Lots of bloggers and website administrators fail to recognize the importance of securing their site. While no website can ever be made 100% secure, if you follow this simple guide and implement the tips mentioned in this post, you can easily see how adding a few extra layers of security easily adds a bit of extra time after the installation.
Since June 2012, Google is now allowing rel=author markup through a link element in the head of your site. This makes adding rel=author to your site properly a lot easier.
Setting up a blog is a fairly easy thing to get started. However, there are so many resources available to you that it can be overwhelming. To avoid such things and making your niche blog, I have produced my own list of things that you should do/have before starting a blog.