Add Fixed Share This bar to your blogger to increase page hits for your blog posts

Share this bar is a beautiful set of buttons that you should have for your blogger. If visitors of your blog likes a particular post they can share the post with the help of Share this bar. This improves the page hits of your blog. You can add many buttons to the share this bar of your choice. This may include facebook twitter, pinterest, email etc.

Adding the share This bar to your blog is very easy. Below are the steps that need to be followed if you want to add the Share this bar to your blog.

1. Go to your Dashboard -> Template -> Edit HTML

2. Check the expand widgets template button

3. Take a backup of your existing template

4. Search for the below code

</Head>

5. Add the below code just above it.

<script type="text/javascript">var switchTo5x=true;</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://s.sharethis.com/loader.js"></script>

6. Find the below code inyour blog template

</body>

7. Add below code just above it
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'> <script> var options={ "publisher": "ur-a2599f1-8136-72d-5d41-d74061e0b4fc", "position": "left", "ad": { "visible": false, "openDelay": 5, "closeDelay": 0}, "chicklets": { "items": ["facebook", "twitter", "pinterest", "email", "sharethis"]}}; var st_hover_widget = new sharethis.widgets.hoverbuttons(options); </script> </b:if>

8. Save the template

You have added the fixed Share This button to your blog. The Share this bar will contain facebook, twitter, pinterest and email. This fixed share this button will be visible on all your blog post pages.

 If you need this to be visble on your home page then use the below code instead of the one mentioned in option 7.

<script> var options={ "publisher": "ur-a2599f1-8136-72d-5d41-d74061e0b4fc", "position": "left", "ad": { "visible": false, "openDelay": 5, "closeDelay": 0}, "chicklets": { "items": ["facebook", "twitter", "pinterest", "email", "sharethis"]}}; var st_hover_widget = new sharethis.widgets.hoverbuttons(options); </script>

Try this and let me know how it worked for you.

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Free invite for Pinterest

As you all know Pinterest in the hottest thing that is happening in internet as of now. You can expose your blog to Pinterest as you normally do with Facebook, Twitter. and other Social networking sites. Pinterest is a virtual Pinboard that can help you to organize and share your images in the internet. Pinboard can be used for plan your wedding, decorate homes, organize recipes, add photo albums etc. You can also view the pinboards created by other users and can invite others to join Pinterest to share their resources. Pinterest is one of the fastest website to get 10 million hits in a week.

You can promote your blog through pinterest to earn traffic to your blog.

You can join Pinterest by two ways

1. Get an invite from an existing user

2. Register at Pinterest website and join the queue for confirmation.

If you really want to join Pinterest quickly then I can help you by inviting you to join Pinterest.

You can post your Email IDs in the comment so that I can invite you to join Pinterest.

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Submit your blog to Free Blog directories for better backlinks

 

Backlinks are the better way to get traffic to your blog or website. If you submit your blog to these blog directories you will also get better Page Rank. There are number of free blog directories available in the net which can be used to submit our blog. I will list out a few of them which I used to submit my blog.

You need to register in these websites to submit your blog. You should take care of the category that you choose while submitting your blog. Wrong category selection will do more harm than good for your blog. Take time to fill out all the options while submitting your blog to these directories. The blog directories that are given below are all free.

http://www.submitstart.com/
http://www.entireweb.com/
http://www.fuelmyblog.com/
http://www.blogged.com/
http://www.blogflux.com
http://www.lsblogs.com/
http://www.dmegs.com/
http://www.blogcatalog.com/
http://www.mybloglog.com/
http://www.getblogs.com
http://www.eblogzilla.com
http://www.myblog2u.com/
http://www.topblogging.com/
http://www.topblogarea.com/
http://www.blogtoplist.com/
http://www.topbloglists.com/
http://www.blogexplosion.com/
http://www.bloggernity.com/
http://www.bloggernow.com/
http://www.blogpoint.com/
http://www.blogdigger.com/
http://www.blogarama.com
http://www.submitblognow.info
http://www.blog-search.info
http://www.blog-collector.com
http://www.blogs-collection.com
http://www.search4blogs.com
http://www.blogratedirectory.com/
http://www.blogtopsites.com/
http://www.addurlblog.com/
http://www.blogion.com/
http://www.globeofblogs.com/
http://www.blog-search.com/
http://www.blogbal.com/
http://www.directory-free.com/
http://www.directory.ldmstudio.com/

Start submitting your blog to the blog directories to get better backlinks for your blog.

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Increase your blog traffic through Pinterest

There are many ways to increase your blog traffic. Some examples are subscribing your blog to social bookmarking sites, Adding your blog to blog directories etc. They can increase your blog traffic when visitors click the link and read your blog posts. Almost all bloggers use social bookmarking websites to promote and increase traffic to their blogs. A new addition to this is <b>Pinterest</b>. It is the latest website that can be used to promote your blog post. Read the article below to know more about Pinterest and how can you promote your blog posts through Pinterest.

What is a Pinterest?

Pinterest is a virtual Pinboard that can help you to organize and share your images in the web. Pinboard can be used for anything like plan your wedding, decorate homes, organize recipes, add photo albums etc. You can also view the pinboards created by other users and can invite others to join Pinterest to share their resources. Pinterest is one of the fastest website to get 10 million hits in a week.

How to join Pinterest?

 There are two ways to join pinterest.
1. You should be invited by an existing Pinterest User.
2. You have to register through pinterest website and wait for their confirmation.  This may take a a few day and you have to wait.
During registration you can sign-up using your facebook and twitter accounts.

How to increase blog traffic through Pinterest?

Like social bookmarking sites you can post your blog article in Pinterest. You can do this by pinning the images of your blog post in the Pinboard. The pinned image will have a link to your blog post. If you image is good and attractive people will follow the link to read your blog post. This is a good way to increase traffic to your blog posts.

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Read More option for customized Blogger templates

Read More option not only makes your blog look neat but also helps to summarize your blog post in the first few lines. This would help the viewers to expand the entire post to read the complete article. customized Blogger templates gives you the option of adding more attractive code to spice up your blog post. Below article explains you how to add the Read More code to customized Blogger templates.

If you are using custom blogger templates then follow the below procedure to add Read More option for your template.

1. Go to Blogger -> Template -> Edit HTML

2. Click the "Expand widget Templates" option

3. Search for the below code

]]></b:skin>

4. Paste the below code just above it

.BBB-readmore{ background:#0080ff; text-align:right; cursor:pointer; color:#Fff; margin:5px 0; float:right; border:2px solid #ddd; padding:5px; -moz-border-radius:6px; -webkit-border-radius:6px; font:bold 11px sans-serif; } .BBB-readmore:hover{ background:#FFf; font:bold 11px sans-serif; color:#0080ff; border:3px dotted #ddd; } .BBB-readmore a { color:#fff; text-decoration:none; } .BBB-readmore a:hover { color:#fff; text-decoration:none; }

 5. Search for the below code

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != "item"'> <a expr:href='data:post.url'> <div style="text-align: right;"> Read More ->></div> </a> </b:if>

In the above code replace

style="text-align: right;"

with

class="BBB-readmore"

Finally your code will look like

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != "item"'> <a expr:href='data:post.url'> <div class="BBB-readmore"> Read More ->></div> </a> </b:if>

6. Save your template.

You will get a beautiful Read More button as shown below

Try this and let me know how it worked for you.

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How to add Read More button for blogger blogs

Good news for bloggers!!! No need to search for any code to add Read More functionality in your blog. Blogger has officially come up with this option which can be implemented in individual blog posts. You just need to do some simple configuration in blogger settings to get this option work for your blog. Read the article below to know how to enable the Read More option for blog posts in blogger.

Blogger Read More Option works well with official Blogger templates that you choose while you create your blog. If you are using your own customized Designer Templates then read the article Read More for Customized blogger templates


1. Goto Dashboard --> New Post

You can see the jump break option as shown below.

Use the jump break at the right place in your blog posts.

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Add Scrolling text to attract visitors to your blog

Scrolling text is one of the best way to attract visitors to your blog. Scrolling text with nice colours will also make your blog look attractive. You can add your most popular blog as a scrolling text in the home page. You can also give an hint of what might be your next blog. These simple things will keep your visitors interesting.

Scrolling text can be added anywhere in the blog. You can add it below the header, sidebars and also in your blog post. Below are the simple steps to add scrolling text in your blog.

Code to add scrolling text in your blog

<marquee>Scrolling text for my blog</marquee>


Simple attributes to make your scrolling text look attractive

Code to change the background color of the scrolling text
bgcolor is the attribute that is used to change the background colour of the text.

<marquee bgcolor="#999999">Scrolling text for my blog</marquee>

Scrolling text for my blog


Code to change the text colour of the scrolling text
font color is the attribute that is used to change the background colour of the text.

<font color="990000"><marquee bgcolor="#999999">Scrolling text for my blog</marquee></font>

Scrolling text for my blog


Code to select the direction of the scrolling text
direction is the attribute that is used to change the direction of the text.

• To scroll the text in the right direction use the below code

<font color="990000"><marquee direction="right" bgcolor="#999999">Scrolling text for my blog</marquee></font>

Scrolling text for my blog

• To scroll the text in the left direction use the below code

<font color="990000"><marquee direction="left" bgcolor="#999999">Scrolling text for my blog</marquee></font>

Scrolling text for my blog

• To scroll the text in the top direction use the below code

<font color="990000"><marquee direction="up" bgcolor="#999999">Scrolling text for my blog</marquee></font>

Scrolling text for my
blog

• To scroll the text in the bottom direction use the below code

<font color="990000"><marquee direction="down" bgcolor="#999999">Scrolling text for my blog</marquee></font>

Scrolling text for my blog


Code to make your scrolling text scroll within the scrolling area
behavior is the attribute that is used to scroll the text within the scrolling area

<font color="990000"><marquee behavior="alternate" bgcolor="#999999">Scrolling text for my blog</marquee></font>

Scrolling text for my blog


Code to control the speed of the scrolling text
scrollamount is the attribute that is used to scroll the text within the scrolling area

<font color="990000"><marquee behavior="alternate" direction="left" bgcolor="#999999" scrollamount="3">Scrolling text for my blog</marquee></font>

Scrolling text for my blog


Code to pause the text when mouse is moved over the text
onmouseover and onmouseout is the attribute that is used to pause the text when mouse is moved over the text

<font color="990000"><marquee behavior="alternate" direction="left" bgcolor="#999999" onmouseover="this.stop()" onmouseout="this.start()" scrollamount="2" scrolldelay="30">Scrolling text for my blog</marquee></font>

Scrolling text for my blog


Code to add Hyperlinks to the scrolling text

<font color="990000"><marquee behavior="alternate" align="middle" direction="right" bgcolor="#999999" scrollamount="3" onmouseover="this.stop()" onmouseout="this.start()"><a href="http://bloggerbasicsforbeginner.blogspot.in/2012/01/genuine-website-to-learn-and-earn-money.html">Genuine website to earn money online</a> $$$ <a href="http://bloggerbasicsforbeginner.blogspot.in/2012/01/improve-alexa-ranking-for-your-website.html">Improve Alexa ranking for your blog</a></marquee></font>

Genuine website to earn money online $$$ Improve Alexa ranking for your blog

Try these technique and let me know how it worked for you. In case of any queries post a comment below.

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How to add your website/blog to bing

You might have already added your site or blog to google through google webmaster tools. Similarly you can add your blog to bing through Bing webmaster tools. This will give you detailed information about your site incoming links, searches and much more.

Follow the below steps to add your site to bing.





1. Goto the link Bing webmaster tools and try to login with windows live ID or Hotmail ID.

2. If you don't have windows live ID or Hotmail ID you need to create an account in any one of them.

3. Click the Add site and add your website.

4. Select 2nd option in verify ownership page and copy the code that is being displayed.

5. Goto blogger Dashboard --> Template --> Edit HTML and search for the below code

<head>

6. Paste the meta tag code below Head. Your code should look like this

<head> <meta name="msvalidate.01" content="EC1EE0AFB43D2F66BD8FEB97EC232776" />

7.Goto Bing webmasters tools and click the verify button.

That's it. Your website/blog will be soon indexed in Bing.

Post a comment if you face any problem.

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How to add Meta Description to each individual posts in blogger

You might have known about meta tags and descriptions that are used in blogger. Usually we use a single Meta description in our template which will be applicable for all the posts in our blog. This doesn't sound good as each post are different and require a different meta description. This meta description is important for SEO which was not available in blogger untill now.

Good news for bloggers is that blogger has come up with an option wherein we can add meta description for each individual post that we publish in our blog.


Follow the below steps to implement this option in your blog posts.

1. Goto blogger Dashboard --> Setting --> Search Preferances

2. In Metatags --> Enable Search Description to YES.

3. Add some description which will be applicable for your home page

4. Save the template.

5. Goto any of your post and click the edit button.

6. On the right side of the post you can see the Search Description option shown below

7. Write some description related to the post and save it.

8. Follow the steps 6 and 7 for all the posts in your blog.

How to check if this feature is working fine for your template

Try the below steps to check if this feature is working properly.

Goto metatags extractor and give the link to your post to check if you can see the descrition.

Try this option and let me know if you have any queries or concerns.

To know more about detailed description about metatags follow the article How to add Meta Tag to your Blog

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Simple Hack to get rid of country specific Domain/URL in blogger

As you all know, google has decided to redirect all blogspot blogs to country specific urls. You can see that  my blog http://bloggerbasicsforbeginner.blogspot.com automatically redirects to http://bloggerbasicsforbeginner.blogspot.in/. Many of us don't want this redirection to happen and may want their blog to be in .com domain. I will show you a simple hack to get rid of country specific Domain/URL in blogger. It is tested and is working fine.

Bloggers who want their blogs to be in .com domain can try the hack below.

Note: Make sure to take a backup of your tempalte before making the required changes.

1. Go to Blogger Dashboard -> Choose Template -> Edit HTML

2. Search for the html tag 

<head>

3. Paste the below mentioned code below the Head tag.

<script type="text/javascript"> var blog = document.location.hostname; var slug = document.location.pathname; var ctld = blog.substr(blog.lastIndexOf(".")); if (ctld != ".com") { var ncr = "http://" + blog.substr(0, blog.indexOf(".")); ncr += ".blogspot.com/ncr" + slug; window.location.replace(ncr); } </script>

4. Save your template and visit your blog.

You can see that your blog would not be redirected to country specific Domain/URL. The above code would make sure that you are forced to remain in the .com domain.

Apply this hack and let me know how it worked for you.

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Blogger redirects to country specific Domain/URL

Bloggers would be surprised to see that their blogspot URL changes automatically to their country specific URLs. This is because Blogger and Google have decided to redirect all blogspot pages to their respective country specific domains. For example by blog http://bloggerbasicsforbeginner.blogspot.com automatically redirects to http://bloggerbasicsforbeginner.blogspot.in/ when I open my blogspot in India. Similarly if my blogger is opened in australia the URL would automatically be directed to http://bloggerbasicsforbeginner.blogspot.au/.

There will be lots of issues related to this change which needs to be figured out as early as possible. The prominent issue will be the impact on page ranks. For example let us say that your website has an alexa ranking of 1,000 and Google Pagerank as 3. Now after this redirection of URLS to country specific domains your blog will not be recognized by Alexa and the Google Pagerank will be N/A.

Why this Change?

This is what the Blogger support said as the reason for the change: "Migrating to localized domains will allow us to continue promoting free expression and responsible publishing while providing greater flexibility in complying with valid removal requests pursuant to local law. By utilizing ccTLDs, content removals can be managed on a per country basis, which will limit their impact to the smallest number of readers. Content removed due to a specific country’s law will only be removed from the relevant ccTLD."

Where we can see the change?

We can see the change only at the blog URL address.

Will this change affect my blog?

There will not be any changes to your blog expect for the URL redirecting to the country specific domain.

Will there be any change to search engine optimization SEO on my blog?

Due to this change the blogspot content will be see on different domains. Duplicate contents on different domains will have an effect on search results. But Google is taking every effort to minimize the issues and to find a solution for this as early as possible.

How to redirect my blog to .com?

Bloggers can use this tip below to redirect their blog to .com. You need to type the /ncr at the end of your blog address. For example the address should be like http://[blogname].blogspot.com/ncr. This will always redirect to the U.S English blog.

This defeats the purpose of the URL redirecting by Google.


Possible questions to be answered by Google

How Google is going to determine traffic data?

How Google is going to come up with the Pagerank issue?

It is still early stage and we have more questions than answers right now. Hope to see Google come up with a solution for these issues.

Till then don't worry and keep blogging.

For more details visit Google Support

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Simple tip to Add Social bookmark links below your blog posts

Bloggers usually use the Social bookmark links to share their blog content. Readers who read the blog article can use these social bookmark links to share the blog to the rest of the world. There are many social bookmark links available online. The most widely used are the Facebook, Digg, Technorati, Delicious, Stumbleupon etc.

You can easily use these social bookmark links in your website by following the simple steps mentioned below.



Note: Please take a backup of your existing template before making any changes to the template.

1. In your Blogger dashboard, go to “Layout” => “Edit HTML”.

2. Check “Expand Widget Template” option.

3. Search for the following line in the code

<div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1">
4. Add the code given below just after the above line

<b><i>Share this:</i> | <a expr:href='"http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title' target='_blank'>Digg It</a> | <a expr:href='"http://technorati.com/faves?add=" + data:post.url' target='_blank'>Add to Technorati</a> | <a expr:href='"http://del.icio.us/post?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title' target='_blank'>Save on Del.icio.us</a> | <a expr:href='"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title' target='_blank'>Stumble It</a> | <a expr:href='"http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title' target='_blank'>Share on Facebook</a> | <br/><i>Widget by:</i> | <a href='http://bloggerbasicsforbeginner.blogspot.com/' target='_blank'>Blogger Tips and Tricks</a> | </b>
5. Save the template

6. Below is the screenshot of the social bookmark link.

You are ready to have the social bookmark link below your blog post. Use this in your blog and share your blog resources to the rest of the world!

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Improve Alexa ranking for your website free

Before going into increasing the Alexa ranking for website I would like to give a brief description of what is Alexa for those who are new to blogging.  

What is Alexa

Alexa is a website which calculates the traffic ranking of each blog using their own data sources. The data is collected from the web usage of Alexa toolbar and also the data collected from other data sources. Alexa computes the number of page views for all sites and based on the information ranking is given for the websites.

How to improve Alexa ranking

There are many websites that claim to increase the alexa ranking one way or the other. But many of them fail to live up to the expectation. there is one website that I came upon which will improve your alexa ranking for free. The website is Upmyrank. Upmyrank sends around 1,000 of visitors to your website daily if we participate in their Traffic Exchange program.

How Upmyrank works

Join Upmyrank and start viewing the websites of other members. This can be done through their Autosurf software. You will get a credit point for every ad that you see. You can earn more credits if you surf more. The important point is you need to have installed the Alexa toolbar in your browsers before running the Upmyrank Autosurf software.

You can join upmyrank by clicking the below link
Join Upmyrank

Join Upmyrank and boost your alexa ranking for free.

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Most popular social networking sites to promote your blog articles

Social Networking is one of the better ways to promote your blog articles and to bring traffic to your blogs. This way you can reach a wider audience who will have a chance to have a look at your blog articles.

There are many social networking sites present in the internet. I had listed the best social networking sites below to promote blog articles.

Facebook
Twitter
Google plus
Stumbleupon
LinkedIn

Facebook

This is the number one social networking site that can be used effectively to promote your blog articles. There are more than 800 million active users present in this site. Almost 50% active members login daily to this website. You can share your blog posts in facebook which can be easily viewed by many members. If you are not a member of facebook click the below image to join.

Twitter

Twitter has a user base of more than 100 million. 40% of its members are active daily. Twitter has the option to support 17 different languages. It is the next best popular social networking media than facebook. You can also use twitter to promote your blog articles. If you are not a member of twitter click the below image to join.

LinkedIn

LinkedIn is one of the best social networking site which has more than 100 million members. You can promote your blog articles through LinkedIn to get more traffic to your website. If you are not a member of LinkedIn click the below image to join.

Stumbleupon

Stumbleupon has a user base of more than 20 million. Stumbleupon is not known well by all though it can drive good traffic to your articles. IT has contiguously grown very well last year and would expect to rise more this year. If you are not a member of Stumbleupon click the below image to join.

Google plus

Goolge plus has 10 million member as its user base. this is one of the newest social networking site that is growing fast to give a competition to facebook and twitter. It is from the google stable and you can expect that posting your blog articles here will have a greater chance of visibility to a wider audience. If you are not a member of google plus click the below image to join.

Try to share your post to the above mentioned social networking sites. You can see increase in traffic to your blog in due course.

To know how to add share button to your blog post follow the article Simple tip to Add Social bookmark links below your blog posts

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Simple step to prevent others from copying contents of your blog

All of us would like our blog articles not to be copied by others. But there are some people who would steal the contents of articles from blogs and websites. To prevent or to safe guard our articles from these bad people we need to protect the content of our articles.This can be done by applying the following simple step.

Copy the below script and paste it in any HTML/Javascript widget in your blog. This code will take care to disable copying the contents of your blog.

<script type="text/javascript"> var omitformtags=["input", "textarea", "select"] omitformtags=omitformtags.join("|") function disableselect(e){ if (omitformtags.indexOf(e.target.tagName.toLowerCase())==-1) return false } function reEnable(){ return true } if (typeof document.onselectstart!="undefined") document.onselectstart=new Function ("return false") else{ document.onmousedown=disableselect document.onmouseup=reEnable } </script>

Try applying this script to disable copying the contents of your blog.

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Genuine website to learn and earn money online

I know many of us would have come across many websites that would have a caption "Earn money online". Many of us would have joined those websites and would have found that it is not as easy as they have promoted in their websites. It is hard to find a genuine website which can pay for our efforts. Don't worry, I am going to talk about a genuine website where you can learn and earn money online.

I myself was a member of this site and had earned money for the articles that I posted in this site. They also have a Google Adsense Revenue sharing Program where you can earn Adsense revenue for the articles that you post in their website.

There is no joining fees
No Selling required

It's free!!!

The website name is IndiaStudyChannel.

About IndiaStudyChannel

IndiaStudyChannel is the best website that I came across where you can learn and earn money online. The main aim of this website is to provide articles related to education which will be useful for students and teachers in India. The various articles are posted by members who had joined this website. All the articles are reviewed by the editors and approved for points and Cash credits.

How much you can earn from IndiaStudyChannel

IndiaStudyChannel is the best educational website that I came across where you can learn and earn money online. The money you earn is directly dependent on how much time you can spend in this website. If you can spend 4 to 5 hours daily in this website you will surely earn Rs. 10,000 to 20,000 per month. You need to write articles in your own words and post it in their website. Depending on the article you can earn cash credits. When you reach Rs.1000 they will pay you through cheque or through online transfer to your bank account.

Trust me I had already earned more that Rs.5,000 from this website and 500$ as google adsense revenue.

Different sections to earn money form IndiaStudyChannel

There are lots of sections in this website where you can post articles of your choice. Each section will give you cash credits depending on the content that you write. The sections that you can earn money are

• Resources
• Forum
• Ask Experts
• University Exam Questions
• Referral Program
• Reviews

The other options to earn are

• Group Discussion about a specific topic - Rs. 200 for the winner
• Member of the Week - Rs. 250 for those who contribute more for a particular week.
• Member of the Month - Rs. 250 for those who contribute more for a particular Month

Why I recommend IndiaStudyChannel

The reason I recommend this site is that I am a member of this site and had earned enough money to satisfy myself that it is a genuine website. I want all of you who read this post to join this website to learn and earn money. This is 100% genuine website which I am sure that you will come to know once you join the site and post articles.

You can check my profile Here.

You can join this website by clicking the below link

Join IndiaStudyChannel

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