Saturday, January 8, 2011
Preview your title
Once you select the new blog post option under the File menu options, you have a blank page with a header that prompts you to type your post title in a larger and bolder font than the rest of the post. Some bloggers write the body of their posts first and then come up with a title, and others do the opposite. Either way, use this header tool to give you a better idea of what your post title will look like on your blog next to the rest of the post.
Use editing tools
Some blogging platforms still do not have spelling and grammar check tools, which has led to many blog posts with typos and other mistakes. Posts with many mistakes have been shown to affect readers' perception of a blogger and may even influence whether they keep coming back. Using Word solves this problem, so take advantage of the famous wavy red and green lines when they appear in drafts of posts.
Clean up the code
One problem with using Word for blogging in the past was with the HTML code, which quickly became cumbersome and led to distorted text when users tried to copy and paste posts. This is no longer the case with Word 2007 and 2010. Under the View tab, select the Source option after composing your post. Any text that you have bolded, placed in italics, or made different font sizes will be automatically placed in those respective HTML tags. This feature eliminates the need to insert your own HTML tags; however it is still a good idea to create posts with plain text whenever possible to avoid uploading errors that complex HTML tags can sometimes cause. One exception with this Word HTML is that it does not work well with tables, so it is advisable to avoid adding them to posts and to organise information into plain text lists instead.
Add pictures
It has been shown that blog posts with pictures attract more reader interest, and Word's picture options make including pictures quite easy. Go to the Picture Options window and select the source for your pictures as well as where they will be stored. Word allows bloggers to upload images stored on their computer, shared on a site such as Photobucket, or images managed with Microsoft SharePoint.
Take screenshots
In addition to pictures, bloggers using the latest versions of Word can add screenshots to their posts as well. Windows 7 has a handy new feature called the Snipping Tool that can create screenshots of any since that can be saved and uploaded to blogs just as with other types of images. Bloggers who write tutorials or how-to posts find this option especially useful.
Make edits to existing posts
If you have published a post and like to add to it at a later time, it can easily be opened back up in Word. There is a button called Open Existing under the Blog Post tab; this lists all posts already done. Select and open the one you want to change, and then simply click the Publish button to send the revamped post back onto your blog.
Organise more than one blog
This feature is especially handy for users who may keep one blog as a personal journal and others devoted to their professional fields or other areas of interest. Microsoft Word has a set of tools to help keep track of every post in every blog. Each blog will first need to be registered using the New option. The Change option allows bloggers to switch between different blogs kept on the same blogging platform. There is also a Default Blog checkbox that causes posts to automatically be posted to a certain blog; this can be changed easily by clicking a different checkbox.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
SEO Advice Mister Black.
* Mister Black is a man not very respectable. It puts you below the benefits that can provide you links from blog comments dofollow.
Place of pseudo-comments.
The bloggers are watching very closely the comments of their blog. It will then pretend that your comments naturalness. Create a comment disguise of a pseudo intellect or comment in the form of a question designed to challenge the title of the article. You do not have to read the entire article, just read the first lines that do not respond after these few lines. You can choose one paragraph of text to titillate the blogger. Avoid at all types of messages: "Interesting, thank you for this post. "Or" Good conclusion, thank you. "Or" Very good article, very helpful, thank you! . Make humor, it can work, add a few smiley and voila. ;-)
Make the most of dofollow !
Sometimes the blogger has no knowledge of SEO, it matters little the reason for his ignorance. In this case you will enjoy the comments of his blog. It would be stupid to limit yourself. Indulge my friends!
Sometimes certain bloggers remove attribute no follow a link to comment only if the user has already done.
The automated system.
You love easily? Ok, I have something that may interest you. It is possible to use automated systems or semi-automated systems for removal of blog comments by mass. This works, but sometimes it does not work. Nothing ventured nothing gained!
Make your list of blogs dofollow !
Each has its list of SEO blogs mode dofollow. Make Your Own! But do not give my friends. There will be nothing left of your prey if you share with your entire community. Better knowledge is protected, the better we will dominate the sphere.
Grow the community of dofollow!
Post on your blog a small banner that lists your comments dofollow. On Facebook, the network's most popular world, create a page dofollow and do grow a community of dofollow. Brag merits comment in dofollow. Bashing the bloggers who have not yet passed the links in their comments dofollow.
Double your competitors in the Serfs.
The comments dofollow should not be overlooked. Prefer items to high Page Rank and those with a low number of commenter if the article suffers from a wealth of comments, so my friends comment, a link is a link, and it's always good to take.
Choose the right anchors link (anchor text) and vary them, because the engines are not fooled, nor even some bloggers. Choose blogs whose theme is similar to your site. You can comment on the blogs of your competitors, be cheeky, must still be in their comments dofollow.
Involving the public
Regarding the article cited, a priori it would simply enough to announce the new version of Twitter in a sentence. The content was poor if we ruled out the direct visits from unionized son to feed the blog, social networking and related articles of the blog. But the author treats his subject not on Twitter but even through the surrounding elements, related topics that have little or no dealings with the micro blogging. Offer to speak to the Eiffel Tower, it will focus not only on the structure nor the composition of the structures of the Tower, but other topics may be added: the context in which the Tower was born a brief biography of the author of the Tower, the name of the famous towers of the world, tourism around the Eiffel Tower, in short, all issues that will attract business, tourists, historians, students, etc..
Brief semantic
Here is a brief analysis of the semantic Juice article about the new interface of Twitter:
- o offbeat spirit, twitter, Corporate
- o twitter Video, Clip
- o effects twitter
- o bias against high-tech
- o vintage
- o vinyl
- o rock, Eels
- o sequence shot, rupture, fittings, mounting
- o music, half-pop, half-Celtic
- o Freelance Whales, video YouTube channel
- o musician
- o system, business, twitter
The semantic universe of this article may appeal to both filmmakers and lovers of music and users of social networks. All can be one and the same person; others can not look at the graphical side of Twitter. Press-Citron.net adds value - semantics - about it.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Google Analytics help me to knowing what keywords that send visitors to my blog, what article that most of my visitors reads and contents that bring most visitors.
Benefits using Google Analytics:
Friday, July 23, 2010
The following shortcuts have been tested to work in Internet Explorer 6+, although at present not all of these work in Firefox, Chrome and Opera*:Shortcut Function Global browser compatibility? CTRL+B Bold Text Yes CTRL+I Italic text Yes CTRL+U Underline text Yes CTRL+L Blockquote (when in Edit HTML mode only) No CTRL+Z Undo last operation Yes CTRL+Y Redo last operation Yes CTRL+SHIFT+A Insert Hyperlink No CTRL+SHIFT+P Preview Post No CTRL+D Save as Draft No CTRL+P Publish Post Yes CTRL+S Autosave Yes CTRL+G Indic Transliteration No
Friday, June 25, 2010
Just go to the given url and you can see a video of explaning how to put adsense on your website.
This way of putting Google Adsence on your website can earn money for you.
You can see a video of about Adsense
http://services.google.com/adsense/breeze/troubleshooting/2059761/?sourceid=aso&subid=ww-ww-et-postappdemo&medium=link
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Are you an Adsense user? Or have a plan to join Adsense? Last day I found some useful tips from Adsense blog about maintaining an AdSense-friendly site with user-generated content!
Having an inappropriate content in your blog or website is against the AdSense program policies. Inappropriate content can be any images, forum posts, comments, links etc. It may also include sexually explicit forum posts or spam bot comments with links to adult sites.
Top tips to make your blog Adsense-friendly are mainly categorized under two heads namely 'Prevention' and 'Monitoring'.
Prevention
Monitoring
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
V simple, visit http://blogsearch.google.com/ping#
They say that they will do their best to index as soon as possible.The more content you have for them to index the better. Its a good idea to have the ping setting on your blog to yes/open! Every time you add new content I would advise spending 15 secs to re submit to google and it will give them a nudge to indexing your new content! If you have your ping setting on or set to yes google should get notified every time you make a post or change your content.
Monday, June 21, 2010
As you surf through the internet you’re bound to come across certain designs that you love and some that you hate. But good blog design has a few unique elements when compared to the design of a traditional website. Here are ten things to keep in mind when designing your blog.
1. Content Should be the Focus.
A blog is nothing without its content. In order to keep your visitors focused on the content, it should be the focal point of the design. Distracting readers with excessive images and extra items can be counterproductive. For this reason, many of the best blog designs are fairly simple. Simplicity is common for blogs that want to emphasize the content.
2. Ease of Navigation.
Readers will come to your blog through search engines, links from other blogs, RSS feeds, social media sites, etc. Only a small percentage of your readers will enter your blog through the front page. This makes navigation even more important. The sidebar typically will include the majority of the navigation with links to categories, recent posts, and sometimes popular posts. Footers are sometimes also used for additional navigation.
3. Loads Quickly
Many of your visitors will have a very short attention span (this is really no different forblogs than traditional websites). In order to immediately catch their attention and avoid having them click off of your site, your pages should load quickly. This is especially important you plan to use social media to generate traffic. Some blogs are weighed down by excessive widgets that really hurt the page load speed. By keeping your blogclean and free of unnecessary items you can really cut down on the time it takes to load.
4. Content Start High on the Page.
This one is more of a personal opinion than a fact, but I believe that more of your visitors will pay attention to your articles if they start higher on the page. Make it as easy as you can for readers to get started with your posts, and then they’ll be more prone to scroll down for the rest. Again, this is especially important for traffic from social mediasites. Those visitors will be less likely to scroll and more likely to click off of your blog.
5. Memorable for Visitors.
Most blog readers visit a number of blogs each day, and many of them will feature the same (free) themes. Make it easy for your visitors to remember your blog and standout from all of the free themes by customizing a theme yourself, or by having a blog themeprofessionally designed.
6. Not Overrun with Ads.
For most blogs making money with advertisements is a necessity. However, even in these cases it’s important to use advertisements effectively by not allowing them to take over the blog. Your readers will feel like they are not a priority to you if advertisements take center stage.
7. Compatibility with Multiple Browsers.
Your visitors will be using a number of different browsers, and if your blog is not functioning well in all of them you could be losing readers. Fortunately, 90% of your visitors will probably be using the leading 3 or 4 browsers. In order to know that you blog is functioning well you’ll need to test it in multiple browsers.
8. Good Use of Color.
The best designs effectively use color to improve the appearance. This can be done any number of ways, and sometimes it’s even a subtle aspect of design. The color combinations don’t have to jump out at readers, in fact, they actually need to make it easy for visitors to read the blog posts. If you’re looking for a good color combination, be sure to check out the resources listed in Find the Perfect Colors for Your Website.
9. Easy to Read.
This is really more about formatting the content of the blog than it is about a theme design. Keep in mind that most readers will be scanning your posts rather than reading them word-for-word. Use headlines, white space, lists, and bold text to make it easy for readers.
10. Important Items Should Be in Prominent Positions.
Effective design will draw the attention of readers to important items, such as subscription information. The most important links, images, etc. should generally go above the fold so that visitors will see them right away. Getting rid of unnecessary items will also help readers to focus on what’s important.
Blogger and Wordpress are two main contenders for free blog hosting.As you know this blog is hosted currently on blogger system since I like it's interface and easy handling.There are many features of blogger and wordpress which I will share with you which will also help you to decide whether to choose blogger or wordpress for your blogging journey.
1. Blogger
This is the one I currently use and is one of the most popular and most used because of its simplicity and also that it provides free blog hosting for its users. The company was bought by Google a few years after it was started and so it is now owned by Google which gives people the impression that blogger blogs get priority in the Google search engine which is apparently not true. You can sign up for a blogger blog from their homepage here: Blogger
Features:
-Uses XML and HTML (classic) templates of which there is a wide selection of.
-Pages are written in HTML.
-Does not support plug-ins but people can add functionality such as adsense and feeds to their blog using the Google gadgets which come in form of widgets.
-Provides free content, video and image hosting on their servers. They don’t support uploading of files other than these though.
-Users have the option of taking a .blogspot sub-domain or using their own top level domains such as .com, .net and such.
-Does not come in script form and so you cannot install it on your web server.
2. Wordpress
Is the most popular stand-alone blogging platform. By stand-alone I mean that you install the script on your web host and you are good to go. In many forums I always read bloggers complaining about blogger and then having all their problems solved by moving to wordpress.I had a wordpress blog for a short time and I have to say that the quality is much better but I just wasn’t happy with it. You can download the script from the wordpress homepage.
Features:
-Pages are written in PHP which explains the better quality of content.
-Uses PHP templates that are also easily available online.
-Supports plug-ins which makes it very easy to customise
-Has the ability to create custom pages different from post pages, a feature that blogger does not have.
-You can also do many things such as password protect posts and comments, prevent comment spam by blocking IP addresses, and many other additional features(they are very many I cannot list them all)
-Easy to upgrade.
Other Info
The Wordpress. team add new features and themes frequently, and since the new BlogSpot publishing system was rolled out in 2006, the Blogger software team also adds new features too but not with the same speed as wordpress do.
Visit the developer blogs to find out what's new or in the pipeline:
!CONCLUSION!
My conclusion is if you’re concerned about what your blog looks like, go with Blogger. You have more control over the look. However, the look/feel of wordpress.com’s templates are nice and clean and they are giving you a lot of options in the sidebar now.
Wordpress.com has many more options that are favorable like categories, pages, and trackbacks. This makes your blog better for visitors and encourages better conversation.
Wordpress is better than blogger if you have the money to buy reliable web hosting and also maybe a good TLD (top level domain), trust me if it wasn’t for the horrible free web hosting I was using at the time I would be writing this article in wordpress right now.
Blogger has to improve their services, they don’t offer track-backs, pings, they only way to prevent comment spamming is the word verification. That is why bloggers are always moving to other platforms but i won't.
If you are not happy with blogger or wordpress here are some other platforms you can try:
Posterous-Blogging highly simplified where all you have to do is email them the content and attach anything from pictures to videos and then they make it into a nice post. No sweat!
Textpattern-Basically the same as wordpress and is a stand-alone platform
MoveableType-Famous for being the first blogging platform to implement trackbacks but it doesn’t seem to be famous anymore
Serendipity-A very flexible platform that comes with very many features and allows users to choose between various mark-ups such as HTML, Textile, Wiki and even BBcode.
Lifetype-A less common blogging platform which has very nice looking posts which is worth looking at.
Flatpress-Very simple platform like blogger with limited features.
Wheatblog-Pretty much the same as flatpress
Loudblog-A platform that is specialised for podcasters
Onsugar-A new blogging platform that is specialised for women due to its feminine look.
