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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