I just installed a Wordpress Poll Plugin. It allows you to install a poll in your blog post or the blog sidebar.

Out of box (when uploaded and installed) the plugin works fine. However, I had to tweak the template a bit as it almost had no styling on it. I have added the border and some spacing and positioning myself to it. Either way I really like the plugin and will be using it often on this blog. The author of the blog also seems to be updating it quite often which is always a good thing.

I will also add the poll to the Plugings Used On This Blog post.

I also just made the first poll. The main purpose of this poll (other than showing you how the plugin looks like in a blog post) is to see how many of my readers are actually webmasters. Here is the sample poll:

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This morning I finished my latest creation: Iranian Lawyers Directory. The website - as the name implies - is a directory (listings) of Iranian lawyers and law firms across the world.

The first directories I started were all general directories. However, later I realized niche directories (ex. Hookah Bars) are much more successful. Also since there is less competition in certain niches, I can charge more for my directories. The prices for these niche directories are not really for the link back and SEO advantages of the listings; they are more for bringing targeted audience to those listings.

Iranian Lawyers is a new niche that I am working on. The website design and coding is done. I do have upgrade plans to add new mods and more, however for the time being I am done with working on the website and plan to spend some time and money on marketing it.

Mods Used On IranianLawyers.net:

• The Icon Mod
• Link Types (Giving more submission options)
• Permanent Link Types
• SEO Friendly URLs
• Additional Category Submissions (To allow a listing submitted to more than one category)
• Category Separator

I plan to add the Coupon Mod, Spam Guard, and Zip Code Search mod later as well.

As for marketing it, I will contact a series of Iranian Lawyers to list their services for a discounted price. That way the directory will have a jump start and more credibility. I will also purchase advertising on Iranian websites that are more popular among older Iranians. So far I have spent close to $1500 on the website excluding any marketing. I plan to spend another $1500 on marketing. Hopefully the website will be a success, connects lawyers and public, and return its investment as well.

I want to know more about you (my visitors). Right now I am showing 5 subscribers in the RSS Feed.

Let me know who you are so I can write articles that are of more interest to you. Simply post a comment here. Feel free to make suggestions too.

WordPress is with no doubt the most powerful blogging software out there. It has many useful features and gets better after every update. There are some features that perhaps majority of blogging community don’t need or use, so they are not embedded into Wordpress.

Us, webmasters, expect more from Wordpress so we have filled the gap with the plugins provided by the users. Some of these add-ons are essential for running a successful blog. I constantly add and upgrade the plugins on my blog. I will use this post to keep you updated on which ones I use here and will update it every time I add or subtract a plugin. Here are the Wordpress plugins I use on this blog:

• Adsense-Deluxe: Offers advanced options for managing the automatic insertion of Google AdSense or Yahoo Publisher Network (YPN) ads to your WordPress posts.
• Akismet: Checks your blog comments for spam and is very powerful.
• Anarchy Media Player: Plays mp3, flv, mov, mp4, m4v, m4a, m4b, 3gp, avi, asf and wmv hypertext links directly on your webpage.
• CForms: Creates contact forms for your blog.
• Digg This: Add digs link to your posts
• PHP Code Widget: Allows you to run PHP Codes in your blog’s widget.
• Feed Burner: Replaces your WordPress feed page and provides great tracking tools
• Google Sitemaps Generator: One the best and most important plugins to have.
• SEO TItle Tag: Probably the most important SEO Plugin to have
• Show Top Commentators: Good incentive to encourage your visitors to post comments.
• Wordpress Polls: Allows you to post polls on your blog posts and sidebar.

This is a famous poem by Iranian Poet “Ferdowsi”. Ferdowsi is one the greatest Persian poets and is mostly famous for his “Shahnameh“.

The title of the poem in this post is “Mayazar? Moori Ke Daneh? Kesh Ast” in Farsi. The translation would roughly be:

Crush not even the tiny ant that beareth a grain of corn

For she hath life, and sweet life is a boon

I have written the poem in Farsi Nastaligh? (Calligraphy). Feel free to use the image if you want to.