Tag Archives: blogger
Are Blogger | Blogspot Blogs SEO Friendly?
Just because Blogger / Blogspot is owned by Google doesn't make it SEO Friendly
For years I have been reading absurd suggestions that Google's Blogger / Blogspot service is SEO friendly. At one time this was semi-true, and it is even possible with the current incarnation. However if you use the service "as intended", without expert knowledge, you might find yourself up a creek without a paddle.
I am writing this on a Sunday, thus I am going to avoid vulgarities, cussing, and even an attention grabbing headline. The Google engineers at Blogger deserve that and more. Blogspot currently stinks for SEO.
Posted in SEO Blog, blogging tips Also tagged 301 redirect, blogspot, custom domain, labels, robots.txt, SEO Blog Comments closed
Some Fun With Zemanta
Whilst writing the last post about a marketing book survey I was also testing out a new Firefox plugin that is currently in beta, Zemanta
What Does Zemanta Do Exactly?
It adds editing functions to various popular online blogging interfaces, Wordpress (both .org and .com), Blogger and Typepad. These are the type of functions you could probably add a plugin for if you are using Wordpress on your own hosting, but wouldn't be available for Blogger, Typepad and Wordpress.com users.
That makes it something worth taking a careful look at for niche marketers, even if you use WordPress for most of
Posted in blogging tips, web 2.0 Also tagged firefox, Mozilla Firefox, typepad, wikipedia, wordpress, wordpress.com, Zemanta Comments closed
Bidvertiser Feed Advertising For Wordpress & Blogger
It looks like Bidvertiser have worked fast to address the problems many bloggers noted about their new feed advertising solution a short while ago and have come up with a way so that you can now use Bidvertiser using your existing feeds, and still use Feedburner as before, so that it doesn't affect your stats, and most importantly your feed readers.
From the Bidvertiser Blog
To address this, we have now launched 3 unique solutions:
1. WordPress Plugin to allow you to seamlessly embed the BidVertiser Ads in your feeds. You can download the plugin from your publisher account.
2. Solution for FeedBurner
Posted in blog monetization Also tagged bidvertiser, blogspot, blog_monetization, feedburner, feed_advertising, monetization, wordpress Comments closed
Typepad Trackback & Pingback
I have never used Typepad, I have never felt the need. I started with Blogger a couple of years ago, quickly progressed to using predominantly Wordpress and never looked back.
When I link to a Wordperss blog, most of the time I can just use pingback which autodiscovers the trackback URL for any blog I link to within a post and sends a trackback to the blog owner.
On some Wordpress blogs they have removed the pingback code to reduce spam. Fair enough I enter a trackback URL if I want to give them a signal that I have written something that might be worth their while reading.
On Blogger there are now linkbacks powered by Google blogsearch, so you can tell who has linked to you. A Blogger user can also send
Posted in blogging tips Also tagged moveable_type, pingback, pinging, trackback, typepad Comments closed
GreaseMonkey & Firefox – How To Send a Trackback With Blogger (Part 2)
Logging into Haloscan every time you want to send a trackback is time consuming, so if you use Firefox, and the Greasemonkey plugin, this might be your ideal answer.
Install Greasemonkey
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Posted in blogging tips Also tagged blogspot, firefox, greasemonkey, trackback, trackbacks Comments closed
Haloscan – How To Send a Trackback With Blogger (Part 1)
If you are using Blogger, one of the most annoying missing features is the ability to send a trackback. Fortunately there are a number of ways to send a trackback with Blogger using 3rd Party services or desktop blogging software.
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Posted in SEO Blog, blogging tips Also tagged blogspot, haloscan, trackback, trackbacks Comments closed
Interviewed By Martin | Blogger Trackbacks | Technorati Junk
A few days ago I was interviewed by email by Martin Lindsey.
When I checked on Wednesday due to timezones it hadn’t been published yet, Thursday I was so buried in code, themes and plugins I didn’t spot it being published (yes I need more vanity Google Alerts), and so I am linking through to it today.
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Posted in blogging tips Also tagged blogspot, interview, martin_lindsey, martyblog, technorati, trackback Comments closed
How To Remove Nofollow On New Blogger – Dofollow on Blogspot
When I wrote my Ultimate Guide to DoFollow plugins, I hadn’t read a solution to removing Nofollow from comments for Blogger that actually passed the link credit from your own domain.
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Blogger Templates – How to Customize Them
Jack Spirko is one of my readers, and he has put together a great video showing the basics of how to customize a Blogger Template.
I believe he will be making more videos covering more advanced subjects, and I know lots of my readers use blogger so it might be of interest.
Can You Really Take Search Engine and Technology News Seriously?
There is currently a case running in the Danish courts that will effectively decide the law in Denmark for linking to a page other than a home page, typically known as deep linking.
We are not talking about hot-linking, pulling an image or video off someone else’s server into the middle of your own content, but linking as you might to this blog article, using the permalink.
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Posted in SEO Blog, news Also tagged britney_spears, deep_linking, global_warming, krak, link, linking, news, paris_hilton, robert_scoble, search, search_engine, tech, wikipedia, windows_vista Comments closed
Blogger Security Certificate
I have been visiting lots of Blogger blogs this week, thus I was a little shocked when this popped up while visiting one of my reader’s blogs. (btw Divya’s Blog is a really good read)
Redirects from Blogspot | Bug in Wordpress Import
I have finally got my redirects from blogspot working perfectly.
Well almost…
It is not as good as a 301 redirect, as it will not transfer pagerank.
There is also a bug I found which means I will have to go through my imported content carefully checking page slugs.
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How to move your blog or start a new one
21 Surefire Tips for a Successful Blog Launch also contains some great information. Whilst I Digged it, I don't agree with the original comment on Digg.
Posted in blogging tips Also tagged 301_redirects, article marketing, articlemarketer, article_marketer, article_submission, better_blogging, blog, blogging, blogging tips, blogging_help, blogspot, customization, email marketing, feedburner, Google, google_sandbox, howto, how_to, linkbaiting, linking strategy, new_blog, readers, redirect_code, rss_syndication, search engines, SEO Blog, subscribers, wordpress, wordpress plugins Comments closed
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