A couple of weeks ago, we talk about have an editorial calendar to schedule your posts ahead the way that actually makes sense.
Judging by your comments, many of you have quick fingers and happened to publish posts in the past that shouldn’t have been published.
I am right there with you on this one.
“Are You Sure You Want to Do This?”
So I dug up a plugin that will actually ask us “Are you sure you’d like to publish this post?” before it’s too late and your half-baked post will be circulating the blogosphere.
Publish Confirmation by Tristan Higbee.
A great plugin by a great (and turns out, multi-talented) blogger.
Publish Confirmation along with the very helpful Editorial Calendar should really make you into a very timely and organized blogger - something that some of us never experience without a plugin before! 
Also in the Plugin World:
Are You Webmaster Tools Legit?
Google Webmaster Tools are a necessity for all of us, website owners, and that’s probably why I mention it so often in many of my posts.
However, as I read your comments, I hear a lot that many of you are still not using the tools or have trouble verifying your WP blogs.
Well, it’s not a problem any longer.
“For webmasters with self-hosted WordPress blogs, there’s now a Webmaster Tools site verifcation plugin for WordPress that completely automates our verification process! You can install it directly from the “Install Plugins” control panel built into your WordPress blog, or you can download the ZIP file from the WordPress plugin site. This plugin can only be used by self-hosted WordPress blogs; it can’t be installed on blogs hosted on wordpress.com.” (Source)
So if you, for whatever reason, haven’t verified your blog with Google Webmaster Tools do it now or forever hold you peace.
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Since it generated quite a buzz around the blogosphere, here’s an update on Alex Whalley’s blog: Unique Article Wizard Challenge
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Your blog is so impressive, Thanks for sharing this blog with us….
Only a great pleasure, Deshraj. Thanks for stopping by.
In my opinion, the two highest value type links are guest posts and article marketing.
Those are two very powerful tools, Deshraj.
Most of all, we ought to refrain from giving advisor which we don’t tag along when it damages those who woo assume us at our word.
Awesome tips ! These are really great and Useful ..Thanks for this Nice Article
You’re welcome! Glad you find them useful.
Awesome article , i really enjoyed to read it.
My pleasure, as always.
Google does not show all the links you have and there is no way to tell how much all of those external links that you worked hard for count. It is felt by many experts that they all count some even though they do not show in link checkers. In my opinion, the two highest value type links are guest posts and article marketing.
Very true on both points, yet doesn’t mean that we should stop building links through comments, like you are doing right now.
It’s really great idea, Ana. Will try it out
You’re welcome, Kavya - enjoy!
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The thing I like most with Webmaster tools is that it can supply you with an external link report. With this report, I can see which sites are linked to my site from Google’s standpoint.
That’s right - it is pretty useful.
Cool plugin. Got to try this one out. Haven’t had mishaps yet cos I seem to ask myself a lot if a blog post is worthy of being published. But still, love to try a cool free plugin myself
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Everyone loves free things, but free cool things are just great!
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Ana - I think the plug-in I need is “did you remember to spell check the article” or better yet “did you remember to spell check that comment” before hitting post. I wish every site provided the capability that Twitter offers to delete a comment.
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I’m with you Randy, I advise all bloggers to install an edit comments plugin, they’re out there and very handy.
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That would be great, Randy. For now I’ll settle for this plugin.
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haha, sounds like a threat! If you ask me “am i sure?”, i might just think my article is so bad, even a computer generated message can tell, and i’m in serious trouble. Doesn’t it undermine your self-trust?
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Haha! Rather safe than sorry. I know what you mean, though - it does seem a bit threatening.
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Hey, Ana. Just wanted to thank you for the tips this week. I love the editorial calendar plug in. Now I just have to catch back up on my blogging so I have future posts to schedule again.
Also, I love this post because of how you’ve taken the time to read and analyze your user’s comments. Any decent blogger will always reply to comments left on their blog, but the great ones take it a step further like you do. This really shows your appreciation for your blog community and the many comments they leave here.
Keep up the great work, Ana.
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Thanks for the kind words, Brad. I do try to keep up with the comments and to offer valuable advice. Glad it’s working!
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Hey Ana-
What a great idea! I’ve often wondered what would happen if I accidently hit ‘publish’ instead of ‘save draft,’ and a crappy post was sent into the blogosphere. Not that any reader would suffer needlessly, but my profession has enough naysayers without adding fuel to the Freudian fire:p.
Thankfully WP has both buttons on opposite ends of the screen, but still…
Thanks so much Tristan-enjoyed the vid. Off to try it out now:).
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No prob, Linda. It’s only natural to want to be sure that we say the right things and that there are as few mistakes as possible in our posts.
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Hi Ana!
Glad to have dropped by your site and discovered about this plug-in by Tristan Higbee. Thanks for sharing this great tip with us!
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Hi Elmar - and I’m glad you stopped by my blog.
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Is this only for people that actually use the webmaster tools and GA?
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Well, the answer is yes, considering that the plugin verifies your blog on GWT.
I guess I better get on the stick then huh.
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Thank you for the tip Ana and yes Google Webmaster Tools is a must use tool for all blog or website owners.
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And yet so many still have no idea what they are, Thomas. Go figure…
Thanks for coming by!
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Thank you, Ana. Awesome quick tips, as always!
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You are very welcome, Elizabeth.
Hi Ana,
Thanks for the info on the plugins. The first one sort of sounds like “This is the Voice of Your Conscience…Are you sure you want to do this?”, but I guess we all need one of those.
Lou
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I know I did, Lou, that’s why I found it!
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Ooo cool! I’m going to have to try this. Let’s find out how which of my many plugins are actually legit =)
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Why wouldn’t they be?
I’ve been using this plugin and found it on Tristan blog. I know he’s a multi-talented guy.
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Indeed, he is, Riya.
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Hahah this is awesome, Ana! Thanks for plugging my plugin! It’s kind of obscure, so that’s great that you found it. I can’t really take credit for the code, though. I had the same problem with prematurely publishing my posts and tried to find a plugin to fix it. I couldn’t find anything, but I did find some guy post some code in a forum. I took the code, tweaked it a bit, put it in plugin form, and submitted it to the WP plugin directory.
I’m really glad you like it, and hopefully this post will help others find it, too. Thanks again!
Well, glad you found it, Tristan, because I had quite a few mishaps lately and, while looking for this plugin, was quite surprised to see your name on it.
Your code or not, you are the one who turned it into something we all could use! Thanks for that.
Ana
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Wow, Tristan really is a multi talented blogger.
Great idea (the good ones are always borne out of the simplest ones) to give you one last chance. I know I have published posts accidentally before.
Oh and thanks for the link love Ana, very kind of you
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Anytime, Alex.
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I’m alive. Thanks for the plugins an resources.
You are welcome, and glad to hear that!
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Ana,
Thanks for the plugins recommendations. They can make the most challenging tasks a breeze to accomplish. Don’t forget to donate some $ to our plugin authors everyone.
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You are so right, Justin - they do make our job sooo much easier. Such a simple plugin, yet it saves me headache on a weekly basis.
Ana
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