Bloggers Tips SEO Tricks

15 Tips for Keeping Your Twitter Followers

2012-05-10T10:43:00.003+06:00

Engaged people do choose to unfollow sometimes – after all, they are paying attention! Here are some tips for keeping your most valuable Twitter followers happy and un-annoyed, so they won’t want to unfollow you.

Make sure your Twitter bio and tweets are on the same page.
Don’t automatically DM (direct message) people when they follow you.
Don’t have apps tweet for you, unless you think they’ll be interesting for your followers.
Have some variety and good stuff in your last three tweets.
Don’t just talk about yourself.
Don’t tweet too often.
Do tweet regularly.
Be wary of politics and religion.
Be mindful of your potty mouth.
Be consistent with your language.
Consider having two accounts for different purposes.
Don’t ignore @s (mentions).
Don’t just auto-post from Facebook or another social network.
Don’t get hacked.
See if your Twitter triggers any red flags.

Control your SEO traffic effectively!

2012-04-19T19:35:00.003+06:00

With loads of new Google Analytics data now available in SEO PowerSuite, you're sure to convert your SEO into maximum traffic and payoff.

These new Google Analytics features are just what you need to easily access your site's traffic performance and push your SEO into the most traffic-productive direction:

With the deeper analysis of Google Analytics data in SEO PowerSuite you get more control over your SEO's actual goals (traffic and payoff) and always know:

1. How your traffic changes when rankings go up or down?

Piles of crucial keyword traffic data are now combined and visualized on easy-to-understand and eye-candy visits graphs.

2. What backlinks bring actual visitors to your site?

Now you make informed and sure-winning decisions on what link sources work best for your biz niche.

3. Which of your site's pages get the biggest number of views?

This lets you instantly spot your top landing pages to make sure they are perfectly user-friendly and convert well.

To get the new feature, all you need to do is restart your SEO PowerSuite tools to let them auto-update - or Download them from the website.

Cheers,

More Traffic by Secret Search Engine Labs

2012-04-19T18:52:00.002+06:00

Hello Webmaster

I'm writing to tell you about a really cool tool I found recently....

Many of us use social bookmarking services to bookmark our own websites and sometimes we even buy packages where someone in India will bookmark your site on 100 social bookmarking sites for just $20, $30 or $40

Know what? bookmarking your own sites and hiring bookmarking assistants does work but it take some planning and a lot of work.

I hate doing it, and most of the time you get only one bookmark from every service. One bookmark does not help much because your link will be buried among other bookmarking on the service.

So now I found this sent-from-heaven tool that will automatically have other people bookmarking your site.

You just enter your url, title and description and SocialAdr makes sure your url is bookmarked.

So what's the catch?

The system works by everyone sharing each others bookmarks. You bookmark someone’s url on your bookmarking sites and then someone else bookmarks your urls.

And the best thing is, IT'S ALL AUTOMATED, you don't have to visit a lot of bookmarking sites to do your part of the work, just tell the system what you want to bookmark and it will do it for you!

Now to make things even better there's also a paid version where you buy credits and then other people bookmark your urls on autopilot. You just enter your urls and they get shared.

And it doesn't cost much. One of my urls got 22 links visible on Yahoo Site Explorer for a cost of about $5 in credits. Considering a paid web directory often charges $10 for just one link that may not even show up in Site Explorer, 22 links for $5 is a steal.

You don't even have to sign up for a monthly plan, just go for the free version and then buy credits as you need them

SocialAdr is the perfect tool for bloggers. I use a technique of entering every quality blog post I make into SocialAdr, this way I build links to every page of my site which has a positive SEO effect on the site as a whole.

Join SocialAdr Here

To Your Success,

Top Most Giant List of Blog Directories

2012-04-14T14:42:00.005+06:00

Below you will find a very extensive list of Blog Directories, ordered according to their rank. We have also inserted the Pagerank of each directory on the list to make it more detailed. Enjoy!

http://dir.yahoo.com/Internet/World_Wide_Web/Weblogs/

http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/On_the_Web/Weblogs/

http://www.blogcatalog.com/

http://blogflux.com/

http://blogs.botw.org/

http://www.geekyspeaky.com/links/

http://www.blogpulse.com/index.html

http://www.blogdigger.com/index.html

http://www.blogarama.com/

http://www.bloghop.com/

http://www.blogrankings.com/

http://www.blogtoplist.com/

http://www.findory.com/blogs/

http://www.bloggernity.com/

http://www.bloggeries.com/

http://www.bloghub.com/

http://www.lsblogs.com/

http://www.blog-search.com/

http://www.britblog.com/

http://www.weblogalot.com/

http://www.globeofblogs.com/
http://blogstreet.com/?

http://www.bloguniverse.com/

http://www.top100bloggers.com/

http://www.getblogs.com/

http://www.delightfulblogs.com/

http://www.bloogz.com/

http://portal.eatonweb.com/

http://www.readablog.com/default.aspx

http://www.iblogbusiness.com/

http://findingblog.com/

http://www.all-blogs.net/

http://www.bloglisting.com/

http://www.blogdup.com/

http://sportsblogs.org/

http://www.blogcode.com/index.php

http://blogannounce.info/

http://www.blog-directory.org/index.php

http://www.sarthak.net/blogz/index.php

http://www.blogsweet.com/

http://www.blogdirs.com/

http://www.addurlblog.com/

http://www.5starblogs.com/

http://www.blogtagstic.com/

http://www.blogscanada.ca/directory/

http://www.industry-blogs.com/

http://www.blogbib.com/

http://www.kmax.ws/bloglinks.htm

http://www.blogs-collection.com/

http://www.diarist.net/registry/

http://www.blogbunch.com/

http://www.blog-watch.com/

http://www.photoblogdirectory.net/

http://blogsforsmallbusiness.com/directory/

http://www.bloghints.com/

http://www.search4blogs.com/bloggers/index.php

http://www.thevital.net/

http://www.highclassblogs.com/

http://emarketingblogs.com/listings/index.shtml

http://jenett.org/ageless/

http://www.bestblogs.org/

http://www.misohoni.com/bba/

http://www.blogdust.com/blog-directory/

http://blogs.tomstopsites.com/

http://www.chinabloglist.org/

http://www.blogadr.com/

http://directory.etalkinghead.com/

http://www.topblogsites.net/

http://www.biggerblogger.com/

http://www.blogroll.net/

http://www.blogscholar.com/component/

http://www.blogpoint.com/

http://browseblogs.com/

http://www.blogsrating.com/

http://www.blogdir.co.uk/

http://www.quickblogdirectory.com/

How to Create an Automatic PageBreak on Blogger

2012-03-03T17:54:00.006+06:00

Image via CrunchBase

In the default, Blogger has provided the simplest method in creating a pagebreak or read more function in Blogger post editor. As you can see on the top navigation bar of Blogger post editor, a new button with a “ripped paper” icon has been added to make a pagebreak function on articles, which later will manually cut the full body content of your new post and serve only the first paragraph on your blog homepage.

But if you look at some blogs across the blogosphere, the pagebreak on those blogs are already set up as an auto pagebreak, where you won’t need anymore to press the pagebreak icon in post editor in order to make a pagebreak function. Well, that was the reason why I decided to test drive this cool auto pagebreak feature on my testing blog. Out of the blue, I managed to make it worked in the second attempt on that testing blog. Interested to know the trick? Read on.

Before proceeding to the steps below, I just want to tell you that, I am currently using Minima template on my testing blog. Okay, here you go.

1. Enter you Blogger account

Now head on to Blogger.com and sign in to your account.

2. Go to Edit HTML

In the Dashboard, pick out your blog and go to Design/Layout > Edit HTML.

3. Expand the widget template

When landing to the Edit HTML page, you will see a small box with the sentence “Expand Widget Templates”. Now press it.

4. Make a back up template

Okay, before making any attempt to edit your blog template, I strongly insist you to make a back up template, just in case if later, you want to revert back the template to the first condition.

5. Look around for the code

Okay, now let’s play around with the code template. By pressing Ctrl + F, now find the code below:

</head>

6. Stack a new script code

After locating the code on number 5 above, now copy the script code below and paste it above the code </head>:

function removeHtmlTag(strx,chop){

if(strx.indexOf("<")!=-1)

{

var s = strx.split("<");

for(var i=0;i<s.length;i++){

if(s[i].indexOf(">")!=-1){

s[i] = s[i].substring(s[i].indexOf(">")+1,s[i].length);

}

strx = s.join("");

}

chop = (chop < strx.length-1) ? chop : strx.length-2;

while(strx.charAt(chop-1)!=' ' && strx.indexOf(' ',chop)!=-1) chop++;

strx = strx.substring(0,chop-1);

return strx+'...';

}

function createSummaryAndThumb(pID){

var div = document.getElementById(pID);

var imgtag = "";

var img = div.getElementsByTagName("img");

var summ = summary_noimg;

if(img.length>=1) {

imgtag = '<span style="float:left; padding:0px 10px 5px 0px;"><img src="'+img[0].src+'" width="'+img_thumb_width+'px" height="'+img_thumb_height+'px"/></span>';

summ = summary_img;

}

var summary = imgtag + '<div>' + removeHtmlTag(div.innerHTML,summ) + '</div>';

div.innerHTML = summary;

}

//--><!]]></script>

var thumbnail_mode = "no-float" ;

summary_noimg = 530;

summary_img = 440;

img_thumb_height = 180;

img_thumb_width = 180;

</script>

7. Find the blog post code section

Press Ctrl + F again and search for the code section that controls the occurrence of blog post on the homepage below:

</div>

<data:post.body/>

</div>

Include Yes/No

<b:if cond='data:post.hasJumpLink'>

</div>

</b:if>

8. Replace the code section

Okay, this is the trickiest part from the whole steps. After locating the whole code sections on number 8 above, now block those code sections and then replace it by using the new code sections below:

<b:if cond='data:top.showAuthor'>

<data:top.authorLabel/>

</b:if>

</span></div>

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != "item"'>

</div>

</b:if>

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>

</b:if>

</b:if></div>

</div>

9. Save the template

Okay, you’re done. Now save all the changes of your blog template and see the result.

As you can see on your blog, without the pagebreak function from Blogger, all of your latest posts on the homepage will automatically appear in half, and only the first paragraph will be displayed to your blog.

What do you think? Is this pagebreak trick working or not? Got any problem implementing this pagebreak on your blog, feel free to leave your question below, and let me help you with that.

Get Backlinks To Your Blog - Best 4 Tips

2012-02-29T12:18:00.004+06:00

Backlinks (Photo credit: ivanpw)Once you start your own Internet marketing business you will quickly learn that traffic is king. You have to let people know that you are open for business. People can only find your blog when you have a link pointing back to it.

In this article we will talk about the five best ways to get back links pointing back to your blog.

1. Start a pay per click advertising campaign. Google Adwords is still the strongest pay per click advertising search engine in the world today. You can advertise with many others as well. Payperclicksearchengines.com is one website that contains hundreds of companies where you can advertise your website by bidding on keywords.

There are many things that go into creating a good ppc campaign. It will be important that you do not jump in with both feet until you have taken the time to learn the basics. Because it is still the fastest way to drive targeted traffic to any blog or website we list it number one.

2. Submit your blog post articles to social directories. One quick way to do that is to join Onlywire.com. They conveniently contained over 20 social directories that you can bookmark your posts too. You will also want to consider joining others such as Stumbleupon, Digg, Propeller and any relevant ones that relate to the theme of your blog.

Every time you post in your blog you should bookmark that post to all of the social directories. This creates links back to each individual post giving you potential traffic.

3. Article marketing is still a fantastic way to create traffic and back links to your website. You should learn everything you can about this excellent marketing strategy. The bottom line is crafting a well-written resource box that contains a link back to your website is one way to get people who read your articles to visit your site.

Also when you hyperlink a keyword in your resource box search engines find it and come to your website as well. You begin to develop keyword relevancy over time by writing and submitting this with the resource box as many times as possible.

4. One great way to create back links is posting comments in other people's blogs. Every time you post you are able to include your name and your website address in some comments. Try to include your primary keyword in the name if you can.

This is four of the best ways to get back links to your blog. There are countless other ways and you may be comfortable with some of them. Regardless of how you do it the key is to get thousands of back links to your blog creating potential traffic for you and your business.

Best Way Driving Traffic to Your Blog and Web Site

2012-02-23T13:39:00.006+06:00

(Wikipedia)

New Page 1

Every blog has an RSS feed:

By submitting your RSS feed to the most popular online feed services, you will be able to attract website traffic very quickly, especially if you are focusing your blog content on specific keywords that have lower competition in search engine ranks. All that you need to be able to do is to submit the URL for your feed to a wide range of different free services as soon as you actually have a live site to promote. Some of the most widely recognized feed sites are:

http://feedage.com

http://feedagg.com

http://feedraider.com

http://feedfury.com

http://feedsubmitter.com

http://feedest.com

http://search4rss.com

Social bookmarking involves creating bookmarks for your blog:

Additionally social bookmarking is meant for displaying information about what your blog centers on and what it has to offer. It is important that you use social bookmarking responsibly rather than spamming these websites. Simply write a short post that explains in a little bit of detail why your site or product will interest the people that you want to visit it. There are a myriad of different social bookmarking websites out there, including but not limited to:

http://digg.com

http://yahoobuzz.com

http://technorati.com

http://del.icio.us

http://propeller.com

http://stumbleupon.com

Social networking, on the other hand, is a little different:

When you create an account on a social networking website, you put together a profile that allows you to connect with other people, creating powerful partnerships and even a fan following in the right circumstances. These networks and relationships will facilitate the capability for you to promote your sites and protects, although much more subtlety than through other sources. Here are a few of the most popular social networking websites:

http://facebook.com

http://myspace.com

Classmates Online

http://xanga.com

MSN Groups

Yahoo Groups

Sources...

Submit Your Feed URL to These RSS Directories

2012-02-16T21:23:00.003+06:00

(Wikipedia)

Have you submitted your Blog's Feed URL to RSS Directories?

If not, then you may ask where to submit my Feed URL?

After searching in the web, i have gathered some RSS Directories Link where you can submit your Feed URL and increase your RSS Subscribers.

As a medium of getting quality and one way backlinks, it’s very easy to submit you Feed URL to these RSS Directories.

So, all you need is to bookmark this page and try to submit your Feed address to 5 Directories a day.

http://feedagg.com

http://feedgy.com

http://feedlisting.com

http://feedmailer.net

http://feedage.com

http://feedfury.com

http://feedbase.net

http://feedgod.com

http://feedest.com

http://feedbees.com

http://feedpark.com

http://feedshot.com

http://feedster.com

http://feeds.com.br

http://feedsfarm.com

http://feed-directory.com

http://feedbeagle.com

http://feedplex.com

http://feeds4all.com

http://feed24.com

http://feedcat.net

http://feeds2read.net

http://feedzie.ziecom.com

http://feedbomb.com

http://feedsee.com

http://feedooyoo.com

http://feednuts.com

http://rssfeeds.org

http://rssfeeddirectory.org

http://goldenfeed.com

http://leighrss.com

http://millionrss.com

http://rapidfeeds.com

http://readablog.com

http://rssbuffet.com

http://rsschomp.com

http://rssfeeds.com

http://rssmicro.com

http://rssmountain.com

http://rssmotron.com

http://rssroot.com

http://rsstop10.com

http://rss-network.com

http://realty-feeds.net

http://rss-clipping.com

http://readafeed.de

http://rss-portal.com

http://rss-feeds-4u.com

http://rssmad.com

If you know more RSS Directory Link, just share it with us by leaving a comment below.

If you want to submit your Blog to Popular Blog Directories, then click here to get the full list of Blog Directories.

22 Blog Directories To Submit Your Blog

2012-01-30T02:26:00.004+06:00

CrunchBase

Here are 24 directories you need to know about:

1. Best of the Web Blog Search remains a powerful tool for sharing your blog, especially since this director’s very selective, listing only mature and valuable blogs. A link from here is majestic.

2. Bloggeries is one of the most respected blog directories. The layout is clear and concise, and readers are able to find what they are looking for in a snap.

3. EatonWeb Blog Directory is a powerful list. The fee, currently $34.99, pays for a review of your blog.

4. OnToplist.com is a free, manually-edited directory that reads the RSS feed of your blog. You can also use the site’s social features, article directory, and other great tools to build your blog.

5. Blogged.com is an interesting mix of a directory and a Google News type site that is fed by the blogs listed with Blogged. And it’s free to list your blog.

6. While the design and infrastructure have changed somewhat over the years, BlogSearch Engine remains one of the most selective blog directories on the web. Membership has its privileges.

7. Blog Catalog features a vast number of categories, from “academic” to “writing”, while offering the ability to search by country, language or user. It has a no-frills design, but offers convenient access through a simple blog registration.

8. Globe of Blogs has too many features to list. Only non-commercial blogs are accepted. The site may be busy, but I like being able to narrow my search by title, author or subject.

9. The ultimate directory of British blogs isn’t focused on location, but on the culture. It is asked that bloggers be genuinely “Britished.”

10. Blog Universe has a layout that’s easy to navigate and, although the content is limited, it’s an all-around good directory worthy of submission.

11. Bigger Blogs is intertwined with a business directory and an article directory, giving you access to several powerful tools in one location.

12. Bloggernity is a crisp, clean and easily navigated site. It’s low ad-to-content ratio has helped solidify its reputation as a quality directory.

13. Bloggapedia has an interesting and eye-catching homepage. Readers are easily connected to top blogs and new posts. Innovative categories, a colorful design and its blogger tool kit make this directory a hit.

14. Spillbean is a well-designed directory with categories such as “health,” “society,” “Internet,” and “personal.”

15. Blogging Fusion boasts over 60 categories, including family-focused blogs. Blogging Fusion has an good number of listings, and it also has visitor stats.

16. Blogflux is organized and clear with a strong social element.

17. The blogs at the top of Bloglisting are fun, colorful and catch the attention of the reader. Bloglisting displays the page-ranking blogs, which is a helpful tool when determining with whom you want to exchange links.

18. Blogio stores plenty of quality blogs, and it sports solid on-site search.

19. Blog Digger is a strong search tool, especially for local blog listings.

20. Blog Pulse features a powerful community element, on-site analytics, and a clean design. The “submit” page is a bit tricky to find, so here’s the quick link.

21. Technorati’s blog directory is well-respected and spans more than 30 categories.

22. Blogarama has a strong base of blogs and a solid text-ad system for its front page.

How To Add Related Posts Widget To Blog

2012-01-16T13:34:00.006+06:00

CrunchBase

1. Go to Layout >Edit HTML in your Blogger Dashboard.
2. Back up your existing Template before making any changes!
3. Make sure to check the "Expand Widget Templates" box.
4. Search for the </head> tag.
5. Add the following code just before the tag.
6. Now search for <data:post.body/>. In some of the templates this code may look like this
<div class='post-body>
or
<data:post.body/>

7. Add the following code just beneath the code you just searched for.

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>

<font face='Arial' size='3'><b>Related Posts : </b></font><font color='#FFFFFF'><b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'><data:label.name/><b:if cond='data:label.isLast != "true"'>,</b:if><b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>

</script>

</div></b:if>

8. Now Save your Template and you're done!
Customization

In order to change the number of maximum related posts being displayed for each label, search for the code below (within the code given in step 7) and change the number "5" to any desired number.

max-results=5
Source...

Top Best SEO Sites For Increased Traffic Tips

2011-12-29T12:03:00.001+06:00

CrunchBase

Courtney Tuttle

Join Courtney's Internet Marketing School and you will definitely gain vital knowledge when it comes to search engine optimization.

The Keyword Academy

This is personally my favorite SEO site run by Courtney Tuttle and Mark Butler. You'll learn more in one of their posts than you will in 50 of Darren Rowse's Posts.

Grizzly's Online Blog

He's got some great strategies for making an income online along with useful SEO tips.

Search Engine Land

Search Engine Land is a hub for news and information about search engine marketing, optimization and how search engines work for searchers.

Daily Blog Tips

Improve your blog with Daily Blog Tips. A fast paced blog featuring articles on blog design, SEO, promotion, monetization and more

Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO

talk about Google, SEO, and Gadgets. But mostly Google.

SEOmoz

Search Engine Marketing News & Tips

Search Engine Journal

Pronet Advertising

Pronet Advertising is a weblog about Neil Patel's personal experiences in online marketing.

Search Engine Guide

The small business guide to search engine marketing. Articles from the top names in the industry cover topics including SEO, PPC, SEM, blogging, social media, adsense, adwords, Google, Yahoo, MSN and Internet marketing.

Online Marketing Blog

All about the intersection of search engine & social media marketing

Marketing Pilgrim

Andy Beal discusses news from the search engine industry, blogging, rss and other internet marketing.

Search Engine Watch

Search Engine Watch provides news and tips about search engine marketing (SEM), search engine optimization (SEO), and searching the Web. We offer daily news & analysis of the search industry, including the latest on Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Ask.

Get Elastic

Ecommerce articles on internet retail, online marketing, social media, SEO, and killer ecommerce tips from Elastic Path Software; Featuring the Get Elastic ecommerce podcast - conversations with ecommerce industry insiders.

Web Analytics World

Manoj Jasra's insight on Web Analytics and the Search Marketing Industry. Also including Interviews, Technology Reviews and Podcasts

BlogStorm

Search engine optimization & internet marketing blog

Small Business SEM

Small Business SEM by Matt McGee | SEO and Marketing Discussion for Small Businesses

SEO Scoop

SEO Scoop is a popular search engine optimization blog that focuses on SEO tips, theories and news.

Search Engine Roundtable

Search engine optimization news and resources

How To Change The Title Tags in Blogger For More Search Engine Traffic

2011-12-28T16:34:00.005+06:00

Why Change the Titles?

It's quite important to have the Post Title + Blog Title arranged accordingly because this is how you would want your blog to be displayed on google's search results. This way more people will click on your link when searching google because the post title is more relevant than your post name.

Example Google Search Results:

You are most likely to click on the bottom image when searching google for the keywords "image reflection generator". The reason being is that your mind reads text from left to right. So it makes sense to have the more important title on the left.

How to Change the Titles:

Go to Layout>edit HTML in your Blogger dashboard.
Search for this tag: <title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title>
Replace this tag with the following code:

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "index"'> <title><data:blog.title/></title> <b:else/> <title><data:blog.pageName/> | <data:blog.title/></title> </b:if>

Save your template and you should see the results in your web browser as depicted in the images below.
It may take a few days for the changes to show up on the google search results. I guarantee you that you will start receiving more traffic from google once you are re-indexed!

Top 15 Most Popular Websites | December 2011

2011-12-28T13:47:00.002+06:00

Top 23 Blog Directories To Submit Your Blog

2011-12-28T13:25:00.001+06:00

CrunchBase

Here are 23 directories you need to know about:

1. Best of the Web Blog Search remains a powerful tool for sharing your blog, especially since this director’s very selective, listing only mature and valuable blogs. A link from here is majestic.

2. Bloggeries is one of the most respected blog directories. The layout is clear and concise, and readers are able to find what they are looking for in a snap.

3. EatonWeb Blog Directory is a powerful list. The fee, currently $34.99, pays for a review of your blog.

4. OnToplist.com is a free, manually-edited directory that reads the RSS feed of your blog. You can also use the site’s social features, article directory, and other great tools to build your blog.

5. Blogged.com is an interesting mix of a directory and a Google News type site that is fed by the blogs listed with Blogged. And it’s free to list your blog.

6. While the design and infrastructure have changed somewhat over the years, Blog Search Engine remains one of the most selective blog directories on the web. Membership has its privileges.

7. Blog Catalog features a vast number of categories, from “academic” to “writing”, while offering the ability to search by country, language or user. It has a no-frills design, but offers convenient access through a simple blog registration.

8. Globe of Blogs has too many features to list. Only non-commercial blogs are accepted. The site may be busy, but I like being able to narrow my search by title, author or subject.

9. The ultimate directory of British blogs isn’t focused on location, but on the culture. It is asked that bloggers be genuinely “Britished.”

10. Blog Universe has a layout that’s easy to navigate and, although the content is limited, it’s an all-around good directory worthy of submission.

11. Bigger Blogs is intertwined with a business directory and an article directory, giving you access to several powerful tools in one location.

12. Bloggernity is a crisp, clean and easily navigated site. It’s low ad-to-content ratio has helped solidify its reputation as a quality directory.

13. Bloggapedia has an interesting and eye-catching homepage. Readers are easily connected to top blogs and new posts. Innovative categories, a colorful design and its blogger tool kit make this directory a hit.

14. Spillbean is a well-designed directory with categories such as “health,” “society,” “Internet,” and “personal.”

15. Blogging Fusion boasts over 60 categories, including family-focused blogs. Blogging Fusion has a good number of listings, and it also has visitor stats.

16. Blogflux is organized and clear with a strong social element.

17. The blogs at the top of Bloglisting are fun, colorful and catch the attention of the reader. Bloglisting displays the page-ranking blogs, which is a helpful tool when determining with whom you want to exchange links.

18. Blogio stores plenty of quality blogs, and it sports solid on-site search.

19. Blog Digger is a strong search tool, especially for local blog listings.

20. Blog Pulse features a powerful community element, on-site analytics, and a clean design. The “submit” page is a bit tricky to find, so here’s the quick link.

21. Technorati’s blog directory is well-respected and spans more than 30 categories.

22. Blogarama has a strong base of blogs and a solid text-ad system for its front page.

23. Blog Hints features over 100 categories. The site is very picky about which blogs are included, and those that are listed are presented via a visual interface that shows the site’s design and page rank. This makes Blog Hints the perfect site for finding link-swapping partners.

The above listings are a glimpse inside the large and vast world of blog directories and the valuable inbound links that your can build for your blog and your business.

There are countless more directories at your disposal. Which do you like? Leave a comment.

Top Free 15 Online File Storage Sites

2011-12-19T13:04:00.001+06:00

Following our coverage of online file storage Box.net which just became a little more social, here are 15 more free online storage sites which you can use for storing, sharing and backing up your important files.

4shared

A big online storage where Internet users store their text, audio, video, photo, and other files and share them, if they wish, with other people. Offers 5GB of free storage for document files (doc, txt, pdf, rtf, xls), music file (mp3, ogg, wav, mid), video file (avi, mpg, mpeg), image file (jpg, gif, bmp, png)

Snapdrive

Offiers up to 5GB of file storage, mobile file upload through Snapit.mobi, share your photos, add music & videos, create direct links to download and access files to email, IM, web pages, and forum.

Dropboks

Allows you to store files online securely and offers 1GB of storage space. Uploading/Downloading of files is limited to 50MB.

Humyo

Offers simple drag and drop file management system; lets you synchronize your Humyo folder to your PC; secured file management vault. It’s a file management in the cloud as you can access your file anywhere, using any PC or even your mobile phone. It also allows you to share files with your friends and family.

ADrive

ADrive is a feature-rich online storage solution offering up to 50GB free storage for a 14-day trial. It’s a cloud storage system that let you access files anywhere, share files, edit documents online, and FTP file transfer.

Freedrive

A personal storage and file sharing site geared for members of social networks including Facebook, MySpace and Bebo. Allows you to access your files and your friends’ files from within the said social networks. Offers 1GB of free online storage.

FileQube

Offers an easy-to-use, feature-packed file sharing service that is completely free. Allows you to upload up to 150MB of file per upload. Upgrade features lets you upload 500MB.

Flipdrive

Offers a virtual online storage space for storing, accessing, sharing, and backing up your data. Offers a free 30-day trial for up to 30GB storage.

Fileden

Offers both free and paid account for storing your files. The free Fileden account gives you 1GB of storage space, 50MB maximum file size limit, 50GB of monthly bandwith, and hotlinking of files.

Skydrive

Microsoft Live’s online file storage could possibly your best bet for online storage. Why? It’s from Microsoft, so it must be pretty solid. Offers 25GB of free storage, access anywhere and secure password protection features. It ties up with other Windows Live services as well.

LiveDrive

Althoug LiveDrive is currently in beta mode, that should not stop you from trying out their services. It offers unlimited storage for free, works like a normal PC hard drive minus the hardware, synchronizes files on your PC, access your files on your mobile phone, PDA and other devices, and share your files.

FileGenie

A web-based file storage system that offers 20MB free account. If you need more storage, you have to upgrade to a paid account. The site lets you upload, download, and manage files online, access your files from any Internet connected PC.

Orbitfiles

Offers 6GB of free online storage. It lets you access your files from any location, share files and collaborate with friends. And if you want unlimited storage, it would only costs you $5.

MyOtherDrive

Offers tools for managing and sharing your data online. Allows private sharing of files to select group of people. Its privacy security prevents sharing your files to other people that you don’t share the files with. The site also lets you create photo albums as well as hotlinking to your social networking profiles.

Box.net

The last online storage site on our list is of course, Box.net which we just covered recently.

NoFollow Link Glossary

2011-12-13T15:14:00.001+06:00

Links on the Internet are DoFollow or followed by default. A DoFollow link lacks the NoFollow attribute, and so passes PageRank or link juice to the target web page - that is, the page it links to.

The NoFollow attribute was introduced so that website owners could selectively tell search engine spiders to ignore specific links when it comes to determining the search engine ranking or PageRank of the target web page.

This is what the HTML code for a NoFollow links looks like:

<a href="http://example.com" rel="nofollow">anchor text</a>

NoFollow links are now commonplace in certain types of websites. For example, most blogs are configured so that all links in the comments section are NoFollow to deter people from filling up comments with spammy links. Also, many popular social networks - such as Facebook and Twitter - set all links in people's posts as NoFollow by default. Again, this is to prevent spam.

On the Web, a link to a website is essentially a vote for that site. You may not want search engines to think you're endorsing or connected with some of the websites you link to. If that's the case, marking the link with the NoFollow attribute is one way to show search engines you're not recommending that they add the site to their indexes.

PageRank Glossary

2011-12-13T15:09:00.000+06:00

PageRank is one of Google's ranking factors, and it's all about the value of the links that point to a web page.

The PageRank that most of us are familiar with is the toolbar PageRank. This is a number from 0 to 10, and Google updates this public-facing number just a few times per year.

"Real" PageRank changes all the time, and it's not something that anyone outside of Google can see.

Check Page Rank of your Web site pages instantly:

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DoFollow Link Glossary

2011-12-13T14:20:00.003+06:00

A DoFollow link is a link on a web page that passes PageRank or link juice to the target web page being linked to. A DoFollow link is just a link that doesn't have the NoFollow attribute attached to it.

Here's an example of HTML code for a normal, or DoFollow, link:

<a href="http://freedownloadaz.com">Full verion software</a>

Compare that to the HTML code for a NoFollow link:

<a href="http://freedownloadaz.com" rel="nofollow">Full verion software</a>

On the Web, a DoFollow link to a website is like a vote for that website. Inbound links, or links from a different website, are something that search engines really pay attention to when deciding where to rank a web page in search results. Inbound links from a number of authoritative websites tells search engines that the target web page is important.

It's best to leave links DoFollow unless you don't trust the site you're linking to, or for some reason don't want people to find it in search results. A log-in page, for example, isn't really a page people search for.

If you're hosting a paid link, such as an ad, you should make it NoFollow. It can also be a good idea to make links in user-generated content, such as comments on blog posts, NoFollow.

For more detailed guidance on deciding which links to mark NoFollow, read No Follow Links Don't Help PageRank or SEO.

How to Get OpenID Account For Bloggers?

2011-12-07T13:21:00.002+06:00

For blogs on blogspot.com please do the following (should OpenID not be automatically enabled):

• Go to www.blogger.com, and click on "Settings";

• Choose the tab "OpenID" and follow the instructions to make sure the blog is OpenID-enabled.

• Alternatively, if difficulties are encountered - please paste the following line in the header of your blog:

<link rel="openid.server" href="http://www.blogger.com/openid-server.g" />

For custom domain blogs, including those using WordPress.org - there is a simple solution as well to enable OpenID. Firstly, get an OpenID from sites like Yahoo, AOL, which might already have your OpenID identifier, without you even knowing it. Then through OpenID delegation you can easilytransform your blog URL into an OpenID. It only requires the ability to add a small snippet of HTML code to your blog.

For example, in case of myOpenID issued identifiers, the code to be added into the <head> of the blog would look like:

myopenid.com/server" />
http://your_name.myopenid.com/" />

which says that your blog is owned by the owner of "http://your_name.myopenid.com/" and "http://www.myopenid.com/server" may be used to verify the ownership of "http://your_name.myopenid.com/".

For an AOL OpenID, the code would look like:

<link rel="openid.server" href="https://api.screenname.aol.com/auth/openidServer" />
<link rel="openid.delegate" href="http://openid.aol.com/screenname" />

More examples of OpenID code snippets will be posted in the comments of this article, and we welcome you to share the OpenID snippet that worked for your blog. For more information about OpenID, visit OpenIDexplained.com or OpenID.net.

Get OpenID-fied and enjoy the difference with your universal online card and signature! As a result, you can enter dozens of sites, including BlogUpp analytics and Premium area simply by providing your blog's URL. Moreover, while being authenticated through your blog's URL as an OpenID, and commenting in the blogosphere, your blog is linked back automatically, with minimum effort. Isn't that cool? We think it really is. Enjoy it, and your blogging!

How to Monetize Your Mobile Friendly Website

2011-12-06T11:33:00.002+06:00

How to monetize your mobile-friendly website:

In our previous blog post we talked about how to create a mobile-friendly website. Now we’d like to show you how to best monetize your mob...

How to Add Google Adsense to Blogger Header

2011-12-05T16:14:00.003+06:00

CrunchBase

In this Blogger tutorial you will learn how to add Google Adsense to the header of your Blogger blog. This article assumes no knowledge of Blogger and provides a walkthrough of the steps involved to add Google Adsense to the header of your blog.

How To Add Google Adsense to the Header (Above the Title)

If you want to add Google Adsense to your header for instance above the title you can by adjusting your template to give you the option of adding more than one widget to the header area.

Back up your template as a precaution by downloading the full template to your computer

Using CTRL + F to bring up the search box find the following line of code. For default Blogger templates - Layout (2006) such as Minima, Thisaway and Sand Dollar and for many custom templates find

For new Blogger templates such as Simple and Awesome Inc find this line <div class='region-inner header-inner'>

Replace the following code in red:

<b:section class='header' id='header' maxwidgets='1' showaddelement='no'>

With

<b:section class='header' id='header' maxwidgets='3' showaddelement='yes'>

Save Template

Navigate to Design > Page Elements (previously Layout > Page Elements) and view the new option to add a gadget to the header area

Click on Add a Gadget and select the Google Adsense gadget.

Choose the type of ad unit you want. For this example I chose a new linked 728x15 ad unit from the dropdown format menu for an Adsense ad that would sit above the blog title. Configure colors if necessary. Color blending is usually done automatically by Blogger according to the color schema of your template.

Click Save

Click View Blog to see your new Google Adsense unit in place.

How to Place Google Adsense Ad Code Below Post Title

Social Bookmarking Sites Supported By IMAutomator

2011-12-03T10:51:00.003+06:00

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The following is a list of social bookmarking sites supported by IMAutomator.

SOCIAL BOOKMARKING / SOCIAL NEWS SITES

The following sites will be scheduled for submission when you submit a bookmark to IMAutomator:

Aviation Central [PR 2] - http://aviationcentral.net/
Bildu [PR 4] - http://www.bildu.net/
Bookmarkdig [PR 1] - http://www.bookmarkdig.com/
Buzzup UK [PR 2] - http://buzzup.com/uk/
Chicken Monkey Pie Bookmarks [PR 3] - http://www.chickenmonkeypie.com/
Clickets [PR 2] - http://www.clickets.de/
CCorpcom [PR 1] - http://www.corpcom.us/
DoFollow 008 [PR 2] - http://www.df008.info/
DgDig [PR 0] - http://www.dgdig.com/
Diigo [PR 7] - http://www.diigo.com/
Dropjack [PR 6] - http://www.dropjack.com/
Ebaum's World [PR 6] - http://www.ebaumsworld.com/
Fun.marx [PR 2] - http://funmarx.com/
Hillera [PR 1] - http://hillera.com/
iFizzle [PR 2] - http://www.ifizzle.com/
Informica [PR 2] - http://infomica.com/
Multiply [PR 7] - http://multiply.com/
Online Social Bookmarking Site [PR 2] - http://www.onlinebookmarkingsite.com/
Orangify [PR 4] - http://orangify.com/
Qofari [PR 0] - http://qofari.com/
Social-Bookmarking.Net [PR 6] - http://www.social-bookmarking.net/
Swigies Bookmarks [PR 3] - http://www.swigies.com/
Tagza [PR 6] - http://tagza.com/
Things 4U [PR 3] - http://www.things4u.info/
Trulili [PR 1] - http://www.trulili.com/
URL.ORGanizer [PR 5] - http://url.org/
V12 Network [PR 3] - http://v12.me/
Xelo Bookmarks [PR 3] - http://www.xelo.us/
Yemle [PR 3] - http://yemle.com/
Youblr [PR 6] - http://youblr.com/

The following sites are on trial (explanationof trial mode):

Bookmark4You [PR 3] - http://www.bookmark4you.com/
BuddyMarks [PR 6] - http://buddymarks.com/
Daily News Hype [PR 1] - http://www.dailynewshype.com/
Jims Free Links [PR 0] - http://www.jimsfreelinks.com/
Kabayani Bookmarks [PR 4] - http://www.kabayani.com/
LinkaGoGo [PR 6] - http://www.linkagogo.com/
Link Bookmarker [PR 1] - http://linkbookmarker.com/
My Link Vault [PR 3] - http://mylinkvault.com/
My News Marker [PR 1] - http://mynewsmarker.com/
OneView [PR 6] - http://www.oneview.com/
SiteJot [PR 4] - http://www.sitejot.com/
Startaid [PR 6] - http://www.startaid.com/
TagWorld [PR 5] - http://www.tagworld.com/

RSS FEED DIRECTORIES

The following sites will be scheduled for submission when you submit an RSS Feed to IMAutomator:

Blogdigger [PR 6] - http://www.blogdigger.com/
FeedPlex [PR 3] - http://www.feedplex.com/
FyberSearch [PR 2] - http://www.fybersearch.com/
GoldenFeed [PR 1] - http://www.goldenfeed.com/
IceRocket [PR 6] - http://www.icerocket.com/
metaFeeder [PR 3] - http://www.metafeeder.com/
My RSS 365 [PR 0] - http://www.myrss365.com/index.php
RDF-Ticker [PR 3] - http://www.anse.de/rdfticker/
RSS Locator [PR 6] - http://www.rss-locator.com/index.php
RSSMotron [PR 5] - http://www.rssmotron.com/
RSS Network [PR 6] - http://www.rss-network.com/index.php
Twingly [PR 7] - http://www.twingly.com/

ARTICLE DIRECTORIES

The following sites will be scheduled for submission when you submit an Article to IMAutomator:

300 Minimum Word Limit:

212 Articles [PR 4] - http://www.212articles.com/
Article Directory [PR 1] - http://www.articlecache.com/
Article Content Provider [PR 3] - http://www.articlecontentprovider.com/articlesubmit/
Article Directory [PR 0] - http://articledirectory.com/
Article Directory Gold [PR 3] - http://articles.directorygold.com/
Article Exchange [PR 2] - http://www.articleexchange.net/
Article Fair [PR 2] - http://www.articlefair.com/
Article Goal [PR 1] - http://www.articlegoal.com/
Article Info [PR 5] - http://www.articleinfo.org/
The Article Insiders [PR 2] - http://www.thearticleinsiders.com/
Article Intelligence [PR 2] - http://www.articleintelligence.com/
Article Listed [PR 2] - http://www.articlelisted.com/
Article Mayhem [PR 2] - http://www.articlemayhem.com/
Article Pile [PR 0] - http://articlepile.com/
Article Serve [PR 2] - http://articleserve.net/
Article Wealth [PR 1] - http://www.articlewealth.com/
Base Articles [PR 4] - http://www.basearticles.com/
Come and Read [PR 2] - http://come-and-read.com/
Directory4U [PR 2] - http://www.article.directory4u.org/
Electric Text [PR 2] - http://www.electrictext.com/
Ezine MK [PR 1] - http://www.ezinearticles.mk/
Five Star Articles [PR 1] - http://www.fivestararticles.com/
Hot Article [PR 1] - http://www.hotarticle.org/
Net Article Shack [PR 2] - http://www.netarticleshack.com/
New Ezine Articles [PR 2] - http://newezinearticles.com/
Post Your Article [PR 1] - http://www.postyourarticle.nztip.com/
Read Your Articles [PR 2] - http://www.readyourarticles.com/
Super Article Directory [PR 2] - http://www.superarticledirectory.com/
Web City Marketing [PR 2] - http://www.webcitymarketing.com/articles/

400 Minimum Word Limit:

Article Directory Name [PR 1] - http://www.articledirectory.name/
Article Seer [PR 2] - http://www.articleseer.com/
Articles Promoter [PR 1] - http://www.articlespromoter.com/
Freebie Articles [PR 2] - http://www.freebie-articles.com/
Good Info [PR 2] - http://www.goodinfohome.com/
Hot Business Articles for You [PR 3] - http://www.homebiznow4u.com/portal/

500 Minimum Word Limit:

Article Camp [PR 2] - http://www.articlecamp.com/
Article Coop [PR 2] - http://www.articlecoop.com/
Article Directory Central [PR 3] - http://www.articledirectorycentral.com/
Article Layout [PR 2] - http://www.articlelayout.com/
My Articles Online [PR 1] - http://www.myarticlesonline.com/
Tihson [PR 2] - http://www.tihson.com/
U Publish Articles [PR 4] - http://www.upublish.info/

WEB DIRECTORY SITES

The following sites will be scheduled for submission when you submit a Directory entry to IMAutomator:

A Free Directory [PR 0] - http://www.a-free-directory.info/
Annomate [PR 3] - http://www.annomate.com/
ByS.Net [PR 3] - http://www.bys.net/
Directory Vault [PR 4] - http://www.directoryvault.com/
directoryWS [PR 3] - http://www.directoryws.com/
Infotiger [PR 4] - http://www.infotiger.com/
Poddys [PR 4] - http://www.poddys.com/
Thales Directory [PR 4] - http://www.thalesdirectory.com/
TurnPike Emporium [PR 4] - http://www.turnpike.net/
YVIR Directory [PR 0] - http://www.yvir.com/

How to Hide the Navbar for the New Blogger

2011-12-01T15:26:00.002+06:00

CrunchBase

The navbar is compulsory for bloggers using blogspot.com for their blogs, and it can also be useful. It has a search box which will allow visitors to search the content of your blog. You can also change the color of the navbar to blend with the colors of your blog by going to the LAYOUT and right at the top, you will see a section for navbar. Click EDIT and chose the color for the navbar.

However, many people have expressed the desire to remove the navbar as there is "Next Blog" in the navbar which when click will lead to an unpredictable blog which may contain sexually explicit content, etc and about which people like educators who set up blogs for their students are very unhappy about.

Sign into Dashboard, click LAYOUT for the relevant blog and then click the EDIT HTML sub-tab. This will open the template editor window. Look for this tag: . Paste this script immediately above that tag:

#navbar-iframe {

display: none;

}

</style>

so that what you see will be

#navbar-iframe {

display: none;

}

</style>

</head>

Preview, and if satisfied, click "Save Template".

To demonstrate, I will hide the navbar from our blog which is a blogspot blog.

Free Fully Automated Bookmarking Software

2011-12-01T15:17:00.003+06:00

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The key to effective social bookmarking is to do it on a large scale - bookmark all your best content on a regular basis and bookmark at as many sites as you possibly can. I've listed dozens of sites here and so even if that only takes you a couple of minutes for each one you're looking at about an hour or two of your time if done manually!

IMAutomator is a free tool that allows you to bookmark your content at a big list of sites in mere seconds! You plug your URL, click a button to fill in the title, description & tags (or you can enter your own) and then click another button to submit and that’s it! IMAutomator then goes off and submits your bookmark to all the sites in the system over a period of time of your choosing, such as once per day. This is totally automated with no intervention from you!

The following is a list of social bookmarking sites supported by IMAutomator.

Furthermore IMAutomator handles all of the account creation for you! Inferior tools require you to set up your own accounts at every site first which is a huge time-sink. IMAutomator is the easiest and quickest tool available and it's totally FREE!

Many of the sites listed on this page are supported by IMAutomator as well as many others and the list of supported sites is constantly growing so it’s an absolute must have!

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Top 23 Blog Directories To Submit Your Blog

1. Best of the Web Blog Search remains a powerful tool for sharing your blog, especially since this director’s very selective, listing only mature and valuable blogs. A link from here is majestic.

2. Bloggeries is one of the most respected blog directories. The layout is clear and concise, and readers are able to find what they are looking for in a snap.

3. EatonWeb Blog Directory is a powerful list. The fee, currently $34.99, pays for a review of your blog.

4. OnToplist.com is a free, manually-edited directory that reads the RSS feed of your blog. You can also use the site’s social features, article directory, and other great tools to build your blog.

5. Blogged.com is an interesting mix of a directory and a Google News type site that is fed by the blogs listed with Blogged. And it’s free to list your blog.

6. While the design and infrastructure have changed somewhat over the years, Blog Search Engine remains one of the most selective blog directories on the web. Membership has its privileges.

7. Blog Catalog features a vast number of categories, from “academic” to “writing”, while offering the ability to search by country, language or user. It has a no-frills design, but offers convenient access through a simple blog registration.

8. Globe of Blogs has too many features to list. Only non-commercial blogs are accepted. The site may be busy, but I like being able to narrow my search by title, author or subject.

9. The ultimate directory of British blogs isn’t focused on location, but on the culture. It is asked that bloggers be genuinely “Britished.”

10. Blog Universe has a layout that’s easy to navigate and, although the content is limited, it’s an all-around good directory worthy of submission.

11. Bigger Blogs is intertwined with a business directory and an article directory, giving you access to several powerful tools in one location.

12. Bloggernity is a crisp, clean and easily navigated site. It’s low ad-to-content ratio has helped solidify its reputation as a quality directory.

13. Bloggapedia has an interesting and eye-catching homepage. Readers are easily connected to top blogs and new posts. Innovative categories, a colorful design and its blogger tool kit make this directory a hit.

14. Spillbean is a well-designed directory with categories such as “health,” “society,” “Internet,” and “personal.”

15. Blogging Fusion boasts over 60 categories, including family-focused blogs. Blogging Fusion has a good number of listings, and it also has visitor stats.

16. Blogflux is organized and clear with a strong social element.

17. The blogs at the top of Bloglisting are fun, colorful and catch the attention of the reader. Bloglisting displays the page-ranking blogs, which is a helpful tool when determining with whom you want to exchange links.

18. Blogio stores plenty of quality blogs, and it sports solid on-site search.

19. Blog Digger is a strong search tool, especially for local blog listings.

20. Blog Pulse features a powerful community element, on-site analytics, and a clean design. The “submit” page is a bit tricky to find, so here’s the quick link.

21. Technorati’s blog directory is well-respected and spans more than 30 categories.

22. Blogarama has a strong base of blogs and a solid text-ad system for its front page.

23. Blog Hints features over 100 categories. The site is very picky about which blogs are included, and those that are listed are presented via a visual interface that shows the site’s design and page rank. This makes Blog Hints the perfect site for finding link-swapping partners.

The above listings are a glimpse inside the large and vast world of blog directories and the valuable inbound links that your can build for your blog and your business.

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