My Blogger Tricks

Download counter : A Plugin for blogs!

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:11:00 +0000

This is the first plugin of its kind created for websites which share downloadable resources. The plugin amazingly works with all major blogging platforms like wordpress and blogger blogs. It can even be used in static Sites or any CMS you may be using. This tool will count and display download stats whenever a visitor downloads a resource form your site. The data is stored at your firebase free account. Luckily we are amongst very few who have started developing tools using the newly introduced Firebase system that allows developers to create dynamic and data-driven tools without worrying about backend development. You do not need to worry about server code or managing databases, firebase does it all for free. All you need is to code some delicious scripts that does half the work. This plugin is a custom alternative to Dstats download tracking service. Lets add this amazing tool to your blogger blogs!

Exams Over! Celebrating Over 58,000 Readers

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Sun, 19 May 2013 19:28:00 +0000

Its tough being a final year B.E student and yet running blogs. Exams for some may sound horrible but it means a complete two months deadlock to my online activities. I just can't express how great I am feeling at this moment, talking to you after several weeks. It felt more like missing my great family and friends. Internet and technology waits for no one, during my absence I observed tremendous developments across major platforms from Blogger till social Media. I was shocked today when I saw the new layout of Google+ Profiles. Changes are going fast at Google side. Amazingly they have even integrated their comment Plugin with BlogSpot blogs. But what amazed me more was looking at STC Network's two months traffic Analytics and Ranking Details. Unfortunately Alexa for MBT has dropped from 4K to 6K but the good news is that readership has taken a whole new turn out. We are now a big community Alhamdulillah with a loyal readership of over 58,800 Readers which is indeed a great news for all MBT readers and the team.

Success Secrets of Pete Cashmore who started blogging at age 19

noreply@blogger.com (Nida Zaidi) — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:37:00 +0000

For any field that you might pick for yourself, has its own benchmarks of perfection and if you talk about blogging, Mashable is a winner here. No matter which niche you choose for your blog, there is no doubt that the best place to grab your hands on the latest news related to the online world and social media network is mashable. We have been advising our newbie readers to keep their eyes on sites like mashable as following sites with a respectable alexa and picking latest happenings from there is something that always brings you not only a boost in readership, but also a quick revenue.

What I now believe after reading many success stories is that entrepreneurs are born that way actually, and a good example here is of Pete Cashmore, the mashable-man!

Making Money with your New Blog - Monetizing Basics

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:27:00 +0000

Most bloggers will start off their venture in the hopes of earning big from their blogs. And not without reason either. Multitudes of people are earning a decent sum online. You can too. Earning money from your blog while sitting at home is like a dream for most, and yet, is a reality for many as well. It isn't difficult, it just needs some dedication, and the right guidance. In this post, well talk about monetizing your blog to make money online.

11 Most Popular Female Bloggers of 2013!

noreply@blogger.com (Nida Zaidi) — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:27:00 +0000

Today when the biggest competitor of man out there in industry is woman, even the online earning medium too is equally availed by the powerful ladies who know how to cash their talent. It was once perceived that women lack in technical skills and it was somehow true too when the technical work was all limited to the real world, thanks to the online earning strategies, now the chances to make money online are equally available for both-man and woman.

When it comes to blogging, women are a sound contestant of the race and are generating good revenue with their blogs.

Being a female blogger myself, here are a few inspirational women who are known for their work. All data is latest for 2013 especially. Have a look!

10 Underestimated Ways of Making Money Online

noreply@blogger.com (Nida Zaidi) — Sat, 11 May 2013 19:29:00 +0000

Making money online and earning your livings via your laptop is becoming one of the most popular earning methods. Statistics have shown that there has been a significant increase in the number of people who are cashing their talent by utilizing the online platform, which for sure is a good replacement of any other real world job.

It is interesting to find that when you question people about all the possible online earning strategies available, all you come across is either blogging or freelancing. There are no doubts about the significance of the two; yet, it is to be remembered now that with the spreading awareness among the potential entrepreneurs, the two stated fields are becoming saturated and complicated. If you look forward to build your blog, you need reasons; pretty good to attract your potential readers, as it is, there are more than a billion sites that are running on the same niche as yours. Similarly, now that freelancing is turning into a giant monster, every next person is known as a freelancer which in turn has created a tough competitive freelance market.

Basic SEO Tips for a Newly Launched Blog - Beginners Guide

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:11:00 +0000

Blogging is more than just about creating an online space for yourself and putting up content there. You have to be the best in order to compete with the best. But even becomes less important when it comes to optimizing your blog for search engines. After all, you want your great content to reach your potential readers, right? Otherwise, what's the point? This is the part where Search Engine Optimization (SEO) comes in. In this post, we'll take our beginner readers through the basic SEO process - things they should implement on their own blogs.

5 most practiced Ways of building Active blog Readership

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Mon, 06 May 2013 19:11:00 +0000

So you've taken the first steps into blogging, and have set up a blog (and purchased a hosting or at least a domain hopefully)? Far from the job being done, we are only now getting started. Granted that choosing a blog topic, setting up a blog, buying a custom domain and hosting etc are some of the hardest parts. But that's as far as your decisions go. The next phase is to build upon those decisions. So now that you have started a blog, it is time to start building a readership!

HostGator's Biggest May Discount - 30% OFF!

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Fri, 03 May 2013 19:27:00 +0000

Disclosure

HostGator is at it again! It is giving away special discounts to our readers once more, which is one of the many reasons why we stick to HostGator. It gives away such discount coupons on every special occasion, in this case, the onset of spring. This time, the coupon given to us will give our readers an amazing 30% OFF on all hosting plans including reseller and dedicated hosting. In other words, you can get as as much as a $53.46 discount on the simplest plan, and as much as $139.86 discount on a business plan! This discount applies if you buy a domain from HostGator. But even if you don't, you will still get a 20% discount! Remember, this offer expires on 15th May 2013, so you still have around two weeks to avail this benefit!

Choosing best webhosting for Blogger blogs

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:17:00 +0000

To many, blogging is not just a hobby, but a business, a career. Time and again, we have emphasized the importance of keeping a business-minded approach in order to be successful. Being a business of sorts, blogging should also be treated as such. Businesses require investments, and need to grow. So does blogging. When people create a free blog, they don't usually think ahead, and instead end up restricting themselves. The most people would do is, buy a domain and leave it at that, especially Blogger users. They don't realize the importance of a proper web-hosting. Hence, in this post, we talk about why you should get a web-hosting, and which host to choose.

Replace Threaded comments with Google+ Comments in blogger

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:27:00 +0000

You might be familiar with the latest commenting system Google has introduced that integrates Google+ comments with Blogger blogs. This new commenting system is a major improvement over the default Blogger system, and it supports threaded comments. It also looks a lot better. We earlier shared a tutorial on how to enable this new Google Plus commenting system for Blogger blogs. But some people still have problems implementing it on custom templates. For them, we have compiled this short tutorial on how to effectively implement and use this new improved commenting system.

Replace your blogspot domain with a Dot com domain From Godaddy

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:37:00 +0000

One thing that makes people, who want to start a blog, hesitate is the set up of a custom domain. Even people who have a free blog don't immediately want to move to a custom domain, because it all seems like a a lot of work, and too complicated at that. Many are unsure as to where they should get a domain from, and are afraid they'll get scammed online. We have compiled this small guide to help such people overcome their hesitation, and take the big step that will essentially influence the growth of their blog. For this purpose, we walk you through Domain setup from GoDaddy, a large and reputable domain registrar.

Update: MBT Readers can signup now for an account with a special discount of 35% on all purchases: Offer Expires 30th april!

How to create your First blog - what platform to choose?

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:27:00 +0000

Alright. So here's a topic that has been dragged around quite a lot by now. But it never seems to go out of fashion, because every year, more and more people are entering the blogosphere. Recent trends have changed the job-oriented mentalities, and have inspired entrepreneurship. Therefore, it is high time people should start looking into alternative sources of income, or even a productive hobby that can reward them for their time and effort. Hence, in this post, we are going to walk new users through in creating and setting up their first blog, and the platform they should choose.

Create Open Source Projects with Google Summer of Code Program

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:27:00 +0000

Are you a university student with IT-related majors, and looking for some real hands-on development experience this summer? Then the Google Summer of Code program is just for you! Google once again is providing students with the opportunity to showcase their skills and work with Google to achieve greater heights. This time around, Google is providing students with a platform to work on Open Source projects sponsored by Google, and overseen by mentor organizations. This is nothing short of an internship, as you will gain real-world industry development experience that applies to your field, plus you will get recognition from Google, and a nice pay-check!

Install GooglePlus Comments Widget on custom Blogger Templates

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:27:00 +0000

Blogger recently implemented Google Plus comments on their Blogger platform, and we know that many bloggers like you have gone ahead and implemented this new functionality to your blogger blogs. But a lot of our readers have been asking us how to add Google Plus comments, or Google Plus comments API to Blogger custom templates? This feature turns on and off smoothly for default templates. But most bloggers don't use default templates. For them, we have compiled this short tutorial on how to implement Google Plus commenting system on custom Blogger Templates.

Some Disadvantages of enabling Google+ comments on Blogger‏

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:26:00 +0000

The Google Plus comments integration with Blogger is turning quite some heads now, and a lot of bloggers have gone ahead and implemented it. This seems to be one of the biggest improvements in Blogger over the recent past. And at first glance, it looks pretty slick, with a clean and solid implementation. It makes things really easy, especially for bloggers who can track the conversation more easily. At the same time, readers can contribute right from Google Plus, without needing to open the blog. However, upon closer inspection, it seems that the new implementation isn't without its flaws.

How to use Google+ comments on Blogger?

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:27:00 +0000

Keeping the conversation going has to be one of the biggest challenges bloggers face nowadays. Readers now want more than just information - they need answers! And you, as a blogger, are responsible for answering them, and defending your content. Readers will talk about your content on a multitude of platforms, such as your blog's comments, or on social media such as Google+. So keeping track of all those conversations can be a tedious and indeed a daunting task, which is why Google has now decided to help out its Blogger users by integrating Google Plus comments into Blogger blogs (finally :P).

How to use "x-default hreflang" for international landing pages?

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:37:00 +0000

Delivering your blog's or website's content in a multitude of languages can make your web entity accessible to a wider range of audience. Indeed, this is one of the many strategies webmasters employ to increase their website traffic. They can simply configure their homepages to point towards specialized content tailored for different users' different language requirement. but now, there's a new and more SEO friendly way of doing this. Webmasters can now specify such specialized homepages using a new rel-alternate-hreflang annotation that Google only just introduced, and is compatible not only with Google, but other search engines as well such as Yandex.

Become a Google Student Ambassador for your College today!

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:37:00 +0000

Are you a fun guy who's always looking for something new to explore? If you're a college/university student eager to look into new opportunities, then here's something you might like. Would you be interested in becoming a Google representative for your college? Google has a program called Google Student Ambassador Program that will empower students, and offer them new opportunities for grooming their skills.

Depositphotos: The Perfect Place to buy and Sell Photos

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:37:00 +0000

Are you a blogger or designer who is constantly in search of high quality images and vector graphics to work with? Or are you an enthusiastic photographer and/or designer capable of creating high quality images and graphics or a Blogger who loves promoting affiliate products? In either case, Depositphotos.com is the place you want to be, because it's your one-stop-shop for stock photography, high quality vector graphics, and even videos. You no longer need to pay steep rates for buying photos, as you can obtain royalty-free images from Depositphotos at very inexpensive rates. And if you're a photographer, you can make money while sitting at home by selling your high-quality images!

Now Check your AdSense Earning Reports inside YouTube Analytics!

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:37:00 +0000

Are you a registered YuuTube partner, or aspiring to be one? YouTube Partners are high earners who make a living out of their passion for creating videos. And some are pretty good at it too. Thousands of people are now capitalizing over this opportunity. For them, the AdSense and YouTube teams want to make things easier, since a lot of them are giving feedback. And Google listens to feedback. So to make things easier, YouTube has now integrated your AdSense earnings right into its analytics, which means that you can now check your AdSense earnings from your Videos from inside YouTube analytics!

6 Best SEO Practices for using rel=canonical

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:37:00 +0000

The rel=canonical is an important part of your website structure when it comes to SEO. A couple of days ago, we shared some common mistakes people often make with rel=canonical attributes, knowing little that the consequences could be more than they bargained for. Anyhow, we discussed the mistakes before. Today, we are going to some best practices you should always try to follow when canonicalizing your pages.

4 amazing New Improvements to Blogger Template HTML Editor

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:29:00 +0000

Are you an internet-savvy blogger or web developer who likes to make webpages and templates? Diving into this work, you will find yourself immersed into a whole new world of coding, which geeks will definitely love. Well, for those Blogger 'geeks' out there, here's some good news! Google Blogger has just updated the Blogger Template HTML editor, and added four new features to make your experience even better! Now, whether you're a casual blogger, or a geek who likes tweaking his blog's template every now and then, this is place you now want to be! Check out these latest features now!

Google Spotted 5 Common SEO Mistakes with rel=canonical

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:29:00 +0000

When it comes to content duplication, you'll often hear about the term 'rel=canonical'. This is often used as a SEO technique to avoid penalty, because search engines will penalize you if you have duplicate content on multiple pages. This happens when you deliver archive pages, data sorted according to the user's preference, and so on. Rel=canonical is used to overcome such problems, and helps consolidate all different versions of the same page. It tells search engines what URL to consider and display in search results. Useful as it is, rel=canonical can be a bit tricky to implement properly.

Why Should you Optimize your Site for Mobile Devices?

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:27:00 +0000

The trend of using mobile devices to search for content online is steadily on the rise, and gaining momentum. And tablets really seem to be advancing the cause, since more and more people are buying and using them. So how are these evolving trends changing things, and how does it effect you as a website owner? The focus is now centering more towards responsiveness and adaptability, which means that more content needs to made and optimized for mobile devices.