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How to Google like your Blog

2013-03-05T17:27:00.000-08:00

Want Google to like your site? Then make sure people like your site. The only thing that all successful websites have in common is that they all are liked by people. If you take an honest look at your website and compare it to others in your field, can you say yours is better? Why is it better? Is there a reason your website is a better resource than others? Great websites pleasure their users. They do so by providing better, more useful, and more engaging content.

If you want your website to rank higher in Google search results you must find a way to have people enjoy your website more. This can be accomplished in several ways.

Improving your website for users

The best way to have your website rank higher is to make it better for your users. Being better requires that your website is one or some of these types of things in comparison to your competitors…

more useful content
more simple template
more comprehensive
more funny joke
solve problems quicker or more effectively
more visually stunning
It doesn't matter how high you rank in Google if people do not enjoy your site
More famous content

This guideline is saying that you should concentrate on your users. The reason Google has to come out and say that is because most people spend more time on search engine optimization than they do on improving their websites.

If you spend each day checking your website statistics and reading search engine optimization blogs then quite frankly you are not spending time improving your website for your users.

The shame of this is that you must improve your website for your users in order to rank higher.

In the real world this could be compared by a store owner being so obsessed with their store sign that they spend every day making their sign better and better, but have no inventory or emplyees in their actual store. No matter how perfect their sign is, they need to have something in their store too or people will just leave.

Think about why people would want to use your website and then make it even better for them.

The biggest mistake

In the years I have spent working in SEO the mistake I have seen most often is people who think their website is "done". Since they think it is done, they spend time on things like SEO instead of improving their website.

Do not overuse Flash: apart from increasing the load time of your website, excessive usage of Flash might also annoy the visitors. Use it only if you must offer features that are not supported by static pages.
Do not play music: on the early years of the Internet web developers always tried to successfully integrate music into websites. Guess what, they failed miserably. Do not use music, period.
If you MUST play an audio file let the user start it: some situations might require an audio file. You might need to deliver a speech to the user or your guided tour might have an audio component. That is fine. Just make sure that the user is in control, let him push the “Play” button as opposed to jamming the music on his face right after he enters the website.
Do not clutter your website with badges: first of all, badges of networks and communities make a site look very unprofessional. Even if we are talking about awards and recognition badges you should place them on the “About Us” page.
Do not use a homepage that just launches the “real” website: the smaller the number of steps required for the user to access your content, the better.
Do not use ad that annoying Visitor : If visitor become 'annoyed' to your blog, they will go out and never come back. Do not use ad that make money or adf.ly . Use ad that from Ad agent or Ad Website so you can not choose what ad appear on your Blog
Use 'About' page :The “About” page of a blog may receive less traffic than others - but it is one of the most important ones that you can spend time developing. The reason is because it can be a very influential page. Have a think about who might read an “About” page. It doesn’t take a genius to work out that those reading your blog’s “About” page are going to be people in investigation mode.

Google has made it clear many times that a web content should have an emphasis value (valuable content) to the reader. Instead, content or articles that is only aimed at Google (spam content) dangerous for SEO efforts undertaken since Google consider it detrimental to the reader and pollute the search results. Google Panda Algorithm Task exists in the region

How to avoid spam by Google's cap simple: think of the reader. Giving emphasis on the interests of readers will keep you from spamming efforts. When attempting to insert keywords, for example, think about whether the reader will feel confused, uncomfortable, made spin? If it is not possible to insert keywords naturally, did not.

In my opinion, the articles written are naturally present circuits keyword by itself, so, for me personally, I prefer not to think about the insert keyword at all. However, if you feel there is a need for it, give a percentage estimate. If it should be submitted in the form of proportions of numbers, yah .. provide approximately 70% and 30% for readers to Google.

All About Me
As mentioned just above, there is another purpose of writing a blog article: for the author of the blog itself. What I mean is the blogger very much think of myself without thinking of the needs of readers. There are two contexts:

How to Hide Message in Status Page Label

2013-03-04T20:44:00.000-08:00

Ok this day post about hiding Message in Status Page Label. Status Mwssage always appear when we search through blog or select a label. "Status Message Bar" seems less elegant and attractive when the status message label / search appears at the top of a collection of posts grouped by label or search results. For some people, this view would damage the overall blog design. Who want know what we clicked ? It seem like not atractive

If you use Google Custom Search, of course this message will not appear.

There are many other variations of the message used on the label and search and query dependent parameters are used.

'Message status is regulated through the Blogger engine and server request a specific XML tag. So, as the concept of Blogger template structure, Status Message Bar is still "widgetized", is a widget, just like the post, sidebar widgets, etc.. Then, still on the Blogger server, the message is set default zoom through CSS'.

Well, of the two concepts used by the Blogger, we can do a small hack to remove or eliminate the status message at the label and search pages in two ways:
1. Deleting an XML tag status message bar.
2. Hiding the message status bar display using the new CSS

Eliminate Message Status Label / Tag Search by Removing the Tag

1. Go to dashboard> Template> Edit HTML.
2. Check the "Expand Widgets Template" in the upper right corner.
3. Find the following tag:

<b:include data='top' name='status-message'/>

4. Remove tag. Note: on certain templates there are usually two or more, delete them.
5. Save the template.

Cara ini digunakan untuk benar-benar menghapus permintaan pesan status pada halaman label dan halaman search. Jadi tidak akan ada perintah kepada Blogger untuk menampilkan pesan tersebut.

Hiding Message Status Label / Search with CSS

This method is quite simple, using display property to hide:
1. Go to dashboard> Template> Edit HTML (do not need to "expand widget templates")
2. Enter the following CSS code, just above ]]> </ b: skin>:

.status-msg-wrap{display:none !important;}

3. Save template.

After doing one of the above, see the results on the label and search pages. If do right, the status message will not appear.

Conclusion and Tips

I present two methods above hack in order to choose which one is best to use. However, as a suggestion, you should use the second way, because in this way tend to be more secure and does not change the composition of the map any tag in a template.

From the use of hack through CSS, means obtained also concluded that we could do more for his design. Want to make an appearance on the Status Message Bar blog more interesting? In the next opportunity, I will be sharing some of his designs.

Note also we can not change the message because all set in the Blogger engine ( every message is different on other country ), instead of the template.
Source : www.buka-rahasia.blogspot.com ( Indonesia )

How important Outbound link on Blog

2013-03-04T05:54:00.003-08:00

Anybody know how important 'Backlink' or Link into your blog, but only few blogger knew the important of Outbound link.Outbound link is a link that go to the other blog, not your's.
So, if you try to give a link out to other blog, in first day you will dislike it but in other day, i bet you will like it

The Result to make Outbound link

1. Ideas spread across the blogosphere/blogger quickly
Your post/article will spread fast and maybe become a popular and if there are a blogger that copy your article and then place it in his blog and of course include the source, you will get a backlink and more visitor
2. Relationships between bloggers grew with each link
Relationships on other human is important. With relationships, you can get more experience and knowledge. Relationship on Blogger with other Blogger is very important. You can share your knowledge and he maybe share his knowledge too.
3. Everyone’s blog grew
Not your blog that only grow, but other blog grow too, and it will create a healty competition, it will make to become the best blogger around your community.

The Reason to make Outbound link

1. Give something of value to your readers—while your readers come to your blog to read what you have to say, I find that they’re always appreciative of links to quality content.
2. Build Your Credibility—regularly highlighting what others are writing in your niche shows your readers that you’re abreast of developments in your field and that you’re connected to the network.
3. Build Relationships with Other Bloggers—there’s nothing like sending another blogger traffic to make an impression and build connections. Not only that, when you link to others in a constructive way that actually builds upon their ideas and adds value to a conversation they’ve started, it can often lead to ongoing interactions.
4. SEO—some SEOs argue that linking out to related content in your niche with relevant keywords as anchor text can impact upon how search engines see your site. You’d want to avoid going over the top and linking out too much—but a few links to quality content on your topic may well show a search engine that you’re worthy of authority. It’s certainly not the main factor in Google’s algorithm but many argue that it helps.
The key with this task is to link to something of value that your readers will find relevant and helpful to them. Of course, building this practice into your blogging means you need to be aware of what’s happening in your particular part of the Web. To do this you’ll probably want to:
1. Subscribe to other blogs and sites in your niche
2. Watch social bookmarking sites that cover topics in your industry
3. Nofollow that link if that link contain an ilegal content

Tips to make an Outbound link

1 – Always link to quality content. Your link to another website or blog is essentially an endorsement from you. Remember that your reputation is on the line if you link to questionable or poorly-written content.

2 – Link to smaller blogs, not just A-listers. This is the key. Linking to A-list blogs is not a bad practice, but they are unlikely to notice your link since they get so many of them. Smaller blogs are more likely to notice, take the time to visit your blog and leave a comment or link back to you.

3 – Link to those bloggers who are in your network. There is no better way to strengthen your existing networking relationships than by giving a positive endorsement or a link to a fellow blogger. Treat your friends this way and others will be lining up to be a part of your network.

4 – Link to some bloggers who you have never had contact with. If you only link to your existing contacts, linking out will not help you to expand your network. Find other bloggers that you would like to have as a part of your network and link to them.

5 – Link to those who participate on your blog. Providing a link to active commentators is an extra incentive for readers to get involved on your blog, and it rewards them for their efforts.

6 – Be the first to link to a post. If the blog you are linking to displays trackbacks, your link will be the highest one shown. If that post winds up drawing a good deal of traffic you could get significant click-through visitors.

7 – Provide additional information. If you want your visitors to get the most out of your links, tell them a little bit about the posts that you are linking to. They’ll be more likely to click than if they are unsure of the subject of the linked post.

8 – Use outbound links to strengthen your posts. Don’t simply use outbound links in posts that are designated as link posts. Use them whenever appropriate in all of your articles. Effectively-used outbound links will add to the value of your blog posts, as they will give the reader more resources. If you can’t say it better than someone else already has, just provide a link to them. If you’re afraid of the links causing you to loose visitors, set them to open in a new window.

9 – Ask for reciprocal links. When you’ve found a blog post that you would like to link to, why not email the blog owner and ask them if they are interested in exchanging links? If you provide quality content on your blog that is relevant for their audience, many will be willing to reciprocate (again, this will be much more effective with smaller blogs than with the most popular ones). Another version of this process is to first link to the other blog, then email the blogger to introduce yourself, mention the link and ask them to consider linking to you.

How to add related post with thumbnail in blogger

2013-03-03T21:12:00.000-08:00

Well anybodody knows how to install the related post? Maybe you are using a free service called www.linkwithin.com, but a lot of the disadvantages of using these services is on the Home page of your blog is also shown (Under readmore). Wanna know how to put on a good related post? I will discuss it.

Here's how I install related post

1. Go to Blog menu dashboard> Template> Edit HTML
2. Do not forget to check the 'Expand widget templates'
3. Find this code (use Ctrl + F to make it easier)
4. Paste the following code above / before </head>

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
<style type='text/css'>
#related-posts {
float:center;
text-transform:none;
height:100%;
min-height:100%;
padding-top:5px;
padding-left:5px;
}

#related-posts h2{
font-size: 18px;
letter-spacing: 2px;
font-weight: bold;
text-transform: none;
color: #5D5D5D;
font-family: Arial Narrow;
margin-bottom: 0.75em;
margin-top: 0em;
padding-top: 0em;
}
#related-posts a{
border-right: 1px dotted #DDDDDD;
color:#5D5D5D;
}
#related-posts a:hover{
color:black;
background-color:#EDEDEF;
}
</style>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var defaultnoimage="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhENd918C3lbx6HwmPoX1Gn4C1hpfErIuHc7jWYZwNmPNOkOHLyxKA67uSq8s-n8yX5IuL8syG5tkpKzXk3hyphenhyphen200XQ9a1muw7UKhVELZoJQQoKwkRp1PNnqfR_fwuWKWWfKcPjh1AsJoph-/s1600/no_image.jpg";
var maxresults=5;
var splittercolor="#DDDDDD";
var relatedpoststitle="Related Posts";
</script>
<script src='https://seo-for-top.googlecode.com/files/java.js' type='text/javascript'/>
</b:if>

Guide

To change the image, change the url of the blue with the url of your image.

To change the number of posts displayed, replace the '5 'to the number of posts to be displayed.

Eliminate code purple if you want to show well under readmore (same as linkwithin)

5. Now find this code

6. Paste this code above it

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
<div id='related-posts'>
<b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'>
<b:if cond='data:label.isLast != "true"'>
</b:if>
<script expr:src='"/feeds/posts/default/-/" + data:label.name + "?alt=json-in-script&callback=related_results_labels_thumbs&max-results=5"' type='text/javascript'/></b:loop>
<script type='text/javascript'>
removeRelatedDuplicates_thumbs();
printRelatedLabels_thumbs("<data:post.url/>");
</script>
</div><div style='clear:both'/>
</b:if>
<b:if cond='data:blog.url == data:blog.homepageUrl'><b:if cond='data:post.isFirstPost'>
<a href='http://www.seo-1st.blogspot.com'><img alt='Blogger Tricks' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvGQZowvt1_CcmEzCN6R0DpGv77tjpZTCI9fM7UIQjGJxB78MahhjiWwp_8LHo24aIU2vUjYOa0OgDenLQFLYCgGfcKmD3yam4ULliZuLmerZYfBjkYdhGEBlVmvc4m-bAdOM2TmSoG8s/s1600/best+blogger+tips.png'/></a>
</b:if></b:if>

To change the number of posts displayed, replace the '5 'to the number of posts to be displayed.
Eliminate code blue if you want to display it as well in your homepage

7 Tricks to avoid Google Penguin

2013-03-02T17:27:00.001-08:00

Google Penguin is a name that refers to the process of updating routine Google search engine algorithm, this time focused on improving the quality of search results of Google Search Engine (SERP) by cleaning (lower rank or not to be 'index'at all) sites that are identified as " webspam ". "Webspam" are sites that either intentionally or unintentionally violate rules of quality "Google Quality Guidelines" in order to get a high ranking in Google search results page.

Yes,it actually have a "rule" about the quality of a site or a blog. Unfortunately, this rule is not widely known (or perhaps ignored) by the owner of the site or blog. In fact, if followed, the specter of Google penguins do not actually need to be a scary ghost. Website or blog would not be affected by the decline in the ranking of Google Penguin.

In this article I will review these tips on how to avoid the negative impact of Google Penguin. These tips are all sourced from Google's Quality Guidelines.

1. Avoid Hidden Text or Hidden Links
Hidden text or hidden links or text links that are deliberately hidden so as not to be seen by visitors to the site or blog, but still readable by search engine robots. Usually, hidden text or links are the targeted keywords to improve ranking in search engines. Some ways to make hidden text or hidden links for example by making the text color the same as the background color of your website or blog, containing text behind an image, using CSS to hide text or make text with font size "0". Google Penguin will remove the index of a search engine site or blog that allegedly includes hidden text or hidden links. That is, the website or blog you would be missing from Google's search results page.

What to do:
a. If you ever make hidden text or hidden links, text or immediately remove the link or show that can be seen by visitors to your website or blog.
b. If you use Javascript, images or video, use the attribute "noscript" tag, attribute "ALT" or give a description of the image or video.
c. Once you are sure that your site or blog does not violate the rules of hidden text or hidden links, submit site data or your blog to Google Webmaster Tools to get reviews back.

2. Do not Perform Cloaking
Cloaking is the technique of showing different content or URLs for your site or blog visitors and for search engines. An example is the page displays the HTML text to search engines, and display the same page with an image or video content for your site or blog visitors. Similar to the technique hidden text or hidden links, Google Penguin will consider a site or blog that does cloaking as Untrustworthy sites and will remove the site index or blog.

What to do:
a. If you ever do cloaking, immediately remove or display the same content or URLs in the eyes of both visitors and search engines.
b. If you use an image, use the attribute "ALT" to describe the image.
c. If you use Javascript, please use the attribute "noscript" tag.
d. Once you are sure that your site or blog does not violate the rules of this cloaking, blog post or site data to Google Webmaster Tools to get reviews back.

3. Do not Make Stuffing Keywords
Keywords stuffing is an SEO technique that is done by the page or blog site with certain keywords to get high rankings in the search engines. For example, writing articles with keyword density (keywords density) is more than 10 times (over-optimization). Keywords stuffing is also usually done in the meta tags and post tags. Maybe you've come across a site or a blog which features a large number of keyword search results (search terms) with lots of commas in the post footer tags. That is one example of stuffing keywords to target Google Penguin penalty.

What to do:
a. If you've ever done stuffing keywords, remove them immediately and make meta tags or any post tags appropriately.
b. If you use the Search Term Tagging plugin, you're better off this plugin does not show search terms or results of this plugin.
c. If you put a link in the footer sidewide, make sure the link is relevant to the topic of your website or blog. For example, the link "premium theme" Hidden WP theme for blog review.
d. Write the title and content of your blog with a reasonable level of keyword density (3-4 repetitions). It is better to reconsider the use Easy WP SEO plugin is relatively unnatural.
e. Once you are sure that your site or blog does not violate the rules of hidden text or hidden links, submit site data or your blog to Google Webmaster Tools to get reviews back.

4. Do not Make Duplicate Content
Duplicate content is content sites or blogs that exactly match the site content or other blog. Duplicate content can also occur in the same site or blog. Website or blog with a duplicate content penalty is one of the targets Google Penguin and risk removed from Google search results.

What to do:
a. Never again do copy paste content from other sites or blogs.
b. Use 301 Redirect to prevent Google from indexing robot duplicate content on your site or blog.
c. If you are doing an internal link, try to always be consistent. Do not make a different link to page 1 of the same, for example: http://www.contoh.com/page/ and http://www.contoh.com/page and http://www.contoh.com/page / index.htm
d. Be careful if you do syndicate content. If possible, always ask for a syndicate of backlinks you do.
e. Once you are sure that your site or blog does not violate the rules of this duplicate content, send the data your website or blog to Google Webmaster Tools to get reviews back.
f. If you have two blogs with the same content but one account, to avoid different ads, because then thought blogs were not qualified
5. Beware the Malware page or Badware
Or badware Malware is software designed to damage a computer, network, website or blog. Malware or badware includes virus, spyware or Trojan. If your site or blog infected with malware or badware, then Google will provide "flagged" which means your site or blog in the category of dangerous. Consequently, your site or blog will not be indexed by Google and of course the robot will disappear from Google search results.

What to do:
a. If your site or blog has been hacked or accidentally infected with malware, virus cleaning immediately do offline.
b. Once you are sure that your site or blog has been "clean", send the data to your website or blog for Google Webmaster Tools and Google will review re-release the "flagged" for your site or blog.

6. Avoid Creating Doorway Pages
Doorway pages are web pages or blogs with content (generally low quality) that are filled with keywords to get high rankings in the search engines and aimed at bringing visitors to one particular destination page. Doorway pages often create a site or blog visitors feeling frustrated brought swirling towards one common goal. Google Penguin will penalize for websites or blogs that do this technique.

What to do:
a. Do not make a doorway page if you do not want to receive negative results from Google Penguin.
b. If you have a website or blog page with the structure of a doorway page, immediately improve those pages with SEO optimization perspective.
c. Once you are sure that the website or blog you do not break the rules doorway page, or blog post on your site data to Google Webmaster Tools to get reviews back.

7. Ensure Provide Unique and Relevant Content For Visitors
There is nothing wrong if you have a website or blog monetized with affiliate programs. But if you want your site or blog gets high rankings in the search engines, it is unique and relevant content for visitors is highly recommended. Google Penguin target site or blog original content is poor or no original content at all (aka duplicate content). So, try to continue to provide quality and useful content for your site or blog visitors

What to do:
a. Check back for your site or blog to make unique and relevant content for visitors.
b. Do not fill your site or blog simply copy the content (copy and paste).

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Well, that's 7 ways you can do to avoid the negative impact of Google Penguin.