My Blogger Tricks

Google PageRank Last Updated on Feb 6th 2012!

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:01:00 +0000

I am a bit late at announcing that Google has again rolled in an update to PageRank. A minor update started from February 6th 2012 and continued for February 8th 2012. Major update could occur anywhere at the end of this month so keep hopes high. Google updates PageRank at quarterly period, which means all webpages are gifted with a special rank once every four months. PageRank (PR) as you know is a scale ranging from 0 to 10. A PR increase is awarded to those websites only that are well recommended by niche websites. If your homepage receives backlinks from other websites then your importance in the eyes of Google rapidly increases. Blogs with higher PageRank are crawled at faster rate compared to blogs at lower PageRank. A crawler visits any website several times per day. Blogs that have PageRank above 5 are crawled every minute and blogs below PR 5.0 are crawled every hour. The faster your blog crawl rate the higher the chances to establish your rank in search results page and higher the chances to drive traffic for your content.

Newest 200+ Comments Not Showing In Blogger - Fix Found!

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:01:00 +0000

Due to Blogger Threaded comments, most of the comment code structure has been seriously effected. Normally when a post exceeds the limit of 200 comments, latest comments are paginated and only the oldest 200 comments are displayed on post page. You could switch between oldest and newest comments by using the comment pagination links but due to threaded commenting system these links got messed up and would not show up now. I got a custom script from my friend nhamngahanh from simplexdesign which will help you fix this 200+ comments problem so that your visitors could access all your comments. Lets cook some new recipe today!

Solve Problems Related To BlogSpot Canonical URLs

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:01:00 +0000

As we mentioned earlier that Google has slowly started converting all blogspot blog URLs to country specific Domain addresses. Your visitors will see their country's top level domain (ccTLD) version of your domain. People living is norway will see a .blogspot.nr domain and those living in Pakistan will see .Blogspot.pk and so on. Blogger team has automatically added the canonical link element to all blogger templates by default in order to avoid its negative consequences with regard to search engine optimization. Everything seems normal except for social networking buttons and Facebook comments plugin. Most bloggers complained that the facebook comments are not displaying after blogger rolled in country specific Urls. Most social media counters can show wrong counts. So in order to solve all these problems we will need to make a slight adjustment to how your template is structured. The steps will be of course very simple and safe.

Blogger Blogs 302 Redirected To Country-Specific URLs

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:08:00 +0000

The hottest BlogSpot news of the week is 302 redirection of almost all BlogSpot domains to country specific URLs. Instead of the .com domain extension, your visitors will see their country specific domain extensions. Blogspot blogs in India so far have been redirected to blog-name.blogspot.in address instead of blog-name.blogspot.com. For instance, if you are viewing a blog with address blog-name.blogspot.com from United States (USA) then you will be redirected to blog-name.blogspot.com.us. The new URLS will now correspond with the country of the reader’s current location. This is called "country-code Top Level Domain" or ccTLD in short and this redirect is popularly known us "302 Redirect" which is a temporary change and not a 301 redirect which is a permanent change of address.

"Three Learning Stages" To Become a Professional Blogger - Part2

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:11:00 +0000

Stage#3 Updated:

In our previous post on skills required to become a successful pro blogger some commented that how is web designing related to the art of content writing. They are linked so tightly together that they are the loops that form the chain required to strengthen your online existence. Development in technology has broken all past records and new tools and gadgets are out in market every second. People are slowly turning their businesses Online. After 9/11 even IBM shifted to cloud computing, which means even they realized the importance of online media for their safety. Different Content Management systems like Joomla, Blogger and Wordpress are spreading like a crazy wave. Those who can afford are switching to Wordpress and those who can not stick to Blogger. Since you are going to start a profession, that will serve the rapidly increasing internet population with ideas, tutorials, guides and resources, therefore to survive, you need to be extra ordinary in your skills. You must know how to make design changes to your webpage. You need to understand and learn how web hosting works, how data is transferred via ftp and how webpages are structured along with how to market your blog and skills smartly.

Major Google Search Result Update for Google Plus!

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:01:00 +0000

Google was trying different minor changes after the arrival of Google Plus but a major update occurs yesterday. This is really a good change in my view. The change is that now the Google Plus users can search in their desired websites. Let me explain you in detail.
For example me or any of my friend in my Google plus account friend list shares MBT on Google plus and very next day I search for BLOGGER TRICKS on Google. Now what Google will do is that because the keyword BLOGGER TRICKS is related with MBT and i have shared it in my Google plus account so it will first crawl MBT blog and will show me the results from it first.

How Come Video Blogging is the Best Way To Boost Traffic?

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:05:00 +0000

Video blogging means that instead of writing text based content you publish tutorials in video format. Since People often prefer Graphics over text, therefore webmasters and professional bloggers have started multiplying their current traffic with their niche related videos. These videos are Uploaded on networks such as YouTube, Metacafe and dailymotion at large. No matter how popular or unpopular a blogger may be, everyone has realized the importance of attracting targeted traffic from video broadcasting giants such as YouTube. It is believed that YouTube is the second biggest Search Engine after Google. People are converting their text based information into video graphics at a surprisingly fast rate. May it be News, Technology updates or cooking recipe, you find everything presented to you in a much better understandable way through videos. People are gradually giving more value to video tutorials compared to text based tuts. So todays' topic is about understanding the power of video Blogging.

10 Tips To Hatch Out As A "Creative Blogger"

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:01:00 +0000

Blogging today is a very common way to share your ideas, your knowledge and also making some money out of it. But most new bloggers suffer when they actually start writing. They don't know from where to start and how to turn every single visitor into a reader and drive consistent traffic. Here we would mention some 10 odd Recipe tips to be a creative & successful blogger which will definitely get you started.

Add "Thumbs Up" Rating Widget To Blogger

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:01:00 +0000

Blogger provides the default star rating widget but I just came across a widget by JS kit that offers two options. You can either use with a star rating look or you can set it to "Thumbs Up!" It counts the total number of thumbs up or thumbs down for each of your posts. The visitor just needs to click his rating option and the count will be automatically incremented. This widget also shows four tabs which displays the likes made by the visitor himself and also shows popular topics under the Hot/Top tabs. It also displays stats for that post. I really found it interesting and I would recommend that you add it to your blogs to engage your readers more and increase your overall page views. The readers would love to explore Hot and Top topics on your blog using this widget.

What Skills are Needed By a Professional Blogger? Part-1

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:16:00 +0000

Rarely do people share the true secrets behind their fairly established online existence. The word "Blogger" simply defines a person who generates quality content and publishes it online. So anyone who is publishing something new and unique to the online media is called a "Blogger". But how would you define a "Professional Blogger?" In todays tutorial I will share every possible detail linked to six figure earning dream. Everyone loves to Make Money Online but not everyone is applying the correct formula and that's why people often abandon their blogging careers. All details below are based on what I practically experienced during my 3 years of Blogging career, so things shared here are deeply focused to guide how to survive online in this growing world competition. Make 2012 a year to establish your blogging Goals!

"4 Requirements" To Make Money Through Blogging In 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:17:00 +0000

No matter if you are a student, housewife or jobless, blogging is a technical skill that turns a layman into an entrepreneur if applied correctly. We always advise 10th grade students to start learning blogging because by the time they will graduate their tiny blog would have become a revenue generating engine. Blogging is surely an art and it can work only if your strategies are practical and focused. Big internet marketers often launch blogs with the start of each new year so that they could multiply their current income. Creating more blogs is never a big challenge but creating your very first blog is. But before you may start a new blog or take any such decision, we would like to guide you throughout your journey so that you may emerge as a well established professional blogger.

How Can SOPA and PIPA Effect Bloggers?

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:16:00 +0000

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) which aimed at demolishing the online freedom and spread of speech has fortunately been postponed on January 20, 2012 after US Government saw the biggest internet protest of the time. The protests were the biggest in Internet history, with over 115 thousand sites altering their webpages with black protest banners! With Wikipedia and reddit being the heavy protestors. As soon as FBI shutdown the largest free resource sharing website "MegaUpload" , tons of attacks were launched by Anonymous just after 70 minutes on government websites such as Justice Department, the FBI, Universal Music Group, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), and Broadcast Music, Inc.

How To Remove Blogger Threaded Comments?

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:09:00 +0000

You can observe that we have rolled back threaded commenting from our blog. The only reason was that since this feature is new therefore it involves some bugs. The biggest problem that almost all blogspot blogs are facing with threaded comments is that when you click a post link, the user is taken to the bottom of the page where comment box exists. In other words, upon clicking post URL, the control takes you to comment box rather remaining at top. This effected our AdSense Revenue and PageViews. If you are relaxed using this new commenting system then you may simply neglect this tutorial but if you think that you will add back the threaded commenting feature once all bugs are removed by Blogger Team then you can follow the easy steps shared below to get rid of this new feature.

HostGator 30% Discount Coupon Code - $140 OFF!

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:01:00 +0000

We were badly waiting for this level of concession by HostGator and today it feels great. We previously shared discount coupon codes for 25% OFF for any hosting package that you purchase from HostGator and today we received an exclusive coupon code for Baby and Business hosting packages which will give you up to $85 Off for Baby Plan and $140 OFF for Business! We will be upgrading our Hatchling plan to Baby plan by making use of this great opportunity. This coupon code expires January 23 so we have 6 days left to make a purchase. I would be sharing below some details which you should keep in mind before using the discount code.

Should You Use Facebook Comments Plugin On Your Blogs?

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:18:00 +0000

UPDATE: you can continue using Facebook comments because from November 2011 , Matt Cutts from Google tweeted and confirmed that now Google spiders are even smarter and can Index comments on plugins by Facebook, Disqus and Intense Debate. I thank our dear readers for informing us.

Whatever development that takes place is always for a better good but unless you apply it logically it wont benefit you the least. May it be the recent Dynamic Views introduced by blogger that gave a complete different look to free BlogSpot templates using AJAX, jQuery and other related technologies or may it be the popular Facebook comment Box that is believed to be a traffic generating Engine, development is only good for you if you know how to make use of it. Most often Bloggers follow highly well established internationally recognized blogs. They would start using whatever they are being suggested by several sources. Its good to keep following role models but apply only those successful tips that may return something profitable. Lets know analyze whether to use Facebook comments Plugin or stop using it.

Blogger Users Can Continue Using Google Friend Connect

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:01:00 +0000

Google Friend Connect as you all know is a free social networking site which allows your website visitors to join your blog to build a profile and interact with each other by sharing information via third-party sites. Blogger users who follow blogs using friend connect receive updates straight in their dashboard. This service was introduced on 12th of May 2008 but on November 22, 2011, Google announced that Friend Connect will be retired for all sites by March 1, 2012 and encouraged use of Google+'s pages and Google+ badges instead. This shocked almost everyone because it took web owners great efforts to build Fan following using Friend Connect. Should Blogger users worry as well?

Blogger Threaded Comments For Custom Templates

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:21:00 +0000

UPDATE: We have removed and un-installed Threaded Comments from MBT For Reasons that are discussed here: Remove Threaded/Nested Commenting

Just yesterday we shared a tutorial and announcement on Blogger's most awaited feature of threaded (Nested) commenting system. We shared how to enable threaded comment style in official blogger templates but that method don't work on custom templates which are downloaded from un-official designers. Almost 75% of blogger users prefer using un-official templates and since this feature can't simply be resisted therefore we took some time to install it safely and apply all required codes to make this feature function properly after a lot of trial and errors. The tutorial below is first time shared and will offer the easiest way to add threaded commenting style to blogger blogs. I had received some JavaScript codes from our Malay speaking Fellow bloggers and Indian Guest authors which was producing the same effect using scripts created by third party developers but the reason I delayed those guest posts was due to their browser load time conflict issues. I am glad Blogger team provided us with a much neater and fast loading script that has now surely pushed blogspot blogs to the next level. Lets get to work then!

Enable Blogger Threaded Commenting Option!

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:25:00 +0000

Update: The Tutorial for Unofficial Templates can be found here: "Blogger Threaded Comments For Custom Templates"

Blogger has recently announced an amazing Wordpress like feature of tailing comment system to all official BlogSpot templates. Blogger now supports threaded commenting. Your readers can now easily interact with more freedom and flexibility while leaving replies or posting comments. Normal Comments and Comment replies can easily be differentiated from each other. Previously we would use a Reply button to reply to comments and often used the traditional method of using the @ symbol to point to a specific commentator.

How To Buy Domain with Unverified PayPal Account?

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:01:00 +0000

Running a Blog on a self hosted domain is very important for many reasons. You might have read all those reasons on MBT so i will not discuss them here. In short, custom domain is a must for every blogger. I remember when one year before i started blogging, i was 18 years old. I do not have any Bank Account or any Credit Card. I was searching for some domain providers that accepts payments via Unverified PayPal account.

How To Transfer Domain Name To HostGator For Free?

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:21:00 +0000

I will be sharing today PART#3 of our series on becoming a webmaster. You all know well what a domain is. It is simply the URL address that tells the browser where your server is located. It is the key to your blog. BlogSpot users often purchase domain from Blogger's recommended registrars like Godaddy. Some even purchase domains from local hosts. No matter where you domain is hosted, a good news is that luckily HostGator doesn't charge you for domain name transfers. You don't need to pay $20 or above for domain transfer, you can transfer it for free along with free technical support of the staff. Amazingly any domain transferred to HostGator is automatically renewed for an additional year for free! Today we will discuss the step by step procedure to correctly and safely transfer your domain from your current registrar to HostGator. But first make sure that you have already bought a hosting plan for your blog. Please read PART#2 of the tutorial below if you have not yet made the decision.

HostGator Best Hosting Plans For Bloggers

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:28:00 +0000

No matter whatever blogging platform or content management system (CMS) you may be using, the topic today will discuss reliable and affordable web hosting plans that you can purchase to kick start your blogging career. Advertisers and direct sponsors have started giving more value to blogs which are self hosted and produce quality content. Here we will discuss how to transfer your current domain to HostGator and at the same time buy a reliable hosting plan. We will also answer some frequently asked questions to keep things clean and clear.

"99 Coins" - The Dream to Earn Just 1 More Coin

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:20:00 +0000

As you groom and grow more mature, your tastes and hobbies change. When we were young we often used to watch cartoons a lot but today as time has changed we hardly watch them anymore. Believe it or not I often accompany my niece in watching cartoon programs especially the ones on POGO TV. My Paendu friends often laugh at me for this but that is just ok. I often get inspirational ideas from short animation films. It may sound funny but just yesterday I learnt a brilliant lesson from a story based on rich landlord and a poor farmer. Which I would like to share with all of you. I just hope my narration puts the same impact on your minds as that of the animation I saw yesterday.

CSS3 Drop Down Menu - No Images and No Scripts!

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:01:00 +0000

After My Previous Article Make a Popup Subscribe Like aweber, I’m Back here With another Supercool Article About Cool Css3 Navigation In Blogger. Again Thanks To Mohammad Mustafa Sir For Making It Approved. This amazing drop down menu is created by Catalin Rosu and uses no images or scripts at all! We will be sharing a modified version which may work perfectly with Blogger. Its pure power display of CSS3 . It is really Cool and Professional Widget For Your Blog Which will really change the appearance of Your Blog and Make it trendy and attractive. It is very Easily Integrated in your BLOG.

jQuery Facebook Likebox Popup For Blogger - v2

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:01:00 +0000

The previous version of jquery popup for Facebook Like box was warmly welcomed by all of you. Most of you requested social media links to be added to it along with a RSS subscription form. Normally it's a standard to keep it simple with just a subscribe form and Likebox and adding social media links does not make sense here. However if you wish to have them then please vote by posting your comments. I am a little busy with some other tasks therefore designed this new version in hurry. You can easily add it to your blogger blogs as well as wordpress blogs. The steps are exactly the same and we will be using the same Lightbox script that we used in creating a simple Subscribe Popup form. I will further troubleshoot some problems that you faced with the earlier version. Lets get to work then!

Why Host Blogger Blog on HostGator?

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:48:00 +0000

Blogging is your business which requires investment both in terms of energy, time and money. As time goes on your little blog will grow and draw attention of search engines and social media in terms of traffic. Visitors enjoy when you offer something unique and something that may help them and provide them with a reason to visit your blog. I started blogging in 2009 with blogger and as time passed I started enjoying it and this hobby turned into a profession. I needed a reliable company to help me expand this little blog so that tomorrow we could add new tools and resources to it. Readers deserve the right to be provided with an open forum where they could exchange ideas and interact more openly with one another. Off-topic questions often result in deletion and therefore a Forum becomes important when you want to keep things simple and clean. Google Blogs unfortunately doesn't allow access to the server where your files are hosted for free. Which means you can not create sub domains for your blog where you could add a Forum, portfolio page or services page. Thus a reliable web hosting company becomes a necessity.

Note: This is part1 of our series on choosing Best Hosting for your Blogs. I will be sharing my personal experiences here, technical details, personal help, web hosting plans and discount coupon codes.