We have all heard plenty of reasons to use Google+ Hangouts On Air from the “It’s the new podcast…” or “It’s the replacement for GoTo Webinar…” We have also seen old school top Internet marketers like Ed Dale, Jack Humphrey and Alex Mandossian using Hangouts On Air in their marketing in the last few months. I have had the pleasure of having Ileane Smith as my guest many times now and even Arnold Schwarzenegger broadcast his book launch from Google headquarters via a Hanout On Air the second week of October.
But let’s be honest here, most Hangouts On Air produce a 45 to 60 minute video. Most people just are not going to take the time to watch all that. But what I did find was that the ones that do watch an hour long teaching video are the people who buy my products.
So it came clear to me fast that if I was going to push replays of a weekly or bi-weekly show that would be viewed mostly by people who were buying info products and joining membership sites, that it would be best to host them on pages that convert into sales of such.
You have probably heard the term “landing pages.” Well we like to call them “action pages” around here. Sending your viewers to Google+ and YouTube to watch your Hangouts is a big mistake as you will soon see below. Using the 5 strategies here I was able to convert 37% of my small list into buyers of an info product.
I did not invent this, it is nothing new really, I just tweaked it A LOT. Here is how I took the current webinar model we have been using for almost a decade now and spun it Google+ style and you can too, no matter what niche you are in.
So what I have been testing is allowing a short replay period and then taking the video off line by making it private in YouTube and downloading the MP4 for hosting elsewhere securely.
Or you can change the YouTube settings to “Only with the link” and embed it in say in a Wishlist based members area. Not real secure, but it works in a pinch.
This will improve your ROI 3 fold:
Announce that you are available for Interviews Via HOAs
Let people know you are available for HOA interviews, Tweet it, Facebook it and post it to Google+. Be sure to add a paragraph to your about / contact pages. I would even go so far as to add a side bar headline and a few bullets saying you are available on your blog and link to a contact form.
Build up a “Go To” list of guest panelists
Sometimes you just can’t carry everything on your own back when it comes to doing a weekly podcast or HOA, as we call Hangouts On Air. So building up a list of very savvy panelists in a Google+ Circle is a must. Every time I go on air I always invite my “Today’s Panelists” Circle and they are kind enough to respond.
The panelists Circle will serve you well, asking great on topic questions, giving live feedback and even at times helping you thru periods of technical difficulties. Having skilled panelists is key. Ileane has become a very valuable asset on my shows since she is very adept and translating my technical points into things you all can understand.
Host Virtual Speakers At Your Meetups Via Hangouts and HOAs
This is a really new idea, pay attention to this one. If you have never been to a Meetup, check that site out. It is a local networking gold mine, just so you know.
After we journeyed to Canada to speak at a number of live Meetups in August of this year, we found many more Meetup hosts were interested in hosting my presentations at a later date. We were able to engage many more Meetups by appearing at virtual events, via Hangout based presentations, to live networking groups over 2000 miles away from our new Denver home in September.
True this does require a decent Internet connection at the Meetup venue and a TV or projection screen at the live event, but it so far has met with great success. Imagine being able to host presentations from top authors and authorities at your own Meetup and host the live Q & A. Slide shows are great, but seeing the person presenting live is what Meetup audiences want.
Not only does this personal connection change the entire feel, but there is another Meetup metric that these audiences crave. It all changes when the live questions begin, after your presentation ends. The audience is encouraged to step up to the web cam and get their questions answered by the live guest presenter. Being able to converse face to face with top experts and virtually famous people is a very valuable experience that you can offer at your local Meetups.
This worked for us and I will warn you it is a bit daring, Internet connections can be sketchy and Ripley’s law is definitely in effect. But the return both for the Meetup host the speaker is huge in our first testing. Give this a try and decide for yourself.
Now while you are speaking as a guest of panelist you have to get the most out of your time, Yes? Here is how to use the lower third app 1000% more effectively.
You will see many, most in fact, using the lower third app to display their logo, name and a website URL during a Hangout. Do not make that mistake. The destination URL should be a squeeze page and a well crafted one. Building your double opt in list is key here. While I built my list from social engagement and followings, it was those same email list subscribers that bought 95% of my product this spring.
The “Lower Third” app does that job well, giving you a newscaster style banner on your video thumbnail and on your “blueboxed” or full screen Hangout display. The app can be added from the Hangout application window, by clicking “Apps” on the left side of the screen, then “Add app” if you have not tried this already.
But to make this effective, you must capture someone’s visit to said page. This is what makes a squeeze page so effective. It squeezes the email from the visitor. Remember I said that my email list is responsible for 95% of my conversions during my launch this spring? Since I have identified that demographic as my hottest conversion source, I do everything I can to increase that demographic.
You may convert highly via Twitter, or Facebook or even Google+. In that case a landing page for the Lower Third app would contain social following buttons instead. But unless you measure that conversion point thru say Google Analytics, then how can you know what your best converting traffic source is? Identify that source, then craft the correct squeeze page for that traffic.
This is a great example above. If you have never considered a squeeze page, here what makes them great.
Bottom line here: Action pages increase conversion highly over raw site domain based URLs, offering just too many options. Let’s move on and see the two locations that brought in that $12,000 in profits for me this spring, shall we?
The number one way to get your webinar / HOA viewed and create both authority and conversions from them as an Internet marketer with an email list, or as a social marketer, is to share and email links to watch it live. Since Google HOAs are first streamed on your Google+ feed and secondly on YouTube, both are places that I do not want to send my email list.
The biggest mistake anyone with a list can make is it to email into a social network. First off, your chance of holding their interest is low, with lots of bright shiny objects and update alerts coming in from every angle.
Second, Google+ is an open social network and very different than Facebook. You never ever want to expose your email list to places where others can follow and compete with you for their attention.
Do not expose these hard won subcribers, many of them your best people because they are buyers or even repeat buyers to your competition. If your competition has any savvy marketing skills, they will be commenting and looking to brand themselves on your broadcasts through commenting on the Hangout threads and replays.
Social followings are one thing, but email lists are your most motivated followers, buyers, repeat buyers, top supporters and even affiliates. Once you have people on your email list, you only want to send them into places that convert for you.
Enter Squeeze pages
Streaming your show to a conversion oriented action page, or as we call it, a squeeze page, takes a bit more work since you have to embed the code each time manually and FTP the page as the show starts. I use FireFTP for FireFox to quickly move files and FTP. And you have seen how to embed HOAs here…
Stream Live Webinars with Google+ Hangouts On Air
Now you can email your list with a link to a URL on your site. Now you can drag your followers out of the social site. You can use Google Events to invite your following to your event and direct them to your squeeze page in advance. But not just some blog post with how many outgoing links in the side bar? No, just to a page that is built to do one thing.
Most Internet marketers I suggest using Hangouts to replace GoTo Webinar seem unimpressed. That is until I tell them they can embed the streaming video on their own sites. I immediately started using my squeeze page to host my weekly Google+ For Business Show in April of 2012. But when I started hosting the replays for a short time only on my sales page, then I started seeing my sales there double and even triple.
Here is that story in my #1 Hangout conversion strategy up next…
In today’s world I don’t care how good your copy is, it is harder than ever to get someone to click thru to a sales letter and not watch them bounce as soon as they see the salesletter style page and long copy. But if you are going to sell something you have to get this visit, and they have to stay on the page.
Second, if you have spent any time around any kind of advertising training, you have heard that most buyers need to be exposed to your offer 7 to 8 times before they buy. Right?
Doing a weekly Hangout On Air show, not allowing replays on Google+ or YouTube and embedding the replay only on the sales page removed both the click thru problem, the high bounce rate associated with sales pages and the repeat exposure dilemma.
The email list you build by sending social traffic to the embedded Hangout On Air on a squeeze page is highly targeted since they went there to see your show streamed. Opting in while seeing it just makes sense. Emailing that list to see the show replayed on the sales letter no longer contains pitch, it contains free training in my case, or maybe something fun or entertaining in non marketing niches.
Between early April and late June of 2012, this one tactic alone returned a 37% conversion rate from my list this spring, The key was getting my list to the sales letter up 8 to 10 separate times and keeping them there to watch the replay.
One hitch that you are going to run into is taking questions and most take the mistake of taking them from the Google+ or YouTube stream. I again avoid attention span drains like Google+ and YouTube and instead use Google Moderator to take questions before and during the show. I like it since it does not link back to Google+ and does not expose my attendees to my competitors.
Then combine the ability to interview and be interviewed with no more software or OS than a modern browser and a webcam that you probably already own, you may just find you are the new TV show your niche loves.
Finally take all of that and turn it into a marketing process that converts into RSS subscribers, social followers, email list opt ins and above all, sales! At that point being able to sell product as I have is just icing on a cake that does not even require you to spend anymore time pursuing attention on yet another social site. You can simply use the great new tools from Google+ and spend more time running your business and making money.
I hope you profit from these tried and true conversion examples and find even more new ways to use Hangouts On Air to create conversions in your own business! – Chris Lang
But let’s be honest here, most Hangouts On Air produce a 45 to 60 minute video. Most people just are not going to take the time to watch all that. But what I did find was that the ones that do watch an hour long teaching video are the people who buy my products.
So it came clear to me fast that if I was going to push replays of a weekly or bi-weekly show that would be viewed mostly by people who were buying info products and joining membership sites, that it would be best to host them on pages that convert into sales of such.
You have probably heard the term “landing pages.” Well we like to call them “action pages” around here. Sending your viewers to Google+ and YouTube to watch your Hangouts is a big mistake as you will soon see below. Using the 5 strategies here I was able to convert 37% of my small list into buyers of an info product.
I did not invent this, it is nothing new really, I just tweaked it A LOT. Here is how I took the current webinar model we have been using for almost a decade now and spun it Google+ style and you can too, no matter what niche you are in.
#5 Archive Hangouts On Air To A Members Site
Webinars were the conversion king in years past for Internet marketers and are still are your #1 tool. But so many marketers have used the “No replay” hook and then gone back on their word, that no one believes you now if you say the same.So what I have been testing is allowing a short replay period and then taking the video off line by making it private in YouTube and downloading the MP4 for hosting elsewhere securely.

Downloading the Mp4 on YouTube in the video manager
This will improve your ROI 3 fold:
- Your broadcast or weekly show just became much more valuable due to limited availability.
- You save time by creating new content, using the replay to drive traffic and at the same time you are creating content you can charge for. “Win Win” is the saying that comes to mind here.
- You now start building up an archive of high end content you can charge a higher entry price for later on. Think “Video Vault…”
#4 Hangouts On Air Are The Perfect Interview Medium
Let’s take a look at how HOAs can be used in so many ways for not only you to be interviewed, but also to lighten your load as a content creator, by interviewing others.Announce that you are available for Interviews Via HOAs
Let people know you are available for HOA interviews, Tweet it, Facebook it and post it to Google+. Be sure to add a paragraph to your about / contact pages. I would even go so far as to add a side bar headline and a few bullets saying you are available on your blog and link to a contact form.
Build up a “Go To” list of guest panelists
Sometimes you just can’t carry everything on your own back when it comes to doing a weekly podcast or HOA, as we call Hangouts On Air. So building up a list of very savvy panelists in a Google+ Circle is a must. Every time I go on air I always invite my “Today’s Panelists” Circle and they are kind enough to respond.
The panelists Circle will serve you well, asking great on topic questions, giving live feedback and even at times helping you thru periods of technical difficulties. Having skilled panelists is key. Ileane has become a very valuable asset on my shows since she is very adept and translating my technical points into things you all can understand.
Host Virtual Speakers At Your Meetups Via Hangouts and HOAs
This is a really new idea, pay attention to this one. If you have never been to a Meetup, check that site out. It is a local networking gold mine, just so you know.
After we journeyed to Canada to speak at a number of live Meetups in August of this year, we found many more Meetup hosts were interested in hosting my presentations at a later date. We were able to engage many more Meetups by appearing at virtual events, via Hangout based presentations, to live networking groups over 2000 miles away from our new Denver home in September.
True this does require a decent Internet connection at the Meetup venue and a TV or projection screen at the live event, but it so far has met with great success. Imagine being able to host presentations from top authors and authorities at your own Meetup and host the live Q & A. Slide shows are great, but seeing the person presenting live is what Meetup audiences want.
Not only does this personal connection change the entire feel, but there is another Meetup metric that these audiences crave. It all changes when the live questions begin, after your presentation ends. The audience is encouraged to step up to the web cam and get their questions answered by the live guest presenter. Being able to converse face to face with top experts and virtually famous people is a very valuable experience that you can offer at your local Meetups.
This worked for us and I will warn you it is a bit daring, Internet connections can be sketchy and Ripley’s law is definitely in effect. But the return both for the Meetup host the speaker is huge in our first testing. Give this a try and decide for yourself.
Now while you are speaking as a guest of panelist you have to get the most out of your time, Yes? Here is how to use the lower third app 1000% more effectively.
#3 Use Hangout Lower Third To Drive Traffic To An Opt In Page
1000% – Big claim huh? Well that comes to 10 times better than anyone else doing is because they are making one huge mistake. You guessed it, you should be linking to an “action page.”You will see many, most in fact, using the lower third app to display their logo, name and a website URL during a Hangout. Do not make that mistake. The destination URL should be a squeeze page and a well crafted one. Building your double opt in list is key here. While I built my list from social engagement and followings, it was those same email list subscribers that bought 95% of my product this spring.
The “Lower Third” app does that job well, giving you a newscaster style banner on your video thumbnail and on your “blueboxed” or full screen Hangout display. The app can be added from the Hangout application window, by clicking “Apps” on the left side of the screen, then “Add app” if you have not tried this already.
But to make this effective, you must capture someone’s visit to said page. This is what makes a squeeze page so effective. It squeezes the email from the visitor. Remember I said that my email list is responsible for 95% of my conversions during my launch this spring? Since I have identified that demographic as my hottest conversion source, I do everything I can to increase that demographic.
You may convert highly via Twitter, or Facebook or even Google+. In that case a landing page for the Lower Third app would contain social following buttons instead. But unless you measure that conversion point thru say Google Analytics, then how can you know what your best converting traffic source is? Identify that source, then craft the correct squeeze page for that traffic.

Here is a great example of a true squeeze page from Jeff Walker of Product Launch Formula
- The entire page is above the fold, there is no need to scroll down the page
- The page only offers one option, to opt in
- The video is embedded and uses a bright clear headshot for trust and connection
Bottom line here: Action pages increase conversion highly over raw site domain based URLs, offering just too many options. Let’s move on and see the two locations that brought in that $12,000 in profits for me this spring, shall we?
#2 Stream Your HOA To A Squeeze Page
Remember Jeff’s squeeze page above? Well the pretty picture of him is a video. Seems like a squeeze page would be the perfect place off Google+ and YouTube to drive your best traffic, does it not?The number one way to get your webinar / HOA viewed and create both authority and conversions from them as an Internet marketer with an email list, or as a social marketer, is to share and email links to watch it live. Since Google HOAs are first streamed on your Google+ feed and secondly on YouTube, both are places that I do not want to send my email list.
The biggest mistake anyone with a list can make is it to email into a social network. First off, your chance of holding their interest is low, with lots of bright shiny objects and update alerts coming in from every angle.
Second, Google+ is an open social network and very different than Facebook. You never ever want to expose your email list to places where others can follow and compete with you for their attention.
Do not expose these hard won subcribers, many of them your best people because they are buyers or even repeat buyers to your competition. If your competition has any savvy marketing skills, they will be commenting and looking to brand themselves on your broadcasts through commenting on the Hangout threads and replays.
Social followings are one thing, but email lists are your most motivated followers, buyers, repeat buyers, top supporters and even affiliates. Once you have people on your email list, you only want to send them into places that convert for you.
Enter Squeeze pages
Streaming your show to a conversion oriented action page, or as we call it, a squeeze page, takes a bit more work since you have to embed the code each time manually and FTP the page as the show starts. I use FireFTP for FireFox to quickly move files and FTP. And you have seen how to embed HOAs here…
Stream Live Webinars with Google+ Hangouts On Air
Now you can email your list with a link to a URL on your site. Now you can drag your followers out of the social site. You can use Google Events to invite your following to your event and direct them to your squeeze page in advance. But not just some blog post with how many outgoing links in the side bar? No, just to a page that is built to do one thing.
Most Internet marketers I suggest using Hangouts to replace GoTo Webinar seem unimpressed. That is until I tell them they can embed the streaming video on their own sites. I immediately started using my squeeze page to host my weekly Google+ For Business Show in April of 2012. But when I started hosting the replays for a short time only on my sales page, then I started seeing my sales there double and even triple.
Here is that story in my #1 Hangout conversion strategy up next…
#1 Stream Your Hangouts on Air And Replay To A Sales Letter
Using this single tactic alone generated $12,000 to just one of our products. First we stream high end on topic HOA presentations to the squeeze page and drove traffic there both in advance of the show and during the event as I described in detail above. So now that you have this growing list what are you going to do with it?In today’s world I don’t care how good your copy is, it is harder than ever to get someone to click thru to a sales letter and not watch them bounce as soon as they see the salesletter style page and long copy. But if you are going to sell something you have to get this visit, and they have to stay on the page.
Second, if you have spent any time around any kind of advertising training, you have heard that most buyers need to be exposed to your offer 7 to 8 times before they buy. Right?
Doing a weekly Hangout On Air show, not allowing replays on Google+ or YouTube and embedding the replay only on the sales page removed both the click thru problem, the high bounce rate associated with sales pages and the repeat exposure dilemma.
The email list you build by sending social traffic to the embedded Hangout On Air on a squeeze page is highly targeted since they went there to see your show streamed. Opting in while seeing it just makes sense. Emailing that list to see the show replayed on the sales letter no longer contains pitch, it contains free training in my case, or maybe something fun or entertaining in non marketing niches.

Replay only for my list on an action page…
Bringing it altogether…
We are finding now that the ease of doing an HOA show, recording it, embedding replays and then being able to archive a Hangout On Air to be the best free software I have seen in 13 years of marketing online.One hitch that you are going to run into is taking questions and most take the mistake of taking them from the Google+ or YouTube stream. I again avoid attention span drains like Google+ and YouTube and instead use Google Moderator to take questions before and during the show. I like it since it does not link back to Google+ and does not expose my attendees to my competitors.
Then combine the ability to interview and be interviewed with no more software or OS than a modern browser and a webcam that you probably already own, you may just find you are the new TV show your niche loves.
Finally take all of that and turn it into a marketing process that converts into RSS subscribers, social followers, email list opt ins and above all, sales! At that point being able to sell product as I have is just icing on a cake that does not even require you to spend anymore time pursuing attention on yet another social site. You can simply use the great new tools from Google+ and spend more time running your business and making money.
I hope you profit from these tried and true conversion examples and find even more new ways to use Hangouts On Air to create conversions in your own business! – Chris Lang
Yesterday I talked about saving your blog posts by exporting them to your desktop. Sarah had a great question that I thought I would follow-up on. If you've exported your blog posts to your computer and later need to import them, this is the tip for you. :)
Step 1: (Click image to enlarge)
On your Blogger dashboard, click "Settings". Once in Settings, click "Other" under the drop-down list (highlighted in yellow). You should now see the following page:Step 2:
Next, click the blue link that says "Import Blog". This will open up the following screen:
Step 3:
Simply click "Choose File" and select the file that you had previously saved to your desktop. Click the orange "Import Blog" button after proving that you're not a robot and you are all set. :) All of your previous blog posts will not be uploaded to your new blog.
Most of us are familiar with the delivery of information technology services through servers. There is however another way of accessing these same services through cloud computing. The name refers to the fact that the required resources are found in the “clouds” since the user is not required to be in a specific place to have access to such resources. The cloud symbol often seen in diagrams is used to represent the Internet.
Simply put, these resources are retrieved from the Internet using web-based tools and applications. Working remotely is possible since the cloud computing structure permits information access on the mere condition that there is web access. Business may find cloud computing services more cost-effective in the aspect of managing information since they are not required to own servers.
There are marked advantages in using cloud computing including convenience and ease of use since the provider takes charge of managing the service. Users will just have to have their computers with Internet access. They are also given the choice of determining how much service they want to avail of at any given time. There are offered options either for a public or private cloud. The main difference between the two is the market to whom the service is being offered. While public clouds are offered to all Internet users, private clouds are only limited to a specific number of people. A difference in service may also occur depending on the category chosen since cloud computing services may either be related to infrastructure, platform, or software.
To make the cloud computing service work, an effective cloud computing network has to be built. The aim is to enable a pool of resources to function as an solid whole, the product of which should be made available to users regardless of location. To accomplish this, networks will have to be flexible on provided bandwidth, management function, and maintaining visibility regardless of prevailing environment.
To avoid the expected bottleneck from the use of services as provided in the public Internet, many companies are opting to build their private cloud networks. Essentially, those who practice this convert their respective data centers into hosted platforms. Whether a company chooses to build a public or private cloud network, it will have to link storage and servers to the LAN. There is a need to ensure seamless flow of data and applications through storage systems, including the data center and the LAN. To enable cloud computing networks to work, proper attention also has to be given to virtual switching.
About the Guest Blogger:
Denise believes that anyone can build a cloud computing network with ProfitBricks. She is an SEO expert who provides consultation services to various companies.
Simply put, these resources are retrieved from the Internet using web-based tools and applications. Working remotely is possible since the cloud computing structure permits information access on the mere condition that there is web access. Business may find cloud computing services more cost-effective in the aspect of managing information since they are not required to own servers.
There are marked advantages in using cloud computing including convenience and ease of use since the provider takes charge of managing the service. Users will just have to have their computers with Internet access. They are also given the choice of determining how much service they want to avail of at any given time. There are offered options either for a public or private cloud. The main difference between the two is the market to whom the service is being offered. While public clouds are offered to all Internet users, private clouds are only limited to a specific number of people. A difference in service may also occur depending on the category chosen since cloud computing services may either be related to infrastructure, platform, or software.
To make the cloud computing service work, an effective cloud computing network has to be built. The aim is to enable a pool of resources to function as an solid whole, the product of which should be made available to users regardless of location. To accomplish this, networks will have to be flexible on provided bandwidth, management function, and maintaining visibility regardless of prevailing environment.
To avoid the expected bottleneck from the use of services as provided in the public Internet, many companies are opting to build their private cloud networks. Essentially, those who practice this convert their respective data centers into hosted platforms. Whether a company chooses to build a public or private cloud network, it will have to link storage and servers to the LAN. There is a need to ensure seamless flow of data and applications through storage systems, including the data center and the LAN. To enable cloud computing networks to work, proper attention also has to be given to virtual switching.
About the Guest Blogger:
Denise believes that anyone can build a cloud computing network with ProfitBricks. She is an SEO expert who provides consultation services to various companies.
You might have seen the blogger followers list on so many blogspot blogs, you had seen the list of followers who follows the blogs which they like to go on with. some blogger users label them with followers, some labeled them as wish list or blogspot friends but i use it as My Friend List, i too follow the blogs which i found interesting while surfing the web. This is the genuine process in which you are not expect the other bloggers to follow you back. so never try to force the people to follow your blog, just Put the stuffs what they like to read.
Now you must ask How To Get Followers?
Below here i have highlighted some points which need to taken care of for successful relationship with you and your followers, rather i should say best friends list.
As you already know you can use Google Friend Connect which is now an inbuilt feature in the Blogger. You can even keep track of the blogs you follow via your Reading List on the Blogger dashboard.
Now you must ask How To Get Followers?
Below here i have highlighted some points which need to taken care of for successful relationship with you and your followers, rather i should say best friends list.
- Blog Promotions - Promoting your blog as you can. How you can get visitors without promoting your bog, so do promote the blog in any means.
- Provide Quality Contents - Content is the king forever. Useful contents will attract your visitor to comeback over and over, and then hope your visitors turn become your follower.
- Keep Blog Up to date - Updating your blog on regular base. How can you have loyal visitors without regular update? They will leave you when they see there's no up date for a long time on your blog.
- Blogger Community - Blogger Community is a great place to get follower. You can have friends here and if they like your blog they will follow your blog. If you joined some blog communities, you can send them message just to say thanks for their visit :) Make your readers your friend. A friend never leave you alone, they will keep coming back to your blog.
- Communications - Make communications with your visitors, you can visit them back, commenting back on their blog.
- Twitter Mania - As everybody knows twitter is the highest traffic site in context of traffic. try to make followers by following them back.
- Write a Mail - Believe me this is the top most working way to get followers for your blog, if you like any blog then feel free to write a mail to the site owner of the blog and request them to follow your blog, but again don't force :-).
- Don't Stop - Never stops your site or blog promotion, it should be continuous process and believe me you will surely get what you want.
So now your turn to follow me if you like my blog, and let me know about your blog also, Best Luck to all the Readers.
Everybody does!
Popular blog posts can be described as the articles on your blog that gets the most comments, or sometimes the most views.
Creating such a blog post all depends on how you write and present that article to your readers.
The truth can be said about a popular song. The people who listen and love a popular song liked the way that the singer has presented it and also the message that is being delivered in the song.
Therefore, writing your most popular post often depends on you the writer and what you are writing about.
I have been blogging for some time now and I have written some really popular blog posts on my blog, on blogging contests which helped me to make some money and even on this blog.
Here are my most popular guest posts on this blog:
Does Guest Posting And Blog Commenting Still Work For Generating Targeted Traffic? (132 Comments)
Does Guest Posting And Blog Commenting Still Work For Generating Targeted Traffic? (132 Comments)
How To Increase The Flow Of Traffic Coming To Your Blog (158 Comments)
5 Simple Ways To Keep In Touch With Your Blog Readers (105 Comments)
If you notice, all of these posts has over 100 comments.
Want to know my trick into writing popular articles?
This month on my blog, I wrote 3 articles that landed in the second, third and forth spot on my blog as the most popular articles there.
Imagine that!
Those 3 articles got more comments than the other existing articles that were on my blog for more than 6 or more months. Those articles got a total of 272 comments and I think this is an amazing accomplishment.
Writing Your Most Popular Blog Post
Writing Your Most Popular Blog Post
There no set formula that you can use to write your most popular blog post. It can happen to any of your blog post without you doing anything extra.
Sometimes you may write an article and think that this article will go viral and get the most comments ever. But when you publish it, the article only get about 20 comments.
So what is needed to write popular blog posts?
Here are my tips for writing a popular blog post
Here are my tips for writing a popular blog post
Give The Audience What They Want
If you truly want your blog posts to be popular, then one thing that I have noticed is that you have to give your blog readers what they want.
This is pretty simple and straight forward!
If I find a blog post with information that suites my need and it has information that can benefit me, then no doubt I am going to be inspired to make a comment on that article. I am going to want to leave a comment thanking the author of that wonderful article because the information that was written was something that I was looking for.
When writing blog posts, don’t just write because you want to publish something on your blog. You want to deliver information that your readers want.
Browse forums, set up a poll, ask on Twitter what information your readers want. Doing this will help you to write blog posts that are targeted to your readers.
This will do the trick in writing your most popular blog post.
Reply To Your Comments
If you really want your blog post to be popular then replying to comments isn’t an option.
It is a must!
Replying to each comment left on your blog post can help you do double up on the total amount of comments that your article will get.
For example, if you write an article and it gets 58 comments, then replying to each comment will get you a total of 116 comments.
Another reason for replying to comments is that it helps to build a strong community around your blog.
Having a strong blogging community will help you reach blogging success in no time. This also encourages the commentator to come back and leave more comments if you engage them in a discussion.
Reply to each comment and this will help to make your blog post popular and also help to build up your blog.
Write Less, Promote More
Have you ever tried this method of getting your blog post to be popular?
Writing less means that you doesn’t mean that you write a short article. It means that you write articles a few days a part and for the days that you don’t write then you take that time to promote your blog post.
Doing this will help to make your blog post get popular.
Ask your friends online to leave a comment, promote on social media sites, social networking sites and also email it to your list if you have a mailing list.
It’s All About Quality Content And Delivery
Quality content is the best thing to have on your blog and should be done while writing your blog posts. When a blog post is popular this can be a result from quality content.
The better the content then the more popular the post will become.
You also have to take in mind the way that you will deliver this content to your audience.
If you deliver your blog post in a way which is straight forward and easy to understand then your blog post will get popular in no time.
Take for instance my 2nd most popular article on my blog (How To Make Money From Your Blog By Selling Advertisements) 4th most popular article on my blog (How To Make Your First $100 From Your Blog)
In those articles I gave tips on how to make money from your blog selling advertisements and tips on how to make your $100 from your blog. I made sure to write articles on the topics that people want to read about.
The content was clear and delivery was straight forward.
If you try that approach then I guarantee that you will be writing popular blog posts in no time.
Results From Writing Popular Blog Post
Results From Writing Popular Blog Post
Is there any good that comes from writing a popular blog post?
Are you kidding me? Yes there is!
POPULAR BLOG POST ON YOUR BLOG
When you have successfully written a popular blog post on your own blog, your blog visitors will realize that you are a blogger that knows his/her stuff when it comes to blogging.
They know that you have what it takes to capture an audience and know how to deliver information to your audience.
When you write a blog post that is really good and it gets popular then this means that your article can go viral. This will give your blog readers more reason to want to share your article and to also tell their friends about it.
New blog visitors will want to know know why your blog post is popular and might take the time out to read or leave a comment as well.
This also opens the door which allows you to write and get paid for your writing.
Having a popular blog post also helps to make your blog popular as well.
It helps to increase subscribers and the people who follow you.
Having popular blog posts on your blog is a win win situation. Helps to increase traffic, so you just have to be wise and know how to keep that traffic coming back and then turning your traffic into money.
POPULAR BLOG POST ON OTHER BLOGS (GUEST POST)
If your aim is to write a popular blog post as a guest post then you can benefit greatly from it.
Your blog can be filled with targeted traffic and also you will be getting tons of requests for guest posters.
Other bloggers will also want to invite you to their blog and hoping that you can do the same and write a popular guest post for their blog.
Writing popular guest posts shows the blog owner that you know what you are capable of. It helps to get your guest posts approved earlier than expected and also help to build the community of the blog that you are guest posting for.
You just have to remember that quality goes a long way and if you apply this while you are guest blogging then you are on the road to success.
How To Add HTML Picture Codes to Blogger / Basic
1.Login to your Bogger Dashboard and go to Design >> & Page Elements.
2.Click on 'Add a Gadget' on the sidebar.
3.Select 'HTML/Javascript' and add the one of code given below
Look at the example below:

4. Now Click on Save "Html Java Script" and You are done..
1.Login to your Bogger Dashboard and go to Design >> & Page Elements.
2.Click on 'Add a Gadget' on the sidebar.
3.Select 'HTML/Javascript' and add the one of code given below
<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2J_UFRQ_wqvlG2BWYRYp4QDfIgjAboVJJWDXCFf63youCR045Sgf7PaZ24d6fHPg_t4ckGQaUW5v9meSjM6gp2-4rKWF4nC_dGfU-WiD8JIVnfq5PCdCdDlyrMUNxleBJGAx0N4rT_GA/" width="125" height="125" alt="Blogger tricks and toolz" />
Look at the example below:
4. Now Click on Save "Html Java Script" and You are done..
Hi friends, today i'm gonna show you how to add animated flash clock gadget your blog. A clock gives a beautiful look to a website. A clock is a must for a personal homepage, forum, blog etc.Isn’t it exciting when you get a highly quality flash Clock absolutely Free? you can add this flash animated clock your blog easily. it's really faster and cool. all you have to do is follow the instructions given below.. let's go to work.and Congrats you!! I hope you like the clocks Feel free to ask anything in the comment box below' we will meet again in next post.Thank you.
1.Login to your blogger Dashboard and go to Desing --> Page Elements.
2.Click on 'Add a Gadget' on the sidebar.
3.Select 'HTML/Javascript' and add the one of code given below
1. Clicking Digital Clock
2. Rotating Silver Clock
3. Black Outline Clock
4. Simple Clock
5. White Clock
6. Black Clock
7. Clicking Out Digital Clock
8. 3D Clock
9. House Clock
10. Black Cool Clock
4. Now Click On Save 'JavaScript' You are done.
Special Thanks http://flash-clocks.com
Picture From http://www.2dayblog.com/2009/10/19/manual-digital-clock/
1.Login to your blogger Dashboard and go to Desing --> Page Elements.
2.Click on 'Add a Gadget' on the sidebar.
3.Select 'HTML/Javascript' and add the one of code given below
1. Clicking Digital Clock
<object><param name="movie" value="http://flash-clocks.com/free-flash-clocks-for-websites/free-flash-clock-33.swf"><embed src="http://flash-clocks.com/free-flash-clocks-for-websites/free-flash-clock-33.swf" width="150" height="150" wmode="transparent"> </embed></object>
2. Rotating Silver Clock
<object><param name="movie" value="http://flash-clocks.com/free-flash-clocks-for-websites/free-flash-clock-11.swf"><embed src="http://flash-clocks.com/free-flash-clocks-for-websites/free-flash-clock-11.swf" width="150" height="150" wmode="transparent"> </embed></object>
3. Black Outline Clock
<object><param name="movie" value="http://flash-clocks.com/free-flash-clocks-for-websites/free-flash-clock-24.swf"><embed src="http://flash-clocks.com/free-flash-clocks-for-websites/free-flash-clock-24.swf" width="150" height="150" wmode="transparent"> </embed></object>
4. Simple Clock
<object><param name="movie" value="http://flash-clocks.com/free-flash-clocks-for-websites/free-flash-clock-23.swf">
<embed src="http://flash-clocks.com/free-flash-clocks-for-websites/free-flash-clock-23.swf" width="150" height="150" wmode="transparent"> </embed></object>
5. White Clock
<embed src=http://flash-clocks.com/free-flash-clocks-blog-topics/free-flash-clock-175.swf width=200 height=200 wmode=transparent type=application/x-shockwave-flash></embed>
6. Black Clock
<embed src=http://flash-clocks.com/free-flash-clocks-blog-topics/free-flash-clock-179.swf width=200 height=200 wmode=transparent type=application/x-shockwave-flash></embed>
7. Clicking Out Digital Clock
<embed src=http://flash-clocks.com/free-flash-clocks-blog-topics/free-flash-clock-152.swf width=200 height=200 wmode=transparent type=application/x-shockwave-flash></embed>
8. 3D Clock
<embed src=http://flash-clocks.com/free-flash-clocks-blog-topics/free-flash-clock-169.swf width=200 height=200 wmode=transparent type=application/x-shockwave-flash></embed>
9. House Clock
<embed src=http://flash-clocks.com/free-flash-clocks-blog-topics/free-flash-clock-150.swf width=200 height=200 wmode=transparent type=application/x-shockwave-flash></embed>
10. Black Cool Clock
<embed src=http://flash-clocks.com/free-flash-clocks-blog-topics/free-flash-clock-165.swf width=200 height=200 wmode=transparent type=application/x-shockwave-flash></embed>
4. Now Click On Save 'JavaScript' You are done.
Special Thanks http://flash-clocks.com
Picture From http://www.2dayblog.com/2009/10/19/manual-digital-clock/
Hi! guys`how are you? here is the cool simple snow effect to your blog mouse cursor area. many snow effects gadget use images to this. but this gadget do not use images to this. so this is very fast. i've tested this effect on internet explorer, mozzilla firefox & many other web browsers. this simple non-image based widget works just fine!! I hope you enjoy using this very cool snow effect gadget. please add your comments, installetion trouble or opinions below comment box.. and thank you visiting my website. and subscribe our news letter to get latest blogger tricks fast.
1.Login to your blogger Dashboard and go to Design --> Page Elements.
2.Click on 'Add a Gadget' on the sidebar.
3.Select 'HTML/Javascript' and add the one of code given below

4. Now Click On Save 'JavaScript' You are done....
Picture From http://www.galaxygoo.org/blogs/galaxygoo/flashathon_20072008/
1.Login to your blogger Dashboard and go to Design --> Page Elements.
2.Click on 'Add a Gadget' on the sidebar.
3.Select 'HTML/Javascript' and add the one of code given below

<script type='text/javascript'>
// <![CDATA[
var colour="black";
var sparkles=100;
var x=ox=400;
var y=oy=300;
var swide=800;
var shigh=600;
var sleft=sdown=0;
var tiny=new Array();
var star=new Array();
var starv=new Array();
var starx=new Array();
var stary=new Array();
var tinyx=new Array();
var tinyy=new Array();
var tinyv=new Array();
window.onload=function() { if (document.getElementById) {
var i, rats, rlef, rdow;
for (var i=0; i<sparkles; i++) {
var rats=createDiv(3, 3);
rats.style.visibility="hidden";
document.body.appendChild(tiny[i]=rats);
starv[i]=0;
tinyv[i]=0;
var rats=createDiv(5, 5);
rats.style.backgroundColor="transparent";
rats.style.visibility="hidden";
var rlef=createDiv(1, 5);
var rdow=createDiv(5, 1);
rats.appendChild(rlef);
rats.appendChild(rdow);
rlef.style.top="3px";
rlef.style.left="0px";
rdow.style.top="0px";
rdow.style.left="3px";
document.body.appendChild(star[i]=rats);
}
set_width();
sparkle();
}}
function sparkle() {
var c;
if (x!=ox || y!=oy) {
ox=x;
oy=y;
for (c=0; c<sparkles; c++) if (!starv[c]) {
star[c].style.left=(starx[c]=x)+"px";
star[c].style.top=(stary[c]=y)+"px";
star[c].style.clip="rect(0px, 5px, 5px, 0px)";
star[c].style.visibility="visible";
starv[c]=50;
break;
}
}
for (c=0; c<sparkles; c++) {
if (starv[c]) update_star(c);
if (tinyv[c]) update_tiny(c);
}
setTimeout("sparkle()", 40);
}
function update_star(i) {
if (--starv[i]==25) star[i].style.clip="rect(1px, 4px, 4px, 1px)";
if (starv[i]) {
stary[i]+=1+Math.random()*3;
if (stary[i]<shigh+sdown) {
star[i].style.top=stary[i]+"px";
starx[i]+=(i%5-2)/5;
star[i].style.left=starx[i]+"px";
}
else {
star[i].style.visibility="hidden";
starv[i]=0;
return;
}
}
else {
tinyv[i]=50;
tiny[i].style.top=(tinyy[i]=stary[i])+"px";
tiny[i].style.left=(tinyx[i]=starx[i])+"px";
tiny[i].style.width="2px";
tiny[i].style.height="2px";
star[i].style.visibility="hidden";
tiny[i].style.visibility="visible"
}
}
function update_tiny(i) {
if (--tinyv[i]==25) {
tiny[i].style.width="1px";
tiny[i].style.height="1px";
}
if (tinyv[i]) {
tinyy[i]+=1+Math.random()*3;
if (tinyy[i]<shigh+sdown) {
tiny[i].style.top=tinyy[i]+"px";
tinyx[i]+=(i%5-2)/5;
tiny[i].style.left=tinyx[i]+"px";
}
else {
tiny[i].style.visibility="hidden";
tinyv[i]=0;
return;
}
}
else tiny[i].style.visibility="hidden";
}
document.onmousemove=mouse;
function mouse(e) {
set_scroll();
y=(e)?e.pageY:event.y+sdown;
x=(e)?e.pageX:event.x+sleft;
}
function set_scroll() {
if (typeof(self.pageYOffset)=="number") {
sdown=self.pageYOffset;
sleft=self.pageXOffset;
}
else if (document.body.scrollTop || document.body.scrollLeft) {
sdown=document.body.scrollTop;
sleft=document.body.scrollLeft;
}
else if (document.documentElement && (document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.documentElement.scrollLeft)) {
sleft=document.documentElement.scrollLeft;
sdown=document.documentElement.scrollTop;
}
else {
sdown=0;
sleft=0;
}
}
window.onresize=set_width;
function set_width() {
if (typeof(self.innerWidth)=="number") {
swide=self.innerWidth;
shigh=self.innerHeight;
}
else if (document.documentElement && document.documentElement.clientWidth) {
swide=document.documentElement.clientWidth;
shigh=document.documentElement.clientHeight;
}
else if (document.body.clientWidth) {
swide=document.body.clientWidth;
shigh=document.body.clientHeight;
}
}
function createDiv(height, width) {
var div=document.createElement("div");
div.style.position="absolute";
div.style.height=height+"px";
div.style.width=width+"px";
div.style.overflow="hidden";
div.style.backgroundColor=colour;
return (div);
}
// ]]>
</script>
4. Now Click On Save 'JavaScript' You are done....
Picture From http://www.galaxygoo.org/blogs/galaxygoo/flashathon_20072008/
New Comments Page Navigation Widget for Blogger is a Widget for your Comments. By Default Blogger Comments Page have page navigation links(Oldest, Older, Newer and Newest) at top and bottom of Comments section. While Blogger Upgrading to Threaded Comments, this comment pagination links are disappeared. But now they are working fine. however, If you does’t like to Use the Default Pagination links for Comments pages this widget is so helpful to you.

Add the any One style code Before


- This widget only works When you have more then 200 comments in your Blog Posts.
- This widget is not works for Threaded Comments. As threaded comment system Loads old comments with the help of AJAX.
Preview

How to Integrate Comments Page Navigation Widget in Blogger ?
- Go to New Blogger Dashboard > Click the More Options drop-down and Select the Template
- Click on Edit HTML button and Click on Proceed button
- Check Expand Widget Templates checkbox
- Search for the below line of code
<b:includable id='comments' var='post'>
- Place the Below Code after it!
<b:if cond='data:post.commentPagingRequired'>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var w2bTotalComments = <data:post.numComments/>;
var w2bPrevBtnText = "Prev";
var w2bNextBtnText = "Next";
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://bloggerblogwidgets.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/w2b_commentspagination.js"></script>
</b:if> - Save the Template
var w2bPrevBtnText = "Prev";
Previous Button link textvar w2bNextBtnText = "Next";
Next Button link textAdding Styles
This Pagination widget comes with two Different Styles.Add the any One style code Before
]]></b:skin>
tagDefault Style Preview

.w2bCommentsPaging{
font-size:13px;
display: block;
}
.commPageOf{
padding:4px 8px;
margin-right:6px;
}
.commPrev a,.commNext a,.commentNum a {
text-decoration: none;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
background: #efefef;
padding: 4px 8px;
margin: 0 4px;
text-decoration: none;
color: #666;
-webkit-border-radius: 2px;
-moz-border-radius: 2px;
border-radius: 2px;
}
.commPrev a:hover, .commNext a:hover, .commentNum a:hover, .commentNum.commCurrent a{
border:1px solid #CDCDCD;
background:#ddd;
color: #222;
}
.paging-control-container {
clear: both;
display: block;
float: none;
font-size: 80%;
margin: 10px 0;
overflow: hidden;
padding: 10px 0;
text-align: right;
}
Dark Style Preview

.w2bCommentsPaging{
font-size:12px;
display: block;
}
.commPageOf{
padding:5px 10px;
margin-right:6px;
}
.commPrev a,.commNext a,.commentNum a {
text-decoration:none;
background: #4E4E4E;
padding: 5px 10px;
margin: 0 4px;
text-decoration: none;
color: #FFF;
-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
-moz-border-radius: 3px;
border-radius: 3px;
}
.commPrev a:hover, .commNext a:hover, .commentNum a:hover, .commentNum.commCurrent a{
background:#8956B8;
color:#fff;
}
.paging-control-container {
clear: both;
display: block;
float: none;
font-size: 80%;
margin: 10px 0;
overflow: hidden;
padding: 10px 0;
text-align: right;
}
I hope this widget is useful to you. please leave your comments and suggestions and Share this Widget.
The reason most of the blogger templates aren’t that SEO friendly because templates available in Blogger were designed long ago and haven’t been updated, probably since 2007, since then Google SEO algorithm has changed a lot and as being on blogger you don’t want to be left long away, to keep up with the competition making your Blogger template SEO friendly is very important and so this small SEO related article will help you to leave your competitors behind.
If you are also using a template from Blogger then you need to make some changes on it to fit your needs and also to fit the search engine needs. Normally search engine don’t focus on the markup importantly but it’s a good thing to change it to something user friendly. What Blogger templates like ‘Simple’, Travel’ etc. have h1 tag as it’s Blog title, which is normal. But the Post title is not okay that all, it is in an h3 tag, for many reasons your blog might not being shown up in the search results and this is on of those reasons.
You won’t find any difficulties with a WordPress theme, as they are freshly published and reviewed by experts but templates in Blogger were made by expert but not freshly launched. Just as the search engines detects an anchor link because of it’s markup then why can’t they see what heading is being used for what area.
Don’t get worried if your blog don’t do too good in the search results, keep posting and that’s the most important aspect in getting to the top. And this blog is always free to read, check post related to Blogger SEO for some more amazing post and do subscribe for our coming posts.
If you are also using a template from Blogger then you need to make some changes on it to fit your needs and also to fit the search engine needs. Normally search engine don’t focus on the markup importantly but it’s a good thing to change it to something user friendly. What Blogger templates like ‘Simple’, Travel’ etc. have h1 tag as it’s Blog title, which is normal. But the Post title is not okay that all, it is in an h3 tag, for many reasons your blog might not being shown up in the search results and this is on of those reasons.
You won’t find any difficulties with a WordPress theme, as they are freshly published and reviewed by experts but templates in Blogger were made by expert but not freshly launched. Just as the search engines detects an anchor link because of it’s markup then why can’t they see what heading is being used for what area.
Optimize the post title to heading2 in Blogger
Enough about it’s effect, let’s talk about how to make the changes applicable. These easy instruction will give you the easiest way to turn your post title to h2 from h3.- First of all login to your Blogger Dashboard
- Go to the Template tab and click on Edit HTML, ignore the warning and proceed.
- Check mark the ‘Expand Widget Template’
- Use CTRL+F and search for this line
<h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'>
- All you have to do is just change the
<h3>
to<h2>
, change of only a number. But we aren’t done yet, remember there’s still an ending/closing tag. You have to change both starting<h3>
and ending</h3>
tag into the template. In the middle it’s all XML codes that works on the server to serve an HTML page.After you turn the starting h3 to h2, do remember to change the ending tag too or it will create difficulties while saving the template.
- You will find the tag two times. one is for Desktop Version Template and another is for Mobile version Template. I recommend you to change all h3 that marks as the post title to h2. Searching for
<h3
will bring up the codes but as i already said, remember to change corresponding closing tag too.
Don’t get worried if your blog don’t do too good in the search results, keep posting and that’s the most important aspect in getting to the top. And this blog is always free to read, check post related to Blogger SEO for some more amazing post and do subscribe for our coming posts.
Advanced users of Blogger.com service may have tried to insert and put Google AdSense ad code which is actually a Java script directly into the blog pages by manually editing the XML-based template HTML coding interface. Actually, it’s possible add any ad code by using HTML/JavaScript page element within the Blogger new XML template system, but the place where you can place the new block is rather limited, i.e. above or below the post body, header, footer, within sidebar or between blog posts. In case you want to put the ads inside the post, or align the ads to float and wrap around the text, or just within the single individual article content view, you will have to edit directly the HTML coding of Blogger template.
If you try to insert any Google AdSense, AdBrite, AdEngage and any other JavaScript based ad code, or client-side components such as counter, tracker, form, snippet, effect, date and time, etc which is JavaScript based, the following error message may be returned when saving ore previewing:
The problem is caused by incorrect dynamic interpretation of Blogger XML template when it generates the HTML webpage for the blog page that is requested, probably due to the fact that the AdSense ad code or other code is not a valid XML, coupled with the fact that some ASCII characters have special meaning and reserved functions, confusing Blogger blogging engin.
The resolution to the JavaScript based coding does not work in Blogger HTML template error can be solved by replacing special characters or symbols in the script to HTML code. Check out the list below for which ASCII characters that need to be replaced with their corresponding HTML code. Using HTML code will ensure that Blogger render the character correctly when serving the page to the viewer.
< – <
> – >
Above two is enough to make Google AdSense works in Blogger template. For other scripts, such as AdBrite ad code, you will need to replace more characters such as those listed below.
& = &
” = "
For example, a Google AdSense code should become looks similar to code below:
While an AdBrite ad code will became the similar code to the below:
Simply use the text editor to parse the code and then replace the characters. Don’t worry about violating AdSense TOS or other terms and conditions, as once the blog’s web pages are rendered and presented to the viewers and visitors, the code will be exactly same as the original code before any replacement!
If you try to insert any Google AdSense, AdBrite, AdEngage and any other JavaScript based ad code, or client-side components such as counter, tracker, form, snippet, effect, date and time, etc which is JavaScript based, the following error message may be returned when saving ore previewing:
Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly. XML error message: The processing instruction target matching “[xX][mM][lL]” is not allowed.or
Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.and many other different XML error message.
XML error message: The reference to entity “zs” must end with the ‘;’ delimiter.
The problem is caused by incorrect dynamic interpretation of Blogger XML template when it generates the HTML webpage for the blog page that is requested, probably due to the fact that the AdSense ad code or other code is not a valid XML, coupled with the fact that some ASCII characters have special meaning and reserved functions, confusing Blogger blogging engin.
The resolution to the JavaScript based coding does not work in Blogger HTML template error can be solved by replacing special characters or symbols in the script to HTML code. Check out the list below for which ASCII characters that need to be replaced with their corresponding HTML code. Using HTML code will ensure that Blogger render the character correctly when serving the page to the viewer.
< – <
> – >
Above two is enough to make Google AdSense works in Blogger template. For other scripts, such as AdBrite ad code, you will need to replace more characters such as those listed below.
& = &
” = "
For example, a Google AdSense code should become looks similar to code below:
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX";
google_ad_width = 336;
google_ad_height = 280;
google_ad_format = "336x280_as";
google_ad_type = "text_image";
google_ad_channel = "";
google_color_border = "FFFFFF";
google_color_bg = "FFFFFF";
google_color_link = "000000";
google_color_text = "000000";
google_color_url = "000000";
//--></script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script>
While an AdBrite ad code will became the similar code to the below:
<script type="text/javascript">
var AdBrite_Title_Color = '0000FF';
var AdBrite_Text_Color = '000000';
var AdBrite_Background_Color = 'FFFFFF';
var AdBrite_Border_Color = 'FFFFFF';
</script>
<script src="http://ads.adbrite.com/mb/text_group.php?sid=303771&zs=3330305f323530" type="text/javascript"></script>
<div><a target="_top" href="http://www.adbrite.com/mb/commerce/purchase_form.php?opid=303771&afsid=1" style="font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;">Your Ad Here</a></div>
Simply use the text editor to parse the code and then replace the characters. Don’t worry about violating AdSense TOS or other terms and conditions, as once the blog’s web pages are rendered and presented to the viewers and visitors, the code will be exactly same as the original code before any replacement!
Hey MakeUseOf! I thought I would share with you what I have learned about Blogger’s Blogspot blogging platform over the last 8 months or so. I jumped into the new Blogger almost immediately after its beta launch and then I wanted to customize it – You know, make it my own.
So I went out looking for how to do it. And here is that wisdom I uncovered. Consider it a gift from me to you. Poor old Blogger gets a bad wrap, namely because people do not know how to manipulate it. I hope this article helps you guys out and if you have any others please let me know in the comments…
1. Removing The Blogger Bar
I hated the blogger bar across the top of my Web site because it didn’t really go with my template and I already had a Google search bar integrated. So I went on a mission to remove it and de-bloggerify my blog. I searched far and wide and for some reason kept hitting a dead end. It turns out that the code used to change the old blogger templates no longer works! So after tracking down the CSS changes here is how I did it:

All you need to do is add the following CSS to your template under edit HTML. You need to put in anywhere in your template between the <style> tags.
I used to be really jealous of Feedburner’s awesome quotes that change on refresh. I went out looking for my own way to do something similar. It was a long and grueling task but I found it (Well actually my buddy Mike Commodore found it). Check out how I use a free Randomizer ASP application to get my own random geeky quotes and ads to display. I have the quotes on display in my subheader here and the Wicked Tee’s Ad is also on a separate randomizer. To download the RandomQ program hit their website here. For detailed instructions on how we got it to work using iFrame’s check out these step by step instructions.

3. Recent comments
Use this script to achieve a WordPress-esque Recent Comments module for your side bar! Start some riots among your readers! Let them know what others have to say. This site provides a widget creator that I used to make my recent comments module. I found that after adding this, it actually encouraged people to comment more frequently. I don’t know if they like seeing their name up in lights or if they read what others wrote and want to kick in their two cents… But either way it has increased commenting by about 70%!
4. That’s a lot of comments!!
Replace your commenting system with Intense Debate for more control over comments with a social flare. It is really easy to do, check out this information from their web site:

5. Adding inline ads
Want to add advertisements into your posts for maximum exposure? By having your ads out their in front of peoples face they just might click them more often. I am not a big believer in ads. But maybe you are and by following these instructions from MyDigitialLife you can add adds in your post between post or even in the footer. It is not hard to do and involves a little modification to your template. Due to the fact that Blogger parses out some code and changes some characters when you enter it manually in the html this will show you a workaround for that.From their web site:
6. Use Feedburner
Feedburner lets you “burn your feed” and add feed flare. Before they were a Google company they were awesome but now that they are a part of the Google they are even better. I use Feedburner for feed statistics, monitoring users subscriptions, managing our daily email blast list and adding feed flare enhancements to your feed. This is a MUST do for any blog. Almost a no brainer. Blogger lets you specify your Feedburner information in their ‘Site Feed’ tab inside your dashboard. Once there you will see a place to plug in your Feeburners URL.

7. Add additional pages (Add links to older posts that you can customize like a contact page.)
This is one thing I always hear people complaining about blogger. But I can’t add a second page or even a page for contact information… Wahhh Wahhh Wahhh. How about a little creativity? For this hack all I did was create some posts labeled About Us Contact Us etc. And then made their published dates way back when and linked to the posts from my template. Result – pseudo additional pages!

8. Use a real domain name instead of blogger’s default naming conventions
In the beginning before we knew any better we though using a free service like Blogger meant being locked into certain things like the sub-domain name off of Blogspot. Google lets you “Brand” your blog and link up a real domain name to forward to your Blogspot address. But they did one better and redirect their address’s to yours. So even if you type in http://askTheAdmin.blogspot.com you will wind up at http://www.askTheAdmin.com! Sweet.

9. Add Instant Messaging to your Blogger blog.
Want to chat with your users real time? I added Plugoo to my site, linked it up with my AIM account and I am in constant contact with users looking for help or just wanting to say what’s up. This is not for everyone but I found it so cool I now turn my AOL IM mobile when I am AFK and my IM’s hit me via Text message on my Smart Phone.

10. Update you blog daily and have quality content. .
And the last but certainly not least Blogger tip/hack is not a hack at all but a piece of advice . Update your blog on a daily basis. Because that is all the readers want now isn’t it? Would you read your own site – if it wasn’t yours?? If your answer is no, then you got some serious re-thinking to do!
Do you have any additional tips or tricks for blogger or other blog hosts? We would love to hear about it in the comments!
(By) Karl L. Gechlik who spends his days managing a global network and his nights running a consultant company. Keep up with his tech tips and humorous geeky antics at http://www.askTheAdmin.com.
So I went out looking for how to do it. And here is that wisdom I uncovered. Consider it a gift from me to you. Poor old Blogger gets a bad wrap, namely because people do not know how to manipulate it. I hope this article helps you guys out and if you have any others please let me know in the comments…
1. Removing The Blogger Bar
I hated the blogger bar across the top of my Web site because it didn’t really go with my template and I already had a Google search bar integrated. So I went on a mission to remove it and de-bloggerify my blog. I searched far and wide and for some reason kept hitting a dead end. It turns out that the code used to change the old blogger templates no longer works! So after tracking down the CSS changes here is how I did it:

All you need to do is add the following CSS to your template under edit HTML. You need to put in anywhere in your template between the <style> tags.
- #navbar-iframe { height:0px; visibility:hidden; display:none; }
I used to be really jealous of Feedburner’s awesome quotes that change on refresh. I went out looking for my own way to do something similar. It was a long and grueling task but I found it (Well actually my buddy Mike Commodore found it). Check out how I use a free Randomizer ASP application to get my own random geeky quotes and ads to display. I have the quotes on display in my subheader here and the Wicked Tee’s Ad is also on a separate randomizer. To download the RandomQ program hit their website here. For detailed instructions on how we got it to work using iFrame’s check out these step by step instructions.

3. Recent comments
Use this script to achieve a WordPress-esque Recent Comments module for your side bar! Start some riots among your readers! Let them know what others have to say. This site provides a widget creator that I used to make my recent comments module. I found that after adding this, it actually encouraged people to comment more frequently. I don’t know if they like seeing their name up in lights or if they read what others wrote and want to kick in their two cents… But either way it has increased commenting by about 70%!
4. That’s a lot of comments!!
Replace your commenting system with Intense Debate for more control over comments with a social flare. It is really easy to do, check out this information from their web site:
Interested in the comments your friends make? What if there was a way to follow your friends and be notified when, where, and also what they comment? Intense Debate provides this functionality through RSS feeds for each user. Subscribers will be notified in their RSS readers with a direct link to view the context surrounding the comment as well. Give it a try!
Also, don’t waste anymore time checking back in on a blog to see if anyone responded to your comment. Now you can get email notifications of replies to your comments, letting you know when the conversation continues while you’re gone.

5. Adding inline ads
Want to add advertisements into your posts for maximum exposure? By having your ads out their in front of peoples face they just might click them more often. I am not a big believer in ads. But maybe you are and by following these instructions from MyDigitialLife you can add adds in your post between post or even in the footer. It is not hard to do and involves a little modification to your template. Due to the fact that Blogger parses out some code and changes some characters when you enter it manually in the html this will show you a workaround for that.From their web site:
6. Use Feedburner
Feedburner lets you “burn your feed” and add feed flare. Before they were a Google company they were awesome but now that they are a part of the Google they are even better. I use Feedburner for feed statistics, monitoring users subscriptions, managing our daily email blast list and adding feed flare enhancements to your feed. This is a MUST do for any blog. Almost a no brainer. Blogger lets you specify your Feedburner information in their ‘Site Feed’ tab inside your dashboard. Once there you will see a place to plug in your Feeburners URL.

7. Add additional pages (Add links to older posts that you can customize like a contact page.)
This is one thing I always hear people complaining about blogger. But I can’t add a second page or even a page for contact information… Wahhh Wahhh Wahhh. How about a little creativity? For this hack all I did was create some posts labeled About Us Contact Us etc. And then made their published dates way back when and linked to the posts from my template. Result – pseudo additional pages!

8. Use a real domain name instead of blogger’s default naming conventions
In the beginning before we knew any better we though using a free service like Blogger meant being locked into certain things like the sub-domain name off of Blogspot. Google lets you “Brand” your blog and link up a real domain name to forward to your Blogspot address. But they did one better and redirect their address’s to yours. So even if you type in http://askTheAdmin.blogspot.com you will wind up at http://www.askTheAdmin.com! Sweet.

9. Add Instant Messaging to your Blogger blog.
Want to chat with your users real time? I added Plugoo to my site, linked it up with my AIM account and I am in constant contact with users looking for help or just wanting to say what’s up. This is not for everyone but I found it so cool I now turn my AOL IM mobile when I am AFK and my IM’s hit me via Text message on my Smart Phone.

10. Update you blog daily and have quality content. .
And the last but certainly not least Blogger tip/hack is not a hack at all but a piece of advice . Update your blog on a daily basis. Because that is all the readers want now isn’t it? Would you read your own site – if it wasn’t yours?? If your answer is no, then you got some serious re-thinking to do!
Do you have any additional tips or tricks for blogger or other blog hosts? We would love to hear about it in the comments!
(By) Karl L. Gechlik who spends his days managing a global network and his nights running a consultant company. Keep up with his tech tips and humorous geeky antics at http://www.askTheAdmin.com.