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Web Analytics Zen – Back Up and Running!

Posted by Patrick Patterson in General on June 14, 2010

Web Analytics Zen

I will update my WordPress blog. I will update my WordPress blog. I will update my WordPress blog.

Keep repeating those words in your head over and over again, because believe me, trying to reinstall a custom WordPress blog is absolutely no fun. After struggling with moving hosting providers, getting my theme back, and installing all the plug-ins, I am finally back in business.

In the meantime I did find some good WordPress plug-ins that I think everyone should check out:

CR Post to Ping.fm – Automatically sends new blog posts to Ping.fm that will then send it out to all of your social networking sites. I found dealing with this feature through Ping.fm to be easier than trying to manage it within WordPress.
Google Analyticator – In a previous post I mentioned another WordPress plugin. When looking at the landscape of GA plugins again, I decided to go with this one. #1 reason? More updates recently.
Google XML Sitemaps – Automatically creates and submits a new sitemap XML every time you post.
LinkedIn Resume – Grabs your resume on LinkedIn and brings it into your site. Perfect if you just want to update in one place.
Social Bookmarks – Puts sharing icons on each post. Not the best plug in for this, but I like the unobtrusive manner of just a “Bookmark It” line at the end of each post.
Surveys – Quick little survey tool.
WordPress Firewall – Alerts you if anything weird is going on.
Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) – Great plugin that automagically suggests related articles based on the content of the current article.