A blog can be a great tool for emphasizing what one wanted their readers to read, to learn and to entertain. Here in TechieDan, this blog aims to help its readers to learn about technology and also problem solving that the writer of this blog is facing on his everyday technical life which could be applied to others.

Though when TechieDan was first started, it needed the exposure and one of the ways to do that is to use a social networking tool to enhance its stature amongst other blogs out there. This also helps to drive the traffic towards the blog. In the first few years of opening this blog, there were no prominent social networking tools. Those days, relying on SEO is a major way of getting the proper scoop of the public.

One of tools that I would recommend is http://www.rockthepost.com. After browsing through the site, other than the normal usual blogger tool, it also helps both beginning online and offline entrepreneurs to gain the necessary . One of the highlights of this portal is its potential to reach out to people without the necessity of going through another middle party, thus removing the underlying cost that comes with it. Unlike some tools which I have used and are biased towards traffic and page ranks of the specific sites, this mentioned tool is great as it creates equal opportunities to everyone who is in.

Now what do I mean by that? In order to start a project, one needs a group of people to make it work. This is where I think that RockThePost.com excels. Team members are grouped together from this site and then slowly the project grows (of course some just given up the project) and that is how this is not only a social networking tool, it is also a business networking tool. Of course, if you need anyone to help to formulate something for your site, this is also one of the best places to look for. Though one thing about this, is that sometimes it will get too cluttered.

Who knows, maybe in the future TechieDan.com could be a site to relate to each other technical people out there. Who knows? If I really do that, I might need to assemble a team, so I guessed this is the platform which I would most likely use.

In every blog that wants to promote or to tell out something to the world wide web, there must be a meaning. Imagine who is going to know what post you’re writing if let’s say your title is “Apartment with the gang” when actually what you wanted to present was “Dinner at Apartment Restaurant“. Strangers might not even bothered looking at your site. Friends will, if they are part of the gang though. These are what we called search engine friendlies or rather SEO (Search Engine Optimization). But easier said than done.

There is another thing which most bloggers do which is the link to a blog. Imagine this, if techiedan.com links point to a http://techiedan.com/p=123 or http://techiedan.com/2009/09/28/opening-raw-photo-formats-in-photoshop/. Which one would be more meaningful? Yes, the second one would be the most viable choice. Why? It presents itself clearly and in the case you need to get back to the link, you can always check back through history for the link via your browser.

A lot of people thought that blogging only deals with what you write should just be enough, most don’t understand how is wordpress running though. Basically there are lots of other things like XML which helps out a lot.

So far so good, the few steps of starting your wordpress experience. How about some plugins to boost your web search.

Google XML Sitemaps Generator	Now your blog is up and ready. What better way to start than to create a sitemap for google to cache your site faster. With this, one’s blog would be able to notify google of new contents. This enables one’s site to be indexed by majority of the search engines.
All in One SEO Pack	Well, this should be the Mother of all SEO packs for the WordPress. With title naming conventions and friendly links to post title and page titles, this would be the ultimate of handling most of your SEO friendly links. Even META tags, Blog Description is inside this monster of a kind.
Akismet	A must have for all bloggers. Well for the first few days or rather months there would be hardly any traffic but wait till after awhile, your blog will get spam like no one’s business. Definitely a must have for most bloggers on the wordpress engine. At least you’re more least likely to have superb spam comments on your post comments.

These are just a few of the recommended plugins that TechieDan would recommend. It’s good to go for a headstart. There are lots and lots of other plugins available on the world wide web. If you feel that other plugins deserve a note, why not leave a comment and share with the whole TechieDan community right here. What’s more, it’ll help bloggers who are lost to get right back on track.