Comments on: Blog Bloat? Pull that Plugin!

By: Rosalind Gardner

Rosalind Gardner — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:21:15 +0000

Hi BJ,

Currently, my favorite plugins are Featured Content Gallery and Akismet. Everything else is pretty much handled nowadays by WordPress widgets and what isn’t, I hardcode into the theme.

Cheers,
Ros

By: Roger Addition

Roger Addition — Tue, 05 May 2009 09:27:15 +0000

Hello! Ros
Your tip is really great and and your blog is very interesting.
Good Day

By: Salon Marketing

Salon Marketing — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:08:54 +0000

Hi Ros,

Great tip. I went and checked my blog and found 7 plug ins that I wasn’t using anymore… and now they are deleted.

Thanks again

David

By: BJ Miller

BJ Miller — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:27:08 +0000

Ros,
What are your favourite plug ins on a WP blog?
thanks!

By: Blippitt

Blippitt — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:18:48 +0000

Hey, Ros. Thanks for pointing that out. I am currently using ShareThis on Blippitt (formerly Monty’s Mega Marketing).

I had no idea about that issue. I’m not sure that I even notice it on my blog but I’m going to go check out “Add This” now anyway, just to be sure.

Chris Monty

By: Orange Amps Rock

Orange Amps Rock — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:37:19 +0000

The problem is that some of those plugins are just so cool. Alright, I’m guitly of at least 3 or 4 blogs with way too many plugins, maybe I could go through this weekend and trim out some of the less necessary ones. Still love my WP plugins though

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:14:54 +0000

Rosalind, I have spoke with GST today and Clickbank and apparently you and anyone else who sells a product through clickbank is considered a Wholesaler, meaning your only customer is Clickbank, not all the people who buy your ebook.. though in theory they are but on paper they arent.

At the time of purchase your product is being resold by clickbank at a suggested retail price, but clickbank is getting it at a wholesale price i.e reason they take a portion of the money.

Now because clickbank is USA based, they would be classed GST Zero rated. Just like if you work with any USA based companies doing affiliate work, its Zero rated. Meaning the income still is taxable but.. you would not have to charge GST to usa based companies.

Clickbank is usa based and you are their wholesaler with super affiliate handbook. Thus its not your concern about people who buy your book being charged GST.

Now if you went through paypal or another place, yes you would then have to charge GST but because your wholesaling through clickbank to clickbank.. you dont have to worry about collecting GST from clickbank as they are usa and you dont have to collect GST from anyone who purchases your ebook because they are essentially clickbanks customers not yours. That is why clickbank says they collect taxes and submit.

Hope that helps.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:53:34 +0000

I chatted with clickbank and they said

They collect all taxes, yet I dont see them collecting GST, so I have feeling they are not doing GST which would mean it would be left to Canadian business to do it which is hard if you cant setup tax to apply in the account, it would mean taking a portion of the clickbank check that comes through every 2 weeks and taking out 5% of it

What is 4.66 factor vs 5%?

By: Key KnowHow

Key KnowHow — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:04:34 +0000

Matt,

That depends on how the plugin was coded. So the old trial and error (or time test) method would be the only cure

By: Linn

Linn — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:28:28 +0000

not sure about that.. but I use heaps of plugins and I am doing okay with my performance and hosting..

for me, once I hit 100k UV, i will switch to at least VPS, or possibly Dedicated because shared hosting are pretty slow IMO.

just my 2 cents