Finally I am releasing my very first blogspot template for download. Entitled 'Who Let The Dogs Out' was inspired by Jacob who is a dog lover and I thought of giving him a helping hand by releasing this template geared towards his needs.
Besides pet lovers, this template is also suitable for inspirational, family or personal blogs. I have tested this template on both IE and Firefox browser but if you face any issues, just leave a comment on this page or via the contact form if you're a little shy and I shall get back to you.
Theme Name: Who Let The Dogs Out
Platform: New Blogger (Beta)
Colors Used: Gray, Brown and Blue
Widget Installed: Google Translation below each post
- Live Preview -
- Download Template -
Installation Notes:
1] Download xml file
2] Login to blogspot
3] Click Template - Edit Html
4] Upload the downloaded xml file via Backup / Restore Template
Image Files:
Header
Link Buttons
* Note: If you prefer more control and security, I'd encourage you to save the above 2 images and host it yourself in either Photobucket or your preferred free image hoster. Then alter the code to reflect your own hosted url address.
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Free Template - Who Let the Dogs Out |
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The Price We Place On Love |
As life becomes more complicated and demanding, its is very common for one to find themselves short of the opportunity to meet that special someone or even make new friends. But how much exactly are we willing to put a price tag on being able to achieve this?
A simple search online for online dating would generate 112 million results which goes to show the popularity and more so the need among our society today for companionship. Most of these dating sites costs a bundle to subscribe in, ranging anywhere from $90 to $200 a year.
Thankfully there is one site which does this all for free and it is none other than the dating site JustSayHi.com! From their neatly laid-out site, you can search by zip code, city, state or even distance which surely is a much used feature. They seem to have all the features of the large matchmaking sites at totally no cost whatsoever. Another particular feature I find unique is the ability to see those who are online.
With such powerpacked benefits, its no wonder their database of members keeps growing by leaps and bounds. So get yourself involved today and who knows what the future might hold for you with JustSayHi.com!
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Peekaboo Widget To Enchance Your Blog |
I would like to share my one of my favorite widget for Blogspot and it is none other than Peekaboo from Hackosphere. What it does is to collapse your categories or labels into post summary where your readers can expand for a full view and if they choose to visit the post entirely with comments, they can do so by just clicking on the post permanent link.
Here are 2 screenshots of it in action on this blog:
Please bear in mind that altering your template coding is required but do not worry as the installation instructions are very clear. If you have any questions or faced any issues when trying to implement it, kindly post your comments on their blog for a prompt and accurate reply.
The individual pages depending on your blogspot platform are:
- New Blogger
- Blogger Classic
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Make Your Own Nostalgic Virtual Cassette |
Ah... brings back the good old days when DVD was unheard of but with this cool cassette generator provided by the good people at Says-It.com, we can all relive those days... well at least virtually.
On their site, you can try out many other generators such as Vinyl Record, Church Sign, Official Seal and many more. Actually I found this site via StumbleUpon.com and if you wanna know how your site can benefit from a targeted audience, just visit my post on 'Traffic Soared Thanks to StumbleUpon' on my other blog.
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Free Favicon Batch 1 |
Feel free to use the following first batch of favicons I made myself to beautify your blog and making it stand out in the whole wide world of blogsphere.
Please do not save and use the images shown as they are in JPEG format for the purpose of viewing only. Right-click on the 'Download Favicon Text' below the respective image representation to save the ICO file on your pc.
For installation instruction kindly visit my earlier post on Adding Favicon To Your Blogger Blog.
If you have any questions, kindly post a comment on this post and I shall get back to you as soon as I can with a solution.
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If you like these favicons or my blog in general and would like to encourage me further, a short mention or link to my blog on yours is very much appreciated.
Thanks in advance and Enjoy these favicons!
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Alternative Way to Position Adsense Ads |
With Adsense being limited to show just 3 at any one time, here is an alternative way to maximise the display without placing it on every single post. This technique is easily done with the new Blogger Beta.1] Add a new element right above 'Blog Post'
2] Paste your Adsense 336 x 280 codes in and save.
3] Add new element in your sidebar
4] Position it at a suitable slot.
5] Past your Adsense 120 x 600 or 160 x 600 codes in and save.
This way you are only showing 2 Adsense text ads and have 1 more to place wherever you feel to be effective. You can either add another tower banner in your sidebar or right at the bottom of your page so it would seem your blog posts are wrapped in Adsense both top and bottom.
Very important to remember once again is to blend the colors of your Adsense ads to compliment your blog for a better click-through rate.
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Launch of www.Earn-Money-Blogging.com |
www.Earn-Money-Blogging.com
Firstly I would like to thank everyone for your continuous support to my blog which enabled this transition to my own independent domain possible. Please make yourself at home and participate in the poll I set up over at my new blog. I would greatly appreciate if your blog is linked to this one, to kindly amend it to this new address:
http://earn-money-blogging.com
This blogspot blog will remain to be a focus on blogspot template designing, codings and optimization. So stay tuned as I shall be uploading a new template of mine in about a week's time for free download and usage.
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Moving Up To A Profitable Future |
I've decided to take the plunge and move this beloved blog of mine to its own domain and hosting powered by Wordpress. I should be able to make the full transition within the next 24hrs and will make an announcement here. This decision was a tough one to say the least as I would have to start from day zero again to qualify for paid reviewing but I believe it will pay off in the long run. For those who missed my post on blogspot obtaining ops with paid reviews, here is the link to the article.The other stumbling block is learning to use the complicated but powerful Wordpress. So far in this initial stage, it is going well and am very excited to see the sheer magnitude of plugins available for this blog platform. One of the features I love so far among many is the ability to auto ping aggregators with every new post. Needless to say I'll be toiling away to get it up and running asap and will do a review of my experience with Wordpress on my blog's new home of course.
This blog will still be maintained although with a different objective but nonetheless a very exciting one. The good news is all the investment I made for hosting and domain came from my earnings which is very exciting and quite unthinkable when I first started blogging a couple of months ago.
Anyways stay tune tomorrow my dearest friends and valued readers for a brand new How To Earn Money Blogging home and a special announcement for Blogspot users here on this blog.
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Monitor Your Blog Search Engine Positioning |
Google Search Engine traffic is a key component to every single blogger and being able to gauge its success is just as important. There are several paid softwares out there in the market that does the trick but why pay for it when you can get it for Free?Free Monitor for Google from CleverStat.com can assist in this area although it provide stats for only Google but I find it is good enough for me since the bulk of my search engine traffic is from Google. They do offer a much more powerful tool called Accurate Monitor for Search Engines which covers the other search engines and also check on your paid listing as well but this one comes with a 30day free trial and eventually USD 99 to download.
Free Monitor for Google software itself is very simple to use and the user interface is extremely basic but does the job well. Upon launching the program, you can then set projects for each of your blog and then enter the keywords you want to track for each blog. The results will show the current and best position of your blog for each keyword.
Just by clicking on a particular keyword, you'll be able to view the top 10 results in a separate browser tab for closer analysis on competitors. Personally although this is a sponsored post, I will surely be using this tool as it is accurate, simple and fast. Here is a summary of all its features from their site:
- Monitors Google web ranking
- Supports more than 50 countries
- Supports multiple URLs
- Can work through a proxy
- Exports results to CSV
- Imports keywords from a text file
- Can work through the Google Web API 1
- Supports Unicode
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SponsoredReviews.com Joins the Paid Review Bandwagon |
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BlogSpot Disadvantage In Obtaining Ops |
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Earn Money Blogging Report - Week 8 |
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Useful and Cool Generators |
Just found a very cute site called Fodey.com which offers lots of cool and fun online generator tools. Two of my favorites are the Talking Owl seen on the right and the Newspaper Snippet Generator where you can create an image of the front page of a print newspaper by adding your own personal text and headlines. After you are done generating it, just download the image and post it anywhere you like. Here is mine just for kicks and giggles:

Another useful generator I've found is for email address icon and forum signature provided by NeedaSig.com featuring all sorts of interesting styles from football teams to popular game titles. The most useful of course would be to generate a graphic email icon for blog usage.
So have fun today!
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Whats Goin On With SlashMySearch? |
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Upgraded Template For Better Search Engine Results |
After close to about 16 hours straight of staring at codings, I've finally completed upgrading my new template. The reasons for doing so besides improving the interface for easier reading is to improve on search engine optimization and maximizing usage of ad space. This beloved blog of mine have certainly come a long way since it was started back in 2nd of Jan 2007 and I would like to take the opportunity to thank all my fellow money minded bloggers for their support.Prior to starting off on this new design project, I checked the Google Analytics stats for the most used browser accessing this blog in order for me to plan ahead which IE just pipped Firefox by a very slim margin. Then I scoured the net for a suitable 3-column New Blogger Beta template but couldn't find a design that captured my attention. Thankfully I found Blogcrowds.com where they feature a huge array of templates for various platforms. I finally decided on Andreas08 template as I really liked the navigation bar located on the header which I can make use to save some space off my sidebar but I faced a huge obstacle as it was only a 2-column template.
Since I only have very basic html knowledge, I turned to the net again for a solution and found it at Beautiful Beta. Even with the detailed guide, it was still a daunting task to make it work properly and this was perhaps the 2nd most time consuming process for me. Once I got it just right, I then imported all the widgets and elements from the old template and then start repositioning everything to fit the new template. When it comes to 50/50 decisions, I decided to go with what will look best in IE although I am a Firefox user but it was only for those small details. At this juncture I am still having an issue with the Blogger Navbar which seems to drop down when viewing individual post pages with Firefox and I can't seem to find a solution to it thus far.
With the new template, I've moved the Useful Links to the navigation bar in order to make more room for the ever growing links for monetizing blogs which I will be re-evaluating tomorrow. I would like these links to be of good quality and up to date blogs to benefit my treasured readers so I will be taking down link of blogs which have not been updated in the past 21days. I understand that life can be very demanding and sometimes takes us in a different direction, so if your blog link was omitted and you are back in blogging action, just drop me an email and I will gladly re-list it.
At the end of the day, I am glad I took the effort to do it as I've learnt quite a fair bit on CSS and more importantly blogger codes positioning which I am sure will come in handy in the future when placing ads or banners. Overall I am very satisfied with the new look but will work on tweaking the navbar and perhaps re-designing the header at a later date cause at the moment, I really need to catch up on some much needed sleep.
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Obtain Linkback & Boost Traffic To Your Blog |
Many bloggers old and new who are looking for ways to monetize their blog have one time or rather visited John Chow's information rich blog fused with his unmistakable personal touch. His blog can be categorized as one of the pioneers in offering valuable information and tips on making money online. Needless to say I am a frequent visitor since John update his blog several times in a single day with quality content, sponsored posts or giving us an insight into his colorful Canadian life as a problogger.In terms of making money online by blogging, John is truly an inspiration with his reported Feb 2007 earnings surpassing $7,000 mark, we can all take heart that this is indeed possible in given time with hardwork and persistency. Although I must say if you are a brand new blogger who is in your very first week of blogging, you might find John's blog a bit intimidating and the information quite hard to fathom. After you have dabbled and grasp the basic idea of building a good blog then John's blog is a must visit to build upon that knowledge and move forward to the next level.
The warm-hearted John started a 'Review My Blog & Get A Free Linkback' concept back in late December and have gone on to the current 32nd batch of reviews from bloggers all around the world. This indeed is a great opportunity for all bloggers to have their blog linked to a high ranking blog and obtain a boost in traffic and perhaps readership too. All you have to do is visit this post and follow the instructions mentioned by John to participate. He will then make a new post highlighting new reviews made after he received about half a dozen or so.
I personally would like to thank John for giving this opportunity to the up and coming bloggers like myself who are looking to make a mark in the blogsphere and perhaps one day emulate his success.
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What Do Other Bloggers Think of Your Blog? |
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Free Advertising Dollars by Bidvertiser |
Bidvertiser is offering FREE $20 advertising dollars with every new Advertiser account. You may use it to promote your blog, affiliate programs or even ebay auctions. I'm not sure as to how many accounts you can open as I have only registered once thus far but I would presume just one for every credit card used for registration.Yes... you would have to submit your credit card details BUT you will not be charged for anything unless you surpassed the $20 amount. The good news is that you can stop the program just before it reaches the $20 mark. I find this to be an evil way to manipulate the system but I'm sure many people are doing the same thing.
Surely $20 is not a huge amount but it does provide you with a feel of how effective Bidvertiser network is for the keywords or topic you are promoting. From my personal observation, I believe Bidvertiser strength lies in promoting money making blogs and programs especially with over 500 blogs / sites participating under this category alone.
If you want to take advantage of this offer, just click on the button below to receive your $20 and start the promoting process:
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Earn Money Blogging Report - Week 7 |
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Buzz Surrounding Pay To Blog |
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Monetize Your Blog With Chitika eMiniMalls |
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My Z-List Appreciation |
It has been exactly a month since I posted the Z-List Concept and in that time I have witness many blogs have jumped at the opportunity to participate as well. I would like to return the favor to those bloggers who have featured my blog in their Z-List and who are not listed in my blogroll. I tried my best in investigating these link backs and I do hope I did not miss anyone.Earn eMoney!
EK’s Star Log
The blog on "How to Blog"
PC TALK PRO
The Asia Tech
The Probabilist . com
If anyone of you are keen to participate in the Z-list concept, you can do so by downloading my updated list which includes the blogs I mentioned above in text format and adding yours at the very top after the 'blog of origin': DOWNLOAD
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Making Adsense Work For You |
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Earn Money Blogging Report - Week 6 |
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The New Blogsvertise and Receiving My First Task |
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