Zahid Lilani – Technology and Social Media

WordPress 2.0 App for iPhone

Posted on 10. Nov, 2009 by Zahid Lilani.

WordPress just came out with version 2.0 for its iPhone app. Few weeks back, I had deleted the older WordPress app from my iPhone as I never used it. I didn’t use it because of the complicated user interface and major flaws in features that I couldn’t do without like tags etc.
New WordPress app is [...]

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Are You Following FTC Disclosure Guidelines?

Posted on 12. Oct, 2009 by Zahid Lilani.

Bloggers are now faced with a challenge of abiding by the new FTC guidelines that regulate blogging and opinions expressed when endorsing a company, product or service.
From New York Times:
“The FTC will require that writers on the Web clearly disclose any freebies or payments they get from companies for reviewing their products.”
Scenario 1
You have [...]

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10 Premium Quality FREE WordPress Themes

Posted on 07. Oct, 2009 by Zahid Lilani.

After spending hours searching for the best quality premium themes that don’t cost a dime, I found the following 10 themes. Please support the theme makers by not removing the footer advertisement, it’s good karma. By the way, these free themes that have premium qualities are also known as Freemium

1 – ZinePress

DEMO | [...]

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17 Percent Increase In Time Spent On Social Media Sites

Posted on 01. Oct, 2009 by Zahid Lilani.

According to a new Nielsen Company research, there has been 17 percent increase in the time spent on social media and blogging websites compared to a year ago. Not only that, during this recession when companies are cutting back their advertising budgets using the traditional media, they are increasing spending on social networking websites.
Other [...]

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5 SEO Mistakes You Need To Avoid On Your WordPress Blog

Posted on 17. Sep, 2009 by Zahid Lilani.

Most people would want you to believe that you should become a SPAMMER when it comes to SEO. Add all kinds of keywords, comment on numerous blogs, fill your blog with numerous articles with repetitive keywords and basically create a saturated blog with no human value. If you care about your blog, please don’t [...]

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