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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