggers should be able to handle this one. :) If you’re a newbie and don’t know how to install plugins, this would be a great one to learn on.

Search Engine Optimization Benefits

This plugin provides several significant benefits from an SEO standpoint. The most major benefit is that it rewrites the HTML title tag for each page. You can, of course create a unique title tag, description, and keyword set for your homepage (see configuration section below to see how I customized it).

The SEO title tag plugin I used to use also created a unique title tag for each page, but was much harder to install and use than the All-In-One SEO. All you have to do to install the AIO is download, extract, upload to your wp-content/plugins directory and activate.

Install Guide For The All In One SEO Plugin

  • Download the plugin. You can find a download link here: All-In-One SEO Pack Download
  • Extract the plugin. Right click on the plugin with your mouse and select ‘Extract All’, ‘Extract’, or ‘Extract Here’. Click next a few times to finish the extraction.
  • Upload the plugin to your wp-content/plugins folder of your blog.
  • Login to your WordPress admin and go to ‘Plugins’. Find the All in One SEO Pack and click the ‘Activate’ link next to it.

That’s it, you’ve installed it ;-) !

Customizing For Better Search Engine Optimization

You can take this plugin to the next level by customizing it properly. Here is what I did to customize it:

In your WordPress admin, go to ‘Options’ and then ‘All in One SEO’. The first thing you will want to customize are the ‘Home Title’,’Home Description’, and ‘Home Keywords’. Here’s a screen-shot of what I put in each box:

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Online 3D Box Maker

December 5th, 2007

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3d package is a 3d-box graphic generator. 3d package lets you instantly create 3d-box images online, free. Just upload pictures for cover and sides and then get 3d-box in you favorite image format (JPG, GIF, PNG supported). Post them in your blog or anywhere else.

WordPress Theme Pack 14/07

December 5th, 2007

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This is the wordpress release pack from adivorblog.com, if you are interested to suggest your themes see HOW TO SUGGEST THEMES

BT is a newspaper-style theme based on the New York Times.

Deep Blue is a 3-column theme available with the sidebar on the right, left, or right-side with adsense blocks.

Freicurv is a 3-column theme with widget-ready sidebars and readiness for Asides.

Grey Icon is a 3-column, minimalistic theme with space for four block ads above the sidebar columns.

Heckerped is a 2-column theme with a Web-2.0 look.

Language of a Lover is a 2-column theme with a very stylish design.

MyApril Reloaded is a 3-column, widget-ready theme with support for the Popularity Contest and Get Recent Comments plugins.

Professional Orange is a 2-column, fluid width that leaves plenty of space on the right side.

3Grey is a 2-column, stylish theme with third column for advertising.

Amber is a 4-column, fluid-width theme with light colors.

B3 is a single-column, no-frills rebuild of the minimalistic Bare theme.

Blue Paradise is a 3-column theme that provides support for WP-Ratings and Subscribe To Comments. Also check out HateMate by the same author.

Crzy Blu is a 3-column, lightweight theme with support for Gravatar and MyBlogLog.

Gluttony is a 2-column, grey theme in SmallPotato’s Seven Deadly Sins series.

LinearEX is a 2-column theme that provides some visual tweaks from the author’s Linear theme.

Marc is a 3-column, widget-ready theme with customizable header image.