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The Best Free Image Sources for Your Website (30+ Sites Inside!)
With the popularity of visually-oriented social networks like Pinterest and Instagram, it probably comes as no surprise to you that graphic content – images, photographs, and illustrations – plays an important role on the web. But how important?
Research from OkDork and Buzzsumo suggests that they’re incredibly important. They analyzed millions of articles and came to the conclusion that posts with at least one image are shared twice as often on Facebook and Twitter as posts without images. According to Jeff Bullas, articles with images get a total of 94% more views than articles without images. With stats like that, why wouldn’t you add images to your articles? It’s clear that simply including visual content on your blog can make a huge impact on visitors from social media. Plus, there are so many themes out there that thrive on powerful imagery.
So where do you find these great images? (more…)
10 Best Free WordPress Themes for Personal Blogs
A personal blog is a great way to share your thoughts with the world. Whether you are keeping in touch with distant friends and family from afar, or ensuring you keep up with your writing, a personal blog is just what you need. WordPress gives you the most flexibility and freedom to make your blog your own while also being one of the easiest platforms to master.
These simple and free WordPress themes will be just what you need to take your personal blog to the next level. Many of them are responsive, which means they look great no matter whether you are viewing from a computer screen, smartphone, or tablet. A number of the themes I’ve included in this collection are also a flat design, making them modern and sensible.
1. Blogly Lite
Blogly Lite is a responsible personal WordPress blog theme. It boasts a beautiful flat design that includes basic customization options including a color picker and easy to upload logo. Blogly Lite makes use of post formats, so you can use your WordPress blog a bit like a Tumblr blog, with image posts, audio posts, video posts, quote posts, and more.
Blogly is also available in a pro version for $49 when you join ThemeFurnace. (more…)
