Wednesday, 26 June 2013

RECENT COMMENTS USING BLOG FEED

Recent comments widget can be added to a Blogger blog using the feed URL as a work around for the lack of a recent comments widget by Blogger. The way to add is is to go your your Dashboard, click LAYOUT, then ADD A GADGET in the place you want it such as the sidebar. Then type in your blog feed URL such as http://YOURBLOG.blogspot.com making sure to replace YOURBLOG with the actual URL of your own blog as shown in the screenshot below:

Blogger feed URL widget

Then click CONTINUE and you will be presented with a CONFIGURE FEED popup. Then type in the title "Recent Comments" or any other title as you wish and tick the options you want as shown in the screenshot below:

Blogger feed widget

Click SAVE and you are done.

If you have a custom domain for your blog, you may also use the alternative feed URL such as http://www.YOURBLOG.com replacing YOURBLOG with the actual URL of your custom domain blog.

RECENT COMMENTS BY EDITING TEMPLATE


If you are comfortable with editing your blog template, you may also add this code to your template:

==============================
 <MainPage>
<h2 class="sidebar-title">Recent Comments</h2>
<ul>
<Blogger>
<BlogItemCommentsEnabled>
<BlogItemComments>

<li><$BlogCommentAuthor$> //
<a href="<$BlogCommentPermalinkURL$>">
<$BlogCommentDateTime$></a></li>

</BlogItemComments>
</BlogItemCommentsEnabled>
</Blogger>
</ul>
</MainPage>
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New Blogger contact form gadget

Blogger has recently added a third party CONTACT FORM gadget to its lists of gadgets. The contact form is fluid with width conforming to the width of the section to which it had been added so you don't need to worry over how wide your contact form should be:

blogger contact form gadget

There are only 3 fields (boxes) - Name, Email and Message.

To add a contact form, sign into Blogger (Dashboard), click the down arrow of the drop down menu on the extreme right side, select LAYOUT as shown in the screenshot below:

Blogger dashboard drop down menu to layout

At the popup, click MORE GADGETS on the left side, then select CONTACT FORM.

blogger more gadgets contact form

Now whenever anyone submits the contact form, you will receive a message in your email INBOX (the email which you used as a username for your Blogger account).

clear cache, cookies, browsing history

There may be times when you have made changes but don't see the changes when you view it with a browser. This may be because you are viewing a cached copies. What you need to do is to clear the cache memory.

This is how you can clear your cache memory for the following browsers:

Internet Explorer 7

Click "Tools" tab at the menu bar
Select "Internet Options"
Click on the "General" tab
Under "Browsing history", click on the "Delete" button
Click on "Delete files"
Click on "Delete cookies"
Click "Close" and "OK" to exit

Internet Explorer 8


Click "Tools" tab at the menu bar
Select "Internet Options"
Click on the "General" tab
Under "Browsing history", click on the "Delete" button
Uncheck "Preserve Favorites website data"
Ensure that both "Temporary Internet Files" and "Cookies" are checked
Click on the "Delete" button
Click "OK" to exit

Google Chrome 18+

Click on the tool icon on the top right hand corner
Select "History"
Click "Clear all browsing data"
Ensure that both "Empty the cache" and "Delete cookies and other site and plug-in data" are checked
Click on the "Clear browsing data" button

Mozilla Firefox 11+

Click "Tools" tab at the menu bar
Select "Options"
Click on the "Privacy" tab
Under "History", click on the "clear your recent history" hyperlink
Ensure that both "Cookies" and "Cache" are checked
Click on the "Clear Now" button

Safari 5+

Click on "Safari"
Select "Empty Cache"
Click "Empty"

Click on "Safari"
Select "Preferences"
Select "Privacy" tab
Click "Remove All Website Data"
Click "Remove Now"

HTML Code For Simple Links

Simple links

CODE:

<a href="choose your url">choose your link name</a>

EXAMPLE: 

<a href="http://khazana-soft.blogspot.com/">ultimate blogging tips and tricks</a>
- See more at: http://ultimate-blogging-tips-and-tricks.blogspot.com/#sthash.webNrLlZ.dpuf

Top Tips For Getting The Most From Your SEO


There are thousands of websites competing for users' time and money, which makes it more important than ever to optimize your site for search engine rankings. People use search engines to find products, new companies, and information. Use the advice from this article to increase your site's traffic.Patience is essential when running any search engine optimization campaign. When working with SEO, many people want to see how the changes they make will impact their site immediately. Rome wasn't built in a day, and it'll take time for you to build up a strong presence on the web. It is imperative that you stay with the process for a sufficient amount of time, and don't abandon it when it looks like nothing is changing with your site. The search engines don't change their rankings every day, so getting to the top can take time.
If you are using SEO optimization for a page on your site, you need to control your keyword density. In order to avoid this, keep the total keyword content of a given page under 20 percent.
It is critical that you remain aware of your standings in the search engines, when it comes to search engine optimization. You need to know how well things are working for you when you are using SEO. If not, you won't know if you should change anything. Use Alexa or the Google toolbar to monitor your page rank.
Starting a blog about your website and participating in other related blogs can be an effective SEO technique. Blogs are a great format for search engine optimization, because they have a nice link structure and update regularly; two key points search engines look for. Getting links to your site out there is essential for your search ranking.
One of the most important elements of the optimized site is appropriate keyword density. Your keyword density should be kept under 20 percent, which will prevent your site from being targeted as spam.
What you put in your title tags is important. For the best results, make use of your chosen keywords. A title tag should be visible on all pages of your site. If your company has a name, finish the title link with that name. This connects everything together. People will not usually search your company name if they are looking for a product.
You should develop the habit of commenting on relevant topics and blogs to create links back to your site. If your comment is helpful and relevant, the blog owner will usually allow you to post your link. You should make sure you leave links that are on relevant sites and not places where your links don't apply because you want to add something to a site, not throw people off. Understanding the subject will allow you to comment knowledgeably on other blogs and include your link.
Add a site map to boost traffic to your website. All your webpages will receive equal attention. Having a site map available for visitors will increase traffic to the rest of your webpages. In addition, it makes your website easier to navigate which will increase overall traffic.
The proper utilization of keywords in your articles can really give your business a more prominent ranking with search engines, and greater exposure to potential customers. When search engines detect search-relevant keywords in your articles, they will rank them higher. If your search engine ranking is higher, that means more traffic for your website. You want to add the keyword into the title, the introduction, and a couple times within the body of the text.
When you design your website, make sure that each page is somewhat different than the others. Pay particular attention to the titles you use. These titles are very important for your SEO. Good keywords in title lines are essential for search engine ranking.
In order to boost your SEO efforts, you should link to off-site, high-quality content. This is really important when it comes to linking. Search engines pay more attention to links to other sites as opposed to links to other pages on your own site. If you can negotiate a return link to your website in exchange for linking to another person's site, do so, as this will impact your rank even more.
Pepper all of your site content with relevant keywords to improve your site's search engine ranking. Make frequent use of keywords toward the beginning of your content, but do not overdo it. Generally, you want to incorporate the keyword twice in your leading paragraph. For the following 200 words, put the keyword in as much as you can, without being obvious about it.
A great way to improve your search engine optimization is to use keywords within your HTML tag. Title tags have the most weight with the search engines, so make sure to put your best keywords there. Strong keywords will give you the best results and the most traffic.
When optimizing your search engine results be sure to use any variation of the word possible, including misspellings. The search engine algorithms will pick up on these tags and show your site when people search for these keywords. An example would be if your webpage's focus is on eyeglasses; you could include keywords like eyeglases, glases, glasses, eye glasses and any other common variations you can think of.
Use off-site linking to reputable, quality content whenever possible, to give your SEO the best boost. This is really important when it comes to linking. Search engines like their top sites to have a nice mix of internal and off-site links, typically weighing those off-site links even more than the internal ones. Try to secure links to sites that are going to refer to your site as well.
Social media sites can serve as great marketing tools to promote your business. YouTube makes it easy to include video of demonstrations or product features, while Facebook and Twitter offer direct interaction with your customers.
The Meta tag is where you should place a description, rather than somewhere in the page content. There are many different meta tags addressing different information such as content, description or expiration. You can research these online to discover which meta tags you will spend time on creating when you set up your site.
A crucial element to keeping your website relevant is to provide up-to-date and original content. No reader will find old information compelling, and you will lose traffic over time if your content is not updated regularly.
Depending on the resources you have, you might only have the ability to completely optimize your site for just one or two major search engines. Each search engine company has subtle differences in how they determine content ranking. , Ask. com and Bing have their own sorts of nuances.
Before selecting a SEO company to support your website, be certain to investigate them thoroughly. Intelligent questions include asking about their pricing, how much experience they have working with clients in your niche, what their best practices are, and find out how long you have before you start seeing results. Do not hesitate to ask to speak with their other customers. A reputable SEO company should have no problem doing this.
Your domain name should be both relevant to the product you're selling and easy to remember. These are great for your viewers that locate your content through YouTube.
There's a lot to search engine optimization, but as was stated earlier in the article, it's absolutely essential to make sure your website gets the business it deserves. Make sure to apply these techniques to your website, as soon as possible, so that you can start getting more customers and more profits.