tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16259317374066972872012-01-11T15:06:06.707-05:00Neil Johnson's blog about blogging: what it is, how to get started, how to make money, how to have fun.Neil Johnsonhttps://profiles.google.com/106395572536054253380noreply@blogger.comBlogger201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625931737406697287.post-10827291590791455972008-08-06T13:55:00.003-04:002008-08-06T14:03:00.988-04:00

Today, I posted a quick comment on a recent wireless security news story, 11 charged with massive ID theft, on my blog, Secure My Wireless. Not counting the time it took me to browse the paper to stumble across the story, it took me just about 15 minutes to post. This included: Writing a brief summary of the story & commenting on the most important points (from my perspective).Adding some quotes

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What makes a useful, valuable post that increases traffic, SEO, and brings in readers? High-density posts: a short, pointed, link-rich blog post. A high density post is: To the point, and brief.Filled with relevant links to other sites and (best) other posts in your blog.Focused.Good hyperlinks are: Descriptive.Relevant.Great hyperlinks include title tags. I think it's better to link out to

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These are some of the Mac blog clients, or editors, I've tried. A good blog client lets you: Blog without a live Internet connection. Work with your favorite browser to capture pages you've visited quickly. Publish and retrieve your blog posts from the program. Visit the sites, and read my reviews below. MacJournal ($35) MarsEdit ($30) ecto ($18) MacJournal I started using this

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The ability to install custom code in your blog template is one of Blogger.com’ most powerful features, and it’s part of the free account. The problem is that your customizations may be lost if you switch templates. Google Analytics is the most common code modification I make to my blog templates, and it’s a great example of how to edit a template. Follow these steps to install Google Analytics

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If you can change your Blogger.com template quickly and reliably, you can try a different look and test it against various design approaches. Here’s how to change a modified Blogger.com template reliably and quickly: Log in to your Blogger: Dashboard and select the Layout link for the blog you want to modify.Follow these instructions: How do I switch my template to another provided by Blogger?

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One of the best places to start generating revenue with your Amazon Associates affiliates program is to add simple Amazon Product Text Links to your blog. To add an Amazon text link for a product you’ve blogged about, Find the product you want to sell on your blog in Amazon. Copy the URL from the address bar for the corresponding Amazon page. Paste it into the Enter the URL field in the

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One of the quickest ways to turn traffic into revenue is to join an affiliate program, where you earn essentially a sales commission by referring customers. You get paid when someone makes a purchase, so everyone comes out ahead. Amazon.com Associates program is a good place to start: They offer a sliding scale of commissions, depending on volume.They will handle all the tracking, purchase, and

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These are some of the Mac blog clients, or editors, I've tried. A good blog client lets you: Blog without a live Internet connection. Work with your favorite browser to capture pages you've visited quickly. Publish and retrieve your blog posts from the program.Visit the sites, and read my reviews below. MacJournal ($35)MarsEdit ($30)ecto ($18) MacJournal I started using this as my

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Follow these steps to get your blog ready for prime time: Set up your new blog in Blogger.com. Use the blogspot.com hosting to begin.Post some content. I like to start with something like “Welcome to my blog! It’s about ....” In other words, post your statement of purpose.Test your blog by viewing it. Tweak the layout and settings as required.Move your blog to the “official” URLInsert Google

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I was using the Blogger. com Create Post form in Camino on my 1 GHz iBook Mac, gforce (640 MB RAM), and it was so easy for me to get ahead of the cursor that I had to give it up. My G4 processor kept maxing out, too. It was like wading through Jello. Now, I'm on Firefox running on an 1 GHz Intel Pentium III Gateway, the Goat, with 256 MB of RAM, The Goat is running Windows XP, and the CPU

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Links and summaries of important articles all aspiring bloggers should read.

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This may be obvious when you think about it, but it is still weird to see it in action. I just got back to the States from Montreal, Canada, and Google serves up very different search results. In Canada, one of my blogs is indexed, but not here in the good old USA.

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I started my Tumblog on June 12, and today, Tuesday; June 26, 2007, two weeks later, ten items in my Tumblog are indexed in Google. That will, theoretically, send the Google index bot to each of my blogs (including this one) that feed into my Tumblog. Let's see how that works -- if it does, it's one of the fastest ways to get your blogs indexed that I've found to date.

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To see what your blog looks like from Google’s perspective, use Google’s Webmaster Tools. Google Webmaster Central - links to all the Webmaster tools Google Webmaster Tools - Site Status - see if your site or blog is indexed using a simple wizard interface.

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I’ll start my testing with the simplest option: ask Blogger.com to ping the blog notification services. On my blog, Neil's Open Source & Linux Blog, I turned on pings on July 20. Here’s how: From the Blogger.com Dashboard, click Settings. Under the Settings tab, click Publishing. For the Send Pings option, select Yes from the drop-down menu. Click [Save Settings]. Does it work? So far

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What’s the best way to get your blog indexed by Google? To find out, I’m going to test the different approaches and compare the results. Right now, I’m going to focus on Blogger.com because: Most of my blogs are hosted there.If you can’t get Google to index their own blog servers, what’s the point?

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If your blog isn’t indexed by the search engines, no one will find it unless they know the URL. How do you do it? Here are some recommendations for Blogger.com: Adding Google sitemap to blogger.com blog account | Hakuna MatataHow Do I get Google to Index my blog - How Do I? | Google GroupsDummies Guide to Google Blogger Beta: How to Submit Site to Google?Over the next few weeks, I’ll be testing

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The best way to learn about blogging is to ... start a blog. I recommend starting with one of these two free popular blogging services: Blogger: Create your Blog Now -- FREE. Hosted by Google, Blogger.com is much improved in the last few months, since the Google purchase. You'll need to set up a free Google account, which gives you access to a whole bunch of other tools you'll want to use,

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Blog - Wikipedia: A blog (a portmanteau of "web log") is a website where entries are written in chronological order and displayed in reverse chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog. Boing Boing: Blog defined: Blog noun [short for Weblog] (1999) : a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often

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All about blogging: tips, how to, getting started, getting noticed, SEO, making money, writing, reviews.

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