In my previous blog “Atom Feeds and RSS (Real Simple Syndication) Explained“, I describe what RSS and Atom feeds are. This blog talks about managing your feed using Feedburner.com (a free online tool from Google). With this tool, you can grow your subscriber base and capture valuable statistical data. Here’s how: First – Feedburner’s “SmartFeed” [...]
Atom Feeds and RSS (Real Simple Syndication) Explained
January 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
What do Atom and RSS feeds do? An Atom or RSS feed is used to syndicate content on the internet. It’s important because it allows you to build a subscriber base and drive more traffic to your blog. The information below explains how both consumers and content publishers use feeds. Consumer: To read content from [...]
Add Adsense in Between Blogger Posts
January 18, 2009 By 4 Comments
You are more likely to generate revenue with Google Adsense if your advertisements stand out. With Blogger, you can place Adsense between your blog posts as a Blogger gadget. This is called inline ads. Having inline advertisements is a great way to make them stand out to your readers. To set up inline Google Ads [...]
Wrapping Text Around Adsense in Your Blogger Posts
January 17, 2009 By 3 Comments
One of the most effective ways to generate Adsense revenue is to place ads into the content of your blog posts. by wrapping text around your Adsense, they’ll stand out while a post is being read. To embed adsense in your content and wrap text around it: Login to your Adsense account Click Adsense Setup [...]
Blog Writing – Recommended Word Count
January 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
When people search for information online, they want to cut to the chase. Your goal is to write clearly and effectively while providing useful information. Many industry professionals say that blog posts should average between 500 – 600 words. Use as few words as possible to convey your message. The more effectively you communicate your [...]
Choosing Affiliate Programs to Monetize your Blog
January 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
While Google Adsense is still the best affiliate program available, there are a number of other affiliate programs that perform well. Google’s competitive ad policy allows you to add other advertisements on the same page as your Adsense. As long as ads aren’t formatted to use the same layout and colors as the Google ads [...]
Writing Effective Teaser Text
January 8, 2009 By 1 Comment
If you want to increase your online following, you need to capture the attention of your audience with well written, effective teaser text. Your words need to grab the reader and give them a clear idea of what you’re writing about and why they need to read more. In an age where information is everywhere, [...]
Organizing Blogger Content Using Labels
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Add a Blogger site to Google Webmaster Tools
January 4, 2009 By 1 Comment
Google’s Webmaster Tools application allows you to see how Google crawls and views your blog. With Google Webmaster Tools you can: analyze your blogs internal and external links upload a blogger sitemap to help Google find all of your pages review the keyword terms that your blog shows in Because Google owns Blogger, you can [...]
Adding a Blogger sitemap to Google
January 4, 2009 By 1 Comment
