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Top 10 Popular Bloggers from Nigeria – 2013

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:27:00 +0000

Blogging is popular business in Nigeria, especially now that a lot of people have come to realize the great potential it holds for them. Bloggers now take the business of blogging as a fulltime business, and they are making a lot of money just like their counterparts in the rest parts of the world. With an estimated population size of 160 Million people and over 60 million internet users, you can rest assured that bloggers in Nigeria enjoy good traffic to their sites.

In this post, we shall be looking at the top 10 popular bloggers in Nigeria – 2013, and see what makes them thick. With bloggers in virtually every field you can imagine – blogging, marketing, small business, health, sports, celebrity, photography, relations, SEO, etc. Nigeria, for sure, is a competitive market and only the best get recognized both locally and internationally.

Use Google Analytics To Check out Your Important Backlinks

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:24:00 +0000

The number and nature of the backlinks to a website is one of the most important ranking factors, that is still being used in today's user-oriented organic search results. It helps determining the popularity of a website. Rank metrics, such as Google PageRank and Moz Domain/Rank Authority use it for ranking websites. So the more backlinks you have (quality ones, not cheap and spammy ones that people often purchase), the better your site tends to perform in search results. Knowing what your backlinks are, and where they're coming from can provide you with useful insights, and can help you filter out the cheap links in favour of quality ones. Let's take a look at how you can look at your website's backlinks in Google Analytics.

Create a Responsive Drop down Menu in Blogger

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:24:00 +0000

The task of Designing a responsive blogger template starts with the Header and the most important part of Header is the top navigation menu that provides useful links to your inner pages. Responsive drop down menus are viral now and can be seen widely implemented on all wordpress blogs and even mashable.com. Today we are releasing the first ever tutorial on designing a flexible Drop down navigation menu for BlogSpot blogs without using a single script or image! The best part is that it is not just a flat menu but with a drop down list. This makes our tutorial distinguished from those several codes and plugins proposed by some Geeky friends at Github. Using simply HTML5 <nav> tags and CSS3 :checked selectors, we managed to design a menu that we hope would be useful to the blogger community because it is really an efficient menu that is compatible with all major browsers and uses no Jquery at all!

Connect Twitter To Feedburner Directly without using App!

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:24:00 +0000

A few years ago, Google FeedBurner had a Socialize option that let people share their blog posts (RSS) directly on Twitter. But this service was depreciated, and people started using third-party apps such as twitterfeed instead. While these apps work fine, they leave you somewhat dependant upon them. Now though, it seems Google is throwing a new line out for Bloggers who'd like to share their RSS feeds to Twitter directly, because the Socialize option is coming back! This indeed marks another step forward for Google/Twitter Integration. Now, you can share your blog posts (RSS feeds) to Twitter without any third-party apps!

Google Highlights Common Smart Phone SEO Mistakes

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:24:00 +0000

The Mobile web is growing at a pretty rapid pace, and is becoming more and more significant, especially in terms of search traffic, because more and more people are now using their smartphones to Google things up. Since smartphones have become so powerful these days, there's no reason why they shouldn't experience the full richness of the web. Engaging smartphone users by doing mobile SEO is one way to increase your traffic. And in the near future, Google intends to penalize sites in search results that are misconfigured for mobile. Here are some of the mistakes people make in mobile SEO, and how to avoid them.

Common Link Disavow Mistakes You need to Avoid

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:59:00 +0000

In a blog post a while ago about removing bad links to your site, we discussed about the impact that low quality backlinks can have on your website, and how you should remove them to avoid Penguin penalties. But these links aren't always in your control, which is why Google came up with the Link Disavow tool. It is a great tool that can be used to inform Google to disregard some inbound links completely. But a lot of people keep on making mistakes with the Disavow tool. Here are some of the most common ones, and ways to avoid them.

What's the Difference Between Moz Page Authority and Domain Authority?

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:17:00 +0000

Ever since the Yahoo Site Explorer shut down in 2011, internet marketers have been looking for a backlink analysis tool, which they found in the Moz Open Site Explorer. We've already seen how the trend is already sifting more towards Moz Domain Authority from Google's PageRank. Indeed, most SEO experts now also report on statistics from the Open Site Explorer (OSE), such as Domain Authority, Page Authority etc. So what are these metrics anyway, and what do they signify? More importantly, why should you start using OSE if you don't use it already? Let's take a closer look.

Difference between Google PageRank and SEOMOZ Domain Authority

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:17:00 +0000

Over the past few months, Google is continually being criticised for its frequent and infamous Pandas and Penguins. Surprisingly, people are increasingly ditching PageRank in favour of Moz (formerly SEEOMoz) Domain Authority, and the trend has been on the rise for quite some time now. So does that mean that PageRank's authority is being undermined? And what exactly is Domain Authority? More importantly, how do the two stack up against each other? In this post, we attempt to answer some of these questions.

Google Tips to Optimize International Websites

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 19:01:00 +0000

Have you ever considered delivering your content for multiple regions and in multiple languages? More and more websites are going international (being made available in multiple languages) these days, and you can easily see why. The broader the audience, the better. And unless you have a region specific website, there's no reason why you should not go international. However, there's a lot more to it than just translation, as emphasised by these quick tips from Google for internationalization.

Make your Sites Google Friendly using Structured Data!

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 19:44:00 +0000

Have you ever wondered why or how the search results from sites like CNET or Google Play/iTunes look so different from search results for your own website? That happens because Google 'understands' these sites better than yours. This is not to say that your site doesn't meet the 'quality criteria', so to speak. Rather, it merely means that Google can identify and understand the structure of such sites, and can provide a precise yet comprehensive and accurate overview for them. You can do that too by structuring the data/content on your website, so that search engines know exactly what your site is about. Based on your structured data, Google can show appropriate information on Google Now or Knowledge Graph.

How To show your Organization Logo On Google Search Results?

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Zaib) — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:27:00 +0000

To any company, organization, or corporation, a logo is a basic building block without which the building cannot hold. It helps with the instant public recognition of a brand, which is why a new start-up company isn't considered complete unless it has an official logo. The use of logos dates as far back as 2300 B.C, and the practice still remains with most businesses today. Make that "all businesses", because I can't think of any brand that does not have a logo. Companies need people to recognize them. Have you ever thought of associating an official logo with your brand? You might already have a logo, but how do you officially associate a logo with your official website, so that even search engines know what your logo is? Fortunately, schema.org markup for organizational logos allows you to do just that, and Google has very recently released support for it!

Fancy Blogger Threaded Comments with Comment Counter!

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:14:00 +0000

Blogger threaded comments are everywhere now and its time you redesign the style and format of your comments. A good blog commenting system helps to build a strong readership and help readers to engage more into discussion. Since 2009 we have been introducing various ways of customizing comment forms on blogger blogs. We introduced Facebook Comments Plugin, Customized BlogSpot comment Forms, then Blogger nested comments, Google+ comments and now finally a more appealing and advance version of BlogSpot threaded comments to make your blog stand out. You can see a practical demo of this feature on our blog. You will find a beautiful header with comment policy, total comment count and anchor link to comment form. The nested comments and parent comments are both styled differently. Author comments are styled using a ribbon that hangs on top-right corner.

Create Accordion Widget in Blogger

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 19:30:00 +0000

Update: The Script has been updated and it will work just perfect!

It is really important to organize your content and make certain sections of your blog to appear only when the visitor is interested in it. We are using an Accordion Widget that you can find at the footer of our blog in order to display a list of Popular Series. Its an effective way for us to display long list of links in a neat and clean way. I created this widget using JQuery and the Easing Plugin. This Accordion widget is a modified version of the Fresh content Accordion released by Martin Angelov in 2009. We customized its stylesheet and edit some parts of the scripts to make it compatible with blogger blogs. It has a great Expand/Collapse Feature. This widget collapses and hides all content inside it by default but when user clicks it, the content is displayed by expanding that tab section. I am sure you would love to add this Fancy Accordion widget to your BlogSpot blogs.

Design a Responsive Blogger Template - Tutorial

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Wed, 29 May 2013 19:25:00 +0000

Designing Mobile Responsive Templates has become a trending topic in web today. Mobile Technology and Mobile Traffic has evolved immensely from 2010 to 2013 especially in Asia USA and Africa. People now prefer reading emails on their iPhone as compared to using their Desktop computer. Fast wireless wifi connections is another reason that encouraged usage of mobile devices like smart phones (Apple and Android), Tablets, netbooks and low resolution cellphones like NOKIA.

More of our clients today are interested in fluid and flexible Blogger templates compared to traditional Fixed width Layouts. We have received over a hundred requests for this tutorial series. We are therefore releasing the first ever complete step by step Tutorial Guide on Mobile Optimized Responsive Blogger Templates to the Google Blogger Community. You will learn how to enable your Blog layout adjust itself automatically to the Device Screen Size.

Drawbacks of JQuery Lazy Load Plugin For Posts and Images

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Mon, 27 May 2013 19:29:00 +0000

Jquery and CSS3 has enabled front end developers and even designers to create amazing effects but unless you check the compatibility of the code, never play with such plugins and tools because there are still people who don't use JavaScript in their browsers and your blog will look no less than a mess to them. This effects both your readership and blog pageviews. We are observing a growing trend of Jquery implementation on both Blogger and Wordpress blogs. A Famous known plugin is Lazy Load for images (inspired from Yahoo plugin) and Lazy Load for blogger posts (Also called infinite scrolling). Lazy load for images delays loading of images in long web pages and makes the page load faster, on the other hand Infinite Scrolling plugin for Blogger keeps on loading posts as you scroll down the page just like you scroll down to load more tweets in twitter.

Create a Custom Contact Form For Blogger - Part 2

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Sun, 26 May 2013 18:37:00 +0000

In the first part of our series you learnt how to add a contact Form to your BlogSpot blog and control its display settings. Today you will learn how to change its stylesheet to reflect your custom styles with a more appealing design. You will learn today how to customize the Form input fields, add icons to it, add a "Clear Button" and play several tricks with your custom form. The form is built using XHTML Get or Post Methods unlike PHP Forms which are used widely today. If you have not referenced the first part of our tutorial then kindly read it first:

Customize Blogger Contact Form! Part 1

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:06:00 +0000

So most of you are aware of the recent gadget added to blogger widget directory and that is a small contact form with two input fields for name and Email and a text area for writing the message. We use a complex PHP Form for our contact page but blogger has made it extremely easy for you guys. Ever wondered how to customize this simple form into a professional looking contact form that may give a complete new boost to your overall blog look? Fortunately all MBT readers will be the first to learn this trick today. Plus you will also learn how to add this form anywhere on your blog! I had sometime today so I designed a custom version of this contact form by adding several new CSS3 effects and also added an additional button called "Clear" that will reset and erase the message for your visitors if incase they wish to rewrite a new message. Kindly view the Demo below:

Automatic Numbering for Blogger Threaded Comments

noreply@blogger.com (Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai) — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:30:00 +0000

Today's tutorial will take blogger comment system one step more closer to wordpress commenting engine. I was amazed today when I discovered that W3 has already introduced an excellent way of automatically numbering lists in a HTML structure using pure CSS3 properties like counter-reset and counter-increment. Both these functionality provide a non-JavaScript approach to show comment counts for threaded and nested comments in blogger. MBT has contributed a lot in changing Blogger's Comment-body Styles for the past three years and this time we are introducing an interesting trick to add more spice to your blog comments. We are using a non-JavaScript approach unlike Wordpress's popular plugin called Greg's threaded Numbering

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.