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quarta-feira, 27 de março de 2013

Google Webmaster Tools Verification Tips For Blogger

Every newbie bloggers, when starts their blogging career might be have a dream to get lot of traffic to their blog. But with lack of proper SEO knowledge, their dreams not come true. Success of a blog or website is totally depends on the traffic they are receiving from search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo. Submitting your blog into these major search engines should be your first step while optimizing it for search engines. Submitting your blog is the process which tells search engines about your new blog. All search engines have their own webmaster tool which is used for blog verification. But, you should submit your blog into Google first because Google is the top one search engine. This is the topic of our today's post. I will tell you how to submit blogger blog in Google by using Google Webmaster Tool.

Google Webmaster Tools Verification Process

To submit and verify your blog into Google Webmaster Tool, simply follow these steps carefully.

Go to Google Webmaster Tools.
Login with your same gmail account which you are using for your blogger blog.
Click on "Add a Site" button.
Enter your blog URL in the box appears like:

www.your-blog-url.blogspot.com

Click continue.
Now you have to verify your site ownership. This can be done by two methods. "Recommended Methods" and "Alternate Methods".
Click on "Alternate Methods".
Now, you will get three options to verify your blog. Choose HTML tag.
A Meta Tag will be given to you. Just Copy it. Meta tag will look like this

< meta name="google-site-verification" content="zuXppNI6Ov58_sKYPYmclkJQGc3rroRIL7Y4-DzGel4" />

Now log in to your Blogger account into another tab. (Don't close webmaster tool tab).
Click on your blog title and choose template option from the left.
Backup your Blog Template before making any changes.
Click Edit HTML ---> Proceed ---> Expand Widget Templates.
Press Ctrl + F and search <head> tag in your template.
Paste the Meta Tag you copied below/after <head> tag.
Click "Save Template" button.
Now, go back to your webmaster account and press verify button.
Once you click on verify button, you will receive a confirmation message that you have successfully verified.
Done!

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These are the steps you have to go through for your blogger blog verification in Google Webmaster Tool. Hope this tutorial is easy to understand. If still you face problem at any step then simply post your queries in comments. I will surely answer your queries whenever time allows.

Education Awards on Google App Engine

Posted by Andrea Held, Google University Relations

Cross-posted with Google Developers Blog

Last year we invited proposals for innovative projects built on Google’s infrastructure. Today we are pleased to announce the 11 recipients of a Google App Engine Education Award. Professors and their students are using the award in cloud computing courses to study databases, distributed systems, web mashups and to build educational applications. Each selected project received $1000 in Google App Engine credits.

Awarding computational resources to classroom projects is always gratifying. It is impressive to see the creative ideas students and educators bring to these programs.
Below is a brief introduction to each project. Congratulations to the recipients!

John David N. Dionisio, Loyola Marymount University
Project description: The objective of this undergraduate database systems course is for students to implement one database application in two technology stacks, a traditional relational database and on Google App Engine. Students are asked to study both models and provide concrete comparison points.

Xiaohui (Helen) Gu, North Carolina State University
Project description: Advanced Distributed Systems Class
The goal of the project is to allow the students to learn distributed system concepts by developing real distributed system management systems and testing them on real world cloud computing infrastructures such as Google App Engine.

Shriram Krishnamurthi, Brown University
Project description: WeScheme is a programming environment that runs in the Web browser and supports interactive development. WeScheme uses App Engine to handle user accounts, serverside compilation, and file management.

Feifei Li, University of Utah
Project description: A graduate-level course that will be offered in Fall 2013 on the design and implementation of large data management system kernels. The objective is to integrate features from a relational database engine with some of the new features from NoSQL systems to enable efficient and scalable data management over a cluster of commodity machines.

Mark Liffiton, Illinois Wesleyan University
Project description: TeacherTap is a free, simple classroom-response system built on Google App Engine. It lets students give instant, anonymous feedback to teachers about a lecture or discussion from any computer or mobile device with a web browser, facilitating more adaptive class sessions.

Eni Mustafaraj, Wellesley College
Project description: Topics in Computer Science: Web Mashups. A CS2 course that combines Google App Engine and MIT App Inventor. Students will learn to build apps with App Inventor to collect data about their life on campus. They will use Google App Engine to build web services and apps to host the data and remix it to create web mashups. Offered in the 2013 Spring semester.

Manish Parashar, Rutgers University
Project description: Cloud Computing for Scientific Applications -- Autonomic Cloud Computing teaches students how a hybrid HPC/Grid + Cloud cyber infrastructure can be effectively used to support real-world science and engineering applications. The goal of our efforts is to explore application formulations, Cloud and hybrid HPC/Grid + Cloud infrastructure usage modes that are meaningful for various classes of science and engineering application workflows.

Orit Shaer, Wellesley College
Project description: GreenTouch
GreenTouch is a collaborative environment that enables novice users to engage in authentic scientific inquiry. It consists of a mobile user interface for capturing data in the field, a web application for data curation in the cloud, and a tabletop user interface for exploratory analysis of heterogeneous data.

Elliot Soloway, University of Michigan
Project description: WeLearn Mobile Platform: Making Mobile Devices Effective Tools for K-12. The platform makes mobile devices (Android, iOS, WP8) effective, essential tools for all-the-time, everywhere learning. WeLearn’s suite of productivity and communication apps enable learners to work collaboratively; WeLearn’s portal, hosted on Google App Engine, enables teachers to send assignments, review, and grade student artifacts. WeLearn is available to educators at no charge.

Jonathan White, Harding University
Project description: Teaching Cloud Computing in an Introduction to Engineering class for freshmen. We explore how well-designed systems are built to withstand unpredictable stresses, whether that system is a building, a piece of software or even the human body. The grant from Google is allowing us to add an overview of cloud computing as a platform that is robust under diverse loads.

Dr. Jiaofei Zhong, University of Central Missouri
Project description: By building an online Course Management System, students will be able to work on their team projects in the cloud. The system allows instructors and students to manage the course materials, including course syllabus, slides, assignments and tests in the cloud; the tool can be shared with educational institutions worldwide.

Search Engine Optimization Tips For Bloggers

Search Engine Optimization is a need of every blog to grow and to receive organic traffic (traffic from search engines). Here at BloggerTipsTricks I have shared lot of SEO tips in past with my readers. Here is a roundup of all those tips that help you to grow your blog and reach it to the next level. SEO tips and tricks that I have shared in past are essential and should be keep in mind to build up your blog authority and value in search engines. If your blog is search engine optimized then no doubt your all posts will receive decent organic traffic and lot of shares on social media sites like facebook, twitter, Google Plus etc if you have added a social sharing widget in your blog. So, take a look which tips you have read and which of them you missed.

Search Engine Optimization Tips for Blog

Below is the list of SEO tips with categories so that you can understand each tip with its value and use. Please read all these tip carefully if you are serious about your blogging goals.

Search Engine Submission

    Google Webmaster Tools Verification Tips for Blogger: This post comes under Search Engine Submission. To drive traffic from search engines the first step you should take is submit your blog in Google Webmaster Tools.
    How to Submit Blogger Sitemap to Google Webmaster Tools?: Once you submit your blog in Google Webmaster Tools, the next step you have to do is submit a sitemap which tells search engines about your blog posts and new updates in your blog.

Tips to Increase Traffic

    6 Tips to Increase Blog Traffic: This is what we need to achieve your blogging goals. As you already        know that traffic is the thing that every blogger wants. Without traffic and readers who will read our content which we have written and providing at our blog.
    Top 5 Tips to Increase Blog Page Views: This is a list of top 5 tips that can help you to increase your blog page views which is very important in terms to build blog readership.
    4 Benefits of Internal Linking in SEO: Here I have shared what is internal linking and what are the benefits you can get by internal link your old posts to new one.

Tips to Build Quality Backlinks

    4 Tips to Build Quality Backlinks: This is very popular post of this blog which have detailed information about all the strategies to build quality backinks in post panda and penguin world.

Image Optimization Tips

    Add Title and Alt Attribute to Optimize Images For SEO: You probably use images in your blog posts to describe your topic. Images really enhance our blog posts and make our content more eyes catching but if we keep some things in mind at the time of adding images in our blog posts then these images can also bring us traffic. Read this post to know more about image optimization.
    6 Tips to Optimize Images For SEO to Increase Blog Traffic: You should also know how you can optimize images before adding them into your blog posts. You must read this post because it covers all the tips in details with examples.

Blog Optimization Tips for Search Engines

    How to Reduce Blog Bounce Rate?: If you don't know what bounce rate is and how to decrease it then I strongly recommend you to read this post. Bounce rate should not be ignored if you want success in your blogging career.
    9 Tips to Reduce Blog Load Time: Fast loading blogs and websites receive more credits from search engines because nobody likes to read those blogs which takes too much time to load. Read this post and reduce your blog load time today.
    How to Add Breadcrumbs in Blogger?: Breadcrumbs are known as navigational trail which helps to increase your blog traffic and to decrease its bounce rate. You should know what breadcrumb can do for your blog.

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23 Blog Directories To Submit Your Blog To

Gaining exposure for your blog is critical to building a following and revenue. After creating compelling copy, titles, descriptions and link strategies, it’s time to list your blog in one or more directories.
There are many paths to building links, such as link baiting or blogroll-link swapping, but few are as easy to implement and cost effective as submitting to blog directories. And good link juice makes for a growing blog.

Here are 24 directories you need to know about:
1. Best of the Web Blog Search remains a powerful tool for sharing your blog, especially since this director’s very selective, listing only mature and valuable blogs. A link from here is majestic.
2. Bloggeries is one of the most respected blog directories. The layout is clear and concise, and readers are able to find what they are looking for in a snap.
3. EatonWeb Blog Directory is a powerful list. The fee, currently $34.99, pays for a review of your blog.
4. OnToplist.com is a free, manually-edited directory that reads the RSS feed of your blog. You can also use the site’s social features, article directory, and other great tools to build your blog.
5. Blogged.com is an interesting mix of a directory and a Google News type site that is fed by the blogs listed with Blogged. And it’s free to list your blog.
6. While the design and infrastructure have changed somewhat over the years, Blog Search Engine remains one of the most selective blog directories on the web. Membership has its privileges.
7. Blog Catalog features a vast number of categories, from “academic” to “writing”, while offering the ability to search by country, language or user. It has a no-frills design, but offers convenient access through a simple blog registration.
8. Globe of Blogs has too many features to list. Only non-commercial blogs are accepted. The site may be busy, but I like being able to narrow my search by title, author or subject.
9. The ultimate directory of British blogs isn’t focused on location, but on the culture. It is asked that bloggers be genuinely “Britished.”
10. Blog Universe has a layout that’s easy to navigate and, although the content is limited, it’s an all-around good directory worthy of submission.
11. Bigger Blogs is intertwined with a business directory and an article directory, giving you access to several powerful tools in one location.
12. Bloggernity is a crisp, clean and easily navigated site. It’s low ad-to-content ratio has helped solidify its reputation as a quality directory.
13. Bloggapedia has an interesting and eye-catching homepage. Readers are easily connected to top blogs and new posts. Innovative categories, a colorful design and its blogger tool kit make this directory a hit.
14. Spillbean is a well-designed directory with categories such as “health,” “society,” “Internet,” and “personal.”
15. Blogging Fusion boasts over 60 categories, including family-focused blogs. Blogging Fusion has an good number of listings, and it also has visitor stats.
16. Blogflux is organized and clear with a strong social element.
17. The blogs at the top of Bloglisting are fun, colorful and catch the attention of the reader. Bloglisting displays the page-ranking blogs, which is a helpful tool when determining with whom you want to exchange links.
18. Blogio stores plenty of quality blogs, and it sports solid on-site search.
19. Blog Digger is a strong search tool, especially for local blog listings.
20. Blog Pulse features a powerful community element, on-site analytics, and a clean design. The “submit” page is a bit tricky to find, so here’s the quick link.
21. Technorati’s blog directory is well-respected and spans more than 30 categories.
22. Blogarama has a strong base of blogs and a solid text-ad system for its front page.
23. Blog Hints features over 100 categories. The site is very picky about which blogs are included, and those that are listed are presented via a visual interface that shows the site’s design and page rank. This makes Blog Hints the perfect site for finding link-swapping partners.
The above listings are a glimpse inside the large and vast world of blog directories and the valuable inbound links that your can build for your blog and your business.

segunda-feira, 25 de março de 2013

Website Development

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Search Engine Optimization
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Website Development & Design

New websites that we build utilize themes and frameworks. This decreases the amount of time needed to get your website online, while still providing a great deal of flexibility that allows us to give your site a customized look and individual features.
Re-design and Update services are also available for existing websites. We like to take a look at what you already have, re-evaluate the goals for your website, then make some twists and tweaks that will give your site a fresh look and some updated functionality; usually we shoot for more interaction with your site’s visitors.
In both new and update projects, we go through a development consultation to identify how your website fits into your business plan.
Launching your site is also part of what we do for you; develop, design, build, launch (and manage, if you like) are all actions you can expect when you ask us to handle your website project.

How To Find Keywords

What is a keyword?

A term or a phrase used by a searcher to find information on a particular topic is called a keyword. Keyword selection or keyword research is the process of identifying and scrutinizing different prospective keywords to select the right ones for your content. It is an indispensable piece of your online success.

Keep in mind that although the term itself is most often used and interpreted as a reference to a single word, rarely have we seen that one word drives the success of any content. Good keywords are actually a string of 2-6 keywords; that string may also constitute a phrase. Thus, you’ll hear the terms “keyword” and “keyword phrase” used interchangeably. You should always be striving to identify and use keyword phrases.

Keywords and keyword phrases are the terms that are specifically implemented in website content. Certain keywords are chosen based on their search popularity, level of competition, and their estimated cost per click (CPC). Finding keywords for your content can be tough in the beginning, but once you learn where to look, it will become second nature.

What are the best free keyword tools?

Google AdWords tool
https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

Google has built one of the most informative tools for advertisers and publishers alike, and it’s an excellent place to start looking for keywords.

Google Insights for Search
http://www.google.com/insights/search/#

With Google Insights for Search, you can compare search volume patterns across specific regions, categories, time frames and properties. This is great for finding related keywords that might not be quite as obvious as what you have your mind set on.

Google Insights also provides you with a list of related keywords and key phrases that people have been searching for on Google, as well as keyword trends. This is important. -Scott Kindred, SafeHouse Web

Google Search Engine
http://www.google.com

An obvious but sometimes overlooked resource. You can also find keywords using Google’s search engine, or test the popularity of the keywords you have selected with the AdWords tool or the Insights tool. Visit Google’s homepage to use their search engine – Google.com – and type in your keywords, one at a time. As Google “completes” your possible search term, based on popularity, take note of how it compares to your desired keywords. For example, if the keyword you enter is “cowboys,” Google suggest terms like “cowboys and indians” or “mama don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys” (o.k., that’s an exaggeration, but you get the point) in the drop-down box.

Because these results are based on popularity, it’s a very good way to find potential keywords and to check the ones you’ve found with other tools.

What’s Next?

Once you have a set of keywords that speak to your target audience then the next step is to write; populate your content, your ads and your blog. Use them on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Rember that this is an essential part of your business’ branding.

Use them wisely and naturally in your writing voice – otherwise your content will be poor and unattractive, the search engine robots will see that you’re “stuffing” your keywords and will penalize your website, and your car may not start in the morning (o.k., that’s another exaggeration, but you get the point).

Submit your Sitemap to ASK

Ask does not have an URL submit feature. Until recently, you could submit your sitemap to them. But Ask.com has now retired this feature and says they will be crawling sites instead. So, the next best thing is to add a directive in your robots.txt file that specifies auto-discovery of the XML sitemap.

http://www.ask.com/about/help/webmasters