Once again, I want to tell you to not blindly trust theme authors when they say their theme is SEO friendly. “SEO friendly” is just a label they put on their theme and since most of their customers don’t know what to look for to see if it’s actually true, yet know that it’s important, it helps “sell” themes.

via Why some WordPress Themes hurt your SEO. • Yoast.

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If you’ve ever had your WordPress installation hacked, you know what an expensive and time-consuming effort it is to clean up the hack and try to prevent it from recurring.

This is truly a case of an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.

The WP Security Scan plugin can help you identify and correct vulnerabilities in your WordPress installation before the dollars and hours start marching out the door.

WP Security Scan checks your WordPress website/blog for security vulnerabilities and suggests corrective actions such as:

1. Passwords
2. File permissions
3. Database security
4. Version hiding
5. WordPress admin protection/security
6. Removes WP Generator META tag from core code

Current Orange Cat clients can have the WP Security Scan plugin installed and configured for just $9.97. Just click here and we’ll install it and bill it to your account.

All others can have us install and configure the WP Security Scan plugin by ordering the service below. Once payment is completed, you’ll be redirected to the Orange Support Center where you can open a support ticket to begin the process.

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Orange Cat Productions LLC today inaugurates a new online Learning Center to help businesses in local markets get the most from their online marketing.

There will be instructional videos, teleseminars and webinars to get you started and keep you going. If you outsource your online marketing efforts (websites, seo, social networking, email marketing, etc.), you’ll have the knowledge you need to know your are getting the best service and value.

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Here are 10 top reasons why not to use WordPress to promote your business.

10. The Internet is just a fad.

9. You just love coding HTML.

8. You just won the lottery and are retiring to a tropical beach.

7. Your customers just drop by during slow periods to give you cash.

6. You never update your website.

5. You have all the leads you could ever want.

4. You have all the business you could ever want.

3. You have all the money you could ever want.

2. You like paying your webmaster exorbitant fees.

1. Search Engine Ranking means nothing to you.

Crazy, right?

The Dominate Your Local Market with WordPress Webinar this coming Wednesday won’t cost you a dime. But it will show you how using WordPress for your business can bring you more leads, customers and business without breaking the bank or your back.

When: Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Time: 3:00 PM Eastern, Noon Pacific
Register here!

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The Official website of the 1st Annual Kentucky BBQ Festival was launched today.

Designed to bring the taste of championship BBQ to Danville, KY on November 4-5, 2011, the Kentucky BBQ Festival is also an event that needs an effective website to reach the hoards of BBQ lovers throughout the region and across the country. As one of the organizers of the event, I immediately thought WordPress was the perfect solution.

BBQ is a passion for it’s cooks and it’s followers and we needed a website that reflected that and one that could be built on in the future. WordPress can handle a large number of pages, an infinite number of posts, and more than one of us can post or update items, photos and video on the site. And since Orange Cat Productions has extensive experience setting up WordPress sites, it was a “no-brainer.”

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