Google: Users can call phones through Gmail

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnX3AvG2_DOlxOSpP7PuEHyyZu8dgzzmVqBVeblk6of8Ps67jkKBFAKmyOGrinithrgMBkwgZ6GRcS22q-kLPr1L8gVN8WF-T-yzplAb1RTHTY5zoKP04TESWL9km-TL1MLuyzVbRT4-Y/s1600/blogger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnX3AvG2_DOlxOSpP7PuEHyyZu8dgzzmVqBVeblk6of8Ps67jkKBFAKmyOGrinithrgMBkwgZ6GRcS22q-kLPr1L8gVN8WF-T-yzplAb1RTHTY5zoKP04TESWL9km-TL1MLuyzVbRT4-Y/s320/blogger.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Google Voice Introduces Google Call(Gmail Phone) : Google Inc. on Wednesday said its Gmail service will add a feature that allows users to call any phone directly from their computers., with the service available to Americans and Canadians.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Unlike Google’s nearly two-year-old Gmail voice and video chat feature, which gives users an audio and visual experience online, the new calling feature allows users to dial phone numbers. With this move, Google is competing with Skype, which has long dominated the market for Internet phone service.</div>Google promises  that phone calls will remain free “for at least the rest of the year,” while calls to other countries start at $0.02 per minute. The voice service for Gmail will roll out to users over the next few days. To get started using the service, you will have to install the free “voice and video chat” Web-based service to your Gmail account here.Video link <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bHJBtFLISY&feature=player_embedded#%21">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bHJBtFLISY&feature=player_embedded#!</a>

Google: Users can call phones through Gmail

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Google compete with "Skype" and provides a dial-up service through "Gmail"

<div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVAKcqHEfDy0WHzkE_M3Pn4J30-3w2aaUQqRvBmJxng-P2RM-JRQj47Bv8O7EcI-rB7-wTkhP7E1GkLdv_altq9QKIYFRYX77Cza7Jcx3ZvjsQOoMKxajK1cGECxyLd3f9A1l79Y_GbGs/s320/google_skype.png" /></div><br />No longer "Skype" alone in the field of free telephone calls; which provides "Google" a distinctive new experience within the service "Gmail" allows users to connect mobile phones and land around the world.The Company announced the "Google" it is possible for users of its postal service, "Gmail" Call phones directly through their e-mail,Which puts the company in direct competition with the online communication service "Skype" and traditional communications companies, such as "er. T. AT & T" and "Verizon Communications".Until now, the "Google" only provide voice communication services and video from one computer to another device,But she said that for the first time will allow the phone call home and mobile phones directly from the "Gmail".And promised to "Google" that calls "Gmail" to the phones in the United States and Canada will be free until the end of this year, she will develop a reduced tariff for calls carried out to other countries.She reported that calls to Britain, France, Germany, China and Japan will cost only two per minute, according to the stated location, "the BBC".Analysts believe that the new service is likely to represent a significant competitive threat to services such as provided by "Skype" more than any of the traditional telecom companiesWhich has already taken to reduce the prices of SYSCOM SIP phones in recent years because of fierce competition.He would like to Rizimir analyst at the Hudson Esquir "This is a threat to Skype. That the competitor has a very good name."And service "Skype" plans to offer shares to the public soon, and is so far the most successful means of communication through the Internet and with a total enrollment of around 560 million people.<br />nd says "Skype" The 124 million use the service to the communication time at least one month, while about 8.1 million paid-for client communication on a regular basis

Google compete with "Skype" and provides a dial-up service through "Gmail"

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Google opens new line to internet phone calls

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGRPFBTAySyAAX_Sq1uNeSmtfO2JJ23J9yTfCvt6k6wKO1glL3G-SjZ2SPl-bE0mscJK3QuNYPDRIgh1cCSSu4yd26Gul3LL3OCrChzpRZ8FwcZtZhK_FsYYQICmTgO9NANQCruHVBSQ0/s1600/blogger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGRPFBTAySyAAX_Sq1uNeSmtfO2JJ23J9yTfCvt6k6wKO1glL3G-SjZ2SPl-bE0mscJK3QuNYPDRIgh1cCSSu4yd26Gul3LL3OCrChzpRZ8FwcZtZhK_FsYYQICmTgO9NANQCruHVBSQ0/s320/blogger.jpg" /></a></div><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT"><span>SAN FRANCISCO: All the fuss about tweeting, texting, Facebook pokes and various other cutting-edge forms of communication can obscure the fact that old-fashioned telephone calls are still a pretty effective way of conveying information.</span> <br /><br /><span>But the 560 million people who are registered users of internet phone pioneer Skype have never forgotten the value of talk, and now it seems that Google is realizing it, too.</span> <br /><br /><span>The web search company, which has already carved out a formidable presence in the smartphone market with its Android operating system, is now launching a calling service directly into its popular Gmail service.</span> <br /><br /><span>After announcing the service Wednesday, Google is gradually rolling it out to users this week across the US.</span> <br /><br /><span>Initially limited to the US, the service is called Voice Calls from Gmail and allows users to call any landline or mobile phone in the country for free via their computer. Google said Thursday that even the limited number of users who had access to the new feature managed to place one million calls in the service's first 24 hours.</span> <br /><br /><span>The company is not saying how long the free lunch will continue - but for now it guarantees the no-cost calling until the end of the year. Calls to international landlines are as cheap as two cents per minute to Britain, France and Germany, though rates increase sharply for calls placed to mobile phones in those countries.</span> <br /><br /><span>The new service might have traditional telephone companies and Skype quaking in their boots, but according to Goldman Sachs analyst James Mitchell, they are not the primary target of Google's innovation.</span> <br /><br /><span>"We assume Google's ulterior motive is less about disrupting the telecommunications and more about driving engagement within Gmail and its social-networking activities, to better compete with social networks such as Facebook," Mitchell wrote in a note to investors.</span> <br /><br /><span>Still, with Skype planning a $100-million initial public stock offer later this year, the entrance of Google into the fray cannot be encouraging.</span> <br /><br /><span>Privacy advocates are also wary.</span> <br /><br /><span>Google already transcribes voicemails for users of its separate Google Voice service introduced earlier this year - and it may not be long before Google starts selling keyword ads for your phone calls the same way it does for your emails.</span> <br /><br /><span>The new service is not as powerful as Google Voice, which gives users a new phone number to which they can route all their existing calls. Unlike Google Voice, which connects you phone to phone, the new feature only connects computer to phone.</span> <br /><br /><span>But analysts like David Pogue of The New York Times are already counting the days until Google introduces Gmail calling as an app for Android phones and iPhones.</span> <br /><br /><span>"At that point you could for the first time in history make unlimited free phone-to-phone calls," Pogue enthused.</span> <br /><br /><span>PC World business guru Tony Bradley thinks that the growing number of businesses that already use Google Apps for email, spreadsheets and other office functions will find the new service both convenient and efficient.</span> <br /><br /><span>Even better, the service will quickly improve as it irons out the bugs and benefits from competition.</span> <br /><br /><span>"As Google and Skype and any other VoIP competitors gain momentum," Bradley noted, "I am sure there will be more innovation and aggressive marketing to try and establish dominance."</span></span><br /><br /><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT"><span>By <b>Economic Times </b></span> </span>

Google opens new line to internet phone calls

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Google's Realtime Search Update Does What Twitter Won't

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8oggrKMzS0c-F2oougghKKDXabdkpEqq2Qx_pL4jeHnzu2EqR_HjNHrEzpzJDc5KYG0YmXbB3X6RVCmV_52Et0hT6IkpWDW-VLypfanA0hRvPB8zrVvdXmt2VwXtyYOwuUINQSrS-be4/s1600/blogger-comments.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8oggrKMzS0c-F2oougghKKDXabdkpEqq2Qx_pL4jeHnzu2EqR_HjNHrEzpzJDc5KYG0YmXbB3X6RVCmV_52Et0hT6IkpWDW-VLypfanA0hRvPB8zrVvdXmt2VwXtyYOwuUINQSrS-be4/s320/blogger-comments.jpg" /></a></div><span id="articleText"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="focusParagraph">Searching for status updates is not Twitter's forte, so leave it to Google to make its own Realtime Search engine more powerful instead.<br /></span></span><span id="midArticle_0"></span>Realtime Search combs Twitter and Facebook for public status updates. Google introduced the tool in December, sticking it in a sidebar under the category "Updates," but Realtime Search is now rolling out to google.com/realtime as well. (For now, you can experiment with the new features here.)<br /><span id="midArticle_1"></span>The most important new feature of Realtime Search, I think, is geographic filtering of status updates. By whittling down Twitter posts to your city or Zip code, you can find out, for example, whether there are any upcoming concerts worth seeing. Apparently, an 11-piece Kenyan band is playing a free show tonight, a few miles from my apartment. I'm not sure why Twitter, which turned on location-sharing in March, doesn't have a similar feature. <br /><span id="midArticle_2"></span>If you want these kinds of updates delivered to you, without pro-actively searching for them, Google now allows you receive status updates through Google Alerts, by selecting "Updates" from the "Type" drop-down menu. Either 10 or 50 results can be sent once per day, once per week or as they happen. This could be useful for a search term like "free food," which might not come up regularly in your area, but would be worth knowing about when it happens. Just one snag: You can't filter these results by geography, so your best bet for local results is to add the name of your area as a search term.<br /><span id="midArticle_3"></span>The last addition to Realtime Search is conversation view, which lets you see all the replies to a single status update. I like the intent here, but this is the one feature that Twitter should add to its own website. Some third-party programs already do this -- Tweetdeck, for instance, can display all replies as one chronological thread -- but trying to read a conversation on Twitter itself is like falling down a rabbit hole.<br /><span id="midArticle_4"></span>I don't think Google's trying to push Realtime Search into the mainstream with these changes. If that was the intent, status updates would be moved up in regular search results, not moved out to their own URL. Realtime Search is a tool for power users. Keep it in mind next time you're looking for the nearest taco truck.<br /><span id="articleText">By Jared Newman at <a href="http://www.idg.com/www/rd.nsf/rd?readform&u=http://www.pcworld.com" target="_blank">PC World</a></span> </span>

Google's Realtime Search Update Does What Twitter Won't

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Creating blogs with Blogger.com

<span style="font-weight: bold;">Step 1 - Blogger - Login/ Create Blog</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramblinglibrarian/285698135/" title="Photo Sharing"><img alt="Blogger - Login/ Create Blog" src="http://static.flickr.com/120/285698135_f8724be121.jpg" width="350" /></a><br />This is where you you create a blog, or login to your Blogger account - <a href="http://blogger.com/">Blogger.com</a> (additional notes in Flickr.com - <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_74328844">click here</a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramblinglibrarian/285698135/">)</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blogger - Step 1 in Creating An Account</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramblinglibrarian/285698303/" title="Photo Sharing"><img alt="Blogger - Step 1 in Creating An Account" src="http://static.flickr.com/121/285698303_417ea6831a.jpg" width="350" /></a><br />You are required to choose a User Name for your blogger account. Blogger uses <span style="font-style: italic;">Image Verification<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span> rather than <span style="font-style: italic;">Email Verification<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span> in accepting accounts. The email you enter is for things like "password reminder" rather than for creating an account with Blogger. If your preferred User Name has been taken, you'd be required to enter an alternative. Your User Name does not necessarily have to be your Blog Name or Display Name (i.e. you may wish to choose something totally unrelated to your blog name for additional security).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blogger - Step 2: Name your blog</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramblinglibrarian/285698428/" title="Photo Sharing"><img alt="Blogger - Step 2: Name your blog" src="http://static.flickr.com/100/285698428_2f232aaf7d.jpg" width="350" /></a><br />Here, you're required to enter a Title for your blog and the blog URL (these can be changed later; for the URL it will be subject to availability, so it's best to choose wisely at this stage). The Word Verification is a feature for blogger to ensure it's a human being that's creating an account, rather than an automatic program (spambot).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blogger - Step 3: Choose a template</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramblinglibrarian/285698571/" title="Photo Sharing"><img alt="Blogger - Step 3: Choose a template" src="http://static.flickr.com/119/285698571_e00804a6b2.jpg" width="350" /></a><br />Click on any of the design. Tip -- you can always choose a new template, so simply choose anyone to proceed and complete your registration/ blog creation process. My observation is that most "Blogger newbies" spend way too much time at this stage, and adds unnecessary delay in registering the blog.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blogger - After Step 3</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramblinglibrarian/285698619/" title="Photo Sharing"><img alt="Blogger - After Step 3" src="http://static.flickr.com/104/285698619_b3914c0f50.jpg" width="350" /></a><br />You're almost there...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blogger - Confirmation of new blog</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramblinglibrarian/285698669/" title="Photo Sharing"><img alt="Blogger - Confirmation of new blog" src="http://static.flickr.com/112/285698669_ddf702c18d.jpg" width="350" /></a><br />Congratulations! You now have a blog. But you if you try to visit your blog URL, you'll get a 404 Page Not Found message. Don't worry -- you see your blog once you publish at least one post. Which is why blogger will bring you directly to...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blogger - Create/ Publish Post</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramblinglibrarian/285698758/" title="Photo Sharing"><img alt="Blogger - Create/ Publish Post" src="http://static.flickr.com/120/285698758_28417833b7.jpg" width="350" /></a><br />This is where you create a new post. It's almost like composing and sending an email. More explanatory notes are at the Flickr.com image - <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramblinglibrarian/285698758/">click here</a>)

Creating blogs with Blogger.com

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Quick overview: Wordpress and Blogger

Thankfully, most blog systems are so easy to use, you won’t need any help. But here’s a quick overview of how to get started<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Quick plan: </span>Before you create your blog, take some time to think about what you will blog about. This <br />will help you as you set up the software and will guide your early activity with the blog. But realize that you can always change course. <br /><br />Here are three questions to answer in forming a quick plan for your blog:<br /><br />1. What will you name your blog (1-3 words)? <br />2. What is a good short description or catchphrase for your blog? <br />3. What will you write about in the blog? What is your blog’s mission <br />(2-3 sentences)? <br />Publish the answers to these questions on your new blog so readers will know immediately what you are all about. It’s frustrating to stumble upon a new blog and not be able to quickly figure out its raison d’etre.<br /><br /><h3>Choose a blog system</h3>While there are many capable blog platforms – many of which are free – Blogger or Wordpress are two of the leading platforms and there is a good chance you will be able to use this experience in the future.<br /><br />Creating a blog at <a href="http://blogger.com/">Blogger.com</a> or <a href="http://wordpress.com/">Wordpress.com</a> is quick and painless and both sites have demos and video tutorials to help you get started. It’s also free. Once you know what you’ll name your blog and where you’ll be doing your blogging, you’re ready to get started. Both Blogger.com and Wordpress.com will help you create a new blog in a matter of seconds, <br />not minutes. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name:</span> The name you choose for your blog will display at the top of the page and also in the URL. For example, a blog called “My Cool Blog” would have a URL of <br /><a href="http://mycoolblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://azhar-bloggerinformation.blogspot.com/</a>on Blogger or <a href="http://mycoolblog.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://mycoolblog.wordpress.com</a> on Wordpress. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Theme: </span>You can choose how your blog looks by picking from several different themes for your blog. Wordpress offers more themes for a basic blog than Blogger. But Blogger offers basic users more flexibility to customize the design of their blog pages without knowing any code. You select fonts and colors just like you would in a word processing program. <br /><br />In both programs you can use basic CSS to customize the look and feel. But don’t let that scare you away. In fact, it’s a great environment to get your hands dirty with some beginning CSS. <br /><br /><img alt="blogger" src="http://www.j-learning.org/images/present_it/BloggerLayout.png" width="432" /><br /><br />In Blogger (above), select the “Layout” tab from the top of the admin screen after you have logged in. From there, you can modify the following sections (links appear at the top of the page under the “Layout” label).<br /><br /><br /><ul><li>Page Elements: Simply click “Edit” next to any of the sections on the page you wish to modify. Upload your own header image and add a short description in the “header” field.</li><li>Fonts and Colors: Simple color and font selection.</li><li>Edit HTML: This is false advertising; it’s a really “Edit CSS” since the code you will access from this link is mostly the CSS stylesheet. </li><li>Pick New Template: Choose from several stock templates and change your blog’s look and feel with two clicks. </li></ul><br /><img alt="wordpress" src="http://www.j-learning.org/images/present_it/WordPressDashboard.png" width="432" /><br />In Wordpress (above), select “Appearance” from the left navigation menu of the Dashboard after you have logged in. From there, you can select a new theme for your blog with two clicks. Or modify the following sections (links appear at the top of the page next to the “OPTIONS:” label).<br /><br /><br /><ul><li>Widgets: Quickly add some extra functionality to your blog, like a search box and a calendar that shows your recent blog posts.</li><li>Extras: Not much to see here; move along.</li><li>Custom Image Header: Upload your own header image.</li><li>Edit CSS: You can experiment with CSS styles but you can’t save the changes and make them public on your blog unless you upgrade to the Wordpress Custom CSS Editor (about $15 a year). Or you can host your own Wordpress blog and have complete access to the stylesheets. </li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Extras, gadgets and widgets: </span>It’s easy to add some very cool features to your blog using Blogger or Wordpress. Everything from a display of recent comments to a list of blogs you follow, are available one click away. <br /><br /><img alt="blogger gadgets" src="http://www.j-learning.org/images/present_it/BloggerGadgets.png" width="432" /><br /><br />In Blogger (above), these features are called Gadgets and you add them from the Layout page. Click on the “Edit” link next to Gadgets and select from the dozens of available. Click the “+” sign next to the Gadget you wish to add and follow the ensuing steps to configure the Gadget for your blog.<br /><br /><img alt="wordpress widget" src="http://www.j-learning.org/images/present_it/WordpressWidgets.png" width="432" /><br /><br />On a basic Wordpress blog (above), these features are called Widgets and can be accessed from the “Widgets” link under the Appearance header in the left navigation menu. Find a Widget and click “Add” then click “Edit” to configure the Widget. It can be a little more confusing to set up the Widgets in Wordpress. For example, when using certain Widgets (like Links or Categories) you can only configure them by accessing them from separate links in the left navigation menu. So if you add a Widget but can’t figure out how to customize it, scan the links in the left navigation menu for a matching item and use it to build out the Widget the way you want it.

Quick overview: Wordpress and Blogger

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Learning About Blogging and How to Blog

<h3> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Blogging has entered a realm of its own, from fad to industry. People are entering the blogosphere daily, thousands every day. I’ve been blogging for </span><a href="http://www.cameraontheroad.com/" style="font-weight: normal;" title="Taking Your Camera on the Road">over 10 years</a><span style="font-weight: normal;"> and had no clue I was doing it. It was called “online journaling” and some called it “web diaries” or “blithering idiots writing on the Internet”. I tried not to blither, but I just did what I knew and now am known for what I did and continue to do: </span><i style="font-weight: normal;">blog</i><span style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></span></h3>The evolution from website to blog changes how people communicate. Let’s look at some of the development of blogs and help you learn more about blogging and how to blog.<br /><h3>What’s The Difference Between a Website and a Blog</h3>A <b>website</b> is a collection of web pages on a server. It is a form of static billboard on the Internet that showcases information. There is more to the definition, but for our needs, this is good enough. A website can be a collection of articles, news, links, information, photographs, and anything you want. And a website can even host a blog!<br />A <b>blog</b> is a website or part of a website that usually features one or more of the following criteria:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/18/one-year-anniversary-review-comments-on-comments/" title="Comments on Comments">Editorial Commentary</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/10/12/the-power-of-the-link/" title="The Power of the Link">Links to external sites</a>, often seen as recommendations </li><li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2007/06/07/web-browser-guide-scams-hoaxes-rumor-mills-and-online-trash-check-the-facts/" title="Scams, Hoaxes, Rumor Mills, and Online Trash - Check the Facts">May, or may not, be factual</a> </li><li>Tells stories </li><li>Usually about a specific topic, subject, or genre </li><li>Tends to be opinionated and personal </li><li>Could be considered “newsy” rather than “news” </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/09/17/comments-on-comments/" title="Comments on Comments">Comments and interaction</a> with the audience </li><li>Photographs of you and your activities </li></ul>At one time, a blog would have been called a diary, journal, scrapbook, or storytelling. Which brings us back to the term <b>website</b>.<br /><span id="more-31"></span><br />Many people differentiate a blog from a website. A website is “serious information”, while a blog is “not so serious”. A website has facts, figures, articles, and educational materials. A blog has a bunch of links, talk and comments, as well as facts, figures, articles, and educational materials.<br />Truth is, a blog is a website, but the terminology is changing to differentiate between a non- or semi-interactive website and the magic that compels thought and interaction with a blog.<br /><h4>Blogging Programs, Tools, and Platforms</h4>The software that drives the different web elements also feature different names like <i>blogging programs, blogging tools, blogging platforms</i>, and <i>blogging services</i>. For the most part, they are all the same thing.<br /><img align="right" alt="Graphic of dynamic web page generation" src="http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/09/dynamicpage.png" />In the past, websites were created with static code that displayed the content and design elements to make it look pretty. With the development of CMS (Content Management Systems) and blogging programs like <a href="http://www.wordpress.org/" title="WordPress">WordPress</a>, a powerful blogging tool with massive plugins and add-ons, as well as flexibility to also be a CMS, <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/22/a-blog-by-any-other-name-is-still-a-website/" title="A Blog By Any Other Name is Still a Website">the line is being crossed between websites and blogs</a>.<br />Blogs are usually run by blogging tools or programs on the web which input information you supply through the blog interface, on WordPress known as the Administration Panels, into a database. The program and WordPress Themes (blog designs) send commands to the database to collecting information and publish it as web pages on your site. Depending upon those commands, each page viewed on your blog may look different or have different content. Thus, blogs are often referred to as <i>dynamic content generators</i> compared to the old <i>static content</i> websites.<br />Basically, a blogging program like WordPress, or its free hosting blog service, <a href="http://www.wordpress.com/" rel="tag" title="WordPress.com free blogs">WordPress.com</a>, makes it simple and easy to write articles and posts on your blog and does all the work for you. All you do is just blog.<br />So, why should you consider blogging?<br /><h3>Blogging for Fun, Education, and Publicity</h3>When we hit the <a href="http://www.cameraontheroad.com/" rel="tag" title="Taking Your Camera on the Road">hit the road full-time</a> ten years ago, we had a static website with information about our travels, some articles, our itinerary, and contact information. We also had an emailed “journal” that went out to friends, family, and fans all over the world who wanted to be kept up-to-date on our adventures. Over time, we added some of <a href="http://www.cameraontheroad.com/index.php?cat=7" title="Telling Stories of Life on the Road">these journals to our website</a>.<br />Little did we realize that we were blogging. We were telling stories about our life, lessons, and experiences of living on the road, traveling around in our 30 foot trailer across North America, and eventually to Europe and the Middle East, then back to the United States in time for the year of hurricanes on the Gulf Coast.<br />Telling these kinds of stories is fun. Life on the road can be fun, and cruel, and there is some perversive pleasure about sharing your woes with others. Friends and family may be geographically distant, but “hearing” the sound of their voice through the words on the screen brings people closer together. It also makes new friends. Many of our fans wrote to us and invited us to stay as we passed through their area. We did and discovered wonderful people and great locations we would have missed if we’d stuck to our own agenda.<br />Blogging about your life can be fun, but it is now used for many other purposes.<br /><h4>Blogs Offer News, Gossip, Life Stories, and an Education</h4>Blogs are now carrying breaking news, gossip, and little tidbits that intrigues the media. In fact, many news rooms now monitor blogs, and even feature their own blogs, sharing information about the news and the stories behind the news, attracting a new audience.<br />A lot of blogs help inform and educate the public, from reporting on changes and attempts to change the laws of the government to reporting upon the impact of government decisions.<br />People around the world who were once repressed with a lack of free speech are risking their lives to blog about the continued repression and political unrest. Blogs are giving people <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/07/how-is-blogging-like-stand-up-comedy/" title="How is Blogging Like Stand Up Comedy">a voice they never had before</a>.<br />Teachers, artists, writers, counselors, lawyers, doctors, many different education-oriented jobs are now blogging about their experience and the lessons they’ve learned to help others learn from them. There is more educational material than ever before available in the world because of this eagerness to share through blogging.<br />Boeing has blogs. Intel has blogs. Microsoft has blogs. It seems like every major corporation now has blogs. The corporate blog does two very important things.<br />First, it puts a human face on the corporation, helping people understand a little more about the day to day struggles and wins a company faces within their industry. Second, and more importantly, it promotes the business. Many people believe that blogs are the changing face of public relations and advertising today.<br />Is blogging for you? Depends upon what you want to do. If you have “static” information and articles and you just want to put the information out there and let it sit, then a general website will work for you. But if you crave interaction and you want to contribute to your efforts on a regular basis, then consider blogging.<br /><h3>Blogging Tips</h3>If you decide you want to jump into all the fuss and start blogging yourself, or suddenly realize, like I did, that you’ve been blogging all along and now what to be known as a “blogger”, then <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/" title="Blogging Tips Book">here are some tips that may help</a>.<br /><h4>Make a Blog Plan</h4><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/06/why-do-you-blog-do-you-have-a-purpose/" title="Why Do You Blog - Do You Have a Purpose">What are you going to write about</a>? Or do you only want to show off your photographs? Or show them off and talk about them? Do you want to write about a lot of topics or just a specific topic or genre? <br />I recommend you narrow your interest down to a specific topic rather than rambling all over the place. <br />Our website, <a href="http://www.cameraontheroad.com/" title="Taking Your Camera on the Road">Taking Your Camera on the Road</a>, has a wide range of information covering over 12 years of “blogging”. Everything revolves around the issue of travel and photography as we take our camera on the road.<br />Still, it was too much information so I broke off the web and blogging technology articles into this blog, <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/" rel="tag" title="Lorelle on WordPress">Lorelle on WordPress</a>, genelogy research into <a href="http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/" title="Lorelle's Family History Blog">Lorelle’s Family History Blog</a>, my husband’s aeronautical engineering business into <a href="http://vanfossen.wordpress.com/" title="Brent VanFossen with a View on the FAA and Aircraft Industry">Brent VanFossen with a View</a>, along with other blogs that cover specific aspects of our work and interests.<br />With a specific topic or subject in mind, plan how you will deliver that information. This is not about how often you post to your blog, but about WHAT you post to your blog. <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/11/13/judging-blogs-by-their-post-content-styles/" title="Judging Blogs by their Post Content Styles">Will you only post links and a few comments</a> to guide people to related information or information of interest? Or will you actually write and explain topics, like articles? Or a combination? Or just deal with photographs creating a photoblog? What information will you present and how will you present it.<br /><h4>Choosing a Blog Look</h4><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/08/21/choosing-a-wordpress-theme/" title="Choosing a WordPress Theme">Choose a Theme or style for your blog</a> that represents the “tone” of your subject.<br />If you are writing about you and your life, then make the site reflect your personality. If you will be writing about the US government and uncovering their attacks on our personal freedom, well, then your site should look appropriate for that subject.<br />Remember, the look of your blog tells people more about the content within than the content. It’s the FIRST thing they see when they walk in your virtual door.<br /><h4>Start Blogging by Writing</h4>Once you are set up with a look and a plan – get to work. Look at your plan and start setting up a calendar of subjects to cover over the next month, two months, six months, year, or more.<br />You might want to just blog whatever happens to you in the day, but a successful blog needs direction and clarity. Your readers like familiar and consistent content, with few surprises or changes. So make a plan for what you want to write about and start writing. <br /><img align="right" alt="Article series of post links" src="http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/06/inseries.png" />Whatever your schedule or method, give yourself some deadlines and goals to keep yourself active on your blog. I like ongoing series of articles and topics on my site that I think of as “projects”. A month long series called <a href="http://www.cameraontheroad.com/index.php?p=763" title="Know Before You Go article series">Know Before You Go</a> on what you should know before you go on the road, was very successful on <a href="http://www.cameraontheroad.com/" rel="tag" title="Taking Your Camera on the Road">Taking Your Camera on the Road</a>. Other successful series, covering a few days or a whole month included a <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/01/31/a-month-of-wordpress-plugins/" title="A Month of WordPress Plugins from Lorelle on WordPress">month long series featuring WordPress Plugins</a>, <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/10/what-do-you-do-when-someone-steals-your-content/" title="What Do You Do When Someone Steals Your Content">content theft and copyright violations for bloggers</a>, <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/01/28/wordpresscom-blog-bling/" title="WordPress.com Blog Bling">WordPress.com Blog Bling</a> for WordPress.com bloggers facing limits on what they can do with their free blogs, the popular <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/17/one-year-anniversary-blog-self-review/" title="One Year Anniversary Blog Self-Review">One Year Anniversary Blog Self-Review</a>, a 30 day series honoring the one year anniversary of this blog and WordPress.com, and the successful <a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2007/05/21/web-browser-guide-for-bloggers/" title="Web Browser Guide for Bloggers">Web Browser Guide for Bloggers</a> on the <a href="http://www.blogherald.com/" rel="tag" title="Blog Herald">Blog Herald</a>.<br /><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/06/21/technical-tips-for-publishing-a-series-of-articles-on-your-blog/" title="Technical Tips for Publishing a Series of Articles on Your Blog">Writing article series on your blog</a> gives readers something to write about, build a body of work, but also provide other bloggers a reason to link to your blog, generating interest and attracting new readers.<br />I believe that article series, editorial calendars, content planning, and other self-assignments helps the blogger stay on track and focused, as well as helps with posting content to the blog on a regular schedule.<br />If you get busy with the rest of your life and a month or two goes by without a new piece of news, <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/01/27/how-to-know-when-to-stop-blogging/" title="How to Know When to Stop Blogging « Lorelle on WordPress">please don’t tell us you apologize for ignoring us</a>. Tell us what you’ve been doing and make the post interesting. As much as you may think we care, we’re just interested in more information. Keep the info coming. The audience needs to be fed.<br /><h4>Attracting a Blog Audience: Generating Traffic</h4>There are a lot of tricks and gimmicks out there that people promise will increase your blog traffic. The majority of these are worthless.<br />Using gimmicks and tricks to build traffic, tweak your search engine optimization, and force your PageRank with Google have all been done before. While they might work in the short term, they never work in the long term.<br />There are only two things that work to build an audience on your blog:<br /><ol><li><b>Create Content Worth Reading</b> </li><li><b>Create Content Worth Linking To</b> </li></ol>By creating content worth reading, you will slowly in time build up readers. People will search for the keywords and search terms you use in your post title and content and come visiting to see if you have the information they need.<br />If you do, you have a happy customer and potentially a return customer.<br />Make them really happy, they may talk about you on their blog.<br />When you create content worth linking to, you call into action the oldest advertising method in the history of the planet: <i>word of mouth</i>.<br />Blogs are fueled by who said what about who or what of interest to the author. They tell others and their readers follow, bringing them to you.<br />Blogging is a weird duck business. What other business in the world would you get more business by telling your customers to leave your store for something better, only to have them come back happy and telling and bringing their friends back with them? It’s amazing!<br /><b>Special Tip:</b> Just as you probably hate having surprise guests to your home when the house is a mess, make sure your blog is in place, filled with lovely content and furnishings, before you start welcoming guests to your blog home.<br /><h4>Be You</h4>The best tip anyone can give you about blogging and creating a successful blog is to <i>be you</i>.<br />The best bloggers become the best bloggers because <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/09/28/who-the-hell-are-you/" title="Who The Hell Are You?">they are who they blog</a>. They are fascinated by their blogging subject, rarely covering other distractions. They blog their passion and you feel it, you know it, it shows all over their blog.<br />People are attracted to positive energy. Create a blog filled with good content, positive perspectives, and meaningful content and you will attract readers. People want friends who are like them, but who also challenge them to be more. Turn your readers into friends and you build a loyal audience.<br />The more honest you are with your readers, the more your personality glows through the writing, the more you are willing to just be you, the expert, the person who knows or wants to know more, the more likely you are to build a steady readership.<br />When I was growing up, we were entertained on television by J.P. Patches, a wonderful clown who lived in the town dump in a shack and whose best friend, Gertrude. We were sure Gertrude was a guy but it didn’t matter. He was a girl with a mop on his head for hair and we loved her. J.P. was successful because he welcomed you into his humble home and shared his stories with you. You felt like he was talking just to you, and only you. You wanted to be like him, and other times, you learned from him because of his mistakes – not wanting to be like him. And yet you loved him, his simple life, his silly and corny jokes, and the adventures he and Gertude would stumble into around the town dump.<br />We all have that person in our life that was friend and mentor. Bloggers are also friends and mentors to many, so be the one that your readers trust for the information they need, and learn from each other along the way. Be a blogging friend and your world will grow with more friends than you know what to do with.<br />Don’t fake it, force it, or trick it into happening. It happens because you are simply you, the blogger, sharing your knowledge and experiences with others.<br />You can tell when a blogger is faking it. So can your readers.<br />And just keep blogging. Keep writing. Stay focused. And blog “you”.<br /><h3>Bloggers Offering How to Blog Tips</h3>Here are some more articles and resources I’ve found over the years with tips to help you blog.<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.problogger.net/" title="Problogger">Darren Rowse of Problogger</a> has become the mentor all bloggers need. His vast collection of posts on blogging, monetizing your blog, blogging for business and pleasure, and building your blog are legendary. You can spend days digging through the brilliant content. </li><li><a href="http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=542" title="Reporters Without Borders - Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents">Reporters Without Borders – Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents</a>: The must-have handbook if you are blogging at risk of life and limb. </li><li><a href="http://www.eff.org/bloggers/lg/" title="Electronic Frontier Foundation - Bloggers Legal Rights">Electronic Frontier Foundation – Bloggers Legal Rights</a>: Before you blog, before you say those words that could bring harm to you or another, you need to know your rights as a blogger according to the laws of your country. This handbook will help you. </li><li><a href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/website/view.cgi?dbs=Article&key=1122588384&format=full" title="Stephens web - How to be Heard">Stephen’s Web – How to be Heard</a>: This article offers some good tips on how to plan and build your blog, timeless information for all bloggers at any time in their blogging career. </li><li><a href="http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Anonymity/blog-anonymously.php" title="How to Blog Safely About Work or Anything Else">How to Blog Safely (About Work or Anything Else)</a>: If you blog at risk, this article offers some good tips on blogging anonymously. </li><li><a href="http://kalsey.com/blog/how_to_blog/" title="Adam Kalsey - Articles on How to Blog">Adam Kalsey – Articles on How to Blog</a>: Adam Kalsey has been blogging for a while and has a great collection of posts on how to blog that explores varies reasons and benefits, as well as how he helped his grandfather to start blogging. </li><li><a href="http://news.com.com/FAQ+Blogging+on+the+job/2100-1030_3-5597010.html?tag=nefd.ac" title="Blogging on the Job">Blogging on the Job</a>: This CNet article is a bit dated but it could have been published last week. Many bloggers are running into trouble with their employers over their blogging. And some employers are now adding “no blogging” policies to their worker’s contracts. If you blog for big business, you need to know your rights and how bloggers are being treated in the workplace. </li><li><a href="http://jobsearch.about.com/od/jobsearchblogs/a/jobsearchblog.htm" title="How Blogging Can Impact Your Job Search">How Blogging Can Impact Your Job Search</a>: This article takes a good look on the issue of your blog as your resume, speaking loudly for who you are as well as what you know. If you are job hunting, this offers some good tips on how a blog can help. </li><li><a href="http://rights.journalspace.com/" title="The Bloggers Bill of Rights">The International Bloggers Bill of Rights</a>: Once known as the Bloggers Bill of Rights, this document has now become the International Bloggers Bill of Rights and has been signed by hundreds and hundreds of bloggers who support two basic rights for bloggers: <i>Freedom to blog and freedom from persecution and retaliation because of our blogs</i>. Just as important as it is to learn about blogging and how to blog, it’s important to understand your rights and the laws that will protect or bring you harm due to your blogging. The words you say have power, and others want to take that power away. </li><li><a href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/writeliving/" title="10 Tips on Writing the Living Web">10 Tips on Writing the Living Web</a>: While written and published in 2002, this article continues to be one of my favorites on how to blog. Two most important points: <i>Write for a reason</i> and <i>blog to make friends</i>. Without a purpose to your blogging, you are not blogging, you’re wasting your time and everyone’s. And blogging is about the connections, through links, trackbacks, comments, participation, attendance, and blogging about bloggers. It’s about the relationships you make along the blogging path. Which happens when you blog for the living, timeless web, as well as when you blog for the future, not the moment. </li><li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2007/02/13/selling-your-blog-what-are-blog-buyers-looking-for/" title="What Are Blog Buyers Looking For?">Selling Your Blog: What Are Blog Buyers Looking For?</a> and <a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2007/03/06/selling-your-blog-what-goes-into-the-selling-price/" title="What Goes Into The Selling Price?">Selling Your Blog: What Goes Into The Selling Price?</a>: Two articles I wrote for the <a href="http://www.blogherald.com/" rel="tag" title="Blog Herald">Blog Herald</a> on how to sell your blog and if you can sell your blog. If you are thinking about building up a blog for future sale, you need to plan early and well. Blogs are being bought, but not because you are a great blogger. They are bought and sold because the blog is a money-maker. </li><li><a href="http://humanresources.about.com/od/businessblogs/a/business_blogs.htm" title="Why Blogging Matters to Businesses">Why Blogging Matters to Businesses</a>: If you are a small business and want to understand the basics of why your business should have a blog, this is a good starting article. One of the most important points it makes is that blogging is about communicating with your customers – the future of advertising and promotion. </li><li><a href="http://webdesign.about.com/cs/weblogs/a/aa060903a.htm" title="About.com - Frequently Asked Questions About Blogging">About.com – Frequently Asked Questions About Blogging</a>: A slightly outdated (recommends MovableType and Greymatter – both fairly obsolete blogging programs) but well done description about what blogging is, and describes trackbacks, feeds, and basic information about the features in blogs and how they differ from websites. </li><li><a href="http://childparenting.about.com/od/familycomputer/a/parentblog.htm" title="Blogging Life as a Parent">Blogging Life as a Parent</a>: Offers some tips and examples of blogging parents, mothers, and fathers to help you blog the parenting life. </li><li><a href="http://advertising.about.com/od/publicrelationsresources/a/prblogs.htm" title="Blogs as PR Tools">Blogs as PR Tools</a>: Gives examples and references for using your blog as a PR tool, and how it can backfire as well as benefit your business to have a blog. </li><li><a href="http://www.librarysupportstaff.com/4blogs.html" title="Library Blogs - Blogging for Library Support Staffs">Library Blogs – Blogging for Library Support Staffs</a>: A listing of blogs by and about libraries and includes some resources for librarians and related industries blogging about libraries. </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/23/blogging-tips-hundreds-of-resources-for-finding-content-for-your-blog/" title="Blogging Tips - Hundreds of Resources for Finding Content for Your Blog">Blogging Tips – Hundreds of Resources for Finding Content for Your Blog</a>: A resource I wrote stuffed with a wide range of categories for finding and generating blog story ideas, and lists of resources within each category. You will never be without a blog post idea with this list. </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/" title="What Bloggers Won't Tell You About Blogging">Blogging Tips Book: What Bloggers Won’t Tell You About Blogging by Lorelle VanFossen</a>: A step-by-step collection of tips on blogging to help you at no matter where you are in your blogging career. </li></ul>Other top bloggers and blogs about blogging you should read include:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.copyblogger.com/" title="Copyblogger">Copyblogger</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.johnchow.com/" title="John Chow">John Chow</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.quickonlinetips.com/" title="Quick Online Tips">Quick Online Tips</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.dailyblogtips.com/" title="Daily Blog Tips">Daily Blog Tips</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.weblogtoolscollection.com/" title="Weblog Tools Collection">Weblog Tools Collection</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/" title="Blog Herald">Blog Herald</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.bloggingpro.com/" title="Blogging Pro">Blogging Pro</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.successful-blog.com/" title="Successful-Blog">Successful-Blog</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.johntp.com/" title="JohnTP">JohnTP</a> </li><li><a href="http://internetducttape.com/" title="Engtech">Engtech’s Internet Duct Tape</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.andybeard.eu/" title="Andy Beard">Andy Beard</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.chrisg.com/" title="ChrisG">ChrisG</a> </li></ul><h4>Related Articles</h4>The following are more articles I’ve written to help you blog, whether you are using WordPress or any blogging program. Start with a plan and then remind yourself frequently of your plan of action so you stay on track. And keep blogging.<br /><h4>How to Blog</h4><ul><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/09/20/writing-effective-attention-getting-headlines-and-titles-on-your-blog/" title="Writing Effective, Attention-Getting Headlines and Titles on Your Blog">Writing Effective, Attention-Getting Headlines and Titles on Your Blog</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/07/how-not-to-comment-on-comments/" title="How NOT to Comment on Comments">How NOT to Comment on Comments</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/07/29/what-do-i-do-with-my-new-wordpresscom-blog/" title="What Do I Do With My New WordPress.com Blog">What Do I Do With My New WordPress.com Blog</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/09/28/who-the-hell-are-you/" title="Who The Hell Are You?">Who The Hell Are You?</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/18/one-year-anniversary-review-comments-on-comments/" title="Comments on Comments">Comments on Comments</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/24/one-year-anniversary-review-wordpress-for-beginners/" title="WordPress For Beginners">WordPress For Beginners</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/one-year-anniversary-review-the-power-of-the-link/" title="The Power of the Link">The Power of the Link</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/31/one-year-anniversary-review-tags-tagging-and-categories/" title="Tags, Tagging, and Categories">Tags, Tagging, and Categories</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/09/02/one-year-anniversary-review-what-are-feeds/" title="What are Feeds?">What are Feeds?</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/06/09/behind-the-scenes-of-blogging-how-i-blog-series-by-blogging-herald/" title="How I Blog Series by Blogging Herald">Behind the Scenes of Blogging: How I Blog Series by Blogging Herald</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/06/06/six-steps-to-blogging-success-or-success-in-anything/" title="Six Steps to Blogging Success - Or Success in Anything">Six Steps to Blogging Success – Or Success in Anything</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/05/30/20-answers-to-the-question-what-does-it-take-to-blog/" title="What Does It Take to Blog?">20 Answers to the Question: What Does It Take to Blog?</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/16/washington-post-why-bloggers-blog/" title="Washington Post - Why Bloggers Blog">Washington Post – Why Bloggers Blog</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/12/define-blogging-success/" title="Define Blogging Success">Define Blogging Success</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/08/21/choosing-a-wordpress-theme/" title="Choosing a WordPress Theme">Choosing a WordPress Theme</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/09/07/one-year-anniversary-review-blogging-and-blogging-tips/" title="Blogging and Blogging Tips">Blogging and Blogging Tips</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/11/15/make-blogging-with-wordpress-part-of-your-daily-routine/" rel="bookmark" title="Make Blogging with WordPress Part of Your Daily Routine">Make Blogging with WordPress Part of Your Daily Routine</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/09/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-blogger/" rel="bookmark" title="A Day in the Life of a Blogger">A Day in the Life of a Blogger</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/03/13/probloggers-blogging-for-beginners-series/" rel="bookmark" title="ProBloggers - Blogging for Beginners Series">ProBloggers – Blogging for Beginners Series</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/10/12/the-power-of-the-link/" rel="bookmark" title="The Power of the Link">The Power of the Link</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/10/16/how-people-search-the-web-and-how-they-can-find-your-blog/" rel="bookmark" title="How People Search the Web and How They Can Find Your Blog">How People Search the Web and How They Can Find Your Blog</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/06/15/when-is-the-best-time-and-day-to-post-on-your-blog/" title="When is the Best Time and Day to Post on Your Blog?">When is the Best Time and Day to Post on Your Blog?</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/10/17/how-search-engines-see-search-and-visit-your-website/" rel="bookmark" title="How Search Engines See, Search, and Visit Your Website">How Search Engines See, Search, and Visit Your Website</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/14/if-i-had-ads-here-would-you-click-them/" rel="bookmark" title="If I Had Ads Here, Would You Click Them?">If I Had Ads Here, Would You Click Them?</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/10/27/understanding-pings-and-blogs/" rel="bookmark" title="Understanding Pings and Blogs">Understanding Pings and Blogs</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/11/18/the-key-to-blogging-success-perseverance/" rel="bookmark" title="Perseverance">The Key to Blogging Success: Perseverance</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/" rel="bookmark" title="The Top 10 Clues That You Are an Amateur Blogger">The Top 10 Clues That You Are an Amateur Blogger</a> </li><li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/06/why-do-you-blog-do-you-have-a-purpose/" rel="bookmark" title="Why Do You Blog? Do You Have a Purpose?">Why Do You Blog? 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Learning About Blogging and How to Blog

  Blogging has entered a realm of its own, from fad to industry. People are entering the blogosphere daily, thousands every day. I’ve been...

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Add Google Buzz Button With A Counter For Blogger Blogs.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYtxEUyvHC0sJZemIVtY3-qpBOJ3jsDAhPZfAZNDuqao16BRg711pH8iE0lk-uIQBvD26H0jtHaXdxAhNFLBU73hYEJGYzjpV4RqlvpEFQoLTebyKe7DAlsqxH_jIjnYuRUGLq16Ip1_fL/s1600/blogger-comments.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYtxEUyvHC0sJZemIVtY3-qpBOJ3jsDAhPZfAZNDuqao16BRg711pH8iE0lk-uIQBvD26H0jtHaXdxAhNFLBU73hYEJGYzjpV4RqlvpEFQoLTebyKe7DAlsqxH_jIjnYuRUGLq16Ip1_fL/s200/blogger-comments.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="heads"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Button Features</b></span>.</div>this button is presented by Rebuzzthis.com and it comes with<br /><ul><li class="single">14 Different styles for the Google buzz button</li><li class="single">With live buzz counter.</li><li class="single">very easy to add to your <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2">blog</span>.</li></ul><div align="center"><img alt="Google Buzz Button With A Counter styles" class="postimage" height="315px" src="http://allblogtools.com/imgup/1-2010/google-buzz-counter-2.jpg" title="Google Buzz Button With A Counter styles" width="400px" /></div><div class="heads"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>How To Add The Button To Your Blog.</b></span></div><strong>First</strong>, you have to get your button code to add it to your blog, so we have to go to <a href="http://www.allblogtools.com/Demo/demo.html?iframe=http://www.rebuzzthis.com/get_button.php" target="_blank">this page</a>,<br />And in <strong>Step 1: Choose a button style</strong> choose your favorite button style and color.<br />In <strong>Step 2: Where do you want to put your button?</strong> Choose blogger. then click <strong>Get your code</strong>.<br /><strong>Second</strong>, <br />Go to your blogger account and navigate to, <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3">Layout</span> >> Edit html, And before doing any thing you must check <strong>Expand Widget Templates</strong> box.<br />And find the next Code<br /><pre><div class='post-header-line-1'/></pre>And <strong>after </strong>it, paste your button code <em>You can get <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1">the button</span> code in the next step</em><br /><strong>What, </strong>If you didn’t find the code above in your template, The try to find the following, <br /><pre><data:post.body/></pre>And paste the button code <strong>Before </strong>it.<br />That’s it, and now your blog ready with your new button, i wish you all like it and please leave your comment for feedback.<br />Author By Max

Add Google Buzz Button With A Counter For Blogger Blogs.

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The Art Of Writing Best Content

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfzGkFbqbDrTPskbZzlY5nu_706R-70GIzJD9KP30vDOKN2hJLuXhNdGDUZXXFh_suA0Pm1jZx5fu66qpIB69ZDeSLVj3J3F-qHq9rDFTYeYrVmy6hxtD9O7valxUwTFKu5nDmXnFh133-/s1600/blogger-comments.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfzGkFbqbDrTPskbZzlY5nu_706R-70GIzJD9KP30vDOKN2hJLuXhNdGDUZXXFh_suA0Pm1jZx5fu66qpIB69ZDeSLVj3J3F-qHq9rDFTYeYrVmy6hxtD9O7valxUwTFKu5nDmXnFh133-/s200/blogger-comments.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD7">Blogging</span>, with no doubt, has revolutionized our lifestyle today and the possibilities and effects of <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3">blogs</span> seems endless. Blogs have become our medium of expression and it looks as there is nothing we can’t do without blog. Blog have not left even minor aspects of our life to be changed and it’s effects are seen to be limitless. Most interesting, you do not even require any technical knowledge for getting and running up a blog in no no time and the best part of it, vitally anyone can do it at ease. With some basic blogging <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD10">framework</span> sketched on your mind and with original qualitative and unique information published in your blogs, you can even make some <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD4">extra cash</span> out of it with very less effort. But to make most out of it, it requires your true enthusiasm to blog and your ability to carve some engaging content out there. If it is a problem for you, that’s where I’m going to make a breakthrough today and teach you how to enhance your art of writing best content ever!<br />If you are already running a blog by now, you must have known that your content is the <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD6">best traffic</span> <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2">generator</span> for your blog and traffic is the blood of your blog. It is the information people are looking for in your blog, and if you are able to provide them with it, you can have a successful blog running up out there. But writing a better content is not an easy job every time and you have to keep several things in mind while writing the article for your blog. I’m sure the following tips or hints will be a great help for you to increase your blogging quality. Make sure to check them out:<br /><div class="heads"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>1.Research, Research and research</b></span></div>If you are not well known or not confident enough to carve your posts smartly, research a lot. In such cases, what I usually do is I find out several articles about my topic in internet and <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD8">download</span> and print them. I then sped my time reading all of them carefully and highlighting the important part of them. I <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD5">sketch</span> a rough article or draft. Then when I start my actual writing, I keep all those articles spread around me and I try to include the highlighted points. Try this trick. It is very easy, effective and not much time consuming. This is the best trick I use myself to write down the posts.<br /><div class="heads"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>2. Personal, engaging and straight</b></span></div>While writing posts, consider making them more personal engaging and straight. While you write your posts, add your personal touch and tone. This encourages the reader to continue reading and it makes them feel that somebody personally is teaching themselves. Make your post engaging, by trying to involve interesting facts, <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1">examples</span> and <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD9">blueprints</span>. But always remember to put your thoughts in a straight manner so the readers aren’t distracted. Writing in points and help you doing this. Try your best to make your posts reader friendly too!<br /><div class="heads"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>3.The KISS technique</b></span></div>I did not invent this term but at least, this is my one of the favorite abbreviation in blogging. It is the short form of KEEP IT SHORT AND SIMPLE. Yes, always keep your post simple and short and meaningful. Long posts may get your readers bored so make your post compact while also interesting because people nowadays want a lot of things very fast. You blog will be appreciated if you keep your blog post short and simple.<br /><div class="heads"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>4. The title of your post</b></span></div>As Daniel Socosso said, Until you carve out your title smartly it will be the first and last thing that your reader will read on your blog. Title summaries your post and encourages to read the rest of the article. A catchy and unique post title makes your half business done and it is equally important as your post’s body. No matter how nicely you write your post body, if your title is bulky and boring, nobody would want to read your post. So don’t ever hesitate to spend as much time you can with your headline and come up with the best matching title for your post. Take suggestion from family and friends, do some research and use suspicious and staggering words that can easily drive the attention of the reader of your blog and have the best title you can ever think of. <br /><div class="heads"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>5.The more you edit the better the content gets.</b></span></div>If you try this one, I’m sure you’ll really have a nice article with you. What I do to all of my posts is when I prepare a finished copy of my post, I do not publish it straight away. I keep it for a while (about 2-3 days) and work on other posts. Meanwhile I often have look on that post, read it and edit my the post. I do it many times and more I edit my article, consequently the better it gets. It helps you to have better content than the time you wrote it. <br /><div class="heads"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>6.Final Proofreading.</b></span></div>Grammatical, informational, spelling and other types of blunders in your post can hamper it’s quality a lot. It can also decrease the reputation of the blog and blogger himself. So don”t rush to hit that Publish button just yet. Try to check for every kinds of errors and if there are any, correct them immediately.<br />Remember that the popularity, reputation, traffic’s volume and your success as a blogger depends upon how you write and carve your content.These steps are really very very effective and they help you to come up always with better content. So be consistent towards your content of your blog and watch the success coming your way.<br /><br />Author By  Paras Dahal

The Art Of Writing Best Content

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Better Commenting System And Form For Blogger, IntenseDebate.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRexCMSgTgvF6HtSvsSEhH4UMeDqN58Pq1_zwIaxh5gCDG_fktvpjTS-MlyaERob-xEEzn1a9sWf7KI7Mj17d1kpGDrSdcUw7CTPugxexvxikl-3X-H1vLGO5u03DRd8c9xVxlbJw4J_Ge/s1600/blogger-comments.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRexCMSgTgvF6HtSvsSEhH4UMeDqN58Pq1_zwIaxh5gCDG_fktvpjTS-MlyaERob-xEEzn1a9sWf7KI7Mj17d1kpGDrSdcUw7CTPugxexvxikl-3X-H1vLGO5u03DRd8c9xVxlbJw4J_Ge/s320/blogger-comments.jpg" /></a></div>The most common question i hear from blogger users is ( can i have a better comments form ? )<br />alot of blogger users just want that simple form for the comments area that looks elegant and have a name ,e-mail and website boxs only,<br />Today we’ll learn how to convert our blogger regular comments form to another professional widget, this widget is presented by<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_556702133"> </a><a href="http://intensedebate.com/">intensedebate.com</a><br /><div class="heads"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Widget Features.</b></span></div><ul><li class="single"><b>Ease of use:</b>, your visitors just have to type, name and mail only.</li><li class="single"><b>Threading:</b> Reply directly to a specific comment with nested replies.</li><li class="single"><b>Email Notifications:</b> Receive alerts for replies and new comments.</li><li class="single"><b>Reply-By-Email:</b> Respond to and moderate comments via email.</li><li class="single"><b>Comment Voting:</b> Multiple Admins illustration Bring the best comments to the front.</li><li class="single"><b><span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD7">Moderation</span>:</b> Auto-filter comments by keyword, email and IP addresses.</li><li class="single"><b>Spam Filters: </b><a href="http://akismet.com/">Akismet </a>keeps the spam at bay.</li><li class="single">And really more great features…</li></ul><div class="heads"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>How To Add It To Your Blog.</b></span></div>we’ll look through the steps in simple points then we’ll read full instructions on how to add it for blogger.<br />here is the steps in a simple points.<br /><div id="postspacecon"><br /><b>1.</b>sign up an <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1">account</span> in IntenseDebate.com, and confirm your email.<br /><br /><b>2.</b>go to your blogger account and download your current blogger template.<br /><br /><b>3.</b>go back to IntenseDebate.com and login, then type your blog url there.<br /><br /><b>4.</b>upload your blogger template in your IntenseDebate.com account, <br /><br /><b>5.</b>IntenseDebate.com will automatically modify your blogger template and give it ready for use to you.<br /><br /><b>6.</b>you’ll go to your blogger account and replace your current template with the one that you just got it from IntenseDebate.com<br /><br /><b>7.</b>and you are done.<br /><br />now lets read how to do it in a detailed instructions.<br /><div class="heads"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Step 1.</b></span></div>go to<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_556702137"> </a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_556702137">IntenseDebate.com</a><a href="http://www.intensedebate.com%20/"> </a>and click <b>sign up</b>, fill the form with a true mail, username, and password, then click signup. <br />you’ll need to verify your e-mail, so please go to the email account that you used to register, you’ll find a message from IntenseDebate.com, please check it, you’ll find an <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD5">activation</span> link, click on it, and you are done.<br /><div class="heads"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Step 2.</b></span></div>now go to your blogger account, and navigate to <b>>> layout >> edit html >></b> and click Download Full Template, and save your template in a convenient place on your hard drive.<br /><div class="heads"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Step 3.</b></span></div>now go back to<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_556702135"> </a><a href="http://intensedebate.com/">IntenseDebate.com</a> and on the top right area click <b>login</b>, and log on to your account, after you are loged in your account, on the right side bar<br />you’ll see this title, <b>Manage blogs/sites</b>below it please click<b> Install IntenseDebate. </b><br />then you’ll be taken for a page asking you to type your blog url,<br />enter your blog url and click <b>next step.</b><br /><div class="heads"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Step 4.</b></span></div>After clicking <b>next step.</b> in step 3, you’ll go to page separated for 2 parts. on the left hand, there is a sidebar contain 2 questions, <br /><ul><li class="single"> <b>- How would you like to <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD4">install</span> IntenseDebate?</b><br />- Widget<br />- Template<br />please choose <b>Template</b>, <i>( check the box next to it )</i> </li><li class="single"><b>- Which <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2">blog posts</span> should have IntenseDebate comments enabled?</b><br />- Only on new posts<br />- On all blog posts<br />please choose <b>On all blog posts</b> <i>( check the box next to it )</i> </li></ul>and then scroll down till you see a button titled ” Browse ” click on it, and choose your blogger template that you <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3">downloaded</span> in step 2, then click <b><span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD6">Upload file</span></b>.<br /><div class="heads"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Step 5.</b></span></div>IntenseDebate.com will modify and generate your new template automatically , and on the next page, you’ll see your new template code, please see the next image.<br /><div align="center"><img alt="Better Commenting System And Form For Blogger" class="postimage" height="350px" src="http://allblogtools.com/imgup/1-2010/insdebt.jpg" title="Better Commenting System And Form For Blogger" width="400px" /></div>as you see in the above image, please click on the box, then copy the new generated template code.<br />then go to your blogger account and once more again, navigate to <b>>> layout >> edit html >></b><br />but this time select all the current template code ( ctrl + A ), delete it, then paste ( replace ) your new template code, and click, <b style="background-color: #ff7700; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 51, 0); color: white; margin: 2px; padding: 2px;">Save Template </b> now go to check any of your blog posts.<br /><br />Author By  Max  </div>

Better Commenting System And Form For Blogger, IntenseDebate.

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Finally !! Blogger Add The Static Pages To Blogger Default Features.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYoMIOS6nTRcFTT1N9cRD7_xZVrs3boAvD-vhb25pVSCEpnKtnTJNXpFX9RJiOqJYxx1wMZK8V-deUDMIhpHVeVesv1dr3VUgxUnxtY3zQXkoUwphz81uuVQ2k10RpLfaXSypBmNrfg-wC/s1600/blogger-static-pages-intro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYoMIOS6nTRcFTT1N9cRD7_xZVrs3boAvD-vhb25pVSCEpnKtnTJNXpFX9RJiOqJYxx1wMZK8V-deUDMIhpHVeVesv1dr3VUgxUnxtY3zQXkoUwphz81uuVQ2k10RpLfaXSypBmNrfg-wC/s200/blogger-static-pages-intro.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="heads">How To Add It.</div>This feature isn’t available in our usual blogger accounts so you have to log in to your blogger from <a href="http://draft.blogger.com/">draft.blogger.com</a> And not in usual blogger.com<br /><div class="heads">Where you can find it.</div>Once you login to your account in blogger draft, please click <strong>Edit posts</strong> you’ll find a new link added called <strong>Edit Pages</strong> Please see the following <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1">image</span>.<br /><div align="center"><img alt="blogger static pages" class="postimage" height="181px" src="http://allblogtools.com/imgup/1-2010/blogger-static-pages.jpg" title="blogger static pages" width="400px" /></div><div class="heads">How To Create A New Page.</div>click on <strong>Edit Pages</strong> link and then click <strong style="background-color: #6699ff; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 51, 153); color: white; margin: 2px; padding: 2px;">New Page</strong> and you’ll see a page looks like posts pages exactly.<br />Give it it’s title and in the content area type your page content, and then click <strong style="background-color: #ff7700; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 51, 0); color: white; margin: 2px; padding: 2px;">Publish Page</strong> , If this is the first time that you use this feature blogger will ask you about How would you like the Pages Gadget to appear?<br />You have got three options there,<br /><ul><li class="single">Blog sidebar</li>The pages gadget will be added to your blog sidebar. <li class="single">Blog tabs</li>The pages gadget will be added to your blog header or below header. <li class="single">No gadget</li>Manually by add a code to your template. <em>( Not recommended for <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2">beginners</span> )</em> </ul><div align="center"><img alt="blogger static pages" class="postimage" height="218px" src="http://allblogtools.com/imgup/1-2010/blogger-static-pages1.jpg" title="blogger static pages" width="400px" /></div>Once you check your favorite choice, please click <strong style="background-color: #ff7700; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 51, 0); color: white; margin: 2px; padding: 2px;">Save And Publish</strong><br /><div class="heads">Customization And Demo.</div>I’m planning to make a tutorial about how to customize this <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3">new feature</span> and i’ll add it soon.<br />The only option now is to move it from your sidebar to header or Vice versa.<br />To see a demo for this feature on a blog that use blogger default template please<a href="http://www.allblogtools.com/Demo/demo.html?iframe=http://facebook-share.blogspot.com/"> click here</a>.

Finally !! Blogger Add The Static Pages To Blogger Default Features.

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Surprise, Blogger Launches The New Blogger Templates Designer. The Full Guide, And How To Use.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0MB28a1GgoGFSPGjbECxTPRR_wkhcKPa-aEb4WMOk2EIRS_mGpS3AsJd2ef6K6WkRayTXwbkHkRkkk6dweq7LePjKosiTo9LXzBWLxKRdX8qJMZDlf4VXEje8A1k4ZpeyKfwDyxn0phV7/s1600/navbar-share-buzz3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0MB28a1GgoGFSPGjbECxTPRR_wkhcKPa-aEb4WMOk2EIRS_mGpS3AsJd2ef6K6WkRayTXwbkHkRkkk6dweq7LePjKosiTo9LXzBWLxKRdX8qJMZDlf4VXEje8A1k4ZpeyKfwDyxn0phV7/s200/navbar-share-buzz3.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="heads"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>What is Blogger Templates Designer.</b></span></div>This tool allow you to use the new 15 blogger templates at your blog and customize it’s Colors, background, fonts, and use hundreds of images as patterns, Change layout, Adjust width, Customize Links, Footer And Taps.<br />With a live <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3">preview</span> for your changes, once you are satisfied with your new style, you can use it in your blogger blog.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" class="b-hbp-video b-uploaded" frameborder="0" height="266" id="BLOGGER-video-c7693edd53f867b2-5497" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz4u5d77faenwnWoM6xfPiwq-HX8aWwUKYQSaTEn4xpHnGfReH9bBpINtRaucQ-qRabKbOL38w7-uqoJqKwUDiKKs7F_M8WcnMd0k-3EjFk2I4EdAkEjZfvn-DxJEEhvgeCjrY&origin=freet0pdownload.blogspot.com" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></div><br /><div class="heads"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>How can i use it.</b></span></div>The first thing you must have to know is that this feature is available only in <a href="http://draft.blogger.com/">draft.blogger.com </a><br />So you have to log in your account from this page <a href="http://draft.blogger.com/">draft.blogger.com </a>.<br />Now navigate to Layout, And you’ll see a new tap appeared on the top menu, see the next image. <br /><div align="center"><img alt="New Blogger Templates Designer." class="postimage" height="193px" src="http://allblogtools.com/imgup/1-2010/blogger-templates-designer-.jpg" title="New Blogger Templates Designer." width="400px" /></div>Once you click <b>Template Designer</b> You’ll go to a page that separated to 2 parts,the customization area and the preview area, please look at the following image.<br /><div align="center"><img alt="New Blogger Templates Designer." class="postimage" height="350px" src="http://allblogtools.com/imgup/1-2010/blogger-templates-designer3.jpg" title="New Blogger Templates Designer." width="400px" /></div>The important part here is the customization frame,<br />From customization frame you can customize <br /><ul><li class="single">Templates.</li><li class="single">Background.</li><li class="single">Layout.</li><li class="single">Advanced Customization.</li></ul><div class="heads"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Customize Templates.</b></span></div>Blogger added new 15 blogger templates you can start Customizing from.<br />There are 4 main sections under each section you’ll find 3 or 4 templates, you can pick any on and start customize it.<br /><div align="center"><img alt="New Blogger Templates Designer." class="postimage" height="270px" src="http://allblogtools.com/imgup/1-2010/blogger-templates-designer4.jpg" title="New Blogger Templates Designer." width="400px" /></div><div class="heads"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Customize Background.</b></span></div>Once you choose your template navigate to background section,<br />In background section you can choose your template main background and choose your template elements background colors,<br />blogger has added hundreds of backgrounds that suit all type of niches and users<br />the background images are well categorized in more than 20 categories. i’m sure you’ll find yours in this great collection,<br /><div align="center"><img alt="New Blogger Templates Designer." class="postimage" height="350px" src="http://allblogtools.com/imgup/1-2010/blogger-templates-designer5.jpg" title="New Blogger Templates Designer." width="400px" /></div><div class="heads"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Customize Layout.</b></span></div>This is very important section, from here you can customize your template layout, <br /><ul><li class="single">Body layout.</li></ul>You can choose 1 column, 2 column, 3 column, or even 4 column, And you can choose the side bar location, Left Or Right.<br /><ul><li class="single">Footer layout.</li></ul>You can adjust your footer layout from here, 1 column, 2 column, or three columns,<br /><ul><li class="single">Adjust Width.</li></ul>You can adjust your footer layout from here, 1 column, 2 column, or three columns,<br /><div align="center"><img alt="New Blogger Templates Designer." class="postimage" height="305px" src="http://allblogtools.com/imgup/1-2010/blogger-templates-designer6.jpg" title="New Blogger Templates Designer." width="400px" /></div><div class="heads"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Advanced Customization.</b></span></div>From here you can customize <br /><ul><li class="single">Page text.</li><li class="single">Background.</li><li class="single">Links Blog Title.</li><li class="single">Blog Title.</li><li class="single">Tabs Text</li><li class="single">Tabs Background.</li><li class="single">Post</li><li class="single">Gadgets.</li><li class="single">Footer</li><li class="single">Footer Links</li><li class="single">Add Css</li></ul>For every <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD6">element</span> in the above list you can change colors, font type, font size, And More.<br /><div align="center"><img alt="New Blogger Templates Designer." class="postimage" height="204px" src="http://allblogtools.com/imgup/1-2010/blogger-templates-designer7.jpg" title="New Blogger Templates Designer." width="400px" /></div>

Surprise, Blogger Launches The New Blogger Templates Designer. The Full Guide, And How To Use.

What is Blogger Templates Designer. This tool allow you to use the new 15 blogger templates at your blog and customize it’s Colors, backgro...

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