Get Your Blog Indexed By Goggle

 
If your blog is not yet indexed, you can hurry the process along by following these steps:

1. Create a Google account (if you don't already have one!). There are many benefits to this as I will explain shortly.
2. Log in to the Webmaster tools section with your Google account.
3. In the "Add new site" section, enter the full URL of your blog (eg: http://www.yourblog.com). Google will usually index your blog on its next crawl.
4. You may also want to verify that you are the owner of your blog; this allows you to access statistics and crawl errors. There are two ways you can verify your ownership: add a meta tag to your blog template, or upload an HTML file to a directory specified by Google. For blog owners it may be easier to add the meta tag, which you can do easily by copying and pasting a small piece of code to the section of your blog template (Google provide this unique tag when you opt for this form of verification). Don't worry, the tag can't be seen by your readers!
5. Once you've verified your ownership, it's also a good idea to tell Google the location of your sitemap (I explained how to create a sitemap for your blog in this post). This ensures that all of your blog pages are properly indexed and available to search. To do this, click on the "sitemaps" tab at the top of your Webmaster Tools dashboard, and click the "add" link next to your blog url. You need to enter the full url of your sitemap (for example:http://yourblog.com/sitemap.xml).

Once you've taken these steps, Google will crawl your blog regularly to check for updates and new pages. You can ensure that all of your pages are being indexed by logging into Webmaster tools>Sitemaps to see how many URLs are being indexed. If you notice that some post pages are not indexed, you can help Google to index them by linking from other posts (create a "related posts" section in other posts, for example).

Eventually, all your blog posts and pages will be crawled and indexed by Google, and your blog will achieve a "Page Rank" which you can also see in Webmaster tools. You can also view detailed statistics for your blog, links to your posts, and any crawl errors (such as missing files) which may be found.

Of course, the best way to improve your blog's visibility in search engines would be to work hard at your blog, write great posts and generate some link love! 

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How To Add A RSS Feed

n this tutorial I am going to explain how to insert your blog headings on your Blogger.compage in 6 simple steps.

Why Would You Want To Do This?

If you have a blog, you need to promote and publicise it to bring in as many people as possible. The only way to do that is through promotion, by doing this you are doubling up the locations in which your blog can be viewed. You can do this as many times as you wish throughout various web sites.

Step 1

Log into Blog and select "layout" for the blog you wish to add the RSS feed to.

Step 2

Click on "Add a Gadget" - a window will now pop up.

Step 3

Scroll down the list and select "Feed" - Approximately 2/3 of the way down

Step 4

Insert The Feed URL and click Continue

Step 5

Hit Edit Html and copy all of the content into a HTML editor.

Step 6

Edit the template as you wish and paste back into the edit html page. Now hit save. Job done

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How To Add Your Recent Tweets

If you’ve got a Blogspot.com blog, you can add your Twitter feed to the sidebar very, very easily. The feed will list your last 5 tweets, as well as the time it was posted and link to follow if the reader chooses. I’ve seen several variations of this code and its presentation, but the one I use on my own blog, and the one I use when installing blogs for other people, is the simplest version possible. Why? Because I don’t want the script slowing the loading down and I don’t want the widget itself to look wonky in different browsers or screen resolutions. If you’d like to add your recent tweets to your blogger sidebar, this is how you do it:

First, you'll need to edit the code:

You will need to make TWO very easy changes. The code you see below is the code for my own personal twitter feed, and you will need to edit it to display yours. I have left my twitter name (IsabellaSnow) in place so that you can see exactly where yours will go. Simply copy your twitter user name and paste it directly overtop of mine (IsabellaSnow) – in both places. Once that is done, your code is ready to show your own twitter feed. Make sure you that you do not paste over top of, or remove anything which is not bolded. If you do, it won’t work. And if you make a mistake, simply come back here and copy the code again and start over. Easy peasy.

Here's the code:

<div style="margin-right:0px"><div id="twitter_div">
<h2 style="display:none;" class="sidebar-title">Twitter Updates</h2>
<ul id="twitter_update_list"></ul>
<a id="twitter-link" style="display:block;text-align:right;" href="http://twitter.com/IsabellaSnow"></a>
</div>
<script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/IsabellaSnow.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script></div>

Now you’re ready to install

• Log into your Dashboard.
• Click on 'Layout'
• Go to the sidebar in question and click 'add a gadget'
• Click on the 3rd option down, which is titled 'HTML/JavaScript'
• Copy and paste your new code into the box.
• Click 'save'
• Position the widget wherever you’d like – most people put it somewhere near the top. If you’d like to see how mine looks you can take a look at my blog.

Add a cute icon!

If you do take a look at my blog (use the link in the previous paragraph) you’ll notice that I used a Twitter logo to attract people’s attention to the feed and to make it clear what it was. You can find loads of free twitter logos around the net and then display it above your feed to give it a more personal touch.

Twitter Updates

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How To Add A Facebook Like Box

A Facebook Fan Box or Like Box is a great plugin that allows blog visitors to subscribe to your blog updates via their Facebook accounts, without leaving your blog. After subscribing (by pressing like button) , visitors will receive your most recent blog updates on their Facebook page. This box also displays faces of the "likers" on your blog. Before creating a fan box you should already have a facebook fan page. If you haven't yet created, click here to learn how to create a facebook fan page.

Add Facebook Like Box to Blogger


1. Find out your Facebook fan page URL by visiting your Facebook fan page and copy the url in the address bar, you can see how your url should look like in my screenshot:

2. Then visit this page: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like-box

3. Paste your url into the Facebook Page URL field as it is shown below:

4. Once you are satisfied with the looks of the Like Box, click on the "Get Code" button

5. You'll be given two codes, titled HTML 5, XFBML and IFRAME. You only need theiframe code. 
Select it and copy the code generated for your box as it is shown in the example below:

6. Then go to your Blogger Dashboard >> Design >> Page Elements >> click on the Add a Gadget link >> select HTML/JavaScript and paste the code in the HTML box.

7. Click Save and you're done.

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