Why is it important to have a sitemap? A site map (or sitemap) is a list of pages of a website accessible to crawlers or users. It helps user to navigate your sites as it provides listing of pages available on your sites. It can also be structured to show by category and archives. Sitemap is important from SEO point of view. What I understood is  that it helps the search engine to crawls through your site. So, why do you need a sitemap? 1) You need it for navigation purposes A sitemap literally acts as a map of your site. If your sites is big with many pages, then having a sitemap is very usefel....

7 Blogging Tips to a Successful Blog Blogging can be a fun experience, but you will definitely desire more than that. You want to make money with your blog too. There are many things you can do with your blog to help you get more traffic and make more sales, and I’ve listed 7 blogging tips here just to get you started. 1. Post lots of content, and do it often For one thing, readers like to read blogs that have fresh content published regularly. It’s hard for a reader to get into following you if you only post once in a great while. They don’t have to be monster posts, they just need...

Fixing and Upgrading My Site As mentioned in the previous post, I’ve been contemplating to fix my other site and upgrading it. I’ve been dreading it as I know it will not be a simple process and I’m the type that can be considered ‘technically challenged’ when it come to site mantainence. The old adage said… when it’s not broken, don’t fix it. But then, I know that the ‘real site’ was sitting in a wrong folder and using a redirect is not good for the long run. So, yes… I took the plunge and set myself two missions to: 1) move the...

After few weeks of figuring out how to setup this site, I finally managed to sort some technical issues regarding the setup and decided that it is a good time to start posting something. This will be the site that I’ll use to jot down what I do and stuffs that I learn along the journey to realize my dream of having my own virtual real estate. The site is not even near perfect, if you drop in today, you will see that the ad sections are still empty. What the heck, I’ll just do it and I will find time to fix it later.  Taking action is better than waiting for it to become perfect. It...