Caffeinated Content
Reviewed by: Rochelle at Script Critics, February 15, 2009.

The Caffeinated Content plugin is a WordPress blog plugin that allows users to pull content into their blogs based on whatever keywords users choose to use. I have been using this plugin for quite a few months and I am LOVING it! This Caffeinated Content review is all positive, as this plugin is one of the most useful WordPress plugins I use.
Let me say upfront that you can do everything this plugin does on your own. You can go to Yahoo Answers, YouTube, or article directories to get content related to your blog. Where this plugin won me over was by how much time it saves me doing those things, and, it keeps track of what has been added to your site.
It can be very easy to use this plugin incorrectly. To get the most value from the content you add, you will need to rewrite it. Otherwise, you risk having duplicate content on your site, which will devalue your site in the eyes of search engines. But if you take the few minutes needed to rewrite the content, you will be able to add more information relating to your site’s niche than you thought was available. It is truly a powerful plugin!
Caffeinated Content Features
After you activate the Caffeinated Content plugin, you will have the ability to add content to your blog from Yahoo Answers, YouTube, and article directories. If there are comments on an imported item, such as questions from Yahoo Answers, you can even have those comments added to your own blog as comments on the post you create.
Additionally, each post you create with Caffienated Content includes a thumbnail image relating to the post. This is wonderful if you like having images on your blogs, as I do. Of course, if you don’t want or like the image, you can easily delete it.
Everything you import with this plugin can be edited or customized. If you want to automatically post each item, you can do that. If you want to save the items as drafts for future editing, you can do that. There is even more you can do, as this is just a sampling of the flexibility of this plugin.
Caffeinated Content keeps track of what it imports from each site it uses. This is one of the best features of this tool. This means you won’t use duplicate information. If you do what this plugin does on your own, then it will be very easy to duplicate your efforts. If you choose to keep track of what you’ve researched then you will need to create a fairly complicated method of tracking. With this plugin, you don’t need to do anything. It tracks things for you with no effort on your part!
Be aware that Yahoo Answers requires sites that use their content to show the wording ”Powered by Yahoo! Answers” somewhere on the sites. The plugin does not do this for you, so you will need to add it somewhere. The footer is probably the best place to do this.

Pros and Cons of Caffeinated Content

Pros of Caffeinated Content

• Highly customizable
• Tons of fresh content can be added to your blog
• Images are included with each created post
• Imported content is tracked to prevent duplicate posts

Cons of Caffeinated Content

• Duplicate content is a concern if you don’t edit each post
• The wording ”Powered by Yahoo! Answers” is not automatically added to blogs

About the Developers

The developers of this plugin are dedicated to helping blog owners easily add new content to their sites.

Cost and Licensing of Caffeinated Content
One Time Cost: $77
Develop as MANY Websites as you like with a single license!
Free Lifetime Upgrades at no additional Cost!

Article Source: Script Critics

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When you normally create a new site profile with Analytics, you are giving a single code to add to your website, but you need to do a little more to start tracking conversions. It is pretty simple though, all you really need is the URL of your any page that you send the user to after they opt-in or convert on your campaign.

For example, if you are selling something and the user clicks on the “Buy” link, then whatever page they get redirected to after the sales proceess (i.e. recepit page, thank you page) is the URL you need.

If you are running looking for people opt-in on your email list, then you need the URL of the page they are sent to after clicking submit. You take these links and just enter them in the “Goals” tabs on Analytics.

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I know how to make sites, and I was even tempted to buy some of these. Remember in a world where trends change so quickly, time is money. If you are spending so much time on making your own site, then you are letting valuable money slip away.

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FileZilla

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CoreFTP

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Berberus Mass Image Resizer – Change the image size of multiple photos at once.

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HTML Editor

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CoffeeCup

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