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Your Questions About WordPress Blogs Search

By Brian on Monday, January 30th, 2012 | No Comments

George asks…

WordPress Blogs for SEO!?

Can a simple free wordpress Blog like: flowersred.wordpress.com can be a good blog that other professional blogs want to link and earn good name and ranking is search engine or it is the must to buy a domain and have a website?
All i am thinking is running a free Blog and than if went smooth i will register a domain in the same name and launch a website till my i will also have a good network!

Brian answers:

Go ahead and invest the $10 and buy your own domain. Most registrars also provide reasonable hosting plans. For a quick and easy modification of your blog, do a Google search for “free wordpress themes”. There are thousands of free themes that are easy to modify.

I created www.Cockus.com in just a day using a free theme. And no, it’s not porn. It’s a political blog. You’d be surprised how many people misspell “Caucus” as “Cockus”.

The do a search for a WordPress plugin called “All In One SEO”. Makes optimization so much easier.

Good luck!

Lisa asks…

Is my WordPress Blog completely private?

I already know that it can’t be found via search engine because there was an option I checked for it to be that way. Can other people who use wordpress browse wordpress blogs? Is my blog revealed to people only if I give them my link, because that’s how I would like it to be.

Brian answers:

Yest, you can make it private.

Read it here: http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-make-my-blog-private

Daniel asks…

How do I get my WordPress articles to pop up in peoples google searches?

When Someone googles something that relates to one of my wordpress blogs how can I get it to appear on the first page of their serach results?? Thanks!

Brian answers:

The first thing you’re going to want to do is make sure you’re running the right plugins on your wordpress blog. Ultimate SEO or All in One SEO will do the trick for you. I personally like Ultimate simply because it has more options.

Anyway, there is no way to guarantee that you’ll pop up on the first page of Google for any particular search result but you can take certain actions to move further up.

1. Link building – Trade links with other websites, submit to social bookmarking sites, post comments on other people’s sites, etc
2. Use SEO plugins to improve your on page SEO
3. Guest blog, write content that people will find either really helpful or off the wall and will feel the need to link to it.

Lizzie asks…

WordPress blogs help??

I have a WordPress blog. When I made it I checked off (which they have it checked) “Have blog show in search engines like Google or Yahoo!” I wanted it to be private. Well, I Googled the title of my blog, and it was there. ?????

Brian answers:

Create a robots.txt file on your server and add the following to it this will stop googles bot from crawling your blog and eventually it will be de-indexed from google.

User-agent: Googlebot

Disallow: /

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Your Questions About Fafsa

By Brian on Sunday, January 29th, 2012 | No Comments

John asks…

Fafsa???????????????

Hi am i eligible for the fafsa If I’m a Canadian student in high school,with divorced parents, pretty poor, and planning to go to the university of Manitoba?

Brian answers:

Schools.medianewsonline.com – it has detailed info how to apply for financial aid and scholarships to get more cash.

Sharon asks…

FAFSA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

HI, what should i do if i put in an email into the fafsa application for last year, that i dont currently have, will they send all of the renewal information to the wrong one? what is the best way to notify them as soon as possible, and have them send it to the right email adresss? i only have a few days till jan 1, and thats when i need to send it in.
thanks

Brian answers:

Go to the fafsa website online and complete a new application or you can change information online. However if you don’t have your code you will have to request it online and they will send it to an email address or by mail you get to choose. Just go online to change it.

Richard asks…

fafsa………?

Okay, I’ve already started my fafsa application. But, I didn’t finish cause I had to wait for them to email me my pins. Now, I have my pin number but, everytime I go back to continue my fafsa application that page takes a super long time to load… (and this is before I enter my pin number)….Right now, I have the page loading and Its been like an hour or soo….

Is fafsa really that busy…or is my computer that slow?? And how am I going to finish my application if the page takes long to load???

Brian answers:

Must be your computer, are you on Dial? I just tried, typed in FAFSA application and got one right away. The next time you get it down load it, print it out and fill it in manually. Thousand of dollars in aid were not used last year because students never finished filling out their applications. It would be worth it to go to your library to get the application.
Remember to apply for as many college grants as you can. You could end up with enough college grants for all your tuition fees and maybe more. Good Luck

Ken asks…

I am filling out my FAFSA and was wondering how to calculate income tax?

When i get to the point in my FAFSA where it asks to enter the income tax, I entered the amount of income I made in 2007 but it says that that’s wrong. How do I calculate income tax without doing my taxes? I won’t receive my W2′s for another few weeks and I want to get my FAFSA done now. Help?

Brian answers:

It’s better if you wait until you receive your W-2 but if not, just look at your last pay stub it will be there. Your total wages for the year, it must be your LAST paystub of 2007. If more then one job just add them together.

Make sure you use whole dollar amounts, FAFSA won’t accept cents, so round it up if needed!

Donna asks…

How does FAFSA figure the financial aid you should receive?

I just completed my FAFSA. I’ve lived on my own for two years but I still need my parents tax information, which I think is ridiculous. Does anybody know how they figure what you are able to receive in financial aid?
Well, I’ve already done all this. I’ve done my parents tax information, and mine. I just don’t understand how they assume that if you’re under 25, you still need your parents tax information.

Brian answers:

The dependency requirements were decided on by Congress when they originally built the financial aid model. They believe that parents have a responsibility toward helping their children attain their first degree. That is why it is ridiculous. Ridiculous to think that your parents should help! I agree it does hurt a small faction of students though where the parents are ridiculous and refuse to cooperate with the FAFSA information.

Anyhow. The FAFSA collects information about your family size, number of people attending college, income earned and investment values and spits out a number called the EFC (Estimated Family Contribution). This is the number that decides whether you are Pell grant eligible, and is used by the Aid office to determine your overall need and awards. I’m not going to get into the formula… It makes my head hurt and its been a long week.

Give your Aid office a week after you have filed your FAFSA then talk to them about when you can expect an awards letter. If you have already been accepted, or deposited with admissions, the award letter should come pretty soon after they have a chance to process it.

Lizzie asks…

Can a son receive the FAFSA if his father is currently receiving the FAFSA?

My boyfriend is applying for the FAFSA and he’s an independent under 24 with divorced parents. He’s unsure whether to report his father’s earnings or his mother’s. His father (who has four other dependents and lived off of food stamps in the last 5 years) was approved for the FAFSA and is currently using it. His mother made 90k last year but declared bankruptcy a week ago. My question is, would it hurt him to report his father who is on the FAFSA more than his mother?

Brian answers:

If your boyfriend is still a dependent he will need to provide the information of the parent who provided the most support to him during the past year (provided that he doesn’t live with either of them). This could be a parent who bought him any clothes or food, etc. If neither parent contributed anything to him, then he is supposed to use the information of the parent who makes the most money (this is all on the fafsa website in the FAQs section).

Yes, a son and father can both receive fafsa at the same time. In addition, your boyfriend would probably get more money reporting his father’s income, as bankruptcy makes no difference… It’s purely income. He will also have to report his income. If he’s asked for verification, he’ll have to prove that he was correct in choosing the parent that he did — by proof of support. Good luck to you.

Michael asks…

Why does the Department of Education FAFSA laws dictate a family’s choice to raise independent children?

FAFSA app has 7 criterions one must meet in order to claim independent status. Most students parents raise them to be independent to handle their own college costs so the parent(s) can save for their retirement. It is so easy for the government to say its the parent’s responsibility to pay their child’s education; but the schools & the govt have a business relationship with each other in order to stick parents with even more debt for the sake of educating their children. As a parent, I taught my child to be financially responsible and independent because I have to also save for my retirement. At 18 years old, a child can apply for credit, rent apartments and apply for car loans. Why can’t the same child apply for school loans under FAFSA? Esp. under the circumstances the parent(s)saving for their retirement& not be dependent on their kids in their elder years. The DOE is such a joke because it appears to give grants to schools to help students only to issue $$$ loans and a $50 grant!

Brian answers:

Actually, it’s not the Department of Education. Congress determines what calculations are used for an EFC and whether a student is Independent or Dependent. It’s part of the Higher Education Act of 1965. It is subject to “reauthorization” where Congress has to review the Act. This link provides some of the bills and legislation: http://www.nchelp.org/elibrary/index.cfm?parent=1791

Schools use the EFC (Expected Family Contribution) in conjunction with the school’s COA (Cost of Attendance) to determine what types of aid a student is eligible for. So it’s not the DOE per se that determines what financial aid a student will receive.

I know it’s very frustrating! All I can suggest is to contact your congressional representatives and express your concerns to them regarding the FAFSA. Good luck!

Ruth asks…

When filling out the FAFSA, do I need to include my unemployment benefits as income?

I’ve been on unemployment since September ’10 (it ends either this October or next October) and I want to go to school full time. Will getting unemployment benefits affect how much financial aid i can get based on my income? Or does FAFSA not count unemployment benefits?

Brian answers:

It will be taken into consideration how much FA u will get. It will be computed accordingly

Mandy asks…

How do I apply for FAFSA without involving my parents?

This may sound silly but is there really no way to bypass having to involve my parents in filling out a FAFSA application? I live on my own but I am not over 24yrs old. I guess that is the big kicker…

I live alone and will be paying for the college courses myself so I didn’t see any need to contact my parents about this.

Help?

Brian answers:

You have to be able to answer yes to one or more of the following questions:

http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/FOTWWebApp/fotw0809/WorksheetServlet?locale=en_US&wstype=WSDEP

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Personalized Dog Beds

By Brian on Wednesday, December 28th, 2011 | No Comments

<strong>Personalized Dog Beds: Comfort With A Personal Touch

Comfort is an important aspect of our everyday lives and to gain physical comfort is only possible with proper furniture in the house where we end our day in. To find total relaxation in the form of sleep on extremely soft and comfortable beds is heavenly. We as humans have all the luxuries and pleasures of life at our footsteps, at least the ones that we can afford. We can buy ourselves things that we want and things that give us happiness and content just because we have the capability to earn a living and go out shopping and communicating to others as to what we want. However, when you have pets, especially pet dogs, they are more like humans except for the fact that they cannot communicate to others or buy themselves stuff that they need. It is us as responsible dog owners who need to take the responsibility of taking care of our adopted pets.

Pet dogs are more like babies and they need nurturing and lots of love from us. They react to things that we say or do which means that they are not much different from us and they go through certain things similar to what we go through on a day-to-day basis. Comfort is also important for your pet pooches and they go looking for a nice place to laze around or take a nap on your expensive couch or your bed. If you are one of those strict owners you may not even allow that to happen. Poor creatures have no other way of telling you that they need a bed of their own too. So rather than just sitting there and doing nothing about it you must go out on a search for the perfect dog bed for your cute little canine friends and make them feel your love and concern for them.

A huge variety of dog beds are available in the market today. They do a lot of business in this category because the numbers of dog owners are many and the ones who love their dogs enough to buy them these goodies are also almost the same number. A vast range of dog bed styles are also available at a click of the mouse if you are an avid internet user. small dog beds for smaller pooches and large dog beds for the bigger canines, you name it and you have it. One also has a choice of monogrammed dog beds that can be personalized dog beds for your four-legged brothers. These personalized dog beds are well imprinted with your pooch name with your desired font style and color in a way that is visible to the people who would want to know who the luxurious bed belongs to.

Monogrammed dog beds sounds like a better option for nothing makes it more special than personalizing one’s personal property and automatically claiming ownership over it. Better still personalized dog beds give you an option of embroidering the picture of the breed your dog belongs to and gives it an even more personal touch. Dogs may not read their names but they definitely may find their faces imprinted on their very own personalized beds fascinating enough. So do not think twice and get your dog what it deserves, now!

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Tuff Dog Toys

By Brian on Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 | No Comments

Tuff Dog Toys

Methods To Stop Your Dog Barking

If you are like me, you probably love your dog like your own child and you still clearly remember the day you brought that adorable furry pup into your house. There’s no doubt that dogs make wonderful pets and still are man’s best friend.

However sometimes, dogs have a propensity to continuously keep on barking at odd hours. But you cannot blame them, because dogs are naturally territorial animals and some more so than others. Although this is a good thing in certain cases where many a burglary or break-in has been prevented, the same behavior can also be a nuisance for you and your neighbors if your dog tends to bark non-stop in the middle of the night for no obvious reason.

If this is you, then you need not fret about it because there are several methods you can use to curb your dog’s barking habit. Here is a brief look the various methods to keep your pet in check:

Often, dogs bark when they are feeling lonely, scared or frustrated. However, the dog will calm down if you give it some love, food, water and a chew-toy. This way even if it is alone, the dog will feel comfortable and secure. Doing this will work in most cases, but in the event such techniques fail to stop the barking habit, then you may need to implement slightly more extreme measures.

Bark collars are becoming increasingly popular these days due to their overall effectiveness in preventing dogs from barking unduly. Certain bark collars work by emitting an ultrasonic sound that is audible only to your dog’s ears, whenever your dog breaks into a barking fit. This is a harmless technique that will interrupt your dogs barking and will eventually train your dog to stop whenever it hears the ultrasonic sound.

Some people prefer to use citrus collar which distracts the dog by targeting its extremely sensitive sense of smell. It works by discharging a strong citrus smell when your dog barks. Again, this technique is completely harmless to your dog while being effective at the same time.

Another type of bark collar works by using slight electronic stimulation. Electronic training collars usually have several levels of stimulation. When your dog starts barking, it gets the lowest level of electric stimulation. These levels increase till your dog stops barking at which point the collar automatically resets itself to the lowest level again.

There are those who feel that this technique is a bit cruel, but in reality, the electronic pulses are extremely mild and harmless to your pet. Of course, it’s recommended to not use this method if your dog barks due to anxiety or loneliness, since the dog will connect the electric stimulations with the owner not being present there and this will only make for an even more anxious dog.

In most cases, however, it is perfectly safe to use a bark collar for any dog older than 6 months. Such collars are also water resistant and well-designed for your “ruff and tuff” pet.

To conclude, when trying to decide on the most suitable way to teach your dog to be quiet, it’s pertinent to know your dog’s personality and the reason behind all that barking, or else it is you who might just end up barking up the wrong tree!

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