Free Blog Things & Blog Stuff

Funny Things for your Blog

2011-11-07T14:00:00.000-08:00

DailyHaHa.com has lots of funny pictures and videos that can be embedded on your blog, the following pictures are just a teaser of the good stuff you can find for your blog.

Free Twitter Background Sites

2011-10-25T11:28:00.000-07:00

Twitter is one of the most used sites on the net, and twitter lovers always need useful “things” to make twitter their “own”, So here are a few things for all you twitter fans, Happy Tweeting, with Style!!!

http://www.custombackgroundsfortwitter.com

Some really good custom backgrounds for twitter and facebook graphics, While many are paid versions, there is also a section for free twitter backgrounds.

http://www.twitterbackgroundsgallery.com

Their site says “Twitter Backgrounds Gallery is the largest showcase of unique Twitter backgrounds submitted and recommended by Twitter users worldwide.” 1644+ free backgrounds, also don’t miss the resources, top10 and other useful sections

http://www.twitter-images.com

Professional looking site, with free backgrounds arranged using tags and categories.

http://twitrounds.com

Some good backgrounds for twitter, with easy installation instruction for manual install or auto install tool for people having no idea how to customize their twitter.

http://www.twitterbackgroundimages.com

They have a lot of graphics that can be used as background wallpapers for your twitter, especially interesting is their Twitter Logo Section.

http://www.twitterbackgroundsbase.com

Lots of quality stuff here, has an automatic install tool for installing the custom background. unfortunately the manual install doesn’t seem to work.

http://twitterbugg.com

Simple and clean free templates for twitter.

Meet the Google's Facebook : Google+

2011-10-04T23:28:00.000-07:00

Google+ opens its door for everyone, now everyone can join and its free.

I think that Google+ is heavily inspired from Facebook's success and poised to be the next challenger to facebook in the social networking arena. So, where does that leave Google's Orkut? Facebook's popularity can be attributed to the clean uncluttered interface which is very user friendly, and its speed on even slow networks and mobile access.

Google itself has some advantages here, It's Orkut is still alive and kicking, YouTube for sharing video and integeration of Gmail and time tested ad-strategy with Google Adsense.

Those who still like to be invited at Google+ send us a message with your email, we will send you a Google+ Invitation.

Improved Counter Service : StatCounter.com

2011-09-25T07:52:00.000-07:00

All professional bloggers use a visitor/page counter service on their page. Most of us have used StatCounter for a while and now with StatCounter's improved interface, we can surely recommend our visitors to give it a try.

Here's the visitor data, which gives detailed report of visitors coming to your page.

Visual representation of the geographical area of your visitor/readers.

Screen below shows which search engine helps to locate your site/pages better.

Visitor data showing, the resolution of their monitor settings

Data about the browsers your visitors are using

She says, YOU are my friend

2011-09-17T11:29:00.001-07:00

Free Facebook Username and Facebook Mail

2011-09-08T07:05:00.000-07:00

If you are a Facebook user, you can get a facebook username before someone else gets it, So if you are fast, you could get a personalised facebook url with your name, which is cool. here's what our facebook url looks like
http://www.facebook.com/freeblogthings. What's more, you will also get a free facebookmail account, like <yourusername>@facebookmail.com.

To register your facebook username, make sure you have verified your account, which is typically done by adding a mobile number and verifying the code sent to the mobile number. You will find the option to add the mobile number to your account by logging in to you facebook account and going to account settings, and on the left pane click on "mobile" link.

After you have verified you account, go to account settings, and click on the "username" link, in the input field enter your desired username and register it, if it's available.

Once you are done, go to your home page and click on the "messages" link. On the top portion of the page you will get a link to claim your free facebookmail address.

How to Add +1 Button to Blogs

2011-07-09T13:05:00.000-07:00

Google's own version of "facebook like buttons", which helps visitors to recommend your blog/site. in their own words...
"...By adding the +1 button to your blog, you’re providing an easy way for your visitors to recommend your posts to their friends right from your blog. Here’s how it works: Let’s say you blog about biking. One of your readers, Tom, finds your recent post about mountain biking interesting, and clicks on the +1 button. Now, when Tom’s friends and contacts search for biking or mountain bikes and your post appears in Google search results, they might see an annotation showing that Tom +1’d your post, helping your content stand out."

Following are the Instructions to get this button on your site.

Blogger/Blogspot Users

To add the +1 button to your blog, you’ll need to enable Share buttons on Blogger. To do this, go to Design > Page Elements on your Blogger dashboard, find the Blog posts area, click on Edit, and select the “Show Share Buttons” option. If you are already using Share buttons, the +1 button will automatically show up as a new share option.

Other Blogs and Websites
First, Go to the URL : http://www.google.com/webmasters/+1/button

There are customization options for you, choose the size that suits your page,

The code is generated in the textbox for you, If you are using classic templates(VERY OLD!), you need to place the first 2 lines in the head section and the remaining code has to be pasted where you want +1 button to appear.

Source: http://buzz.blogger.com/2011/06/add-1-button-to-your-blog.html

Free URL Shortener from Google

2011-04-07T10:26:00.000-07:00

Tweeting is one of the popular activites online nowdays, So here's a service from google that makes your tweeting more convenient, a free URL shortener which will make your links on your tweets from

http://www.somedomainname.com/thepageofinterest/section/paragraph/page.htm

http://goo.gl/wedf

Mass Follow Twitter Users

2011-02-14T23:51:00.000-08:00

If you spend a long time searching for twitter users and then follow them one by one, a free service from http://www.mass-follow.com can help.

Mass Follow allows you to search by keyword and then mass follow the users returned in the results. Enter your Twitter username and password on the main page to log into your account, once logged in you will see a keyword search box. Enter your keywords separated by commas. Select the users you wish to follow or select all, then mass follow them! You can follow upto 100 users at a time.

Twitter Follow Me Buttons in Blogger

2011-01-07T10:19:00.000-08:00

Many of you use third party twitter follow me buttons, well that's a matter of choice, just in case if you were wondering if twitter itself has some official buttons, then log in to your twitter account and check out the buttons, maybe you would be tempted to use one.

Tweet Button for Blogger

2011-01-07T09:56:00.000-08:00

Twitter's official tweet button is here, you can find the button on the page http://twitter.com/goodies/tweetbutton ,
You can get a small button like the one below

First you can optionally customizable your twitter button :

Next Enter your twitter username account in the first textbox :

That will generate the code which needs to be added to blogger, Just go into the layouts and add the code to javascript/html plugin and you are done.

Another Online Anti-Virus Service

2010-08-14T10:07:00.000-07:00

I have used AVG antivirus and cloud panda antivirus, and iam recently using Kaspersky commercial anti virus, All of which have been quite good products, there are however times, where you need extra security from other viruses, this is where a free online service from VirusTotal comes into reckoning.

You can upload a file from your hard disk or even email the file to scan as an attachment. Following are to use this service using Email :

The sending process is as follows:

Create a new message with scan@virustotal.com as the destination address.
If you wish to receive the results as plain text, write SCAN in the subject field. If you wish to receive an XML attachment with the results, write SCAN+XML in the subject field.
Attach the file to be scanned. Such file must not exceed 20 MB in size. If the attached file is larger, the system will reject it automatically.

Or, Use a small uploader utitlity from http://www.virustotal.com/advanced.html#uploader

Or, Use the browser addons for Firefox or Chrome http://www.virustotal.com/advanced.html#browser-addons

Google Translate Widget for Blogger

2010-07-25T13:33:00.000-07:00

Google now offers a new tool as a piece of javascript which can be added to your site or blog.

The code to add this useful tool can be found at http://translate.google.com/translate_tools?hl=en&layout=1&eotf=1. Blogger users can use the widget below to add this tool to their blog.

[One Click Add +]

Free Twitter Logos and Icons

2010-01-07T10:27:00.000-08:00

Here are some nice Twitter Logos and Icons from Twitter http://twitter.com/about/resources/logos

Twitter

2009-09-15T11:36:00.000-07:00

If you thought blogging was an easier way to publish content for the majority of people, consider twitter as a micro-blogging tool. Twitter is one such service which is becoming a rage among bloggers. you come across the twitter gadgets and twitter bookmarks on many popular blogs and websites, which is an indication of growing popularity of twitter. Many of you already know of Twitter and for those who don't know, this is how twitter describes itself.

Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co-workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?

Twitter has a clean and simple interface, it makes publishing content easier and faster, even simpler than most blogs. once you have registered on-site, you can start posting your updates(not more than 140 chars. at a time), you will eventually get people who will "follow" you around on twitter and make you more popular. Twitter, is the latest tool for blog promotion as well, Register on-site and create your own space on twitter, publish frequent updates using the main site, desktop clients, mobile devices or widgets and gadgets developed by third party and create a fan following, which will send free traffic to your blog.

Web Avatars

2009-09-09T13:41:00.001-07:00

Avatar's are graphical representation of your online identity that you assume when participating on discussion forums, blogging or in any of the social networking sites like orkut, technorati, digg etc. There are variety of images available freely on the internet which you can choose as your own avatar. An avatar is like your first impressions, which people notice instantly and as it's said "First impression is the best impression".

Check out the following sites for some cool, funny and awesome free avatars

http://www.allavatars.com

http://www.free-avatars.com

http://www.coolavatars.net

http://www.avatarhell.com

Slideshow gadget for blogger with random pictures

2009-07-19T14:18:00.000-07:00

Get this widget and similar other free widgets for your blog from http://www.widgetbox.com

Link Exchange ?

2008-07-20T14:19:00.000-07:00

Hi, thanks for stopping by, We love to get your messages, including the link exchange requests, but in order to maintain a PR standard, we are only considering link exchange with blogs/sites with PageRank of at least 2 or above. So, Here's the link in case you want to add our link to your pages :

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Feel free to contact us at

Blog Comics

2008-07-11T11:23:00.000-07:00

Make your blogging more fun, by giving your visitors reason to smile. Put some funny Blog Comics on your blog using a free service from Blaugh.com

Blaugh.com makes the installation of its funny blog cartoons on your blog, easy and hassle free. No registration is required! Just explore the site and find the cartoon that you would like to put on your blog. Below the cartoon will be the HTML code that you need to add to your blog/post. copy the entire code from the textbox below the blog comic and add it to your post or blog.

Locate your Site Visitors using Clustrmaps

2008-06-26T12:25:00.000-07:00

ClustrMaps.com brings a widget that shows the location of your site visitors on a tiny map that could be easily put on your blog. They provide the HTML that gives you a tiny map. The location of each visit is based on the IP address of the computer used.

When it loads, it increments a counter and shows the locations of all visitors to your page. Clicking on it zooms in to a big world map, and (optionally) lets you zoom in to the continents, as in the example below

[ Not the original size here ]

For the live demo of this widget in action please visit http://clustrmaps.com

Another Popular ShoutBox for Blogger

2008-06-06T04:11:00.000-07:00

In one of our earlier posts, we had introduced you to ShoutBox from MyShoutBox.com. Recently, We've found another free and popular shoutbox for blogger. This one comes from ShoutMix.com

Here's a screenshot of the live demo on their homepage

The installation is hassle free, It only take 3 simple steps to get your own shoutbox

Guard against viruses using Free Online Virus Scanners

2008-06-03T11:06:00.001-07:00

Viruses are annoying little programs which mess up your computer. In past we've recommended using a resident anti-virus program to actively defend against virus attacks. We had also suggested trying out the google pack which includes Norton Security Scan and loads of other useful software

As a second line of defence, We advice you to periodically check your computer using Free online virus scanners. The following links takes you to the reputed antivirus company sites, which install a small piece of code in your browser(ActiveX/Java) to scan your computer.

Glitter Text/Graphics for Blogs

2008-06-01T12:25:00.000-07:00

[ Clipart from http://www.glitter-graphics.com ]

There are times when adding animation and glitter works well for your blog. Animated GIF's are a popular way to get the attention of your visitors. Many of us just like to add some blog things for fun, If you would like to dazzle your blog with glitters then head to http://www.glitter-graphics.com. While you are there, grab some avatars , cliparts and videos.

[ UPDATE: Just recently, as our visitors pointed out there seems some problem with the video service of this site ]

[ Video from http://www.glitter-graphics.com ]

The site also has a collection of MySpace, Friendsterand Xanga Layouts.

About copyrights of the graphics, the FAQ says:

"..All graphics are free for personal use: no strings (or pricetags, for that matter) attached towards us.."

So, using the graphics for your personal use on your blog is legal and permitted. Our tip is to use animation cautiously and wisely, think out beforehand which graphic would work out best for your blog and try to keep the animations to absolute minimum, too much blinking graphics will distract your visitors from real content.

[ Clipart from http://www.glitter-graphics.com ]

Create PayPal Donate link instead of a Button

2008-05-19T01:29:00.000-07:00

After our earlier post on How to add PayPal donate button to your blog, We were asked if there is a way to generate a PayPal Donate Link instead of a button. Here's how you can generate a text link.

If you don't have a paypal account yet, you can get a free account

After you have your login ID/password, Login to your account. Then click the
"merchant services" tab.

scroll down and on the right sidebar, find the box labelled key features, click on the link named "Donations"

After clicking on that link, you will taken to "Create paypal payment button" page, just make sure that donations is selected in the "Accept Payments for" dropdown box. You can type a name/id for this button

Down below you can customize your paypal button by selecting options like using smaller button, displaying credit card logos, changing language, currency, contribution amount or use your own graphic as a button.

Step 2 & 3 are optional and requires a business account, so leave them for now. and click on create button.

On the next page you get the code for your website/blog, just copy the entire code from the textbox and paste it to your blog or website.

The next page generates two code boxes, the first one is for the button and the second one is text link for email and sites, copy the entire code from the second textbox and paste it into your template of your website or blog, where you want it to appear. You can choose to display your own anchor text and wrap the code around it. eg: Remembering 9/11 Victims

XML blogger users read the post on How to add HTML or JavaScript into blogger

MyBlogLog Widget for Blogger

2008-05-16T01:55:00.001-07:00

The MyBlogLog Recent Readers Widget by MyBlogLog.com ( now owned by Yahoo! ) is not just popular on Blogger blogs, but its a favorite amongst other bloggers too. Recently the widget has been given a cosmetic change to make it look graphically appealing. I guess it does look good. The colors of the widget are also customizable.

The widget will help you create an online community of admirers and fans of your blog. The more people join your community, the more likely you are to attract traffic to your blog.

The address of your community on MyBlogLog will be like http://mybloglog.com/buzz/community/_________ ( you can have a keyword of your choice in the blank space)

It's easy to add a blog or site to your MyBlogLog profile. First, you need to get a Yahoo! Id. Most people already have it and if you don't you can always get a free account from http://www.yahoo.com

On your profile page, click Add Blog/Site I Author.

You will be taken to a page on which you can add the details of your blog or website. Fill out the details and your blog will be added(the screenshot of your site will be added automatically).

Once your site is added to your profile, the next step is to create the widget for your blog. Your blog should be listed under "My Sites and Services", It will also have a link labelled "Widget" beside your blog. Clicking the "Widget" link will take you to the page where you can customize the color of your widget

The textbox labelled "Your Code", generates the widget code that you need to copy to your blog template(preferrably on your sidebar). XML blogger users read the post on How to add HTML or JavaScript into blogger

Here's a live demo of the MyBlogLog Recent Readers Widget on BlogThings Labs and Why not join our community, Right Now?