Blogger Tutor

Blog Definitions

2007-11-02T11:32:00.000-07:00

What are the things that the majority of blogs consist of? This is
where it starts getting technical. Some of these terms will seem
familiar to you as some are common place within the confines of the
internet or computers in general.

Header: Also the title. Found at the top most portion of the website.
A lot of keywords get hidden here as a lot of search engines go from
top to bottom and they don't see as we do so any text that is placed
at the top of the site that is the same color as the background will
be read and used to generate positioning.

Footer: Typically the very last thing on the web page and will
typically list the same things as the header.

Index: The first page we see of any site is the index.

Navbar: Also sometimes called a sidebar. These can be positioned left
or right of the main pages contents. This is where the categories and
subjects are listed.

Post(s): Also known as entry. These are the individual entries of a
blog or the bloggeries.

Comments: Readers are able to post comments to a blog, adding onto
the popularity and keyword base.

Ping: A standard net term short for Packet Internet Grouper that is
used to track IP addresses as well as to notify automatic services
of updates.

Trackback: A ping is sent to another blog thru a trackback system
to alert a blogger to the mentioning of their blog. This is also
sometimes known as a pingback.

Tags: Placing of keywords as a way to collect similar posts.

Tag Cloud: The display of keywords.

Captcha: Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers
and Humans Apart. Captchas are small image boxes containing letters,
number or words that you have to re-type in order to verify you are
a human.

Link: An access point to specific articles.

Blogroll: Links to other blogs and the nav or sidebar.

Sideblog: A mini blog or blurb on the sidebar.

Template: A generic web site where you just have to fill in the
information and post.

Blogthis: An added function that allows a blogger to add to an entry.

Plugins: Mini files you download to your computer that works with your
browser to give you added features.

Dashboard: Like that of a car it is where your controls are. Editing
and moving files etc.

Archives: Like those found in your library but for the internet. It's
a collection of all tings blogiful and placed in reverse order by date.

Post Summaries: An expandable teaser of a larger blog.

Continue: Also referred to as a jump this is a link to continue on to
another section of a blog in order to save space and load times.

FTP: File Transfer Protocol. It is also a type of program. All used
to upload content.

Adsense Revenue Sharing Programs and Sites

2007-10-26T10:46:00.000-07:00

I have a list of 15 websites (mostly forums) that do revenue sharing,
most of them with google adsense. There is some variation beyond this
. All of them have been verified as revenue sharing websites.

http://forums.digitalpoint.com/

http://www.idnforums.com/

http://www.seoboard.net/

http://fuelspace.com/

http://www.webmastershome.com/

http://www.kingofdollars.com/

http://www.profitgeek.com

http://igottarant.com/

http://forum.yesup.net

http://www.webmaster-talk.com/

http://spicefuse.com

http://www.revenuesource.com/

http://www.iwebtool.com/

http://www.vbnova.com

http://forums.workfromhomespot.com

http://www.bloggeries.com/forum/

A "popular posts" widget for Blogger

2007-10-19T10:50:00.000-07:00

The widget is very simple to install, and now you don't even need to sign up to AffiliateBrand membership to be able to use it! You will need to register your blog's address though, in order to ensure that your most popular posts are tracked.

Preview

How to get this widget?

Step 1:
Visit AffiliateBrand.com and click on "Blog Window-Create/Edit" in the left sidebar.

Step 2:
Add your blog URL into the box provided, and click "Add Blog". Your blog's URL will then appear in the window beneath.

Step 3:
n order to get the javascript code you need to create your widget, you will need to click on the "edit" link beside your blog's URL. You will then be directed to the page from which you can copy the code. Paste this into Notepad or something similar.

Step 4:
It may be a good idea to configure the width and height of the widget before you install it into your blog's template (if you decide to register with AffiliateBrand, you can do this later). To do this, click on "Customize" and choose your specifications for the widget's width, height, how many posts to display, etc. You can also specify a stylesheet for the widget, which I shall explain later. Then click "Save changes.

Step 5:
Now, go to Template>Layout and add a new HTML/Javascript element to your sidebar. Paste the javascript code from AffiliateBrand and save your widget. Now when you view your blog, you will see the "popular posts" widget appear in your sidebar. At first, it will display a message rather than any posts as it takes a short time to begin collecting data of your most popular posts. To speed this up, click on a few of your post pages and you should soon see the results begin to appear.

Done!

6 tips to earn money with google adsense

2007-10-12T12:14:00.000-07:00

Do you want to know some simple yet effective tips on how you can
maximize your adsense earnings? Then read on. Below are 6 tips
which will explode your adsense earnings instantly.

1. Blending the Ads with Your Website

This is probably the most important tip when putting your google
ads on your website. You must blend in your ads with your website.
So if you have a white background for your website, use white
background for your google ads. You need to steer away from using
the standard formats, as they result in a low number of clicks.
If you do that, you will find your click through rate jump instantly.
This is due to the fact that you will make the visitors think that
your ads are part of your content, and don't seem to look like ads,
so they will most likely to click on the ads.

2. Use the full quota of your ads.

It's as simple as that. Use the full quota of your ads. Since Google
only allows you to have a maximum of 3 ads on any one page, then
use 3 ads on any one page. Put as much ads on your website as you
can, without breaking Google's terms.

3. Put your ads near the top of the page

Put your ads near the top of the page. Why? So that when people come
to your site, they will be able to see the ads. Not all of them will
be willing to scroll down to the bottom of the page. Also, put your
ads on the left hand side, rather on the right hand side, because
we read from left to right. Simple? Yes, it's that simple.

4. Use Text Links Ads, they generate a higher income.

I don't know why, but somehow, text links ads, especially the
horizontal ones, generate a very high click through rate and revenue.
I have experimented on many sites and text links ads usually perform
very well.

5. Read Newspapers.

Newspaper? You may be wondering how newspapers relate to adsense, but
in fact, newspaper is the best place to learn ad positioning. Just by
copying the ad positioning of newspaper, you will realise that your
adsense revenue will dramatically jump.

6. My Adsense Revenue almost tripled when I applied this technique

What is it? It is very simple. Put pictures on top or very close to
your ads. By doing that, you will attract more attention and people
will be more likely to click on your ads. However, please do be
careful that you don't get random pictures off Google, as many pictures
are protected by copyright laws. Please use only pictures that are
royalty free.

Draw your blog post with Sketchcast

2007-09-30T14:22:00.000-07:00

Ever wished you could do a quick drawing of something while blogging to save yourself a lot of explaining?

Preview:

Introducing the new web-app, Sketchcast.

Step 1:

Register a new account form Sketchcast

Step 2:

After filling out all required info, you can start to draw.

Step 3:

After drawing, don't forget to publish your video.
Then embed the sketch player in your blog.

Done!!

Add a translation tool to your Blog

2007-09-22T09:22:00.000-07:00

Users can translate passages of text or entire Web pages among 12 languages, or they can quickly translate your page into their language of choice.

Preview:

Adding Babel Fish Translation to your site is free and easy. Get it Now

Add Shoutmix to your blog

2007-09-15T11:10:00.000-07:00

Wanna add a Shoutmix (like cbox ) into your Blog. Follow the instruction below.

Preview:

View shoutbox

Free shoutbox @ ShoutMix

Step 1:

Click on the below link To Shoutmix and sign up a new account.

Step 3:
For blogger, First go to Layout panel

Step 4:
Then Add Page Element and choose Html/Javascript.

Step 5:
Click on 'Get Code' from shoutmix then Copy and Paste the code to your
Page Element.

Done!!

To check where your visitors from

2007-09-08T09:09:00.000-07:00

Only for 4 easy steps to get the World Map of Site Visitors from.

Withmaps.amung.us you get to see exactly where your site visitors are from - live!

You just need to go to the maps.amung.us
and finish 4 simple steps to get this cool widget on your blog.(Last step is copy the code on the bottom to your blog)

Show the 10 Recent Posts to your Blog

2007-09-02T12:19:00.000-07:00

Previous trick "Add the 10 Recent Posts to your Blog" may not be updated after you
published a new post so now Blogger Tutor offer you another trick to show the 10
recent post, just follow the instruction below.

Step 1:

1. Go to 'Add and Arrange Page Elements' page

2. Click Add a Page Element

3.Choose 'HTML/JavaScript'

Step 2:

Copy the following code to the 'HTML/JavaScript' element and the red highlight code is the number of post you want to display (Default is 10).
Then change the default address(http://yourblogaddress.blogspot.com/) to your blog address.

/* ---( 10 recent post trick begin )--- */
<div class="widget-content">
<div id="newpostsjinyaolin">
<h2>Loading...</h2>
</div>

<script>
function compareentry(a,b){
order= Date.parse(a.published.$t.replace(/^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})T([0-9:]*)([.0-9]*)(.)(.*)$/,
'$1/$2/$3 $4 GMT')) - Date.parse(b.published.$t.replace(/^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})T([0-9:]*)([.0-9]*)(.)(.*)$/,
'$1/$2/$3 $4 GMT'));
return 0-order;

}
function handlePostsjinyaolin(json) {

var temp = '<ul id="Feed001_feedItemListDisplay">';
var postshow=10;
var sortentry=json.feed.entry.sort(compareentry);
for (var i=0, post; post = sortentry[i]; i++) {
if(i>=postshow) break;
var title=post.title.$t;
var link=post.link[0].href;
var authorname=post.author[0].name.$t;
var timestamp=post.published.$t.substr(0,10);
temp += '<li><span class="item-title"><a href="'+link+'">'+ title +'</a>-'+timestamp+'</span></li>';
}
temp+="</ul>";
document.getElementById("newpostsjinyaolin").innerHTML = temp;
}
</script>

<script src="http://yourblogaddress.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=json-in-script&callback=handlePostsjinyaolin" type="text/javascript"></script>
</div>
/* ---( 10 recent post trick end )--- */

Done!!

Upload Video to Blogger

2007-08-27T08:44:00.000-07:00

Now Blogger is releasing video uploading! This feature allows you to upload videos and create a video podcast with the same ease that we currently provide with photo uploading.

When you go to the Blogger post editor, you'll see a new button (as show above) next to the image uploading one. Just select a video from your computer, wait a few minutes for the upload and processing to occur. Now you can see your video on your Blogger!

Insert Adsense between your blog posts

2007-08-25T11:58:00.000-07:00

Please note that right now, it's only possible to insert Adsense ubetween your blog posts, and not AdSense for search boxes or referral units.

Step 1:
Log into your Blogger account and visit your blog's Template tab and
click on the Page Elements link.

Step 2:
Click Edit in the Blog Posts section.

Step 3:
Check the box next to Show Ads Between Posts. You can then select how often you'd like your ads to appear, such as once after every post or once after every other post.

Done!!

Showing you where people are clicking

2007-08-23T12:06:00.000-07:00

Crazy Egg is a website tracking system that records every click by your users. It then produces a heat map that is overlaid on your site, allowing you to understand exactly what your users are doing. What’s more, it’s wonderfully designed and astoundingly responsive. Here’s a shot of me playing with the overlay.

Preview:

Step 1:

To Sign Up a free account from Crazy Egg

Step 2:

After sign up and filling all appropriate information
On the Dashboard board click on the "ADD NEW PAGE"

Preview:

Step 3:

Filling the name of the web and the URL for your page.

Done!!

#Note: Free Account only allow 5000 Visits per month

Only show "Post Title" at Lable and Archive Page

2007-08-17T10:52:00.000-07:00

This trick can improve Blog loading speed and not to display all the content on the Lable and Archive Page

Step 1:
Step 1:

On your Dashboard, select Layout. This will take you to the Template tab. Click Edit HTML. Under the Edit Template section you will see you blog's HTML.

Step 2:
Look for this tag.

<b:include data='post' name='post'/>

Step 3:
Replace the above tag as below.

<b:if cond='data:blog.homepageUrl != data:blog.url'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != "item"'>
<h3 class='post-title'><a expr:href='data:post.url'><data:post.title/></a></h3>
<b:else/>
<b:include data='post' name='post'/>
</b:if>
<b:else/>
<b:include data='post' name='post'/>
</b:if>

Done!!

Remove your minima blogger border for header

2007-08-09T11:41:00.000-07:00

Remove your minima blogger border for header

Step 1:

On your Dashboard, select Layout. This will take you to the Template tab. Click Edit HTML. Under the Edit Template section you will see you blog's HTML.

Step 2:
Look for tags #header-wrapper and #header as below and change border to 0
then SAVE Template

#header-wrapper {
width:660px;
margin:0 auto 10px;
border:0px solid $bordercolor;
}

#header {
margin: 5px;
border: 0px solid $bordercolor;
text-align: center;
color:$pagetitlecolor;
}

Done!!

Add Google Analytics to Your Blogger Blog

2007-08-08T19:53:00.000-07:00

Google Analytics, Google’s free service that lets you track the performance
of your websites and blogs from one simple, easy-to-use interface.

Preview:

Step 1:

1. Login to Google Analytics at http://google.com/analytics/.
The main Settings page loads.

2. Click on Add Website Profile. A form displays.

3. Select Add a Profile for a New Domain.

4. Enter the URL of your site or blog.

5. Select your country and time zone. Click Finish.

6. Analytics provides you with a code block - a swatch of HTML - to add to your site’s pages.

7. Highlight the code block and then copy it by selecting Edit > Copy or Ctrl-C .

Step 2:

1. Login to http://www.blogger.com/. The Dashboard loads.

2. Under the blog you want to add Analytics tracking to, click on Layout
or Template.

3. Click on Edit HTML. An editing screen for your blog template’s HTML displays. Don’t freak out. Just scroll to the bottom.

4. Look for the end of the template. It’ll look like:

(Google Analytics Code Block is going to go here!!!)
</body>
</html>

5. Put your cursor right before tag.

6. Paste the Google Analytics Code Block by selecting Edit > Paste, Ctrl -V .

7. Click Save Changes.

Step 3:
Check Your Google Analytic!

1. To ensure that you have successfully added the Google Analytics Code Block
to your Blogger blog, go back to http://google.com/analytics/.

2. Next to your blog’s URL it will say either Receiving Data (you were successful) or Tracking Not Installed (something is amiss).

3. If it said Tracking Not Installed, click on Check Status. Google then checks your blog for the Analytics Code Block and reports back if it find it or not.

4. If not, try re-pasting the Code Block in.

Done!!

Great going Agloco

2007-08-07T22:04:00.000-07:00

Just checked my referrals, and found out that they are actually doing better than me. I can have at most 5 hours per month but then looks like the limit for the referral hours are a lot more than that.

As I have never though that the referrals will start getting busy from the starting. Also I only use this blog to promote my referrals for Agloco, so I guess am not doing to bad actually.

Join Agloco Today

Add Snap Shots to Your Blog

2007-08-06T08:07:00.000-07:00

Snap Shots is an efficiency tool – it saves time for the reader, and
that's a good thing for the publisher.

Snap Shots allows readers to save time clicking, they can preview the site
"Snap Shot" sending them to

Preview

Step by Step to Get Snap Shots .

Step 1:
Go to and on "Get Started"
http://www.snap.com/

Step 2:
Fill in the information required

Step 3:
On Page 3 "Install Blogger Widget" from Snap Shots
Click on the Blogger Image

Step 4:
On the Adding widget page, choose the Blog that you want to put the Snap Shots on.

Done!

Keyword Suggestion

2007-08-04T10:30:00.000-07:00

This tool will display up to 10 popular keywords matching your initial keyword.

http://www.iwebtool.com/keyword_suggestion

Remove Blogger Navbar

2007-08-03T20:11:00.000-07:00

Although you find can the trick to remove Blogger Navbar, yesterday I
found one useful short clip to explain how to remove the Navebar
step by step.

This tutorial will make your blogger blog like thewebsite, without
that Navbar anymore.

Remove Blogger Navbar - These bloopers are hilarious

Adding Google adSense to a Blogger Blog

2007-07-31T10:57:00.000-07:00

In this video we show you how to add adSense ads to your your google blog to start earing money from your Google Blogger Blog.

Start a Blog Step by Step

2007-07-29T12:11:00.000-07:00

This video has an instructions for starting your own blog using Blogger.

To register and join the popular and free blogging service, Blogger.

Step by step and through to your first post.

https://www.blogger.com/

Collection of Free Space

2007-07-28T13:04:00.000-07:00

When you have some files to share with your friends but you cannot easily find a free Web space that fits your requirements . Check the below list of Free Space

YouSendIt
Size of the file: 1GB

SendSpace
Size of the file: 1.2GB

RapidShare
Size of the file: 100MB

Megaupload
Size of the file: 250MB

Badongo
Size of the file: 1GB

Supload
Size of the file: 200MB

Easy-Sharing
Size of the file: 75MB

*All of above free space providers have some rules or policy for free account users so please read the instruction carefully before use their service.

BLogger Rank Checker

2007-07-28T08:46:00.000-07:00

Use this online tool to see the ranking of a specific website. Find out how popular a website is to users and search engines.

Click Here

Page Element above your Blog post

2007-07-26T11:58:00.000-07:00

This trick can help you to add a page element above your Blog Post.

Preview:

Step 1:

Sign into Dashboard, click LAYOUT for the relevant blog and then click the EDIT HTML sub-tab. This will open the template editor window.

Step 2:

Look for this tag:

<b:section class='main' id='main' showaddelement='no'>

Step 3

replace it with

<b:section class='main' id='main' showaddelement='yes'>

Save your Template.

Done!!

Show what you had Deleted

2007-07-25T08:41:00.000-07:00

If you had a post that deleted anything and you want to show what you had Deleted,you just follow the below instruction.

Preview:
~~The message that you deleted~~

To have this effect on your text just put the text that you want to deleted between <s></s>

E.g

<s>The message that you deleted</s>

Done!!