XML Sitemaps - Blogger Tips Tricks
Posted On Sunday, August 16, 2009 at at 11:08 AM by SamSearch Engine Optimization is one of the most important steps when developing your blog. An important step in search engine optimization is developing relevant keywords that draw traffic to your blog from search engines like Google, Yahoo, MSN, Alta-vista, etc. Now most bloggers simply assign assign a few keywords to their blog when they first start our put fail to take the time to track their blogs search engine rankings for those keywords. Most do not track their performance simply, because it would normally just take to much time. However, I have came across a program called Web-CEO, which allows you to track your blogs search engines rankings by keywords with just the click of a button. Web-CEO has a free addition that anyone can download and use. They do also have a professional version, which you have to purchase. I use the free version and it has worked just fine for me. Web-CEO is simple to use Step 1: Download and install Web-CEO Step 2: Click Add New Site on the Control Panel Step 3: Click Check Rankings under Analyze Site Step 4: Click Configure and Select the Search Engines you wish to track your rankings on and also assign the keywords that you wish to track. Step 5: Click Start and you done.
Useful Widgets Add-Ons & Tools for Your Blog and Website
Posted On Thursday, August 13, 2009 at at 7:38 PM by SamAdding Widgets, Add-Ons & tools to your blog is not just a lot of fun for your blog readers, but can also be very useful and help you to create a community for your blog or even a loyal reader base.
Here's a collection of best and most useful blog widgets or add-ons that can be easily integrated with any website/blog. All these below add-ons are 100% Free and they are very easy to install.
Outbrain Star Ratings Widget: Very eager to know what your readers think about your posts?
Here is a cool star rating widget by Outbrain. The insttallation is very simple,
just follow the step by step instructions on their site.
ShareThis or AddThis : Sharethis or Addthis social bookmarking
buttons makes it easy for your visitors to share your content with others. It is a good way to increase your link popularity and publicity. Their nice css dropdown icons reduces the clutter on your pages and eliminates the need to add a different button for each social bookmarking service.
whos.amung.us : This is a real time visitor tracking widget and displays 
the number of people currently on your site and what pages they are
reading. You don't need any sign-up's to grab this widget.
Web2PDF Online : With this widget installed, your visitors can easily download
your articles in PDF format with just a click. The downloaded PDF's are
free of any advertising and you can get full access to download stats,etc.
ZOHO Creator: With Zoho Creator, you can create professional online
contact forms/web forums in minutes. The good things about this is
there are no data limits and readers can also upload attachments while
submitting the form.
Google Talk Badge: Google Talk Badge will let your visitors to
chat with you.The badge will active whenever you sign in to
Googletalk. The nice thing is your visitors can chat with you even
if they don't have a google account.
Yahoo Media Player: With this very useful widget, you can
easily add a simple media player to your blog which can auto detect mp3 links and create an embedded player. This tool is very useful for especially audio,music blogs.
Cbox: Cbox or Chatbox is a chat widget which can be easily embedded
in any web page. It is free and have many features including message
history, spam blocking,etc. It can be easily customizable to fit your
blog layout.
Google Translate: This widget lets your non-English speaking
visitors to quickly translate your webpage in their native
language with just a single click.
11 of The Best Free Stock Photo Sites
Posted On Saturday, June 27, 2009 at at 11:12 PM by SamStock Photo sites are the place where the bloggers and websites owners search for good pictures for their articles or for their template design.
There are a lot of paid stock photo sites, and a lot of free sites where you can find really/enough good stock photos. You know that most people are using free stock photo sites, but there are and a few who use paid sites. That means that if you want you can give some $ and you will have really unique pictures for your articles, but the free stock photos are not so bad, too.
There are a lot of more stock photo sites, but i think that these are the best and with enough good photos. If you know other good sites, just post here and i will add it to this collection