Search results for: “Blogspot”
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Giveaway #1: Win Free Genesis Framework, 10 Premium Child Themes, 1 Domain name
This is the very first giveaway since this blog started in 2010. Are you wondering why it took so long? I don’t know but maybe I was just waiting for the right time or maybe I never gave it much thought. It’s been almost two years and the simple fact is that your support is…
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Displaying Breadcrumb in Google Search Result for Blogger & WordPress
I’m not sure Breadcrumb has any SEO benefit but a sure fact is that it gives your a higher click through rate in google search. You heard me right and I’m talking from practical experience. A blogger sent me a message this morning asking how I included that breadcrumbs in Google search and I had…
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Google Launches a New Version of Google Plus
The Google+ Project took a new turn this morning with the launching of a whole new version of the social network user interface. At first, I thought it was my browser playing some funny tricks when my Google+ profile was loading in a most unusual way. The revamped Google+ looks a lot better and modern…
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Adding Google Plus “Follow” & “Add to circles” Button / Badges to your Blog
The long awaited google plus badge has finally come but most bloggers and website owners are not even aware. Just like the facebook like box and twitter follow button, Google+ badge is just one of those widgets you must have on your blog to improve social interaction with your blog readers. If you’ve created a…
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Displaying Blog Author’s Google+ Profile Pic in Search Results
When if this feature was first rolled out, only a selected number of verified blog authors had their google plus profile linked to their blog posts on google search result page. I would run a google search back then, see these author’s profile pic right beside their blog post and wonder if I would have…
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Using Blogger Hosted External Images as Thumbnails on WordPress
One of the first problems I had when I moved over to wordpress was post auto summary on index pages and thumbnails. All my posts appeared in full on the homepage and label pages. There was a section in my theme settings where this can be controlled but due to some unknown reasons, the theme…
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Adding Paypal Donation Button to Blogger
There are different plugins to easily add paypal donations to your blog if you’re on WordPress but the case is different with Blogger. I had this problem while I was on Blogger platform because every tutorial I read on adding paypal donations to my blog never worked. I read that I needed to generate the…
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Adding a 3 Column Widget Area to any WordPress Theme’s Footer
Unlike the theme I was using on blogger, the theme I started with on this wordpress blog never came with a three column footer widget area and I needed it badly. Stacking all my widgets on both sidebars isn’t the best practice: Your visitors reads through your post and what next? The comment box and…
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How to Block Spam Mails Flooding Your Yahoomail / Gmail Inbox
Receiving close to a hundred messages within a couple of days can be very annoying. Spam mails can be so intrusive that you lose important emails in the large pool of spam mails in your inbox. There was a time I was having close to two thousand unread messages in my yahoo mail inbox but…
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Moving Your Blog From Blogger To WordPress Without Losing Traffic And SEO
I haven’t writen a blog post recently because I just moved from blogger to wordpress and going back to the post I wrote on choosing the better platform between blogger and wordpress, I made mention of moving over to wordpress someday but I didn’t even know back then it would be so soon! Anyway, I…
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Adding Link Tree / Breadcrumb Navigation Above Blog Posts
Just to increase pageviews, a blog must be designed in such a way to keep visitors busy, letting them explore parts of your site that might remain undiscovered without a design based on easy navigation. Just like the related post widget and numbered page navigation, adding breadcrumb navigation ( also called link tree) is just…
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How To Stop Unwanted Facebook Notifications From Close Friends
It first looked cool and useful when it started out but when it got extremely out of hands, I had to do something. When Facebook introduced smart list, they made it very easy to group your friends according to their importance to you. It also makes it easier to keep track of their facebook activities…