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How To Get More Twitter Followers?

2010-02-28T22:44:00.000+08:00

One way to market or advertise your blog is by twitter or tweeting. But the key to get huge amount of traffic from twitter is by having a huge number of followers. But how? Well, Buzzom or TwitIn comes into play.

What TwitIn does is it allows you to bulk follow or bulk unfollow people on twitter. And people on twitter nowadays have autofollow where if you follow them, they will follow you back. So the more people you follow, the higher the chance that you will get more followers.

So how does TwitIn bulk follow/bulk unfollow work?
By allowing permissions from twitter, you will be presented with three choices, Flush, Grow and Reciprocate.

Flush
Flush allows you to bulk unfollow poeple on twitter that are not following you. But be careful when using this feature because if you unfollow a lot of people in a day, twitter might suspect you of spamming and possibly ban your acoount. S a good number of bulk unfollow in a day is between 100-200.

Grow
This is what TwitIn is all about, the grow. It allows you to bulk follow people on twitter. Remember, the more you follow, the more followers you can get. Also, note that you can only follow a maximum amount of 1,000 people per day.

Reciprocate
This feature allows you to follow those people who are following you. Because some of your followers came from somewhere you don't know and they just followed you. So if you want to, then follow them back.

Facebook-Like Toolbar For Blogger

2010-02-25T22:34:00.000+08:00

Facebook features a toolbar that is always at the bottom of the browser where you can chat and have shortcuts to your applications. Well guess what, you can also add a toolbar like in facebook on blogger. This is made possible by wibiya.

Get wibiya toolbar for blogger here. You will need to register to get the toolbar, don't worry cause it's free. After you register, you will can choose the skin color of your toolbar.You can choose from 29 skin colors.

After that, you can choose what services to include in your toolbar. Like twitter, facebook fanpage, translations and even users online count.

And when you're happy with your configuration, just integrate it on blogger. And here's what a wibiya blogger toolbar looks like:

DoFollow Social Networking Sites

2010-02-23T22:15:00.000+08:00

As I was browsing the internet a while back, I came across this good post which features a list of dofollow social networking sites.

So what are social networking sites?
Social networking sites are websites that users can interact with each others. And by joining these communities, you can advertise your blog and get more traffic.

What is dofollow?
Dofollow means that if you put the link of your blog to their website, google and other search engines will then crawl your blog and index it. Thus increasing your search engine ranking and page ranks. If you would know, this blog is a dofollow too.

The post has 80 links to dofollow social networking sites, that means you can get 80 backlinks to increase your search engine rankings!

ShareThis Widget For Blogger

2010-02-21T22:06:00.000+08:00

ShareThis is a social bookmarking widget that you can implement on your blog for your readers to easily share your posts with social networking sites like facebook, twitter and digg. ShareThis is an easy install widget because in a few clicks, you can already implement it on your blog.

Here's what it looks like:

What's good about this widget is that you can actually customize the services that will appear whenever a user hovers on the ShareThis icon.

Get ShareThis widget here

Ratings for Blogger

2010-02-18T21:45:00.000+08:00

The widget that I will be explaining today is the Ratings Widget for Blogger by outbrain. By adding ratings widget to your blog, your readers will be able to rate every posts in your blog between 1-5. From bad(1) to excellent(5) ratings!

Here's what ratings widget looks like:

You can get the ratings widget here. I recommend you to register so that you can access the advanced settings.

Disable Right Clicking on Blogger

2010-02-16T19:56:00.000+08:00

Oftentimes, we write unique posts and don't want others to copy them. A simple solution is to disable right clicking on your blog. This will not prevent people from copying your content because they can still highlight and use CTRL+C to copy your content, but it will prevent newbies from copying your content.

Everytime a person right clicks on your blog, this message will appear:

After you clicked the installer, you will be redirected to blogger. If you want to change the pop-up message, just change the message inside the red box in the image below. (click the image for a larger version)

Happy Valentines Day!

2010-02-14T21:53:00.002+08:00

I just want to greet all my readers a happy valentines day! Here's a heart that will show my love to my readers and fellow bloggers. Especially to all lovers out there! May you spend more valentines together!

Cheers,
Windsor

Table of Contents for Blogger

2010-02-11T10:47:00.001+08:00

Table of contents for blogger is a widget made by Abu Fathan. Table of contents widget or archive widget will display all posts categorized by their labels. The widget will also show your previous 10 posts as "New!". A live demo can be found on my archive.

To add this widget on your blog using normal post,

1. Create a new post and click on the Edit HTML tab.

2. Paste this code,

Change ilook12.blogspot.com with your blog url, (ex. myblog.com)

3. Publish Post.

To add this widget using Blogger's static pages,

1. Go to http://draft.blogger.com/

2. Click on New Post ~ Edit Pages tab and click New Page,

3. On the Edit HTML tab, paste the code,

Change ilook12.blogspot.com with your blog url, (ex. myblog.com)

4. Publish Page.

Remove Subscribe to Post Comments (Atom)

2010-02-09T15:39:00.000+08:00

Aside from Subscribe to Posts (Atom), there is also another one called Subscribe to Post Comments (Atom) that is present below the comment box on every posts of your blog. To remove it, follow these steps:

1. Go to Layout ~ Edit HTML

2. Find .feed-links

Once you found it, it's entire code will look like

.feed-links {
clear: both;
line-height: 2.5em;
}

Now change it to,

.feed-links {
display:none;
}

3. Save your template

Remove Subscribe to Posts (Atom)

2010-02-07T15:33:00.000+08:00

Default blogger templates and some other custom blogger templates has a Subscribe to: Posts (Atom) at the footer. To remove it, just follow these steps:

1. Go to Layout ~ Edit HTML and check Expand Widget Templates

2. Find and remove <b:include data='feedLinks' name='feedLinksBody'/>

3. Save your template.

Final Fantasy XIII: First Look Gameplay

2010-02-04T03:00:00.001+08:00

For all final fantasy fans out there, gamespot has recently released a video on their Import Friendly show that previews Final Fantasy XIII's gameplay. The version currently is on japanese and the english version is said to be released on March 9, 2010. And it can only be played on PS3 and Xbox360.

Here's the video:

No Songs On Winamp Library Fix

2010-02-02T20:24:00.019+08:00

There's currently a bug in winamp where if your computer was turned off without shutting down while your winamp client is open, the music library becomes corrupted and lost all songs.

Here's what a broken winamp music library looks like (click the images to enlarge).

To fix the broken music library,

1. Go to Options ~ Preferences

2. A small window will popup, locate Local Media under the Media Library and click Clear Media Library

3. Click Yes.

4. Now your broken music library is cleared, it will now be emptied.

5. Now, relocate your music folder to fill up your music library. Click File ~ Add Media to Library...

6. Find the folder where your music files are stored and click Add.

7. Wait until the loading finishes.

8. Your winamp music library is now back to how it was before.

New Facebook Share Button For Blogger

2010-01-31T18:35:00.002+08:00

On my previous article about adding facebook share button on blogger, it features just how to add a simple share button style. In this article, I will explain how to add an elegant looking facebook share button to blogger courtesy of fbshare.me

Here's what the new facebook share button looks like:

Button Style Codes:

Facebook Share Button Large Floating Right:

Facebook Share Button Large Floating Left:

Facebook Share Button Small Floating Right:

<div style='float: right; margin-left: 1em'>
<script>var fbShare = {
size: 'small'
}</script>
<script src='http://widgets.fbshare.me/files/fbshare.js'/>
</div>

Facebook Share Button Small Floating Left:

<div style='float: left; margin-right: 1em'>
<script>var fbShare = {
size: 'small'
}</script>
<script src='http://widgets.fbshare.me/files/fbshare.js'/>
</div>

How to add on Blogger:

1. Follow this guide on How to edit the blogger template.

2. Choose one of the button styles above and copy it.

3. Find(CTRL+F) <data:post.body/>

4a. If you want to show the share button at the start of your post, add the code above <data:post.body/>

4b. If you want to show the share button below your blog post, add the code below <data:post.body/>

Where Uploaded Images On Blogger Go?

2010-01-28T22:09:00.006+08:00

Blogger features an image uploading service for blog posts where it provides an unlimited bandwidth. But have you ever wondered where are those images go after it has been uploaded? The images doesn't go somewhere, in fact it goes to Picasa Web Album.

The web album features as I said earlier, an unlimited bandwidth and a maximum of 1GB storage for each of your blog. All images that you uploaded using blogger will go there so even if you deleted the image from your computer, you still have a backup online.

Picasa also has a downloadable version where you can organize your pictures from your computer and upload them directly online. Visit this tutorial for more information.

Lytebox Image Viewer For Blogger

2010-01-26T03:10:00.002+08:00

If you heard about Lightbox, I'm sure that you know that it is a widget integrated to blogger that allows you to open large images without opening a new window and instead opening it at the center of your screen inside a box. But in this guide, we will be using another widget called Lytebox, it is a modified Lightbox with some added features.

Here are some examples, click the image to view the lytebox.
Singe image:

Album or group of images:

Slideshow:

To add this widget to your blog, just choose your preferred color and click the add to blogger.

Note: You only need to add one of them, not two, three or all of them.

To display images uploaded to blogger inside a lytebox, just follow these steps.

After you uploaded an image from your blogger post editor, click Edit HTML.

Your image code will look similar to this,

What you need to do is remove the -h then proceed to the next step on how would you like the image to appear in the lytebox

For single image:
Add rel="lytebox" title="Caption" after the <a
Example code:

For group of images or album type:
Add rel="lytebox[album_name]" title="Caption" after the <a. Change the album_name to the album name of your choice, and when adding the second image, just make the album_name the same.

Example code:

For slideshow:
Same implementation like for the group of images but you will need to use lyteshow instead of lytebox.
Add rel="lyteshow[album_name]" title="Caption" after <a

Example code:

Bonus Feature:
The lytebox does not only allows you to display images inside a box, it also allows you to display websites.

Here's a demo for google.com
Google Search

Here's the code for the above example,

<a href="http://www.google.com" rel="lyteframe" title="Search Google" rev="width: 640px; height: 380px; scrolling: auto;">Google Search</a>

The rev controls the width, height and scrolling of the box, if this is omitted, the default width and height will be set to 400px and the scrolling will be set to auto.

Here's another demo with google.com without using rev.
Google Search

and the code,

<a href="http://www.google.com" rel="lyteframe" title="Search Google">Google Search</a>

Firefox Addon: SearchStatus

2010-01-24T12:16:00.002+08:00

Here's a very useful firefox addon for you guys, it's called searchstatus. What does it do? Let me quote their original description.

Display the Google PageRank, Alexa rank, Compete ranking and SEOmoz Linkscape mozRank anywhere in your browser, along with fast keyword density analyser, keyword/nofollow highlighting, backward/related links, Alexa info and more.

And here's what it looks like when installed on your firefox browser. It is the page rank and alexa rank of google.com

You can also enable/disable what ranks to display by right clicking on the q icon.

And change the position on where the addon will appear

Download searchstatus addon here.

How To Remove All Hyperlinks in MS Word

2010-01-21T18:08:00.002+08:00

Sometimes, when we do online research for projects, we tend to copy the contents of the site(i.e. wikipedia) and paste it to MS Word. That's what most students do today, copy+paste then print and submit to the teacher.

But if you'll notice, when copying, the hyperlinks will also be copied to the document making the words color blue and opens your browser once you click on them. Here's a simple way to remove all of the hyperlinks at once.

1. Select the whole document(CTRL+A)

2. Press CTRL+SHIFT+F9

All the hyperlinks will then be removed.

How To Ignore Own Visit Counts On Sitemeter

2010-01-19T12:31:00.000+08:00

You might be using sitemeter on your blog to track the number of visits, pageviews and where your visitors came from. But as the blog owner, you always visit your blog and sitemeter then include your visits counts. You will then have a false traffic count.

To fix this problem, you need to change a setting on your sitemeter account so that it will not track your visits. To do that,

1. Login to your sitemeter account

2. Go to manager and click on ignore visits category.

3. Click on "IGNORE visits to my site from this browser"

If you change your browser or cleared the cookies, you need to repeat the steps again.

Blog Monetizing For Beginners

2010-01-17T12:01:00.001+08:00

If you just started a blog(blog age: 1-4 months) here are 2 PPC services that you can sign up and earn some money.

1. Google Adsense. Adsense is the biggest PPC(pay per click) service provider on the internet today. Professional bloggers can earn up to $500 per day through adsense. But what's good about adsense it you can sign up even if your blog is just new.

2. Infolinks. Infolinks provide text-link ads, meaning the ads will be based on your blog post content. A great tandem would be putting adsense and infolinks together in your blog.

Check out the Advertising Tips for tricks on how to implement those ads.

FarmVille Autoclicker

2010-01-14T11:50:00.001+08:00

If you happen to be a facebook user, you may be heard of a game called FarmVille. It is the number one most played game in facebook. FarmVille is a simulation of farming where you grow crops, harvest fruits and buy animals. But as you level up, your farm also gets bigger and bit's becoming harder to click every single plot.

Here's a solution for that, you will let a software do the clicking for you. It is called FarmVille Clicker.

Download FarmVille Clicker

For instructions on how to use, click here.

How To Add Twitter Live Feed For Blogger

2010-01-12T16:33:00.000+08:00

Twitter also comes with a handy widget that lets you display your latest tweets on your blog. The twitter profile widget or live tweets widget also allows you to customize it's look and style.

Grab the twitter profile widget here.

2010-01-10T21:18:00.001+08:00

Here's a list of all posts from this blog. Also called 'Archive'.

Automatically Remove Image Border On Blogger Posts

2010-01-10T16:27:00.000+08:00

This is an update to my previous post "How To Remove Image Border On Blogger Posts". But this time, it will be easier because the border removal will be done automatically by blogger.

1. Follow this guide on How To Edit The Blogger Template

2. Find .post img or .post-body img. If you didn't find any of those two, proceed to the next step and if you find any of them, then remove them. In removing those, be sure to remove its entire code,

Example, you have to remove the entire code like this.

.post-body img {
margin: 10px;
border: 3px solid #CCC;
}

3. Find ]]></b:skin>

4. Add this code ABOVE ]]></b:skin>

.post, .post-body img {
border: 0;
}

5. Click Save Template

From now on, everytime you add an image to your blog posts, their borders will be automatically removed once you published them.

Must Have Portable Applications For Flash Drives

2010-01-07T15:41:00.001+08:00

Do you have a flash drive? Sure you do! In this post, I will give a list of portable applications that you can install in your flash drive/USB. But first let me explain some things.

What is a portable application?
A portable application is an application that you can install on your flash drive or USB stick and use it on other computers without installing the specific application. Thus, there won't be any hassle of configuring and installing everytime you want to use an application on another computer.

Why do I need these portable applications?
Portable applications are indeed very useful especially if you're a "computer geek", a computer technician, or maybe just an ordinary person with a flash drive. You can use them to fix or edit things. Just take for example if you're visiting a friend that doesn't have a MS Office 2007 installed on his computer and you to open a file that requires office 2007. Portable apps becomes handy in this situation, because with portable openoffice app, you can open that file without installing anything on your friend's computer.

Here is my recommended list of portable applications that you can install to your flash drive. For a full list of portable applications, visit PortableApps.com

1. Notepad++ Portable. It is a portable notepad which supports almost all languages and also includes syntax highlighting

2. Gimp Portable. A portable image editing software that works like photoshop.

3. Google Chrome Portable. A portable browser that can be useful if the other browsers doesn't work.

4. Mozilla Firefox Portable. A portable version of the famous firefox web browser.

5. Pidgin Portable. All in one chat client which supports AOL, MSN and Yahoo Messengers.

6. Skype Portable. A portable application for video chatting.

7. uTorrent Portable. A lightweight portable bittorent client

8. Audacity Portable. A portable application that is used for editing and recording audio.

9. VLC Media Player Portable. A portable media player that supports almost all video and audio file types.

10. Foxit Reader Portable. A portable application to open PDF files.

11. OpenOffice Portable. A portable application to create documents, spreadsheets, presentations with Microsoft compatibility.

12. 7-Zip Portable. A portable application for archiving and opening compressed files.

13. ClamWin Portable. A portable antivirus.

14. Java Portable. A portable application to open java related files.

15. JkDefrag Portable. A portable disk defragmentation and optimization application.

16. TeamViewer Portable. Portable application for Remote PC

For a full list of portable applications, visit PortableApps.com

Tweet New Posts Automatically With FeedBurner

2010-01-05T15:14:00.000+08:00

Another way to get more visitors is by tweeting(twitter). But sometimes, it gets boring to tweeting over and over again once you have new posts specially if you're not really an avid fan of twitter. Here's a solution for that, make your new posts automatically tweeted by feedburner. To do that, just follow these steps:

1. Sign in to Feedburner

2. Click on Publicize and then the Socialize category

3. Click on Add Twitter Account

4. A new window will be opened directing you to twitter, click Allow to enable feedburner to access your twitter account(don't worry, feedburner won't do any harm to your twitter account).

5. Change the Formatting Options to whatever you prefer.and click Activate/Save.

You will now not worry about tweeting your blog posts because from now on, feedburner will do it for you.