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I can spot a FLOG, but most people can’t.  This could be a big threat to our industry.

Support ClickBooth in their efforts to end the FLOG.

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I will never advertise using a FLOG.  I don’t need to.  I can make money and be honest with the people.  If you have to deceive and mislead people to make money, you do not belong in this industry.

It is a very nice, clean theme. My major problem with it was that it didn’t use the home page space well. I like themes that when you go to their home page, all the info you need can be found on the first screen without the need to scroll down. So there began my hunt for WordPress themes that have the best use of space.

The first one I found was the theme that this site, OnlineInternship was built on. Check out the home page. Look how much info I can give you at once without the need for scrolling. This theme has 4 columns (3 columns of blogs and 1 column of widgets). You can even adjust that to have 2 columns of blogs and 1 column of widgets. It is available here News Print 2.1.1. This is a free version. There is also a paid version.

My new favorite theme is Tau.
I am using it on an intranet site, so I can’t show you what I have done with it, but it has half the screen used for blogs and half for widgets. I love being able to fill the home screen up with widgets of all kinds. There is 4 separate sidebars put aside for widgets so they are not all in a straight line. Check out the Tau Demo.

A WordPress theme can make or break a site so make sure you find one you like, but one that is also user friendly.

My question to you. What is your favorite WordPress theme? Please post it in the comments!

I have been asking myself this question recently.  I didn’t really know the answer.  Last week I spent a couple days researching the black hat forums to see what it is all about.  I consider myself somewhere in between black hat and white hat.  I like to make money, but I try not to cross “the line”.  As I read through the forums, so many people started out by saying “and I lost my Google Adsense account because…”.  If you are too black hat and you get caught, bad things can happen and you can get banned from Google and other search engines.  I know something is black hat when I get an sick feeling in my stomach when reading about a black hat program or promotional method.

I told a friend about Black Hat SEO.  He did his own research about what Black Hat is all about.  His comment was “I didn’t know there were other people out there just like me”.  And yes, this friend has said those words “and I lost my Google Adsense account because…”.

Here is an example of a black hat promotional method.  You post on craigs list that you have an nice apartment for rent at under the going rate.  This is an apartment you do not even own!  As people respond to your ad via email or telephone, you tell them that first they need to get their credit score.  You give them a link to get a free credit score.  This link contains your affiliate id.  When this person gets their credit score, you get $20.  Somehow they never actually get the apartment.  Hmmmmm.

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