How to Submit Your Site to Popular Blog Directories

You may know the easiest way to get free traffic to your website. Can you guess it. Yes, it is submitting your blog or website to popular blog directories. It post explains how to increase your blog traffic by submitting your blog to different kinds of blog directories. It rates, provide statistics about your blog and give you free traffic and maximum exposure to your blog.
Submitting your blog to these directories is a very good thing to do particularly if your blog is very new one with low traffic.
These blog directories have high page ranks than your blog (since your blog is a new one with page rank Zero). So, if someone searches for a particular keyword,there is more possibility for the blog directory to appear in the results than yours.So,by adding your blog to these directories,the visitors enters these directories containing your articles(when they click the article,they enter your site) and also your blog posts will be indexed little faster.So,submitting your blog to these directories will gain you more traffic.

(If your blog is a new one,then put a visitors tracker button in your blog,sothat you will see how many visitors are coming from these directories,from search engines,visitors geolocation,etc).

Here are a few popular visitor tracker websites:

1.Histats(histats.com)
2.Sitemeter(sitemeter.com)
3.Statcounter(Statcounter.com)
So,let me come to the main topic...
Before submitting your blog to these blog directories,my personal suggestion is to create a new email address for this purpose so,your personal emails can't flooded with the emails from the blog directories administrators,etc.)Creating an email is free lol....creat one.

Many of these directories asks you to register before submitting blogs.
There are so many hundreds of blog directories,here is the list of very good popular directories which will send you maximum traffic.

List Of Popular Blog Direstories
technorati.com: Technorati is the largest blog(weblog) directory currently tracking more than 112.8 million blogs.Join technorati and verify your authorship,then you will be provided with detailed statistics regarding your blog,how many blogs are linking to your blog,(they call it 'authority').It is one of the best blog directory and will send tons of triffic if your blog is regularly updated.
 

topblogarea.com: This is another big blog directory which rates and rank the blogs interms of Unique visitors your blog gets.They start the counting from Zero every week, so that even newly submitted blog can have the chance to rank higher in the list.

topblogging.com: This is another source of weblogs which also rank the blogs according to the unique hits they get.Nice blog resource,bring you lots of traffic to your blog.

blogtoplist.com: Same here,they rank according to the unique hits you get.But,there is a little change, they will give you to place a voting button in your blog.If any visitor votes for your site from your blog,that is equal to 100 unique hits,but there is only one chance per visitor(one IP address) a day.


fuelmyblog.com: This is a cool weblog resource which is different from the ones we discussed so far.You can vote to other blogs and others vote to you.They will keep the top six blogs(voted the most) on the homepage.You can join their forums, read other blogs content,joining in the compitetions and win prizes,etc.


mybloggingarea.com: This is a very good weblog directory which ranks the blogs accoring to the unique visitors they get,brought me so much traffic to my celebrity blog than all the other blog directories.I recommend this.

blogcatalog.com: It is another good blogging resource,you can promote your blog here for FREE,find other blogs related to yours,etc.They have a special formula to rank the blogs,the more visitors,hits,comments,neighbourhood you get the more your rank will be.Another recommended one.You can join their forums,discussion board,groups,etc with other bloggers and share your thoughts.


bloggingfusion.com: It is a new one and not a very big one(around 950 blogs) at this time.But,it is a good one and doing pretty well.You can increase your blog exposure, worth a link to it.


bloghop.com: You can find blogs related to your blog topic here.Have a nice tracking button and currently having more than 29,000 blogs.

blogarama.com: Cool weblog directory currently having more than 69,000 blogs.It will list the blogs in terms of the score your blog have.The score depends on so many things like incoming traffic,outgoing traffic,user ratings,etc. and if you send more traffic to they,they will list your blog in the top 100 blogs.


topbloglists.com: Another blog directory which will rank your blog according to the unique hits your blog will get.
myblogdirectory.com: This doesn't list blogs interms of any visitors,etc. All blogs are listed randomly so,every blog get the same exposure.If you sent more traffic from your blog to them,your blog will be choosen as a BLOG OF THE DAY which will be placed on the homepage and your blog will recieve the whole traffic their site gets on that day.

blogroll.net: Another blog resouce which rank accorking to the votes and unique hits your blog get.

Add a Gadget option in Blogger is missing! What to do?

Sometimes, when you are in trouble like Add a Gadget option is missing in your blogger Template Element then you are disappointed. One of my visitor asked me this question and I then I tried to find out this problems solution. Finally I got the solution.

Last night by doing a little research I found a short cut way to get back this Add a Gadget link in your blogger page elements. You have to just clear your browser's cache. When you clear your browser's cache and/or cookies can resolve a number of problems. On the other hand you may be experiencing while using Blogger or other sites.

You may visit the following link if you don't know how to clear a browser's  cookie and cache.

http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&lev=answer&cbid=-1k6btlq73mxjk&answer=92458&src=cb

If you fell further any problem then you can ask me via comment on this blog. Thanks for being with http://eOkra.blogspot.com

What is blogger.com and How To Blog For Free?

It is a common question I have ever found. I have got many and many mails including What is blogger? from my new friends. They want to know about the blogger blog. Let's get a small idea on what is blogger? You can make a blog and get a opportunity to make money. Many of the bloggers are getting this free blogging opportunity to monetize.

What is Blogger? 

• Blogger is a full free web hosting to make a free blog.
• You can make your free blogger blog without any cost any time.
• You can have your blog about any subject. Like about your lifestyle, dogs name, your country, your journey, your business or anything you like to share.
  
• Blogger is a company that is owned by Google.
• You can make multiple blog on a account.
• Most of the people are now making blogger blogs and making money with advertisements.
• Google Adsense is revenue sharing site is owned by Google.
• This is my blogger blog and now I am sharing with you the answer of What is blogger?
  

Now go to http://blogger.com Sign up free and start free blogging.

How To Get Backlinks Easily Free - Ways To Get Backlinks

You know if you have a new blog or website you have to struggle for visitors and getting ranked in search engine. But the only one way to get up in search engine is getting backlinks. But the thing is getting the right and quality one way backlinks from high pagerank sites is not an easy task.Now I'm providing you Top 5 ways to getting your backlinks for free.

Way 1:  Content is king. Try to write as much quality content as you can that will encourage the readers to link to your site. The more useful, informative content you post, the more likely people are to link it. But mind it, this method can take a while to really pay off because like all the new websites, you don't get much traffic.

 
Way 2:  Write quality articles and submit them to top article directories like ezinearticles and goarticles etc. The advantage in this is, you'll not only get a backlink from high pagerank directories, but also you'll find that your articles are used on other people's sites with a backlink to your site.
Way 3:  Participate in forums, discussion boards that are related to your website's niche and add a link to your site in the signature. Make sure that you write quality posts, don't spam. This will also help you get some decent traffic to your site.

Way 4:  There is absolutely nothing wrong to get a backlink from a related blog post you decide to comment on. This is one of the effective way of one way link building especially if you comment often on blogs. Comment on blogs related to your niche with a link back to your site as your signature.. and Again, make sure you never spam.

Way 5:  Submit your site link to major, well known web directories. Getting listed in directories related to your site not only bring you tons of targetted traffic, but will also improve your search engine rankings. Some of the popular directories to get listed in are DMOZ directory and Yahoo directory. You can submit your link to both paid and free directories and they worth your time.

I hope this article will help you to get your backlinks. Just try to follow on and get success. If you have any question or any problem you can ask me via comment here.

How To Add Clickable Image in Blogger

I'm sharing this post to shows you how to add pictures, clickable images, images which opens in a new window),etc.Let's see how to do it.
Now it is for adding a picture which is (unclickable one):
First upload your photo to any free image hosting site like photobucket.com. You can upload your photo in any site. They will provide an url (link) directly to the photo.Take a note of the url and use the code below replacing the url( from http to jpg) in the code to your original one.(Set your own dimensions to suite your needs)

<img src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc286/7kranthiswaroop/john1.jpg" alt="john cena" width="160" height="134" />

The image looks like this (unclick-able)

Now it is for adding a picture which is  click-able:
Here is the code to add a clickable image(open in the same window)

<a href="http://premiumadmin.blogspot.com/"><img src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc286/7kranthiswaroop/john1.jpg" alt="john cena" width="160" height="134" border="0" /></a>

In the above code, premiumadmin.blogspot.com is the target url (replace that url with your desired target url) and the image url aswell (set your own image dimensions).
The output image will looks like this

Now it is for adding a picture which is click-able and opens in new window:
Here is the code for it

<a href="http://premiumadmin.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc286/7kranthiswaroop/john1.jpg" alt="john cena" width="160" height="134" border="0" /></a>

The output image looks like

(click on the images if you want to test)

If you want to add the pictures in sidebar,sign into your blogger account > add a page element > html/javascript > paste the code and save the changes.

If you have any question or any problem you can ask your questions via comments and get the answers.

How To Add Popular Post Widget on Blogger Blogs

How To Add Popular Post Widget on Blogger - Popular post Widget on blogger blogs is a nice arrangement of main or interesting posts which are mostly viewed by the visitors. It helps to know the visitors about the most wanted and popular posts so that they can save their time. Through some easy steps we can Add Popular Post Widget on Blogger Blogs.

Steps to follow:

Log in to Blogger > Go to Layout -> Add a Gadget -> HTML/JavaScript

Now copy and paste this code in to the widget:
Widget Style #1

<script type="text/javascript">
function pipeCallback(obj) {
document.write('<ul style="text-transform: capitalize;">');
var i;
for (i = 0; i < obj.count ; i++)
{
var href = "'" + obj.value.items[i].link + "'";
var item = "<li>" + "<a href=" + href + ">" + obj.value.items[i].title + "</a> </li>";
document.write(item);
}
document.write('</ul>');
}
</script>
<script src="http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_render=json&_callback=pipeCallback&_id=28a6afad7c6ba1288c1b738277e42385&url=http%3A%2F%2FYOUR_BLOG_ADDRESS_HERE_WITHOUT_http://&num=10" type="text/javascript"></script>
<a href="http://bloggerstop.net" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Popular Posts Widget</span></a>

NOTE: REPLACE everything in RED color in the code above with your blog's address without typing http://

The above code displays 10 posts, you can change it by editing the number being displayed in blue !

The above widget code, displays the links/titles like this:

Post one (18)
Post two (14) etc.

If you want to display them like this:

Post one (18 comments)
Post two (14 comments),

then use this code :

Widget Style #2

<script type="text/javascript">
function pipeCallback(obj) {
document.write('<ol style="text-transform: capitalize;">');
var i;
for (i = 0; i < obj.count ; i++)
{
var href = "'" + obj.value.items[i].link + "'";
var item = "<li>" + "<a href=" + href + ">" + obj.value.items[i].title + "</a> </li>";
document.write(item);
}
document.write('</ol>');
}
</script>
<script src="http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_render=json&_callback=pipeCallback&_id=ML4p0UfW3RGgS7iN1JzWFw&url=http%3A%2F%2FYOUR_BLOG_ADDRESS_WITHOUT_http://&num=10" type="text/javascript"></script>
<span style="gt;Widget by <a href="http://www.bloggerstop.net">Blogger Widgets </a></span>

And in case, you want to display the popular posts without the number of comments, use this code:
Widget Style #3

<script type="text/javascript">
function pipeCallback(obj) {
document.write('<ol style="text-transform: capitalize;">');
var i;
for (i = 0; i < obj.count ; i++)
{
var href = "'" + obj.value.items[i].link + "'";
var item = "<li>" + "<a href=" + href + ">" + obj.value.items[i].title + "</a> </li>";
document.write(item);
}
document.write('</ol>');
}
</script>
<script src="http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_render=json&_callback=pipeCallback&_id=097d1b822fc6f356d8376802a911036b&url=http%3A%2F%2FYOUR_BLOG_ADDRESS_WITHOUT_http://&num=10" type="text/javascript"></script>
<span style="gt;Widget by <a href="http://www.bloggerstop.net">Blogger Widgets </a></span>

P.S. : Please do not remove the footer link...

How to add favicon in blogger manually - Easy Tips

Adding Favicon in your blogger blog is so easy. First of all create a favicon and learn what is favicon. You know that favicon is a little icon that appears next to the web addresses, like the one you see above? When you visit the sites or bookmark them, these icons will make these URLs stand out. These are “Favicons” or “Favorite Icons”.

First of all make a icon with a software or you can use online favicon maker website to generator your icon free. Generate your favicon and then download in your PC on desktop. The only method to use will be to upload the icon into some web folder, and create a link. You can read about using free hosts like Google Page Creator and Google Groups. We have also a rather comprehensive list of free Image Hosts and File Hosting Services in our article on Manage Blogger Image Storage Space. Check out those sites and choose one that is fast, reliable and allows uploading of .ico files. But I always prefer Googele Picasaweb. So, if you are logged in you can visit this site: http://www.picasaweb.google.com/
Now, Here Upload your Favicon Icon. Click on the Icon and grab the url of the icon (To get Image URL right click and choose View Image. Now copy the url.)

Once you have done that, take note of the URL of your icon. If you are using Google Page Creator, hovering your mouse over the link, you will see that the file is stored under a directory which looks like this http://yourname.googlepages.com/iconname.ico
where “yourname” is your Gmail account name, and “iconname” is the file name. Copy this URL.

Go back to your Blogger dashboard and under the Template tab, go to “Edit HTML”. Near the top you will see a line like this:-

<title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title>

Update: Copy and insert the following code below the line:-

<link href='URL of your icon file' rel='shortcut icon' type='image/vnd.microsoft.icon'/>

Inserting this will also work but the former is preferred:-

<link href='URL of your icon file' rel='shortcut icon' type='image/x-icon'/>

Remember to type in the “URL of your icon file”.

Save the template. When you refresh your blog site, you should see your nice little Favicon next to the blog address.


Other image types: The .ico image format has been used by many but you can also create an image under the .png or .gif format. Ensure that the size of the image is either 16x16 pixels or 32x32 pixels.

If you have a PNG format image, the link to insert is:-

<link href='URL of your icon file' rel='shortcut icon' type='image/png'/>

If it is a GIF format image, the link is:-

<link href='URL of your icon file' rel='shortcut icon' type='image/gif'/>

External Domain:  For those who have hosted sites in external domains, insert the link in the root directory as well. Otherwise, you can upload the file into the root directory and name it favicon.ico

As an example, if your domain name is www.domain.com, the URL of the favicon will be www.domain.com/favicon.ico

This method is not preferred but a number of browser versions are able to process the icon. Since we do not have external domains to try out this alternative, you may want to see if it works for you.

Compatibility: While you can see the Favicon in Mozilla Firefox, many have problems seeing the Favicon in Internet Explorer. This is a known problem and has been a sore point with many IE users. In some versions of IE, bookmarking the site will display the Favicon. This is not necessarily so in IE7 that we are using. In fact, when we bookmarked the highly popular search engine sites, their Favicons don't show in our IE bookmarks too although they show well in Firefox. Perhaps this is one more reason to download Mozilla Firefox if you have not already done so.

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