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Read Your Favorite Books Online Free!

noreply@blogger.com (Subodh Raghav) — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:00:00 +0000

Now you can read your favorite books online at Google Books. Though Google search can provide you all the information about any topic/subject but there is always a question mark on its credibility. A book (even if it's an e-book) provides you the correct and systematic information about any topic/subject.

The experience of reading an Google e-book is very similar to reading a paper book on your table. Even some of the e-book features are impossible to find when reading a paper book.

Features of an e-book you would love to know:

You can increase/decrease the font size
You can jump to any topic at the single click
You can share the book with your friends by sending a link Eg. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=qeB68zBiYXUC&lpg=PT3&dq=i%20phone&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=i%20phone&f=true
The E-Books are 100% weightless. In fact, an e-book can be taken to your site/blog by just pasting the HTML code and the complete e-book will be on your table. Experience it below:

E-Book: How To Make Money With iPhone Applications:

Next time you need a book, do not rush to nearest bookstore. You can get it on your Notebook absolutely free.

Happy reading!

How to close you duplicate LinkedIn Profile!

noreply@blogger.com (Subodh Raghav) — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:16:00 +0000

You might be having more than 1 profiles on the LinkedIn site and you may not be knowing about it. An incomplete and neglected duplicate profile is of no use; neither for you nor for others. So it's better to have 1 active profile on social networking sites.

Here is the step by step procedure to delete a duplicate profile on LinkedIn.com:

1. Select the profile which you want to keep active. Generally it should be the one which has the higher no. of connections.

2. Login to the profile to be deleted. Go to top right and click on the your name. From settings, go to Account tab and select "Close My Account".

3. Follow the instructions until your are finished.

Is commenting on Blogs worthless!

noreply@blogger.com (Subodh Raghav) — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 08:43:00 +0000

No, If the comments have been made in the right spirit and after reading the complete blog post. There are two aspects of blogging; Blog Posts & Comments and the comments are considered to be good for a blog. But some blogger prevent readers from commenting on their blog by deactivating the comments feature.

It's fair enough if the post has already received a no. of comments and there is no scope for further commenting. But can it be justified for a new post that has the right to receive comments. What I can make out of this is that either they consider their post complete & final word on the topic or want to get rid of spammers.

Moreover, deactivating the comments is no solution to the problem even for getting rid of spammers. What can be done is to motivate the readers to write meaningful and real comments. Also, the readers of a blog hardly gets any space in a blog post except in the comments section. Unlike other blogger, I am taking the the initiative to give my readers the credit they may deserve. Because a post can not said be complete unless it has got some comments. This post is nothing but a collection of best comments that I have received over the time on my blog. And to be fair enough I have selected only a few good comments as per the following criteria:

If the comment has something to complement my post
If the comment is not a spam, I mean it is not written for the purpose of putting a link on by blog or for any commercial purpose
If the comment is not generic or duplicate
If it is written about an error or mistake in my article
If it's a natural comment that means reader liked/disliked the article and virtually forced to make a comment
If the comment is not a one word comment like "Great Post" or "Thanks"
If the comment is meaningful and has come after reading the article

Dean wrote...

"greetings to all.I would first like to thank the writers of this blog by sharing information, a few years ago I read a book called guanacaste costa rica in this book deal with questions like this one."

My Take: Very good comment except the initial line "Greetings to All". He did not mentioned the reason for Greetings, otherwise the best and the real comment.

Software test training wrote...

"Thanks so much for posting this, it'll be a great help on my blog. I love these little softwares, they make all the difference. thank you also for the code and the step by step instructions. Have a great week!"

My Take: This comment is really complimenting the post and also very clear in what he liked about the article. Great starting and excellent ending.

Term Papers wrote...

"I have been visiting various blogs for my term papers writing research. I have found your blog to be quite useful. Keep updating your blog with valuable information... Regards"

My Take: Here the reader telling everyone how you can make use of web and blogs for their study assignments. Great Comment!

Aryan wrote...

"hey sandeep,thanks for the info man...i already had the same kind of information or notes from other bloggers man..but u have made it simple...I am just at the starting stage of blogging professionally...so they are still in construction stage...check out my blog for a sec and let me know how it is..? alright che"

My Take: Though the comment is quite long but still managed to make a point that why he liked the post. Looks a bit spam as comment is suggesting to make a visit to his blog.

Michael wrote...

"You have written a very good article on side effects of blogging, you are great at writing on complex issues in a simple language."

My Take: To the point and also very clear why he liked the article and the author.

fikiranminda wrote...

"TQ. GREAT. HAVE INSTALLED IT. CAN I ADD THUMBNAILS TO MY WIDGET? HOPE YOU CAN HELP"

My Take: The comment is great as he is telling his experience of actually doing what is written in the post. Also, taking the discussion further by having a query about How to add Thumbnails.

Payday loan wrote...

"hey i had a problem with installation but i think i will do it now.thanks a lot"

My Take: Great Comment! The reader is so confident after reading my article that he says I can do it now.

Get a Blog wrote...

"Technology is an important part of our life and writing articles about technology is even harder.Thanks for sharing nice post."

My Take: The first sentence looks like a punchline but still managed to say a lot about the article. Nicely blended the technology and blogging in a single sentence. Copywriter's comment!

Benivolent wrote...

"Nice information.Great analysis for every one.Thanks for this.You have done a great job."

My Take: A typical reader's comment with lots of thanks, great job etc. etc.

Test your Blogging Addiction!

noreply@blogger.com (Subodh Raghav) — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:55:00 +0000

All is not always rosy in blogger's life! Yes, a blogger may also get addicted to blogging and did not know about it.

With this simple online tool you can find out how addicted are you to blogging. All you need to take this test and find out your blogging addiction details.

My Blogging Addiction:

I started blogging as hobby, to utilize my free time but later turned out to be part time career for me. Initially, I used to do blogging only if I had something special to blog about but off late it became a regular activity converting into a habit. Am addicted to blogging? I suspect myself being addicted to blogging because despite all my efforts to give blogging a break, I usually end up in writing a blog post, example is this article itself.

Before jumping to any conclusion, I decided to test myself with the best methods available. Before moving ahead, we should know the meaning of the word addiction.

According to Oxford Dictionary the word "addiction" has been defined as "physically and mentally dependent on a particular thing or activity".In other words, if you are unable to stop yourself from indulging in blogging then you must be addicted to blogging. For example if you are a Tea addict then you always end up drinking Tea no matter it is good for you or not.

How to check your Blogging Addiction:

If you can not live without blogging then I suspect you may be addicted to blogging. Here I want to point out that professional bloggers may think that they are addicted to blogging but they are not. Here the important factor is control if you have the control over to do blogging or not then I am 100% sure that you are not addicted to blogging.

Take a Test:

Too much talk on blogging addiction now it's time to go through the real test. And I also took an online blogging addiction test to check if am I addicted to blogging! Below list are the few questions that were asked:

Where is your blog located?
Have you ever 'live blogged?' (where you blog about an event as it's happening)
Have you ever blown off an important task, such as studying for an exam or making a deadline, because you were blogging?

Take the quiz and try to answer questions honestly.

One Question Test:

Are you unable to stop yourself from indulging in Blogging!

If 'Yes' then

You are a Addicted to Blogging!

Else

You are not Addicted to Blogging!

Use your Yahoo Id to Sign in to Multiple Sites!

noreply@blogger.com (Subodh Raghav) — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 17:34:00 +0000

Every time I visit a new site it requires to create a login & password and then let me to continue. And I am tired of going through the Sign Up process of these websites, even more difficult is to remember the login details of every website.

My life on the web begin few years back , created hundreds of profiles on different sites and to your surprise remember only a few like Yahoo,Google,Twitter etc. But with Open Id , you need to remember only one User id and Password to log in to all the sites that support Open id login.

In a nutshell:

Open Id is a technology standard which allows you to sign in to multiple sites with one User Id and Password. In other words you do not need to sign up with a new user id and password every time visiting a new site, in fact you can log in to multiple sites with your Open Id login details.

How it works:

If you are having a blog on Google, the blog URL can be used as the Open Id to sign in to sites.An Open Id URL looks like as:

https://me.yahoo.com/a/myopenid

When you select to Sign In with an Open Id on a Open Id enabled site, you will be sent to Open Id provider's site to verify your credentials and then sent back to the original site.When you create an Open Id with a provider(ex-Yahoo, Google, MyOpenId, VeriSign, ClaimId etc), an Open Id Identifier(called as Open Id URL) is generated and it is this URL which is used to authenticate your identity.

How to create Open id:

You may already have an Open Id if you are using Yahoo or Google in fact you can use your existing Yahoo, Google Id's as an open Id.I am using my existing Yahoo Id as Open Id because I did not wanted to add a another to my existing long list of Id's.

If you want to see your Open id in action,experience it at ZoHo.com , one of the website that is offering this service. Raju Vegesna at ZoHo says that "We now offer all our users the ability to login to ZoHo using their Google Account to avoid the need to create yet another login and password.

Conclusion: With the coming of Open Id , you only have to remember one User Id and Password and use it to log in to a no. of sites that support Open id thus making your life simpler and easier.You do not need to share your login details with the unknown sites or sites you do not trust. However, still you are providing your details to an external source but it is someone you know (such as Yahoo or Google) and trust.

How to Search with in a Site

noreply@blogger.com (Subodh Raghav) — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:08:00 +0000

Is it possible to do a search with in the site without even visiting the site! Let me put it in other words,how to search with in a site which has no site search feature.

We often come across on sites that have no site search feature and it's virtually impossible to search for the desired information with in the site.

You can search for the desired information within a site by following these simple tips.
First Go to the Sitemap and locate the desired information by having a look at the content.
Second Do a Google Search as per the following syntax:

Keyword site: Site Url

Example: Let's say you are looking for "Make money blogging" with in the site Web Skills then you will have to type the following text in Google search box.

"make money blogging site: www.techieway.blogspot.com"(Exclude quotes)

Conclusion You need to follow the lesser no. of steps with this search method than the typical method of visiting the site and then doing a search.

How to Generate a Fake Name

noreply@blogger.com (Subodh Raghav) — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:16:00 +0000

How many people are using fake names on web! It's still a mystery for me.I am also thinking of creating a fake name and in search of a good english name.I live in India and do not know many english names.

Only english names I know are of England and Australian cricketers in fact remember only the famous players like Ricky Ponting,Symonds,Adam Gilchrist,Shane Warne etc.

Later I decided to ask my friend,philospher and guide Google and as always Google did not disappointed me in fact I found a no. of fake name generator tools each with unique features.With these simple tools you can generate fake names in any language and for any country.Here is the list:

1.Fake Name Generator
2.Nick Name Generator
3.Very British Name Generator
4.Behind The Name
5.Real English Names

Here are the results that I have got from these tools.

Real Name Fake Name
Subodh Mario Estrada
Subodh Jeremy V. Villa
Subodh Conor

Enjoy generating fake names and do not forget to share your fake name with your friends.

Get E-Mail Updates For Specific Topics From Google Search Results

noreply@blogger.com (Subodh Raghav) — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:52:00 +0000

Do you want to receive E-Mail alerts of relevant content from Google Search Results?

If answer is Yes then you should further read this article.I came to know about this service from Google called Google Alerts while browsing websites on the web.Initially I ignored it a couple of times but later looked at it closely and found it useful.

We all want be to remain updated with the latest content on the web of our interest.With Google alerts service it is now possible to get E-Mail updates from the Google search results for the topic of your interest.Let's say you are a Doctor and interested in knowing the latest developments in the field of medical science.It is not always possible to keep looking Google search for the relevant information and therefore higher chances of the missing the critical updates/information.

In case you want to receive E-mail alert for more that one topic then all you need to create a alert for each topic.

Here is the step by step procedure for creating a Google alert:

Step 1 Type http://www.google.co.in/alerts in browser window

Step 2 Fill the fields as per your needs and click the Create Alert button.It done now.

Conclusion It surely saves your time and leave you free for doing other important things. The only thing missing is that it does not has the option of receiving updates on Social networking sites like Facebook,Twitter etc. and on mobile phones.

How to prevent unwanted comments or comment spam

noreply@blogger.com (Subodh Raghav) — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:56:00 +0000

Blogger is planning to introduce a spam feature for comments that will let you auto spam unwanted comments before they publish on your blog.A comment posted on a blog is considered to be a spam if it is posted for a commercial purpose.
The topic of the comment could be from a offering a miracle cure,friendship offers, online lottery scheme,tragic story of a girl with lots of money in bank account etc.

Let see how it looks:

If you want to experience what it's all about,click on the link Blogger in Draft and click on the "Comments Tab".You can also moderate, delete and publish the real comments on your blog.

Tips to prevent unwanted comments

Enable Word Verification for the comments.
You can activate Comment Moderation feature of blogger that will let you see new comments and approve or reject them before they publish on your blog.
Do not allow links with "rel=dofollow" tag in comments so that no Pagerank will be passed to the spammers.

Kudos to the blogger team for introducing such a good feature.

Google Music Search feature

noreply@blogger.com (Subodh Raghav) — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:51:00 +0000

Searching google for your favorite music and the results taking you into no music land then for all those music lovers the wait is over.Google is rolling it's new search feature called Google Music Search that let's you find and play your favorite music at the click of a mouse.

Music is integral part our lives in fact, according to search insights two of the top 10 queries in the U.S. are music-related.

Google Music Search Feature will make your search for music faster and easier. Unlike normal google search results page,the results page includes a preview window with the play option.The song preview option has been provided by Google music search partners Pandora, imeem and Rhapsody

Even if you do not know the title of the song,you can search your favorite song and play it instantly.You can type a line or two from the lyrics or name of the singer and you can hear your favorite song.Google has partnered with Pandora,Imeem and Rhapsody to discover and hear your favorite music.

Acid Test Google has taken it's search engine to the next level that should be appreciated.But it is not clear that is it going to make any difference between the two versions of the same song.Ex- if you are looking for a remix version of "Jai ho" then will this search feature be able to provide you exactly what you were looking for.In the end,I look forward a Music search feature from Google that could hear us and search the favorite music.

Web Skills first day in 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Subodh Raghav) — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 07:41:00 +0000

To All my fans, readers and all those who visited my blog, I wish you all a very HAPPY NEW YEAR.It was a a good year for my blog as this blog received a lot of love from fans, readers and visitors of my blog.I would to like assure you all that you will see a lot more on my blog in year 2011.

Firstly,I will start the year with complete design makeover of my blog and hopefully it will be complete by the second week of january.I hope you will like the new design which you can also see at Web Skills-Makeover .

Secondly,I will give more emphasis on the quality of articles published on this blog even if it will take a bit more time to publish a new article. The articles will be more comprehensive,clear and easy to understand but will prefer the same old narrative style.

Thirdly,I will be starting a new section called "Idea Factory"which will be a unique concept in the blogging world where blogger's can ask me to suggest an idea for a post they want to write on their blog.

In the end once again I wish you all a very HAPPY NEW YEAR.

New Year SMS Message

noreply@blogger.com (Subodh Raghav) — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:10:00 +0000

After a couple of hours we will enter into the new year 2011.We all want to greet our near and dear ones by using modern methods for communication such as Mobile Phone,SMS and E-Mail.In fact SMS messaging is the most common method of greeting in modern society and all want to write a good new year SMS message.I am compiling a list of best SMS messages I have come across on the internet.

Before the golden sun sets,
old calender is destroyed,
And mobile networks get jammed,
I wish in new year every moment is enjoyed
For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.Happy New Year.

Beauty..
Freshness..
Dreams..
Truth..
Imagination..
Feeling..
Faith..
Trust..
This is begining of a new year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR
Receive my simple gift of LOVE
Wrapped with SINCERITY
Tied with CARE &
Sealed with BLESSINGS
2 Keep u HAPPY & SAFE all the life long.
HAPPY NEW YEAR....

Tom Cruise
Angelina Jolie
Aishwarya Rai
Arnold
Jennifer Lopez
Amitabh Bachhan
& me..
All the Stars wish u a Very Happy New Year.

Keep the smile, leave the tear, Think of joy, forget the fear... Hold the laugh, leave the pain, Be joyous , Coz its new year!HAPPY NEW YEAR

Fill ur life with Happiness & Bright Cheer,
Bring to u Joy and Prosperity for the whole Year,
And it's my New Year wish 4u Dear...
Wish u a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR.

New Year begins, let us pray, that it will be a year with new Peace, New Happiness, and abundance of new friends,,God bless you through out the new Year.

Blogger templates for new year 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Subodh Raghav) — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:06:00 +0000

Once again we are moving into the new year and it's a celebration time for the many people.I also thought writing a post on new year celebrations but ended up in selecting a new design for my blog Web Skills-A blog on technology and software applications.I looked up on internet for a new design for my blogger blog and the sites I found are having a good collection of templates are:
1.Blogger blog templates
2.Free Blogger Themes
These 2 sites have a collection of premium blogger templates and also offers a free blogger template download.You can also see a demo,view and download premium blogger templates for free.

I looked up a no. of sites on internet ,took the demo of the templates and in the end selected a list of 5 templates. Later,i selected the one template that has been put to live test at Web Skills new design.I hope you will like it and let me know about your views.

Old vs New Design:

Old Design

New Design

Get your Blogger T-Shirt free

noreply@blogger.com (Subodh Raghav) — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 17:34:00 +0000

Blogger has recently launched a feedback campaign about it's monetization features on Blogger and also giving you a chance to win a Blogger T-Shirt.You just need to Take a survey and you could be the lucky winner of a Blogger T-Shirt.
Let's have a look on the Blogger T-Shirt

The T-Shirt has got a lovely Blogger logo in Orange color ,I am waiting for my Blogger T-Shirt.

Am I addicted to blogging?

noreply@blogger.com (Subodh Raghav) — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 02:44:00 +0000

It's been long journey which began last year and still going on.In the early days of my blogging life I was inspired by Amit Agarwal author of Digital Inspiration blog and also considered to be the pioneer of blogging in India.I consider myself as an Occasional blogger as i do not blog regularly.In one of my earlier posts I had written about the reasons that inspired me to start a blog.However one of the primary reason that inspired me to blog, was the money which is very important to make a living.You can also make money from blogging provided you write something,useful for the readers.You should get your blog optimized for Search engine results and also monetize your blog with advertising programs such as Google adsense and Adbrite.

The things you should do, to make money from blogging:

Content is King, so write something original and useful
Monetize your blog properly.For ex. inetgrate advertising programs such as Google Adesnse,Kontera Ads,Chitika Ads.
Get proper Search Engine optimization for your blog so that it will show in Google Search Engine results
Market your blog at different Social media paltform like facebook,Twitter, Linkedin, Reddit, Digg,Stumble Upon, Ezine Articles etc.

Here are some statistics of my blog:

Total no. of visitors : 9876

Total Pageviews : 8970

New visitors :79%

My blog Web Skills Income Report

Revenue from AdSense Ads : 231$

Revenue from Chitika Ads: 253

Revenue from Kontera Ads:31
Total Earnings : 551$

Though it's is not a big amount of money in comparison revenues of famous blog like Digital Inspiration and Pro Blogger,still good amount in return of little time, i give to blogging.

Top 10 searched keywords for year 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Subodh Raghav) — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:03:00 +0000

The year 2010 is coming to an end and for we bloggers,it's time to look back and see for what people searched for in the year 2010.Web is the collection of information in the form of text,graphics,video etc. which could be made available to it's user on request.The key to finding information on web is typing the write keywords in search engines.People type different keywords in search engines to get the desired information.Be it the information related to famous celebrity,hollywood star or Obama,all need to type the right key words in search engines such as Google,Bing to get the desired information.At the end of the year, search engines publish a list of most searched keywords for the year which is awaited by the netizens.The search engine Bing has published a list of Top 10 searched keywords for the year 2010:

Most popular overall 2010 searches on Bing:

Kim Kardashian
Sandra Bullock
Tiger Woods
Lady Gaga
Barack Obama
Hairstyles
Kate Gosselin
Walmart
Justin Bieber
Free

Most popular people searched in 2010 on Bing:

Kim Kardashian
Sandra Bullock,
Tiger Woods,
Lady Gaga
Barack Obama
Kate Gosselin
Justin Bieber
Jesse James
Lindsay Lohan
Jennifer Aniston
Michael Jackson

In case you have any comments or queries about this list,please feel free to comment on this post.

Search google for realtime content

noreply@blogger.com (Subodh Raghav) — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:13:00 +0000

Google real time search lets you search for real time updates from online services including Twitter, FriendFeed, Facebook, MySpace, indenti.ca, TwitArmy, and Jaiku.The information found on google is not the latest as google uses stored web pages in the index for searching information,but with Google Real time search you will be able to get the freshest of information available on the web like tweets from twitter,facebook updates and RSS feeds.

Features of Google Realtime Search

1.You can search for latest breaking news update before they make headlines into media.

2.You can look back in time and see what people are saying in the past.

3.You can also refine your search what people are saying in specific town or country.

4.You can also restric your search to specific are by clicking on the location tag.

How to do google Realtime search

You can type www.google.com/realtime oin the browser window for searching realtime content on the web.You can also get realtime information by clicking Updates link from Google search Home page.
Now it seem that search engines has also got brains like humans.Is'nt it interesting.I am looking forward for the day when search engines could be able to listen us and get exactly what we asked.

Steps you should take to achieve page 1 ranking

noreply@blogger.com (Subodh Raghav) — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 18:00:00 +0000

Do you have a website which is not even showing in top 50 search results and the reason might be the lesser no. of backlinks to your site which are very important for ranking. A comprehensive link building strategy comprising of one way links,directory submissions,article submissions,press release and social bookmarking etc. is very effective when it comes to page indexing and building a wide range of natural links which is preferred by all search engines.

Top 5 search engine ranking strategies are:
1.One Way Links or Backlinks or Inbound Links
2.Directory submissions
3.Article Submissions
4.Social Bookmarking
5.Press Release
The most important strategies are One-way link building and Press release when it comes to the frequency by which search engines crawls your website.I am going to explain each strategy in detail,just wait for my next post.

Make more money with Google Adsense new interface

noreply@blogger.com (Subodh Raghav) — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 15:29:00 +0000

Recently,Google unvieled it's new adsense interface. This new interface has been designed taking feedback from the publishers all over the globe. The new adsense is designed to save your time so that you can concentrate activities that truly help grow your business. Would this Google's new interface results in making more money for publishers, if not then no matter how better it looks, will be of no use.

Google's new adsense interface helps publishers in 3 ways:
Easy Navigation This new interface provides a better organization of items so more easy access,better navigational control.
Easy to Understand All new adesense interface is easy to understand and use therefore more efficiency.
Intelligent Reporting The new adsense interface also provides graphical data which is very to understand.

Conclusion The new adsense interface provides easy access, better control and may be more money but the ad customizations are same as before. Unless google will pay attention to ad customizations(like color,size etc), it is not going make much difference in monetizing your blog/website.

How strong is your password

noreply@blogger.com (Subodh Raghav) — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 07:59:00 +0000

It's been ages since i have been browsing web and the most difficult thing about web browsing is to remember all your passwords of different E-Mail/Social Networking Profile accounts. The common solution people usually follow is to set the same password for all the Personal Accounts. However the practice is not good for security because it is easier to decode one password than decoding a no. of passwords. So would you like to check if your password is strong enough or not? Microsoft has provided an online tool for checking how strong is your password!

Click here to check password

Your site not in top 10 google search results

noreply@blogger.com (Subodh Raghav) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:37:00 +0000

Do you have a site or blog that is struggling for traffic and not even showing in top 50 Google search results.

Before you will do anything to your site, check the status of your site. Whether it's included in Google Index or Not!

Do a google search for site:www.yoursite.com and if it is showing in search results then your site is in Google Index.
Eg.: site:www.yahoo.com

Note: that you shouldn't include a space between the site: operator and your domain name.

New update Blogger Post Editor

noreply@blogger.com (Subodh Raghav) — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:36:00 +0000

Google has recently updated blogger posting editor with improvement in aesthetics and in functionality. The new editor has been equipped with lot of new features such as Quote/Unquote,Insert jump break and Do/undo. Let's have a look at the google's new blogger post editor:

You can update your old blogger post editor as follows:

Step One From Dashboard and Go to Settings.

Step Two Change Select Post editor to Update Editor and save the changes.

Do/Undo You can do/undo any changes made while editing your post.

Strike Through You can add a strike through effect in any text.

Improved Insert Image Insert image option has been improved.

Quote You can write text in double quotes and will appear in double quotes.

Preview Now preview appears in a new window which is good for the bloggers.

Insert Jump Break Much awaited feature by bloggers from Google and finally Google paid attention and came up with this amazing feature. With this feature you can write short excerpt of the post and rest of the post will be hidden and can bee seen when user click the Read More>> Link. You can insert a jump break where you want to add a read more link. If you want to change Read More link with something of your choice then you can do it as follows:

Step One Go to Layout>Click Edit in Blog Posts

Step Two Replace the Read More>> Text with that of your choice.

Step Three Click the Save Button to apply changes made by you.
Post Options Now you can show typed HTML as it is by checking the radio button in Compose settings. Earlier it was not possible to show typed HTML because XML parser considers it as HTML.

My personal view
First I like the Blogger post editor's new look but the only problem i encountered is when i applied jump break's in a couple of post's(in my case 10),there was a complete mess up of my Main Page layout leading to disarrangement of home page widgets.
Second I wish Blogger Team will add a feature that will enable the bloggers to edit the image/picture inside the post edit window because we bloggers need to edit the images while writing a post. Also Insert Image option should allows us to align pictures in any position rather than providing a limited set options(Left,Right and Center).

I hope Blogger Team will take a note of the drawbacks mentioned above and will come up with a posting editor that is user friendly as well as rich in features.

I am back to my bloggger blog

noreply@blogger.com (Subodh Raghav) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:04:00 +0000

It has been couple of months since i last posted on my blog. Although i was browsing my blog regularly but could not write a post. I was busy in attending a Training on SAP to update myself with the latest technology and also to advance in my career. Its a bit cold now but its a lovely whether to live in and enjoying ginger tea. What happened to my blog this is something that i want to share with my readers. Is it good or bad to give your blog a break. Here are some of the points i made during the period:

Better visibility in google search results
Number of visitors increased
Got more comments even though i did not updated my blog
Remarkable increase in adsense revenue
Improvement in Google Page Rank
Remarkable improvement in Alexa Page rank

Most of SEO companies do not suggest to give your blog a break in fact they suggest you to update your blog regularly. I do not agree with these suggestions as my blog performed better in search results when it was not updated for a couple of months.

Conclusion Just write good quality matter on your blog and rest you better leave it on google to index your blog.

Soon i will write a post so just wait for it.

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Post Title with excerpts slideshow widget

noreply@blogger.com (Subodh Raghav) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:33:00 +0000

I always wanted to have this kind of widget showing Post Titles with a short excerpts in my blog and now i have it in blog just below the header adding extra functionality to my blog/website.Now i want to describe some of the features of this widget:

1.It comes with Blog title,Post Titles,Date of Publish,Excerpt from the post(optional).
2.The time delay between each Post Title show is 5 seconds.
3.It also comes with a border which can be turned off as well.
4.We can halt the rotation by hovering with mouse cursor over the post title till mouse moves off the item.
5.You can also customize this widget according to your needs that best suits your blogger template blog.

Now the Important Part is how to integrate it in your blogger template blog.
Here is the step by step procedure:
Step One Log In to Blogger Account.
Step Two From the Dashboard Click Layout link.
Step Three Add a Gadget(HTML/JavaScript) just above the blog Posts as shown below:
Step Four Copy the code below:

<style type="text/css">
.gfg-root {
width : 100%;
height : auto;
position : relative;
overflow : hidden;
text-align : center;
font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;
font-size: 20px;
border: 1px solid #BCCDF0;
}

.gfg-title {
font-size: 24px;
font-weight : bold;
color : #3366cc;
background-color: #E5ECF9;
line-height : 1.4em;
overflow : hidden;
white-space : nowrap;
}

.gfg-title a {
color : #3366cc;
}

.gfg-subtitle {
font-size: 20px;
font-weight : bold;
color : #3366cc;
background-color: #E5ECF9;
line-height : 1.4em;
overflow : hidden;
white-space : nowrap;
margin-bottom : 0px;
}

.gfg-subtitle a {
color : #3366cc;
display:none !important;
}

.gfg-entry {
background-color : white;
width : 100%;
height : 6.9em;
position : relative;
overflow : hidden;
text-align : left;
margin-top : 3px;
}

/* To allow correct behavior for overlay */
.gfg-root .gfg-entry .gf-result {
position : relative;
background-color : white;
width : auto;
height : 100%;
padding-left : 20px;
padding-right : 5px;
}

.gfg-list {
position : relative;
overflow : hidden;
text-align : left;
margin-bottom : 5px;
display:none !important;
}

.gfg-listentry {
line-height : 1.5em;
overflow : hidden;
white-space : nowrap;
text-overflow : ellipsis;
-o-text-overflow : ellipsis;
padding-left : 15px;
padding-right : 5px;
margin-left : 5px;
margin-right : 5px;
}

.gfg-listentry-odd {
background-color : #F6F6F6;
}

.gfg-listentry-even {
}

.gfg-listentry-highlight {
background-image : url('garrow.gif');
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position : center left;
}

/*
* FeedControl customizations.
*/

.gfg-root .gfg-entry .gf-result .gf-title {
font-size: 24px;
line-height : 1.2em;
overflow : hidden;
white-space : nowrap;
text-overflow : ellipsis;
-o-text-overflow : ellipsis;
margin-bottom : 2px;
}

.gfg-root .gfg-entry .gf-result .gf-snippet {
height : 3.8em;
color: #000000;
margin-top : 3px;
}

/*
* Easy way to get horizontal mode, applicable via js options to gadget.
*/

.gfg-horizontal-container {
position : relative;
}

.gfg-horizontal-root {
height : 1.5em;
_height : 100%;
position : relative;
white-space : nowrap;
overflow : hidden;
text-align : center;
font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;
border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;
padding : 5px;
margin-right : 80px;
}

.gfg-horizontal-root .gfg-title {
font-weight : bold;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
line-height : 1.5em;
overflow : hidden;
white-space : nowrap;
float : left;
padding-left : 10px;
padding-right : 12px;
border-right: 1px solid #AAAAAA;
}

.gfg-horizontal-root .gfg-title a {
color : #444444;
text-decoration : none;
}

.gfg-horizontal-root .gfg-entry {
width : auto;
height : 1.5em;
position : relative;
overflow : hidden;
text-align : left;
margin-top : 0px;
margin-left : 0px;
padding-left : 10px;
}

/* To allow correct behavior for overlay */
.gfg-horizontal-root .gfg-entry .gf-result {
position : relative;
background-color : white;
width : 100%;
height : 100%;
line-height : 1.5em;
overflow : hidden;
white-space : nowrap;
}

.gfg-horizontal-root .gfg-list {
display : none;
}

/*
* FeedControl customizations.
*/

.gfg-horizontal-root .gfg-entry .gf-result .gf-snippet,
.gfg-horizontal-root .gfg-entry .gf-result .gf-author {
display : none;
}

.gfg-horizontal-root .gfg-entry .gf-result .gf-title {
color: #0000cc;
margin-right : 3px;
float : left;
}

.gfg-horizontal-root .gfg-entry .gf-result .gf-spacer {
float : left;
}

.gfg-horizontal-root .gfg-entry .gf-result .gf-spacer,
.gfg-horizontal-root .gfg-entry .gf-result .gf-relativePublishedDate {
display : block;
color: #AAAAAA;
}

.gfg-branding {
white-space : nowrap;
overflow : hidden;
text-align : left;
position : absolute;
right : 0px;
top : 0px;
width : 80px;
}

.gfg-collapse-open, .gfg-collapse-closed {
background-repeat : no-repeat;
background-position : center;
cursor : pointer;
float : right;
width : 17px;
height : 20px;
}

.gfg-collapse-open {
background-image : url('arrow_open.gif');
}

.gfg-collapse-closed {
background-image : url('arrow_close.gif');
}

.gfg-collapse-href {
float : left;
}

.clearFloat {
clear : both;
}
#feedGadget {
margin-top : 5px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
width : 440px;
font-size: 10px;
color: #9CADD0;
}
</style>
<noscript><a href="http://techieway.blogspot.com" target="_blank">

Blogger Hacks</a></noscript> <script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi/?key=internal-sample" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/dynamicfeed/gfdynamicfeedcontrol.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript">function showGadget() { var feeds = [{title:'title', url:'http://MYBLOG.blogspot.com/atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=999'}, ];new GFdynamicFeedControl(feeds, 'feedGadget', {numResults : 1000, stacked : true,title: "BLOG_TITLE ~ Random Posts."});} google.load("feeds", "1");google.setOnLoadCallback(showGadget); </script> <noscript><a href="http://techieway.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Blogger Hacks</a></noscript> <div id="feedGadget">Loading...</div> <div id="feedGadget"><a href=http://techieway.blogspot.com/ target="_blank">Click Here To Grab This Widget</a>~Design By-<a href="http://www.blogdoctor.me" target="_blank">Blogdoctor</a>.</div>

Step Five Make changes in code shown in red color as suggested below:
Change "MYBLOG" to actual blog subdomain and "BLOG_TITLE" to actual title of your blog.Now Copy and paste the modified code in the HTML/Java Scipt gadget(Created in step three) and click save button on the gadget.

Step Six View the Blog in the browser window and see if it is appearing correctly.Let's take a look at the screen shot of this widget.Customizations:

Width:Look for the following section of code and change the width suitable to your blogger template.

#feedGadget {
margin-top : 5px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
width : 590px;
font-size: 16px;
color: #9CADD0;
}

Border: If you do not want to show border then look for the following section of code and the border width to 0px.

.gfg-horizontal-root {
height : 1.5em;
_height : 100%;
position : relative;
white-space : nowrap;
overflow : hidden;
text-align : center;
font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;
border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;
padding : 5px;
margin-right : 80px;
}

Font-Size:
You can also change the fonts of the widget.To change the font-size of Post titles look for the following section of Code and change font-size suited for your blog.

.gfg-root .gfg-entry .gf-result .gf-title {
font-size: 24px;
line-height : 1.2em;
overflow : hidden;
white-space : nowrap;
text-overflow : ellipsis;
-o-text-overflow : ellipsis;
margin-bottom : 2px;
}

I have described some important customizations generally needed for bloggers.You can explore a number of other customizations for your blogger blog.