Four WordPress Plugins I Can’t Live Without

If you have a WordPress blog, you may have already discovered these four plugins, but if you have not, I highly recommend you add them to your website. I was originally going to title this post Ten Plugins I Cannot Live Without, but the article would be too long. So well just start with these four.

The first is Broken Link Checker. I have always believed that a good part of SEO is having a site that is appealing to Google on a technical as well as an informational level. That is to say, I dont think youll do as well in Google if you have 100 broken links on your site than you would do if all of your links actually worked.

Remember: Google crawls every word on your site, as well as then crawling every site that you link to. If you have a mortgage or real estate website, but all of your links go to porn sites, you probably wont rank very well for real estate no matter how well your content is written.

Googles goal is to provide information. Why should they send visitors to your site if your site contains bad information, i.e. broken links.

Download Broken Link Checker here.

Cookies for comments is a plugin that inserts a harmless cookie onto a commenters machine, which then has to be verified before the comment is accepted.


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4 Free Opensource Software Apps to Track a Lost Laptop or Smartphone

Laptops and cell phones are natural thieve targets since they are small, easy to snatch and are often accidently left unattended in public places such as a coffee shop, airport or in a car. According to the FBI, 97% of laptops are never recovered after theft- which is bad news for business travelers. Fortunately for the budget-conscious small business, there are several free, opensource applications that can help a hapless business traveler locate his or her stolen computer or phone when it is connected to the internet. Below are four of the best options:

 

 

Prey Project

Prey is perhaps the most feature-rich, yet portable app on this list. The program is extremely lightweight and can be used on your laptop, smartphone, and even your desktop.Once you download it onto your device and register the machine, you will be given a code that you can use to activate the software in case the device is stolen. You’ll receive the device’s current IP address and be able to activate a host of great features including: a webcam photo of the thief, screenshots of active sessions, data protection, and hardware scans. Prey


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Are Banks Failing Less Often?

It’s not looking good.

As of this past Friday, 123 banks have failed through the first twenty weeks of the year (they release data on Mondays, so I counted weeks by the number of Mondays in 2011). We’re on pace for around 319-320 bank failures this year.

The number of failures isn’t everything though. Fortunately, despite the frequency, the size of these failures is much smaller. Most of the banks had less than or around $300 million assets with just a few in excess of a few billion (two – United Western Bank in Colorado and Superior Bank in Alabama). It’s the smaller guys going under, which doesn’t make for interesting news on a national scale, but they’re still going.

That said, don’t be concerned that your bank is going to fail. The FDIC has your back.

The Various Types Of Accounting

Most people consider the subject of accounting to be very confusing and complicated. Accounting is not completely mathematics though some knowledge of school algebra is required. Accounting basically involved simple addition and subtraction done in the right method and accurately. It is not merely a confusing accumulation of numbers but rather a set of results displaying and keeping track of all business, personal and corporate financial transactions. Anyone involved in business finds it a necessity to keep track of his financial transactions which ultimately is done through accounting.

Accounting methods vary depending on the kind of calculations it keeps record of.

For example, private or industrial accounting is a track record of financial activities that is restricted to a single business firm. A private accountant is hired for providing his service and receives a monthly salary.

When the same service is rendered by an accountant to the general public, it is known as public accounting. The relationship is that of a practitioner and client. Public accounting service can be offered by both certified and non certified practitioners.
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