After reading what Thomas Sinfield  wrote about  5 Reason Why You Will Fail At Blogging I got a great idea for my next post. Why not share the 5 Reasons The Top Bloggers Are Successful. Lists are one of the easiest ways to increase traffic to a blog because people will spread the word to others if they find them helpful. I will be posting one or two lists every week that are motivational and inspiring relating to promoting websites and building more traffic. I may even put a publisher in there once in a while since the majority of the theory’s about them are not true.

In an earlier post Wordpress Plugins Ever Blogger Should Use, I introduced the LinkLove no follow plugin. This WordPress plugin turns off the  nofollow attribute for all commenters who have posted a set number of comments (configured in the admin panel). This plugin is now enabled and everyone that posts a comment will get a SEO boost back from their contribution. Keep in mind I have the comments set to be manually approved and want them to have thought and be insightful. If anyone has a question or comment just ask me there and I will be more then happy to reply to it.

This is Part 2 of the Creating a Wordpress Blog series, Be sure to read Part 1 first.

If the first part of this series I tried to make sure that anyone interested in started a blog was actually capable of sticking with it. This is important because it will feel like a complete waste if time if nobody reads the posts. The next step is to narrow down the topic or niche that is going to be covered in the blog. For instance if in my case I had to decide if I was going to be mainly writing about making money online or Derek’s past money making experiences. This blog would be extremely different if I was writing about the websites that I run compared to the money making tips and advice that I have been sharing. I decided to keep that to the About Me section and instead focus on writing articles that are both interesting and encouraging.

Almost everyone with a blog is using Wordpress, and if not they should be. It is by far the easiest software to install and everything needed to enhance it can be found on the Internet for free. There are thousands of different Wordpress Plugins out there and figuring out what ones to add is no easy task. For the most part wordpress plugins take less then five minutes to install and can enhance the wordpress theme right away. Below is a list that I have compiled of the best wordpress plugins, I will update it each time I add a new one to the blog. I had trouble finding the top wordpress plugins right away, so I figured why not blog about it so others will not have to waste the time that I did to find them. Be sure to leave me a comment if I am missing a plugin that you think is very useful.