tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57044364253894786702024-03-27T03:41:28.232-07:00Blogger Blogging TipsSupernovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081836426774120537noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704436425389478670.post-73081415574837411632010-04-01T18:11:00.000-07:002010-04-01T18:32:56.463-07:00HTML Code to Align Widget to Left, Right or CenterIn general for all types of Bloggers it is usually those simple tips that help to modify the blogs and keep them in a neat and clean format. Therefore we are always on the look for such tips and information. This is one of those simple codes which can align your widgets to left, right or centre. So, check this out.<br />
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These are the codes:<br />
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<u>Align your widget to center</u><br />
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<div align="center"><br />
<span style="color: red;">Your widget code here...</span><br />
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<div align="right"><br />
<span style="color: red;">Your widget code here...</span><br />
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<u>Align your widget to left</u><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Your widget code here...</span><br />
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Please replace the above lines in red with your actual code for the widget. To open widget or page in a new window read: <a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/02/how-to-open-link-in-new-window.html" target="_blank">How to open link in new window</a>Supernovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081836426774120537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704436425389478670.post-45725902124309237922010-03-15T16:26:00.000-07:002010-04-01T18:38:26.844-07:008 Tips For Creating Dynamic Blog Post Title To Ignite Twitter Retweet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFVbgH8iWIfIjrzrVZCxtwO8CvM3i06_39YZK5DjZ8bF1jvFA_b2mMyVYO5-bBcPVKG1tpfazTniP84bjzJ9ZeX_1Uuvuhpilf-R0AycyhyphenhyphenlAfxsJVU00_vSknfG87p8WBawDohcbOzQ/s1600-h/unique-and-different.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFVbgH8iWIfIjrzrVZCxtwO8CvM3i06_39YZK5DjZ8bF1jvFA_b2mMyVYO5-bBcPVKG1tpfazTniP84bjzJ9ZeX_1Uuvuhpilf-R0AycyhyphenhyphenlAfxsJVU00_vSknfG87p8WBawDohcbOzQ/s320/unique-and-different.jpg" vt="true" width="320" /></a></div>Twitter is about making the world smaller generating efficient communication within the 140 characters at a time. Generally most of whom are live on Twitter are either in their workplaces doing their duties or attending to other responsibilities while keeping an eye on twitter. So if you need to grab the attention of your busy followers your tweet should outshine and stand out and this is where the Dynamic Post Title comes in.<br />
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First important fact we have to understand is all what we tweet is not going to be read at the first instance, therefore retweets (RT) become important so that your tweets can reach a maximum audience as possible. <br />
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Sometimes followers could initiate RTs only by reading your post title in your tweet. Therefore it is vital to have a Dynamic Post Title which could set off RTs.<br />
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I use the following tips as my guide to create most of my post titles. Here are the Top 8 Tips For Creating Dynamic Blog Post Titles To Ignite Twitter Retweets.<br />
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<strong>Personalize your Title:</strong> This is to include ‘you’ or ‘your’ in the post title. This will in fact help personalizing your post, and thereby can have a good impact.<br />
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<strong>Make it Educational:</strong> Indicate in your title that by reading the article the readers will obtain some sort of detail, idea or information. <br />
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<strong>Title with Question:</strong> Post titles with questions, for example starts with “How to”, “What is” or in other forms can get better response from readers. <br />
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<strong>Provide a Benefit:</strong> The title should inform the readers that they will receive free tool or something that will benefit them by reading your post. <br />
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<strong>Unique Title:</strong> Make your title unique which will be new to your readers. <br />
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<strong>Specify Numbers in Title:</strong> Have a numeric list or a specific number in your title. For example “8 Tips”, “5 elements”, “Top 10”, “Lose 10 pounds in 30 Days”, “7 Things”. This will indicate defined information or benefit to your readers and will be interested in reading your post and retweeting.<br />
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<strong>Make title Solid:</strong> Words such as “maybe”, “sometimes”, “somewhat”, “around” or words containing similar meaning can have a negative and passive effect with the readers. Therefore make your title short, strong and to the point.<br />
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<strong>Keep title Short:</strong> As you are aware Twitter has 140 character limitation hence you need to leave space for someone to retweet (RT) your tweet. So that to give credit to the retweeting person.<br />
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Here are some of my posts with titles made with above guide lines which got better retweets.<br />
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<a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/01/12-tips-for-writing-blog-post-that.html" target="_blank">12 Tips for writing great blog post that people read and share</a><br />
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<a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/02/importance-of-anchor-text.html" target="_blank">Importance of Anchor Text</a> <br />
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<a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/01/why-are-blogs-popular.html" target="_blank">Why are blogs popular?</a> <br />
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<a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/02/meta-tag-analyzer.html" target="_blank">Meta Tag Analyzer</a> <br />
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<a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/01/what-is-blog.html" target="_blank">What is Blog?</a> <br />
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One final note: The Headline you make is a commitment which has to be fulfilled as much as possible in the content that follows. This will consolidate your credibility amongst your readers.Supernovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081836426774120537noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704436425389478670.post-32380045740760847352010-03-08T13:18:00.000-08:002010-03-16T06:45:37.189-07:00Speed Up Your Site - Optimize ImagesOne of the main reasons why websites and blogs load slowly is because images are not optimized. Sites containing large number of images sometimes freeze while opening. Using an online image optimizer, you can decrease the file size of your images before loading to your blog or website.<br />
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Image formats like JPG, PNG and GIF have good compression results. There are couple of useful online image optimization tools which could be used to compress your images. <br />
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<a href="http://webresizer.com/resizer/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Web Resizer</span></a><br />
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Resize your photos easily online. For use in email, blogs, websites. No complex software to download. Resize photos online anytime. web or email. Easy to use. Amazing results! <br />
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Allow you to optimize images up to 5 MB size. <br />
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• reduce image size <br />
• crop photos <br />
• sharpen <br />
• resize - change width and height <br />
• rotate <br />
• adjust contrast, brightness, saturation <br />
• convert photo to black and white <br />
• add a border <br />
• no registration required <br />
• free!<br />
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<a href="http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/imageoptimizer/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Dynamic Drive Image Optimizer</span></a><br />
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This online tool allows you to optimize images up to 300 kb in size and optimizes your JPG, PNG and GIF so they load faster on your website. You can also convert one image type to another. <br />
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Optimizing your images may improve the overall functionality and speed of your site <br />
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Add a slash on your links and <a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/03/speed-up-your-site-add-slash-on-your.html" target="_blank">speed up your site</a>Supernovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081836426774120537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704436425389478670.post-17020916120031969702010-03-02T14:44:00.000-08:002010-03-08T13:58:17.670-08:00Speed Up Your Site – Add a slash on your linksWhen it comes to speeding up your website or blog every piece of information is vital if that will help to improve opening your site faster.<br />
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Basically a link will be like “http://www.makeablogtips.blogspot.com/about”, and when a server opens this link it needs to determine what kind of file or webpage is connected to this address. This process could take little extra time and resulting in somewhat delaying loading your site.<br />
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To avoid this you can simply add a slash (“/”) at the end of the link, so the new address will look like this: “http://www.makeablogtips.blogspot.com/about/”, whereby the web server will immediately identify the address as a directory link and minimizing the time loading the page.<br />
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Optimize Images and <a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/03/speed-up-your-blog-or-website-optimize.html"target="_blank">speed up your site </a>Supernovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081836426774120537noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704436425389478670.post-64151793440143236102010-02-23T14:36:00.000-08:002010-02-23T14:45:54.042-08:00How to include HTML Code in a Blog PostOnce you <a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-create-blog.html" target="_blank">create your blog</a> and start to make the blog posts, you may encounter certain situations where you need simple but important information in order to make your posts complete and effective. One such is to know how to include html codes within your blog posts.<br />
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There are many ways to do this, and one good simple way is to convert your HTML code into a ‘postable’ one. To do this, visit this link and simply convert all your HTML codes and place them on your blog posts: <a href="http://elliotswan.com/postable/" target="_blank">elliotswan.com/postable/</a><br />
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After you make the code 'friendly', copy and paste the code in your post in the 'Edit HTML' section as indicated in below screenshot and preview to make sure everything is in order before Publishing your Post.<br />
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One post where I have included HTML code using above method: <a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/02/how-to-open-link-in-new-window.html" target="_blank">Open link in new window</a>Supernovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081836426774120537noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704436425389478670.post-52400593776579263222010-02-20T10:11:00.000-08:002010-03-16T06:44:17.875-07:00How to open link in new windowTo open link in a new window is useful for the site owner not to lose a visitor, and helpful for the visitor not to leave halfway the site they have visited. <br />
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Therefore, I thought of making a post to explain how to open a hyperlink in a new window or tab. This is actually simple but very beneficial.<br />
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First step is to create a link or an <a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-is-anchor-text_06.html">anchor text</a> in your <a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-make-post-in-my-blogger-blog.html">blog post</a>. For this you have to highlight the text in to which the hyperlink will be inserted, then click the “Link” button as shown in the below screenshot example.<br />
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Then a pop-up screen will appear where you will be asked to enter the destination URL for the above anchor text to be linked to, as shown in the below screenshot. You may type or copy and paste the URL of the webpage (you can test this link) and press “OK”.<br />
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This is the important part. Now you have to press on the “Edit HTML” tab, and locate your hyperlink. As per the above example the link will be like this:<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/01/why-are-blogs-popular.html">blogs have become very popular</a></span><br />
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If you want this hyperlink to open in a new window, all you have to do is to edit the hyperlink tag by adding <span style="color: red;">target="_blank"</span> as shown below:<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/01/why-are-blogs-popular.html" <span style="color: red;">target="_blank"</span> >blogs have become very popular</a></span><br />
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Finally preview and publish your post.Supernovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081836426774120537noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704436425389478670.post-47635287738692172010-02-17T14:41:00.000-08:002010-03-16T06:42:33.612-07:00How to Create Static Page in Blogger Blog<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><strong><u>Create Navigation Bar in your Blogger Blog</u></strong><br />
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Blogger has introduced an important feature called 'Stand-Alone Pages' (static pages). These are pages made of <a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/02/how-to-add-widget-or-sticky-post-on-top.html" target="_blank">sticky posts</a> and displayed in tabs or links indefinitely at the top of your blog or in the side bar. <br />
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These pages could be used to provide important information to the reader, such as About Page, Archive, Contact, Special Posts, Offers, etc. Blogger allows you to make up to 10 such pages hence you can create your navigation bar.<br />
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Here are the easy steps to create your Static Pages in your Blogger Blog.<br />
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1. Sign into your Blogger account through <a href="http://draft.blogger.com/" target="_blank">draft.blogger.com</a><br />
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2. Click on <strong>New Post</strong> link as shown below.<br />
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3. Select the <strong>Edit Pages</strong> from the menu as shown in the below screenshot<br />
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4. Now, click on the <strong>New Page</strong> button as shown below<br />
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5. Next, write a page title and the related content and publish the page.<br />
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6. Finally, you have to decide where to display the Static Page. If in your Blog sidebar, select the 'Blog sidebar' option, or you can keep it as a menu below the header by selecting 'Blog tabs' option as shown in the below screenshot. Now, click "Save and Publish" button.<br />
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Congratulations! you have now created your static page. Remember Blogger allows you to make up to 10 such pages. <br />
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A final note : If you choose 'No gadget' option as shown in the above screenshot you have to manually add the static page in your Layout HTML code.Supernovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081836426774120537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704436425389478670.post-59716590858040095882010-02-13T10:35:00.000-08:002010-03-16T06:41:39.440-07:00Importance of Anchor Text<a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-is-anchor-text_06.html" target="_blank">Anchor text</a> provides the user relevant description or clarification about the link's destination. Anchor text, sometimes referred to as clickable text is a vital element in SEO.<br />
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When creating links for the purpose of SEO, the most important part is the actual text that makes up the link, this text is called the Anchor Text.<br />
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If you want your page to rank highly for a specific keyword combination, you have to use these keywords in your Anchor Text in all of your external incoming links and internal links. <br />
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If the <a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-is-anchor-text_06.html" target="_blank">Anchor Text</a> is made up from your Keywords, that link is weighted very heavily in the search engines especially in the Google algorithm. Therefore, using the specific key word links and connecting to your website is a very important aspect of your SEO.Supernovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081836426774120537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704436425389478670.post-60055040429047947722010-02-12T12:55:00.000-08:002010-03-16T06:40:23.573-07:00How Often Should You Post a Blog?This is always been an issue among bloggers to determine how often to post on their blogs to bring in new readers and achieve success. Here are some factors which could determine post frequency.<br />
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I think this is an essential fact. Daily and frequently posting for a full-time blogger will be like a duty, whereas for a part-timer it would be almost impossible to post daily and maintain this with other responsibilities.<br />
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Some bloggers out there just post once a week and are remarkably successful. But when we analyze their background they are either popular personalities or veteran bloggers who have thousands of posts behind them. Therefore it is not feasible for a beginner to receive the same kind of success posting only once a week. It is always best to start slow and have a long term strategy.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>Quality vs Quantity</strong></span><br />
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If a blogger wants to achieve any success, quality of his post should not be compromised for quantity. For example just imagine if a part-time blogger decides to post daily without any basic knowledge and research about his post subject, and what do you think the result will be? Therefore all elements should be considered and there has to be a good balance when we decide the quality and quantity of posts.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>Post Length</strong></span><br />
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Length of your posts can also determine how many posts you could post on your blog in a week. Multiple short posts could be created in the time of one larger one. Basically readers prefer to read short posts and obtain maximum information. Time is precious. Taking this fact to consideration in this blog –Blogger Blogging Tips many posts are short or medium ones.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>Traffic</strong></span><br />
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Blogs which have daily posts are bound to receive more traffic via Search Engines, RSS, bookmarks and other sources.<br />
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Blog Topic is another factor that how often posts should be maintained. For example if you are running a "Tech" news blog then daily and frequent posting is necessary in order to keep your readers up to date. On the other hand for blog topic with “Personal Development” it is not a must to post daily as the topic don’t have link to time.Supernovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081836426774120537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704436425389478670.post-77780000296902579072010-02-06T23:37:00.000-08:002010-02-13T23:05:05.218-08:00What is Anchor TextAnchor text sometimes referred to as clickable text, are the word or words which contain a hyperlink in a website or blog.<br />
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Anchor text provides the user relevant description or clarification about the link's destination. For example a hyperlink to the page “<a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-create-blog.html">How to Create a Blog</a>” will look like this.<br />
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<a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-create-blog.html"> How to Create a Blog</a><br />
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The Anchor Text in this example is " How to Create a Blog "Supernovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081836426774120537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704436425389478670.post-21211993336586474902010-02-05T07:10:00.000-08:002010-02-12T12:58:28.226-08:00How to add a widget or sticky post on top of posts on Blogger blogThis is an important piece of information for those want to create a sticky post or add a widget on top of the posts in the main page on Blogger blog. There is a easy way to do it.<br />
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A “sticky post” is a post that could be placed on top of your main page indefinitely, and normal posts will be posted below this. This page is used often to announce important information to the reader, such as a contest or upcoming event.<br />
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Here are the easy steps.<br />
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1. Log on to your Blogger account and click "Layout" in your "Dashboard."<br />
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2. Select "Add a Page Element" (Add a Gadget) and choose "Text" and enter the details you want, you can also select "HTML/JavaScript and enter a code or select other options. After completing save the Page Element. <br />
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3. In the “Add and Arrange Page Elements” section choose the page or gadget you have just created, click and drag the item to the top of the "Blog Posts" section and place it there.<br />
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4. Now click "Preview" in order to make sure the sticky post or widget appears at the top of the post section and click "Save."Supernovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081836426774120537noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704436425389478670.post-14316711457025820602010-02-05T05:09:00.000-08:002010-02-12T12:47:34.587-08:00Meta Tag AnalyzerI was browsing the net sometime back and found an exciting tool called “Meta Tag Analyzer”. This tool checks your meta tags to optimize according to your website or blog content.<br />
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If you are running a website or blog, adding Meta Tags are vital for the search engines to easily find your site and index the pages more accurately in order to get more traffic from search engines like Google, Yahoo and others.<br />
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If you are new to meta tags, you can first <a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/02/meta-tags-introduce-your-site-or-blog.html" target="_blank">add meta tags to your Blog</a> to use this meta tag analysis tool. <br />
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Adding meta search tags are not the only element for SEO (Search Engine Optimization), yet they still play an important role.<br />
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<a href="http://www.seocentro.com/tools/search-engines/metatag-analyzer.html" target="_blank">Meta Tag Analyzer</a> tool will help you analyze your website or blog and check your meta tags for search engine compatibility.<br />
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All you need to do is to type the address of your site and it will report on the following.<br />
<ul><li>Status of the page</li>
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<li>Title analysis</li>
<li>Description analysis</li>
<li>The web page/blog load time</li>
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If you are new to meta tags, you can <a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/02/meta-tags-introduce-your-site-or-blog.html" target="_blank">add meta tags</a> to use the Meta Tag Analyzer.Supernovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081836426774120537noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704436425389478670.post-25047659090027242552010-02-01T14:06:00.000-08:002010-02-12T12:47:00.645-08:00How to add Meta Tags to a Blogger BlogMeta tags introduce your site or blog to search engines. Meta tags communicate with the search engines and give more details about your site. These tags are vital especially if you are running a website or blog to make sure that search engines can easily find your site and index the pages more accurately.<br />
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Adding meta tags is very important in order to get more traffic from search engines like Google, Yahoo and others. Adding meta search tags are not the only element for SEO (Search Engine Optimization), yet they still play an important role. <br />
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You can find below a detailed description on how to add Meta Tags to your blogger (blogspot) blogs.<br />
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<strong><u>Step-1</u></strong><br />
Log into your Blogger account with your username and password. Once you are in your blog's dashboard click the 'layout' button (see the screenshot below)<br />
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<strong><u>Step-2</u></strong><br />
Look under the Layout tab and click on the 'Edit HTML' tab.<br />
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<strong><u>Step-3</u></strong><br />
Make a backup of your template if you haven't already. This is always a wise idea in order to let you easily repair any accidental mistakes that might happen while you edit the HTML code of your blog.<br />
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<strong><u>Step-4</u></strong><br />
Here is the code you have to add in your template.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><meta content='<span style="color: red;">DESCRIPTION HERE</span>' name='description'/></div><div style="text-align: center;"><meta content='<span style="color: red;">KEYWORDS HERE</span>' name='keywords'/></div><div style="text-align: center;"><meta content='<span style="color: red;">AUTHOR NAME HERE</span>' name='author'/></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Find the below code (in the top section of your template) and add the <u>above code just after this code.</u><br />
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See the below screen shot, after you add the Meta Tag code. <br />
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<strong><u>Note:</u></strong> <br />
Fill out and replace what is in the red as shown below. <br />
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<span style="color: red;">DESCRIPTION HERE</span>: write your blog description<br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;">KEYWORDS HERE</span>:</span> write the relevant keywords to your blog<br />
<span style="color: red;">AUTHOR NAME HERE</span>: write the author's name (<span style="color: blue;">your name</span>)<br />
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It is important to note that not to fill the description section with keywords. “Do not do this”. This may result in Google and other search engines banning your site.<br />
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Now click preview and view your blog. If everything looks correct and there are no errors, save your changes.<br />
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Now, you have sucessfully added the meta tags to your blogger (blogpsot) blog!<br />
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Extra tip - Analyze your meta tags with - <a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/02/meta-tag-analyzer.html" target="_blank">Meta Tag Analyzer</a>Supernovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081836426774120537noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704436425389478670.post-54826561739048720442010-01-31T11:41:00.000-08:002010-03-18T18:55:06.077-07:0012 Tips for writing great blog post that people sharesuccessful Blogs are written by the people who are passionate about their subject matter. Blog posts which are useful, effective and sharable can bring you more traffic and links. Here are my top 12 blog writing tips.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 16px;">1. Brainstorming and outlining.</span></strong> <br />
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Brainstorming is a process for generating new ideas. You can write or type all the ideas and points that you can think of relating to your specific area of interest, and thereby you can create an efficient outline for your post before proceeding to create the final post itself.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>2. Dynamic post title</strong></span><br />
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A clear and dynamic title can be a major factor for the post being read, shared and spread like a virus through the web. Create a title that is eye-catching. Also include keywords you are targeting or people are searching related to the topics that your blog cover.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 16px;">3. Be short but effective</span></strong><br />
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Make your post short but good. Provide your readers with maximum amount of information with the least amount of words. Ideally 250 words would do.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 16px;">4. Be passionate</span></strong><br />
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Do not write for the sake of writing. Write from your heart. Study other famous blogs, do some research and educate yourself enough about your topic. Writing a post with passion can actually overcome other negative elements.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 16px;">5. Useful for the reader</span></strong><br />
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Put yourself in another person’s shoes and think. Will the post contents be really useful for you, if you are the reader? A post will never become popular unless it is useful and fulfills a need. The more your post helps people, the better it will do.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 16px;">6. Begin with clear subject</span></strong><br />
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Blog is a tool to communicate from a person to another. Therefore begin your post with explaining your post subject clearly using the least amount of words possible. <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 16px;">7. Keep things simple and scanning easy</span></strong><br />
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Make sentences and headlines short and to the point. Provide the information your readers are looking for and that they will find valuable. Every few paragraphs insert a sub heading which makes your content easy to scan because it breaks it into smaller pieces with clear headlines for each section.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 16px;">8. Outbound links</span></strong><br />
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Support your post with links to other web pages that are relevant to your post. Connect and this may result in interconnection with other blogs.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 16px;">9. Keywords key for success</span></strong><br />
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Keywords that you use in your post title, subtitle and in other areas in the post is vital for the search engines to find your post. <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 16px;">10. Recheck and edit</span></strong><br />
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Read and recheck your post, you may find many areas that need to be edited before you hit the submit button. Re-read your post and polish it before you send it out to your readers.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 16px;">11. Look to the future</span></strong><br />
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Get ideas from all over but be genuine with your posts. The most important thing is to keep writing. If you write with passion and conviction, you’ll be able to connect with other people, and your writing will improve every time you post.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 16px;">12. Refine your old posts</span></strong><br />
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Your blog writing will improve with time as you gain experience. As you become a better writer, go back over your original posts and clean them up. In result of improving the post, it may breathe new life and bring you increased traffic.<br />
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Another similar post : <a href="http://www.makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/03/top-8-tips-for-creating-dynamic-blog.html#moretarget="_blank"">Top 8 Tips For Creating Dynamic Blog Post Title To Ignite Twitter Retweet</a>Supernovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081836426774120537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704436425389478670.post-1699929839580869452010-01-28T17:18:00.000-08:002010-02-13T03:45:13.373-08:00What is RSS?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmh2fUIydeiVoAr5WNyQxkqA39WmNgZz8f6RSFh1WBFNUFKT_wmZU8J-O-CR9c2grDQ-pKQ6Wm7S2vQ7OfydP612QxJa9cuePe0jLZgqG4AGow2DjBP4jlizZ9471aXlrNSI5PiRrLGv0/s1600-h/rss1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmh2fUIydeiVoAr5WNyQxkqA39WmNgZz8f6RSFh1WBFNUFKT_wmZU8J-O-CR9c2grDQ-pKQ6Wm7S2vQ7OfydP612QxJa9cuePe0jLZgqG4AGow2DjBP4jlizZ9471aXlrNSI5PiRrLGv0/s320/rss1.jpg" /></a></div>RSS stands for ‘Really Simple Syndication’. RSS is a technology that is being used by many millions of internet users around the world to keep track of websites. <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">What is RSS feed</span></strong><br />
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Many people describe it as a ‘news feed’ that you subscribe to. It is simply to tell a website to let you know every time that they update. In a sense, this is what RSS does for you. RSS is a technology that provides you with a method of getting relevant and up to date information delivered to your ‘RSS Reader’ for you to read in your own time.<br />
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It saves you time and helps you to get the information you want quickly after it was published from many sites into one place.<br />
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The first thing you would want to do if you’re getting into reading sites via RSS is to find yourself with an RSS Feed Reader. <br />
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There are many feed readers with a variety of approaches and features –like Google Reader and Bloglines. Either one will do if you’re starting out. I use Google Reader and there are many others to choose from but to get started either of these are fairly easy to use and will help you work out the basics of RSS. <br />
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The best way to learn how to use either Google Reader or Bloglines is to simply subscribe to some feeds and try it. Both have friendly help sections to answer your questions you may have. <br />
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You may have noticed a lot of little buttons and chicklets appearing on your favorite sites and blogs. Little orange buttons, ‘counters’ with how many readers a blog has. They come in all shapes and sizes. Here are a few you might have seen:<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/ekFV">Subscribe to Blogger Blogging Tips via feed</a></span></span><br />
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<strong><u>Bookmarking & Shortcoming</u></strong></div><div><br />
In the ‘old days’ of the web to keep track of updates on a website you had to ‘bookmark’ websites in your browser and manually return to them on a regular basis to check what had been newly added. But some main problems of bookmarking is as follows.</div><br />
- When you are trying to track many websites at once it can get complicated.<br />
- When you forget to check your bookmarks you can miss information.<br />
- You may visit sites many times and end up seeing the same information, if those website do not update. <br />
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<u><strong>If you don’t want to Use an RSS Reader - Email is an option</strong>.<br />
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If you are not comfortable with the above explanation and seems little complicated, then you may subscribe through Email. Many sites in addition to enabling RSS feeds also provide subscription via Email. <br />
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Here at BloggerBloggingTips we have both RSS and Email subscription options, as it is indicated at the top right hand side bar where there is a field where you can enter your email address and receive emails with our latest posts. You can unsubscribe at any time and your email will be kept private and not used for any other purpose than to send these updates.Supernovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081836426774120537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704436425389478670.post-36821603037323918982010-01-21T18:07:00.000-08:002010-02-13T03:48:34.138-08:00Why are blogs popular?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/01/what-is-blog.html" target="_blank">Blogs</a> have become almost as popular as websites. They have exploded in popularity in the last few years. They have their own search engines, ad directories and forums.</div><a name='more'></a><br />
The main reason for the popularity of blogs is the ease with which they can be created and maintained. And updating your blog by posting new entries is quite easy like typing paragraphs in your MS Word or composing emails.<br />
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A web site consists of individual web pages developed using HTML (HyperText Markup Language). Web pages may also have code of other programming languages such as PHP, ASP or Perl embedded in the HTML. However to crate a blog you don't need to know any web programming language.<br />
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Another reason <a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/01/what-is-blog.html" target="_blank">blogs</a> have gained in popularity is they are free! You don't need to pay for hosting or a domain name with a blog. You could easily create a basic Blog using famous blogging software such as Blogger or WordPress.<br />
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Follow easy steps to <a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-create-blog.html"target="_blank">Create a blog</a> for free using Google's Blogger.Supernovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081836426774120537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704436425389478670.post-55543922578112325732010-01-21T15:37:00.000-08:002010-02-12T13:05:12.400-08:00What is IP AddressAn IP address is a numerical identification and logical address that helps to specifically identify an internet user. IP addresses consist of four numbers separated by periods, normally written out in dotted decimal form, e.g. 127.121.3.45<br />
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Any computer or machine that is on the Internet has a unique IP (Internet Protocol) address. If a machine does not have an IP address, it is not really on the Internet.<br />
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Since these numbers are usually assigned to internet service providers within region-based blocks, an IP address can often be used to identify the region or country from which a computer is connecting to the Internet. <br />
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For IP address tracking and to find where an IP Address is coming from you may visit “What Is My IP Address.com”<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">How to find your IP Address</span><br />
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If you have an Internet connection icon in the bottom right corner of the taskbar, you can double click this to open it. <br />
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1. Then choose the support tab at the top. <br />
2. Your IP Address will be there. <br />
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If you are using Windows then you may follow the below steps. ( please note steps can vary from one windows version to another ) <br />
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1. First click Start button.<br />
2. Go to Settings. <br />
3. Then click Network connections.<br />
4. Click (internet) Local area connetion icon.<br />
5. Then choose the support tab at the top.<br />
6. Your IP Address will be there.Supernovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081836426774120537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704436425389478670.post-1515163489974680022010-01-11T13:52:00.000-08:002010-02-13T06:00:04.235-08:00What is Blog?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdWX3azt6TjLpF3gie7JB-4P3QFQ5QjaEi_wis9BpeR0qywTze6YNegXiqo97AgHtNfcEbGaFgcwMOB6HDQoJfFAgsNXjhHaCdW9P8km_bQ3Lq8BuzZaE4wPDISzOVgCr0QOWmswj4OJc/s1600-h/joomla-template-for-a-recipe-blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdWX3azt6TjLpF3gie7JB-4P3QFQ5QjaEi_wis9BpeR0qywTze6YNegXiqo97AgHtNfcEbGaFgcwMOB6HDQoJfFAgsNXjhHaCdW9P8km_bQ3Lq8BuzZaE4wPDISzOVgCr0QOWmswj4OJc/s200/joomla-template-for-a-recipe-blog.jpg" /></a>A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. A blog also called a web-log is a type of web site. Blogs are written and are typically updated on regular basis. </div><a name='more'></a><br />
Blog is a frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts and web links, that is usually arranged from the most recent post (or entry) at the top of the main page where featured most prominantly and the older entries towards the bottom. <br />
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A blog is a personal diary. A collaborative space. A political soapbox. A breaking-news outlet. A collection of links. Your own private thoughts. Memos to the world. –<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/tour_start.g"target="_blank">Blogger</a></span> <br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue;"><a href="http://blogtips-pctips.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-create-blog.html" target="_blank">Create a blog</a></span> using Google's Blogger<br />
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A blog (a contraction of the term "web log") is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog. Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog"><span style="font-size: x-small;">wikipedia</span></a><br />
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The activity of updating a blog is “blogging” and someone who keeps a blog is a “blogger.”<br />
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Blogs are usually updated daily or regularly using software that allows people with little or no technical background to update and maintain the blog. <br />
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Blogs are often written usually on a particular topic – there are blogs on virtually any topic you can think of. From charity works, products promotion, recipes, personal diaries, hobbies.<br />
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Blogs usually have the two main features namely Archives and Comments which is briefly explained below.<br />
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<strong>Archives of a blog</strong><br />
<strong></strong>The front page of a blog will show only the recent entries. Some major blogs could have as many as thousands of posts or pages. These contents could be found in the Archives section of the blog under the month or year the entry was made. In some blogs previous posts are available in Categories section. For example, you could see the Archives and Categories on the right and left sections in this Blog you are reading now.<br />
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<strong>Comments to posts in a blog</strong><br />
Another feature in blogs is to allow comments by the reader. Many blogs allow comments but some do not. In this Blog comments are enabled and you can give me feedback on almost everything I write simply by clicking the ‘comments’ link at the bottom of each one of my posts. <br />
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<a href="http://blogtips-pctips.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-create-blog.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Create a blog</span></a> for free using Google's Blogger.Supernovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081836426774120537noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704436425389478670.post-58786379376982806112010-01-08T13:13:00.000-08:002010-02-20T10:18:36.344-08:00How to make post in my blogger blogOnce you <a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-create-blog.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">make a blog</span></a> on Blogger (<a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-create-blog.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">How to create a blog</span></a>), you are set to start blogging.<br />
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Log in at your Blogger account and you'll see your Dashboard, showing your list of blogs. Find a blue link called "New Post" as shown in the below screenshot, and click on this "New Post" link to write your first blog post.<br />
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Next, you'll find the Create New Post section under the "Posting" tab. Start by giving your post a title (optional), then enter the post itself.<br />
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When you're done, click the "Preview" link to make sure it's ready to go.<br />
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Once you're satisfied with your post, click the "Publish" button. This will publish your new post.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb8Q8N1yDQpxbAU-dC_VBbChRytVfkx55lKXJJJnSjhMqHz-54N0KvrWGTpH1Y426HWSdCdE7g1gs5dY6hFwLLKnl16gGo-N4VX5RRmLkkbWFLAmLy2bRGHd6_VsFIuhgx7uNuPMj03S8/s1600-h/14.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb8Q8N1yDQpxbAU-dC_VBbChRytVfkx55lKXJJJnSjhMqHz-54N0KvrWGTpH1Y426HWSdCdE7g1gs5dY6hFwLLKnl16gGo-N4VX5RRmLkkbWFLAmLy2bRGHd6_VsFIuhgx7uNuPMj03S8/s320/14.bmp" /></a></div>Supernovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081836426774120537noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704436425389478670.post-78187711605733444552010-01-08T05:17:00.000-08:002010-02-13T06:52:08.041-08:00How to create a blog<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Make a blog for free using Google's Blogger!</span></strong><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvH-82KYhMZifuhNhlF-CeE9uoRyb5vFGyq7kOrnsJ0HGbfL-a59_GH-ZTPCdyhVTWXXcj0S18rZ4aAMWAlb627GrHNLcC1bGE4B3v4erbpPsRFsHwmVlvmwSuTD8o8-wDvwgYEDfJEI/s1600-h/blogger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvH-82KYhMZifuhNhlF-CeE9uoRyb5vFGyq7kOrnsJ0HGbfL-a59_GH-ZTPCdyhVTWXXcj0S18rZ4aAMWAlb627GrHNLcC1bGE4B3v4erbpPsRFsHwmVlvmwSuTD8o8-wDvwgYEDfJEI/s320/blogger.jpg" /></a>A blog is also called a web-log is a type of web site. A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web, which is usually arranged in chronological order from the most recent post (or entry) at the top of the main page to the older entries towards the bottom. The activity of updating a blog is “blogging” and someone who keeps a blog is a “blogger”.</div><a name='more'></a><br />
Past few years, blogs have become very popular as these are easy to create and even simpler to manage and update. There are several ways to make a blog for free and you can even put up one on your web site. <br />
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In this article I will be providing the steps on how you can make a blog web site for free using one of the best services - Google's Blogger.<br />
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I've also included screenshots so that you can follow the directions easily. Just follow the simple steps below and you will have your blog set up in no time!<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Blogger - Google's free service to create your blog</span></strong><br />
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First visit this site Blogger.com, then you will see the screenshot below. To make your first blog at Blogger, you need to get an account at the service or use an existing Google account. If you already have a Gmail email account, use the same username and password to sign in.<br />
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For those who don't have Google account; please follow the steps shown below.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 16px;">Step-1. Making a Google account</span></strong><br />
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Detailed instructions can be found on <a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-create-google-account.html" target="_blank">how to create a Google account</a> but if you don't want to jump across pages, here is a brief on the same. To create a Google account, just click on the large orange colored "Create a blog” button (as shown in above screenshot), then you will view on “Create a Google Account” screen as shown below.<br />
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As described step by step in the below screenshot, enter your email address in the first two fields. Choose a password and put it in the next two fields. View the password strength bar and make sure it's not something people can guess outright and, at the same time, it's not so difficult that even you are not able to recall later on. The next field requires you to type in a <strong>display name</strong> which can be your real name or something else. The process is almost over - try to decipher the wavy security text and enter it in the field below. Hit on the "<em>Continue</em>" button when done.<br />
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Next, open another browser window or tab and go to the email account you had entered when making the blog account. You should see an email from Google asking you to <em>verify the newly created account</em> - click on the appropriate link.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 16px;">Step-2. Name your blog</span></strong><br />
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In the below shown “Name your blog” screenshot, what you enter in the fields is important.<br />
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First provide a name to your blog and then select blog address (web site address) for it. The "Check availability" link will let you know if the blog address is available. As you may know, web addresses need to be unique - you cannot use one which has been taken by someone else. When you do find a suitable blog address, click on "Continue" to move forward.<br />
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Please note: Your blog address at Google Blogger will be http://the address chosen by you.blogspot.com (This address will go live on the Internet)<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 16px;">Step-3. Choose a design template for your blog</span></strong><br />
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We are almost done. The next page lets you pick a design template for your blog web site and there are many to choose from; click on the "preview template" link to see how it looks - refer images below.<br />
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Note: the preview opens in a smaller pop-up window. Once you've made your selection, hit the "Continue" <br />
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Congratulations! You have been able to successfully create a blog using Google’s Blogger.<br />
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Now you can start entering your posts and start blogging! You may also refer <a href="http://makeablogtips.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-make-post-in-my-blogger-blog.html" target="_blank">How to make post</a> in my blogger blog page.Supernovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081836426774120537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704436425389478670.post-14922586540445208632010-01-06T11:44:00.000-08:002010-02-12T13:14:38.744-08:006 tips to manage time for effective blog writing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtK7qlns7JR8F0RXdCde43reEQfaBSyZGvo0D0xfM7hqoH2M7vb7KT_CFVq95rH7mTrPnw0TiQpbPV0w6v3rdVx-7QUJ2XbiLUWayO0VzSErXx1uQhJlvSPtYwu_PLdNr4TkDqynI1x8/s1600-h/time+is+now.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtK7qlns7JR8F0RXdCde43reEQfaBSyZGvo0D0xfM7hqoH2M7vb7KT_CFVq95rH7mTrPnw0TiQpbPV0w6v3rdVx-7QUJ2XbiLUWayO0VzSErXx1uQhJlvSPtYwu_PLdNr4TkDqynI1x8/s200/time+is+now.jpg" /></a>Finding quality time to focus and update blogs amongst other important daily priorities in life is an issue for majority of the bloggers.</div><a name='more'></a><br />
Setting the goals and prioritizing the things to do daily is vital to manage the time. This process would optimize the time for effective blog writing.<br />
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Following are six simple tips to manage and optimize the time.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 16;">1. Track The Time</span></strong><br />
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You have to focus on which activities you are spending time on and how much. <br />
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Most of us find we function at different levels of effectiveness at different times of the day as our energy levels fluctuate.<br />
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How long do we spend each day on unproductive things that don't really contribute to our success? Do we really know how much time we spend reading junk mail, talking to others, chatting on net, watching TV, etc? <br />
How often have you thought, "I could achieve more to contribute to my success if I just had another half hour each day."<br />
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Memory is a very poor guide when it comes to keeping record, as it can be too easy to forget time spent on non-core tasks.<br />
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Filling out an “Activity Log” could help to analyze how you actually spend your time.<br />
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Download this <a href="http://www.businessballs.com/timemanagementtimelog.pdf" target="_blank">Activity Log</a>, print out a copy for each day of the week and start tracking your time.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 16;">2. Set Goals & Priorities</span></strong><br />
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It is essential to set the goals and prioritize the things to do, hence you will not be missing out on your other important responsibilities. This will provide a tranquil & healthy mind to achieve your blogging ambitions.<br />
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Your priorities can be reevaluated based on responsibilities, time constraints, on the potential profitability or benefit of the task you are facing or on the pressure you're under to complete a task.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 16;">3. Find The Time which is Productive</span></strong><br />
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Identify when you can write. Some bloggers choose morning hours while others are comfortable with the evening or night hours. Therefore you have to specify the time where you could concentrate more and be effective.<br />
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Remember one hour of quality time would be sufficient to achieve your daily target of blog writing, rather than three hours of time where you have loads of distraction.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 16;">4. Set a realistic target</span></strong><br />
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This is the most important rule. Expecting yourself to post frequently or every day could compromise quality for quantity, it's probably also going to make you feel like you are failing. Target of 2 - 3 high quality posts per week and keeping it consistent would be good, but it is depending on your aspirations…<br />
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Once you find the quality time zone and input your best efforts, you could get dragged out of the writing due to distraction and disturbance.<br />
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To prevent this, you need a plan to free your mind. Here are some ideas such as shutting down your email, turn off your television, turn off your phones, shut down the Internet. <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 16;">6. Be passionate and proactive</span></strong><br />
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You must be disciplined and shift your focus from passive viewing into active working. <br />
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Spending more time surfing the internet and watching TV than working on the blogs, at the end of another day we have nothing to show for.<br />
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You need to be actively involved and be proactive in your passion of blog writing. <br />
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These six tips are just the beginning…Supernovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081836426774120537noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704436425389478670.post-4349135902708129092010-01-01T18:31:00.000-08:002010-02-12T13:15:42.741-08:00How to create a Google accountWhy do you need a Google account? Though Google started off as a search engine company, over the years it has launched many services including the famous Gmail email with 1GB storage, Google Talk, Google Calendar, Blogger, iGoogle, RSS Reader etc. that do require you to create a Google account. The process is quite simple - involves filling up a short online form and we shall go over this in a moment.<br />
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Go to the Google Accounts page at <a href="https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount</a> which displays a short form with only 5 fields. All you need to do it enter your existing email address, a password, select your location and check the terms of service.<br />
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<strong>Don't have an email address yet?</strong><br />
If you don't own an email address yet, I suggest you refer to get Gmail address for step by step instructions. By the way, a Gmail email address is not a prerequisite for a Google Account - any email account will do.<br />
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The password is the key to you Google account - you cannot afford to lose it. The password should be easy for you to remember and difficult for others to guess it outright. As you can understand, the names of your spouse or children serve as very bad passwords. Though a mix of upper and lower case letters with numbers and symbols can create a complex password, it might be difficult for you to recall. I strongly advise you to note the password in a safe place and refer to it if you ever forget. You should have no difficulty in remembering it when you've used it for a few times.<br />
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Coming back to the Google Account form, select your country of residence and enter the wavy text you see in the field with the small disability icon. Hit the "I accept. Create my account" button when done.<br />
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The process hasn't ended.Your newly created Google account is not yet ready for use. You need to activate it. When you successfully filled and submitted the new account form a message is automatically sent by Google to the email address you had specified. This message contains instructions for Google account activation. Check your email account; remember to also look in the spam and junk email folder because sometimes messages are caught by the spam filter and made to skip the inbox.<br />
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So far, cell phone viruses haven’t been much of a threat. The vast majority of viruses don’t do any damage at all; they simply aim to prove that such threats can exist and spread. The first Windows Mobile virus, Duts, simply asked the device owner for permission to spread. Another, a backdoor named Brador, could give attackers access to the files on the device, though it wasn’t much of a threat in practice. In February, the first crossover virus, aptly named Cxover, appeared. Cxover was designed to leap from infecting a PC to infecting, and then destroying documents, on a Windows Mobile device. While it could do serious damage, it hasn’t really spread. <br />
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Gartner, McAfee, F-Secure, Kaspersky Lab, and other security experts predict there will be more—and more serious—attacks over the next year or two. In addition, the newer blended threats—a virus or worm riding on spyware—and browser-based attacks make it more difficult to mount a defense. There are several ways mobile viruses can spread. They could be transmitted via Bluetooth, IR beaming, SMS text messaging, malicious Web sites, and e-mail attachments. According to Gartner research, 30% of cell phone users in the U.S. receive e-mail attachments. As this percentage increases, it will become a more attractive target for writers of malware.<br />
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We don’t need to panic, but we do need to be prepared. Theoretically, defenses built into the network layer are the most effective system of protection. Ideally, sophisticated network tools could detect anomalies in traffic and take action even before antivirus vendors can react to a new threat. We’ve learned that lesson in the evolution of improving desktop security. However, according to a Forrester survey, only 9% of the North American organizations surveyed actively track or manage PDAs in their organization. In addition, wireless providers disagree as to whether or not they should invest in antivirus protection at their cell network level. <br />
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It’s interesting to note that in Japan, which has approximately five times the devices in play per capita as in the U.S., McAfee's security software comes preloaded on some cell phones. Until network defenses are up to the task, it’s up to us to use antivirus software and take other steps to protect our devices and our data. Whether you are ready for antivirus software depends on your organizations' policies and protection-in-place, your usage patterns, and your willingness to take a few extra steps to improve security. (You should always check with your IT department before you install software on your own, however.) <br />
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Most of the features to look for in selecting a mobile antivirus solution are the same ones you're familiar with in choosing one for your PC: <br />
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Antivirus vendors constantly update their products to recognize new threats, and over-the-air is the best way to deliver those updates. If you have to wait until you synchronize to receive updates, you could be going outside wearing yesterday's virus protection. <br />
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This may slow your device a little, but this is the best form of protection. Antivirus software should examine all attachments for viruses. <br />
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When you set up a Windows Mobile 5.0 device, you'll find that Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are "OFF" by default. If you have an earlier version of Windows Mobile operating system, check the Help files on your device or contact your device provider for instructions on how to turn off these services. In either case, read about how to activate them safely. Then, it isn't as crucial to have intrusion detection.</div>Supernovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081836426774120537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704436425389478670.post-79782797351370556262009-12-28T12:50:00.000-08:002010-02-12T14:44:39.087-08:004 ways to speed up your PCBy following a few simple guidelines, you can maintain your computer and keep it running smoothly. This article discusses how to use the tools available in Windows 7, Vista, and XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) to more efficiently maintain your computer and safeguard your privacy when you're online.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 16px;">1. Free up disk space</span></strong><br />
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The Disk Cleanup tool helps you free up space on your hard disk to improve the performance of your computer. The tool identifies files that you can safely delete, and then enables you to choose whether you want to delete some or all of the identified files. <br />
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• Remove optional Windows components that you don't use.<br />
• Remove installed programs that you no longer use.<br />
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1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, click System Tools, then click Disk Cleanup. If several drives are available, you might be prompted to specify which drive you want to clean.<br />
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3. Clear the check boxes for files that you don't want to delete, and then click OK.<br />
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2. In the Disk Cleanup for dialog box, scroll through the content of the Files to delete list.<br />
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Disk fragmentation slows the overall performance of your system. When files are fragmented, the computer must search the hard disk when the file is opened to piece it back together. The response time can be significantly longer.<br />
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Disk Defragmenter is a Windows utility that consolidates fragmented files and folders on your computer's hard disk so that each occupies a single space on the disk. With your files stored neatly end-to-end, without fragmentation, reading and writing to the disk speeds up.<br />
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In addition to running Disk Defragmenter at regular intervals—monthly is optimal—there are other times you should run it too, such as when:<br />
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3. To defragment the selected drive or drives, click the Defragment button. Note: In Windows Vista, there is no graphical user interface to demonstrate the progress—but your hard drive is still being defragmented.<br />
After the defragmentation is complete, Disk Defragmenter displays the results.<br />
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4. To display detailed information about the defragmented disk or partition, click View Report.<br />
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5. To close the View Report dialog box, click Close.<br />
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6. To close the Disk Defragmenter utility, click the Close button on the title bar of the window.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 16px;">3. Detect and repair disk errors</span></strong><br />
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In addition to running Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter to optimize the performance of your computer, you can check the integrity of the files stored on your hard disk by running the Error Checking utility.<br />
As you use your hard drive, it can develop bad sectors. Bad sectors slow down hard disk performance and sometimes make data writing (such as file saving) difficult, or even impossible. The Error Checking utility scans the hard drive for bad sectors, and scans for file system errors to see whether certain files or folders are misplaced.<br />
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2. Click Start, and then click My Computer.<br />
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3. In the My Computer window, right-click the hard disk you want to search for bad sectors, and then click Properties.<br />
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4. In the Properties dialog box, click the Tools tab.<br />
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5. Click the Check Now button.<br />
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6. In the Check Disk dialog box (called Error-checking in Windows 7), select the Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors check box, and then click Start.<br />
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7. If bad sectors are found, choose to fix them.<br />
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<strong>Tip:</strong> Only select the "Automatically fix file system errors" check box if you think that your disk contains bad sectors.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 16px;">4. Protect your computer against spyware</span></strong><br />
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Spyware collects personal information without letting you know and without asking for permission. From the Web sites you visit to usernames and passwords, spyware can put you and your confidential information at risk. In addition to privacy concerns, spyware can hamper your computer's performance. To combat spyware, you might want to consider using one of the many free anti-spyware software programs available.Supernovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081836426774120537noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704436425389478670.post-70690800894515948622009-12-25T15:40:00.000-08:002010-02-12T13:26:04.168-08:00Buying a Computer<span id="goog_1261696968245"></span><span id="goog_1261696968246"></span><span id="goog_1261696968247"></span><span id="goog_1261696968248"></span><span id="goog_1261696968249"></span><span id="goog_1261696968250"></span><span id="goog_1261696968251"></span><span id="goog_1261696968252"></span><span id="goog_1261696968253"></span><span id="goog_1261696968254"></span><span id="goog_1261696968255"></span><span id="goog_1261696968256"></span><span id="goog_1261696968241"></span><span id="goog_1261696968242"></span><br />
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- Decide if you want a desktop PC or notebook/laptop PC. Desktop PCs can be more powerful but notebook PCs are portable <br />
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- Decide how much approximately you want to spend <br />
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- Decide what you will be using the PC for. You won't need a particularly powerful system if you're only going to browse the Web and send e-mails <br />
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- Read some computer buying advice magazines such as What PC?, PC Advisor and Personal Computer World<br />
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-Talk to friends, relatives and colleagues about what make of PC they use, where they bought it and their experiences, this provides you a good idea before you start your own research.<br />
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<strong><u>Where To Buy From</u></strong><br />
Main street stores may seem the most obvious place for first-time PC buyers but although they do offer some advantages (such as being able to see and touch example PCs and get an idea of the size of the screen) they are not always good value and you may find yourself spending more than you need to.<br />
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Often the sales person will also try to sell you warranty packages. These may provide some peace of mind, including things like health checks and repairs, but if you look after your PC and keep your security software up-to-date, you will most likely never use the service and will have paid a lot of extra money for nothing.<br />
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You could try small local computer shops who can often put together a PC package to suit your exact needs, though you may find the price a lot higher than the standard packages offered by high-street stores. For first-time buyers a standard package often seems far simpler than trying to figure out the specific types of components you need.<br />
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Buying online is another option; if you decide to buy online then begin the process of searching for online stores and comparing packages and prices. As with any large purchase you make, you will want to be cautious and have all the facts in front of you before you make a decision.<br />
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<strong><u>What to look for</u></strong><br />
Often when reading about PC packages you will be confronted with a huge list of specifications which will mean nothing to you if you don't have much knowledge of computer hardware. Some companies may try to confuse you with technical details, hoping that by mentioning large enough numbers you will think the PC is better than it really is.<br />
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Computer specifications change all the time, and your needs will determine what size or speed components are appropriate for you. The following is a general guide with some tips on what to look for.<br />
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<strong><u>Desktop or Notebook</u></strong><br />
the type of PC you need will depend on how powerful you need your machine to be and whether you want to be able to do work on the move. Desktop PCs are usually more powerful than notebook/laptop PCs for the same price, but the latter have the advantage of being portable and taking up much less space.<br />
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<strong>Keyboard and Mouse</strong> - all desktop PCs should include these and there is often little difference between the various models. One thing to note is that some have more than just the left and right buttons on the Mouse - they often also include a Wheel in the center which can be a useful addition. Nowadays you can also get wireless keyboards and mice. If you want to use a mouse with your notebook PC you may need to buy it separately, as many notebooks use a touch pad system instead of a mouse.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipe3W1mVF9r6gny7Usb7f2hvwjZoKKMIiavrhyphenhyphen8v0gUSkAocUS2J3wQ1Igjv8zbKhncuoJwp244ZT5wLwvoPMpFIkM0tkDqd8LwfNTMPvVZvvKkIdHozK5Ms2pLDwnRxKb5JsEAu8eyas/s1600-h/processor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipe3W1mVF9r6gny7Usb7f2hvwjZoKKMIiavrhyphenhyphen8v0gUSkAocUS2J3wQ1Igjv8zbKhncuoJwp244ZT5wLwvoPMpFIkM0tkDqd8LwfNTMPvVZvvKkIdHozK5Ms2pLDwnRxKb5JsEAu8eyas/s320/processor.jpg" /></a><strong>Processor </strong>- the heart of your PC, this is the engine that powers your computer and processes all the instructions it is given, therefore you want it to be as fast as possible. The higher the processor speed (in Ghz) the faster your PC should be. Dual-core, core 2 duo, Core 2 Quad and latest technology now offers even greater speed. Example of brands are Intel Pentium or Celeron, and AMD Athlon or Sempron.<br />
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<strong><u>Internet Access</u></strong><br />
many packages come with free Internet trials, but you can choose a different provider if you find a better deal. To access the Internet from home you will need to connect your PC to your phone line. There should be instructions with your PC how to do this. There are many different Internet packages available, and with some you will need to buy additional equipment. To learn more, contact an ISP(Internet Service Provider) or visit their web site. <br />
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modern PCs often come with built-in wireless support, to allow you to connect to any wireless Internet networks within range. If not, wireless adapters can be bought separately.<br />
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You can usually replace and upgrade your PC components in the future if you decide you need more memory or a faster graphics card, for example. And you can always upgrade or buy new software if you find the included programs too limited for your needs.<br />
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