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Ikarus is my dream of a Wordpress Theme come to life. I’ve spent 3 months developing it and it’s absolutely perfect, with over 2,000+ user selectable variations and options all managed from the admin area. Four (4) homepage layouts (magazine, list, blog and magazine lis), over 10 colors that you can mix and match, left or right layout and tons more.

It’s the most complex programmed theme that will most likely ever be created. It’s my proudest piece of work and I’m glad to give it away free of charge. I’ve included some links in the footer that points back to my personal websites. If you’d like them removed please paypal $30 to webdesign@5shades.com.

I’ve created an exlusive demo page just for Ikarus so that you can witness the full potential of it’s power and flexibility. I’ve also made it terribly easy to customize and fit your needs.

Learn more about this theme from the options in the main menu on the demo page.

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So why choose Wordpress? You might have heard rumors about Wordpress websites, like for example you may have heard that search engines give priority to these blogs. We’re not going to go into to much discussion about SEO in this book. There are numerous books on this topic already. That being said, it is fairly certain that search engines do give at least some priority to certain blogs.

My brand new site was actually indexed by Google within the first 3 weeks of being online. If you know anything about Google then you will realize that this is certainly not the norm. The only explanation I can give is it happened because I am using a blog platform. Also, from checking the stats provided by my web host, I can see that Google as well as all the main search engines are spidering my site at least every 3 days for new content.

There’s strong evidence that Wordpress blogs get better search rankings than other sites. We will explore that in more detail later, but for now just know that there are definitely search engine advantages to using Wordpress.

Why Wordpress instead of Blogger?

Have you ever used Blogger? I am referring to www.blogger.com. Blogger.com and LiveJournal.com are some of the best-known blogging websites on the internet. Unfortunately there is one major drawback, you don’t own the website. At any time Blogger can delete your username and profile resulting in the loss of all your work and effort. This is the perfect example of how no business built on Blogger or LiveJournal.com is actually yours. There is no option to have either of these hosted on your own server. Unfortunately, both Blogger.com and LiveJournal.com reserve the right to kick you off.

Only a website put together with your own pages affords you a viable business that you own. I for one would never put my business and hours and hours of hard work into a website that I do not own and cannot control.

Perhaps you may want to work towards branding your domain name. Maybe you have registered your own name for your blog. Again, these would be very difficult, if not impossible opportunities, unless you are running your blog from your own server or web host.

Features and Benefits of Wordpress

Some of the features and benefits we have touched on briefly above.

To me, the biggest feature and benefits are ease of use, readily available prewritten scripts and tools, and the fact that the search engines love it. However, there are many others.

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Do you want to learn how to make money with Google AdSense using Wordpress blogs? Blogging is definitely the best way to make money with AdSense, and the reasons are listed further below in this article. The Wordpress AdSense System by Gobala Krishnan is meant to teach any new internet marketer the skills needed to make money as quickly as possible.

1. What Is The Wordpress AdSense System All About?

I must say that the first time I read through this system, I was a little overwhelmed with all the new jargons I was learning, especially at the setup process of Wordpress blogs. I was clearly learning many new things with this guide, like how to optimize your blogs with the right titles, ad placements, how to pull in traffic etc, and it required some time to digest. After seeing the big picture, I was ready to start making my new blogs and hoping to see my AdSense dollars quickly.

2. What Are The Benefits of Using Blogs to Make Money from AdSense?

Wordpress contains many powerful plug-ins that help you in many ways, and they are all free. For example, there are tools to help you update your blogs faster, and plug-ins to help you optimize your site traffic. I really regret not finding out about all these powerful tools earlier. They can really make any marketer’s life much easier.

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When it comes to building and creating profit pulling niche blogs niche sites) Wordpress really shines and really beat Blogger.com heads down.

Wordpress is more than just a blogging software.

In the past when blogging first evolved, marketers did not give it much thought…until they discovered the power of syndication through RSS feeds.

With Rss feeds, they can now reach out to a target markets they normally would not have been able to.

Wordpress has an in-built syndication function, unlike Blogger.com where it still needs some configuration.

In addition, Wordpress has some powerful features that make it a marketer’s dream tool:

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