My Blog Builder

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53866223368444889822024-09-05T12:33:28.826-05:00My Blog BuilderA personal notebook for creating, marketing and monetizing my blogs.Super Saverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11172939501208456194noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386622336844488982.post-76520500331446566212007-04-01T22:46:00.000-05:002007-04-01T21:47:50.942-05:00Converting To New Blogger Page Element Templates

I plan to convert My Wealth Builder to the New Blogger Page Element Templates in April. I want the transition to be error free. Here are some items I will need to do:Reinstall meta tags for Google and Yahoo! Reinstall meta tags for Google Analytics. Reinstall ads for Google Adsense. Reinstall Feedburner HTML. Use new method to put Adsense ads within posts. Recreate blogroll.Recreate text link

Super Saverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11172939501208456194noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386622336844488982.post-89473477871513479212007-03-11T19:36:00.000-05:002007-05-05T22:59:33.384-05:00Get Indexed - Submit Your Blog to Search Engines

One way to help your blog get "found" is to submit its URL to Google and Yahoo! search indexes. I had forgotten that I had done this, until all my Google traffic disappeared in mid-February, 2007. Orginally, I had only submitted to the Google search index. This time I included Yahoo!Here are the links to submit your URL:Google - http://www.google.com/addurl.htmlYahoo! - http://

Super Saverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11172939501208456194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386622336844488982.post-54533718711421965612007-03-06T20:59:00.000-05:002007-03-06T21:00:22.641-05:00Sources of Information of Advanced Bloggers

Here are some sites for advanced users:Beta Blogger for Dummies - Tips and techniques for modifiying New Blogger templates. I currently use the three column template provided by this site.Blogcrowds Custom Templates - This sites provides three column modifications to the Blogger Templates for New Blogger.iMESSENGER.com - Here's how to put the adsense code inside your post in New Blogger.I plan to

Super Saverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11172939501208456194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386622336844488982.post-38029097427820679422007-02-25T20:42:00.000-05:002007-02-26T06:58:30.324-05:00Blogging Tools That I Use

To help one build traffic there are lots of FREE tools available to help. I am amazed at what is provided for bloggers to use. Here are the tools I use.Google Analytics - This provides the ability to find out how many readers are coming to your site, from where, how often they are coming and which articles there are reading. This is a great tool to find out who is your audience. Other services

Super Saverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11172939501208456194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386622336844488982.post-38719855583249162992007-02-19T10:18:00.000-05:002007-02-19T10:26:05.516-05:00My Google Traffic Disappeared

Last week, traffic from Google on My Wealth Builder declined to virtually zero by mid-week. This was concerning since about 25% of My Wealth Builder's reader traffic was coming from Google search. And I believe almost all the the advertising revenue was coming from Google directed traffic. Therefore, this change was a major disappointment.Had I done something in my blog to cause this change? The

Super Saverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11172939501208456194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386622336844488982.post-5129200598718285972007-02-12T00:01:00.000-05:002007-02-07T20:30:25.075-05:00My Sources of Information on Getting Started in Blogging

As I was getting started, I checked out a few reference sites to understand more about blogging. For your use and enjoyment, here are the sites I found most useful.ProBlogger - Darren Rowse's blog provides comprehensive, relevant and timely information about blogging and monetizing one's blog. I found A-Z of Professional Blogging to be one of the more useful posts. Also, the Adsense Tips for

Super Saverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11172939501208456194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386622336844488982.post-47080608073389163872007-02-05T00:12:00.000-05:002007-02-05T00:12:12.831-05:00Conversion to New Blogger

My January,2007 conversion to New Blogger went very well. Much better than I had expected based on issues others had shared.In December, 2006, I was extremely worried. Right after I received the notice to change, I tested the My Wealth Builder template on New Blogger and it crashed, due to an XML error. Panic. I believed that my hacks, while acceptable on Blogger, were not sufficiently error free

Super Saverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11172939501208456194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386622336844488982.post-43616918468600320962007-01-29T20:34:00.000-05:002007-01-29T20:36:18.770-05:00Monetize Through Advertising

From the start, I intended to make money with My Wealth Builder. Google Adsense offers a simple and efficient way to use advertising. Once one registers for and is approved for Google Adsense, contextual advertising will be directed to your blog site. Contextual advertsing is advertising that is customized to your site based on content.Here are some brief guidelines to consider with Google

Super Saverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11172939501208456194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386622336844488982.post-30816983632302089542007-01-22T17:41:00.000-05:002007-01-27T21:38:37.550-05:00If You Blog It, Will Readers Come?

A common belief, I think, is that once a blog is up and running, lots of readers will flock to it. After all, why shouldn't they - a good topic, great content, and Google searcheable. Truth of the matter is that readership will grow slowly, and you can help it grow faster. I was getting about 2-3 readers a day on my own and needed to increase awareness.My personal preference is to grow it

Super Saverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11172939501208456194noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386622336844488982.post-85837158303825649552007-01-15T13:28:00.000-05:002007-01-15T13:28:58.749-05:00New Blogger - A Good Hosted Service

If you want to get started quickly, I recommend using New Blogger. It's free, easy to use and hosted by Google.Being new to blogging and not being very techie, I didn't want to spend time learning how to program. Luckily, I quickly found Blogger, now New Blogger, which had predesigned templates to use. After signing up for Blogger, I was able to quickly choose a design and start blogging on My

Super Saverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11172939501208456194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386622336844488982.post-9567208206482657432007-01-08T05:37:00.000-05:002007-01-08T20:53:34.737-05:00My Reasons For Blogging

There are many good reasons to blog: to share information, to build a social network; to keep a journal on one's experiences, and to make money.I started blogging because I wanted to learn about personal publishing and experiment with making money through it. I chose personal finance as the topic area because of my interest and experience in the field. (For reference, I am not, nor have I ever

Super Saverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11172939501208456194noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386622336844488982.post-1249204806528917202007-01-01T13:18:00.000-05:002007-01-08T20:51:59.860-05:00Welcome to My Blog Builder - Introduction

I blog under the name of Super Saver. My other blog is My Wealth Builder , a personal finance blog about my journey and experiences towards building our family’s wealth for a comfortable retirement.As background, My Wealth Builder was created on August 13, 2006. I decided to start a blog, searched the internet for blogging software, read a few sites about blogging and jumped right into it. I was

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