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StumbleUpon for Blogger.
2007-02-20 07:13:00
StumbleUpon is another social bookmarking site which you can add to your post footers...... Viewers coming across any of your posts which they feel are good can "Stumble It" by clicking on the Stumble Upon icon in the post footer. Stumble Upon has a great Page Rank so if your site gets a backlink from there it can only benefit it. Besides rather than searching for quality web sites,
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One Social Bookmark Replaces All.
2007-02-19 05:50:00
Social Bookmark ing sites have proliferated and if all are added at the bottom of a post they tend to distract attention from the contents of the post and take up space and increase page loading time. Here is one social bookmark which will replace all those you have at the end of your post...... Social Bookmarking sites are important for several reasons. They serve to store your Browser
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Add Language Translation Flags With Mouse Clicks.
2007-02-18 11:15:00
There are many ways to add translation facilities to your blog. All of these require you to copy and paste code from various sites like Google Translate, World Lingo or Altavista. For the first time here is a widget using which you can add these tools to your blog simply using mouse clicks........... There is no code to be copied and pasted. ADD LANGUAGE TRANSLATION TO YOUR BLOG WITH ONLY TWO
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Digg for Blogger.
2007-02-18 06:07:00
Digg.com is a social news site where everything is submitted by you. After you submit a news story to Digg other contributors vote for or "digg" the story and it makes its way to the front page of digg where millions see it and this generates traffic to your blog........ When a story receives 40 to 60 diggs it becomes more likely to come on the front page of digg.com. If your blog has an
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Social Bookmarking for Blogger.
2007-02-16 09:58:00
First came the Internet and then the browser. The viewer surfed the internet and 'bookmarked' those sites he/she found intresting. These sites or links were classifed as per their subject. Soon the viewer found it necessary to access bookmarks from other computers. Thus social bookmarking sites came into existence..... Social Bookmarking sites are special sites where anyone can create an
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Google Gmail Open For All.
2007-02-15 07:39:00
Google Gmail is now open to all users. Previously users could only join it by invitation................ This shows that Google is now confident of handling all users. Anyone in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Brazil can now get an account without a personal invitation. Countries like Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Russia and Egypt were opened up last year. Getting a Google account means
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Music in your Blog.
2007-02-14 06:10:00
Background music in blogs and websites is not appreciated by many viewers since it disturbs attention, gathers unwanted attention and wastes bandwidth. However there are many methods to do this and many websites catering to this demand...... The first requirement is to have your music file ready and upload it to a freehost like Googlepages. If you can't create an account at Googlepages create
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Valentine's Day Wishes from Eiffel Tower Paris.
2007-02-13 11:17:00
Imagine sending Valentine 's Day Wishes from the top of the Eiffel Tower , Paris and any other site in the world including from your own residence. You can even send it from the Eiffel Tower, Las Vegas, the Pentagon, the Pyramids of Egypt, the Colosseum at Rome, the Statue of Liberty and any prominent landmark on the globe. To do this go here. Type in the name and location of the place you want


Yahoo Site Authentication Metatag.
2007-02-12 06:16:00
Site Authentication using META tags is a new feature introduced by Yahoo . Prior to this Yahoo asked you to upload a file to your blog. Since you can only upload image files to Blogger this feature was not of much use..... to bloggers. Google already had a metatag feature to verify your site. See How to submit site to Google.. You will now be able to authenticate your site in Yahoo Site


Create Add Your Comment Link.
2007-02-11 11:21:00
At the bottom of each post there is a COMMENTS link which viewers have to click if they want to comment on your post. However for first time viewers this is not very intuitive so I thought of a way to change it to 'MAKE A COMMENT'....... To do this go to Template----->Edit Html and first backup your template. Then put a check in Expand Widgets Template check box and scroll down in Edit
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Flash for Blogger.
2007-02-09 14:15:00
Flash files can be embedded in your template or posts. Though it can slow down the loading of your blog......... you can use small flash files for your header as well as for navigation links within your blog. To do this first upload your flash file to a free host like Googlepages. If for some reason you cannot get an account at Googlepages you can create your own Google Group. This will give
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Fixed Header for Blogger.
2007-02-06 07:49:00
The standard blog has the header which scrolls upward along with the content and soon disappears from view. It is a rare connoisseur's blog which has a fixed header with the content scrolling upwards into it. This effect has the header always remaining in view thus imprinting itself in the viewer's memory........ As an example I have hacked the new layouts of Blogger to reproduce this effect
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Free 3D Text or Banner for Blogs.
2007-02-05 09:21:00
Make your own 3D Text or Banner for your blog.......... A 3D text or Banner as a header for your site will go a long way to keeping your site/blog in the viewer's memory. The title presented as a cinemascope headline is much more effective then a plain text heading. See my heading above. The first step is to create the image. For this see the bottom of the right column of this blog where I
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Add a Third Column to Blog.
2007-02-03 14:20:00
The increasing resolution on Monitors worldwide has led to a greater demand for utilizing the total real estate available on the computer screen. Many bloggers do not like the empty white space on either sides and wish to add a third column....... Many bloggers are reporting that 6% to 9% of their viewers are on 800 x 600 monitors. The latest stats. from here show that in July 2006 there were
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Google Calendar for Bloggers.
2007-02-01 14:20:00
Google Calendar is used to keep track of all your life's important events in one place. You can add events and send invitations effortlessly, share your schedule with friends and family, and search for events you might enjoy. You can now embed your calendar in your blog and share your organized schedule....... Firstly you have to sign in. If you already have a Google Account, just visit the
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The Ten Commandments for Bloggers.
2007-01-30 09:04:00
The Ten Commandments for Bloggers is a list which I have compiled based solely on my experiences in Bloggerland and in the Blogger Help section of Google Groups where I answer questions not for a living but for cerebral stimulation. ( Doesn't say much for my cerebrum does it? LOL ) This is intended to guide bloggers old and new into the promised land of New Blogger...... While I do not see


Feedburner and Blog Feeds.
2007-01-29 10:33:00
Blog Feeds are a method by which viewers can view your blog and updated content without visiting your blog. Their importance is further enhanced by Google's frequent indexing of feed content........ To make sure that your blog content appears in the Search Engine results turn on your feeds. For this go to Settings------->Site Feed------>Select Short or Full Feeds and Save Settings. Your blog
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Anchor Links and Mail To Links
2007-01-28 08:41:00
Anchor Links are used to jump directly into a specific section on a page, instead of letting the user scroll around to find what he/she is looking for...... Anchor Links are mainly used in making FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)type pages. Such pages contain a list of FAQs at the top and detailed answers to each question at the bottom. Clicking on each question makes the page shift directly to


Making an Image Link.
2007-01-27 05:57:00
There are several situations where you may need to construct an image link in your blog. The most frequent is when you want arrows pointing to the next page or the previous page as navigation links....... Other uses are when you wish to post the image as a preview. For example the image of a bookcover used to link to Amazon.com. WHAT IS A LINK A link in a document to information within that
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Customize the Post Footer.
2007-01-24 06:21:00
The Post Footer contains many elements like the Posted by line, the timestamp, the labels, comments, backlinks and others which you can customize to your blog........ The primary customization canbe made by going to Template------->Page Elements------>Click the Edit link in Blog Posts section-------->In popup window choose which items you would like to appear in the post footer by putting a


Google Groups Tips and Tricks for Bloggers.
2007-01-19 06:50:00
Google Groups is a simple, reliable service for managing and archiving mailing lists and here are some tips and tricks for bloggers using this service......... Google Groups is a free service which helps groups of people communicate effectively using email and the Web. Every group has a home page hosted by Google where members can start new discussions or reply to older topics. Every group also
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Clickable Image Maps for Blogs.
2007-01-18 05:35:00
A Clickable Image Map is a picture with multiple clickable areas. An Image Map in a blog can be used for navigating the site. Each area on the map is linked to a different target or web page or a different section on the same page........ Image maps present visual choices and hence are more intuitive for viewers. It must be obvious that the graphic is clickable or else you need to tell the
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CSS Tips and Tricks for Blogger.
2006-12-27 10:43:00
Here are some tips and tricks for Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) in your blog....... In old Blogger the css section is enclosed between and tags. In new Blogger the css follows the same rules except that it is enclosed between and tags. For more details on how the template is structured see Parts of the Template. These are called as embedded style sheets


Advantages of Beta Blogger.
2006-11-03 05:53:00
The Advantages of the new Beta Blogger are............... many and I have tried to list a few of them here : ON THE SPOT EDITING. Login to your dashboard by going to Beta Blogger. Click on View Blog next to the name of your blog. Your blog opens as it would if you accessed it by goingdirectly to its URL. However there is a difference. Under each post and page element you will see a crossed


How to Submit Site to Google?
2006-11-01 09:29:00
To submit your blog to the Search Engines.............. After completing your blog and postings you have to submit your blog to the major Search Engines. This is because there are millions of sites out there on the world wide web and the search bots/spiders will not come to your site/blog unless you inform them that a site has been constructed and needs viewers. There are millions of sites on
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EMail Link Below Your Posts.
2007-02-21 12:47:00
You can put your email link below your posts but it will be picked up by spam bots and then your inbox will soon be full of thousands of spam mails. It will be better to follow this method of putting it....... First you will have to create an image out of your email link. For this go to : Email Generator OR http://services.nexodyne.com/email Follow the steps to make an image out of your
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Default Metatag on Blogger.
2007-02-21 09:52:00
There is a Metatag scare going around that Google is removing sites from its index because the default metatag in the template is inserting a no-follow robots directive even when the blog setting is set to be included in the listings........ A little background may be in order here. In your template between the and the tags is what is called the metatags section. These tags are
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Feedburner Feed Subscribe Icon Below Each Post.
2007-02-22 05:56:00
It is not enough just to have a blog feed and set the settings to short or full. You have to publicize it so that your readers can easily subscribe to it...... There are several methods of publicizing your blog feeds which I have outlined in Feedburner and Blog Feeds.. Here is another method which adds a Feed link directly below each of your blog posts. Any viewer of your blog after reading
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Upload Files To Blogger.
2007-02-28 05:21:00
There are many inquiries regarding the types and sizes of files which you can upload to Blogger . There are some limits and I have tried to list all here...... TYPES OF FILES You can only upload image files to your Blogger blog. These can only be uploaded through your blog posts. To do this Login to Dashboard and click on "+New Post". The Post Editor will open. In the top frame of the Post
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Expandable Post Summaries
2007-02-27 10:19:00
Expandable Post Summaries is the method by which each blog post consists of a short paragraph of introduction followed by a 'Read More' link. This enables the reader to get a small introduction to each post on the main page. He can then click the Read More link if he gets sufficiently interested........ Many bloggers have reported confusion when they tried to follow the instructions on the
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