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ADD RELATED POSTS WIDGET TO BLOGGER WITH THUMBNAILS


Hello Readers, in this article we will see how you can add a customized Related post Widget in your blogger blog. Related post Widget is very important for any website and if widget is related animation then it always gives a very good impression to any blog and also your visitor like to play it and they also also want to see it many times but as we know about it, animated widget is hard to implement via html but we have a new and very fresh widget with animation.



Displaying related posts is a smart way for keeping your site visitors around and with thumbnails it is even smarter!This widgets is one of most popular way to increase to show related post to blogger.After you will add this widget it will start above comment section.The related articles are chosen from other posts in that same category/label/tag.Related post widget help you to show visitor your past and previous stories.It also help to increase page and make readers engaged on reading your blog post.


FEATURES
·         Responsive Design
·         Fast Loading And SEO Friendly.
·         Shows Post of  same category/label/tag.
·         Blog Post Title with Thumbnail.
·         Easy to Install.



Steps adding the Related Posts Widget to Blogger/Blogspot

Step 1. Go To Blogger Dashboard >> Template >>Edit HTML;

Step 2. Check the "Expand widgets template" box; 

Step 3. Search (CTRL + F) for this piece of code:



</head>

Step 4. Copy and paste the below code just before/above </head>




<!--Related Posts with thumbnails Scripts and Styles Start by www.the-geek-guru.blogspot.com-->
<!-- remove --><b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
<style type='text/css'>
#related-posts {
float:center;
text-transform:none;
height:100%;
min-height:100%;
padding-top:5px;
padding-left:5px;
}

#related-posts h2{
font-size: 18px;
letter-spacing: 2px;
font-weight: bold;
text-transform: none;
color: #5D5D5D;
font-family: Arial Narrow;
margin-bottom: 0.75em;
margin-top: 0em;
padding-top: 0em;
}
#related-posts a{
border-right: 1px dotted #DDDDDD;
color:#5D5D5D;
}
#related-posts a:hover{
color:black;
background-color:#EDEDEF;
}
</style>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var defaultnoimage=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2zo2zcnpPJlbI_aDcgiCREwXKsYTyfGhnqwTnkIOC_KHLtD8TcVxlYlky65gU24__L60QwAgCPEAx0f98rGyEjUw0kn5Z7csGmzHs6t716bRZ-X4OyhFTMaa7Gu5TcwhSS9LY94SeHCQx/s1600/no_image.jpg&quot;;
var maxresults=5;
var splittercolor=&quot;#DDDDDD&quot;;
var relatedpoststitle=&quot;Related Posts&quot;;
</script>
<script src='http://helplogger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/related-posts-with-big-thumbnails.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<!-- remove --></b:if>
<!--Related Posts with thumbnails Scripts and Styles End-->


Note:
- to change the default picture, replace the URL in blue with your own
- for displaying more than 5 posts, replace 5 value from "var maxresults=5;"
- remove the code in violet if you want the related posts to be displayed in homepage too

Step 5. Now find the following code: ( Skip 1st found - code will be paste after 2nd search )



    <div class='post-footer'>


Step 6. And just above it, copy and paste the below code:



<!-- Related Posts with Thumbnails Code Start-->
<!-- remove --><b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
<div id='related-posts'>
<b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'>
<b:if cond='data:label.isLast != &quot;true&quot;'>
</b:if>
<script expr:src='&quot;/feeds/posts/default/-/&quot; + data:label.name + &quot;?alt=json-in-script&amp;callback=related_results_labels_thumbs&amp;max-results=6&quot;' type='text/javascript'/></b:loop>
<script type='text/javascript'>
removeRelatedDuplicates_thumbs();
printRelatedLabels_thumbs(&quot;<data:post.url/>&quot;);
</script>
</div><div style='clear:both'/>
<!-- remove --></b:if>
<b:if cond='data:blog.url == data:blog.homepageUrl'><b:if cond='data:post.isFirstPost'>
<a href='http://helplogger.blogspot.com'><img alt='Blogger Tricks' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpD0yqZY7N_vCcCL-djjRnAWvwvoPBgZMCpAOAZLIF3j9Y7lj4LJpBl8b6bAuGNmBlgl6-zr8DUgaUNAY-Qy9olg42Ob3Jg9xl7n69PwvrVS7IsiQdEdiLfZFAqewboj7DpHXAip0sjzyp/s1600/best+blogger+tips.png'/></a>
</b:if></b:if>
<!-- Related Posts with Thumbnails Code End by www.the-geek-guru.blogspot.com-->



Note:
- change the 6 value from max-results=with the number of posts you want to be displayed.
- If you want the related posts to be displayed on homepage too, remove the code in violet.



Save your Widget.

You have customized the Related post widget in your blogger blog and given it a new look. You can make more adjustments in the CSS style rules according to your blog. If you need any help or have any doubt you can comment here. You can also suggest improvements so that we can create more user friendly widgets.

If you like my work; you can show your regards by hitting Facebook like button, following us on Google+ or Twitter, stumbling our posts on stumbleupon or giving us a link back via the links below. Stay tuned for more updates.

ADD SOCIAL BOOKMARKING RUNNING TRUCKS IN BLOGGER

Hello Readers, in this article we will see how you can add a customized Social Bookmarking Widget in your blogger blog. Social Bookmarking Widget is very important for any website and if widget is related animation then it always gives a very good impression to any blog and also your visitor like to play it and they also also want to see it many times but as we know about it, animated widget is hard to implement via html but we have a new and very fresh widget with animation.




ADD BOOKMARKING RUNNING TRUCKS IN BLOGGER

·         Login to Blogger > Dashborad
·         Click on Drop Down Menu and select Layout
·         Add a HTML/JavaScript Gadget
·         Paste below code in it. 


<div style="position: fixed; z-index: 65535; left: 0px; bottom: -3px; width:100%;"> <marquee><a href="http://www.facebook.com/OnlineFunPage" target="blank"> <abbr title="Follow us at Facebook"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-
5QIHreJnNjs/UVfcvUGusHI/AAAAAAAAFJY/hU52X7HJMnw/s1600/Social-Truck_fb2.png" width="120px" height="100px"/> </abbr> </a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheGeekGuru" target="blank"> <abbr title="Subscribe Our Feeds"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbgr6wZdtUJkOVayEZI6ZG8F-amBwMNpkJewnfH-uHr6IFj1otnKjvAbJl451gdP80SnCcPajYvZfpvLZd42ePTrPhbs9xJmVw2BLjDvAO_bHKaYKMjPaWzFS8nt4b9pc5kSl3xSXcM0a/s1600/Social-Truck_rss.png" width="120px" height="100px"/> </abbr> </a><a href="http://twitter.com/The_GeekGuru " target="blank"> <abbr title="Follow Us on Twitter"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6C_raXNFDylYWfMH352RGpdi5LxA6D2O98pltlxq6bnhSaO9jrxMq-kfURVDsXBJRhpSa52YD3B3lTvc_YSMP1nJCDepVelsyDtP2U9UnFs6G-EnLb2QRSYTfdewOy65xCUqHSbaT2GM9/s1600/Social-Truck_twi.png" width="120px" height="100px"/> </abbr> </a> </marquee></div>



Save your Widget.

You have customized the socail bookmarking widget in your blogger blog and given it a new look. You can make more adjustments in the CSS style rules according to your blog. If you need any help or have any doubt you can comment here. You can also suggest improvements so that we can create more user friendly widgets.

If you like my work; you can show your regards by hitting Facebook like button, following us on Google+ or Twitter, stumbling our posts on stumbleupon or giving us a link back via the links below. Stay tuned for more updates.

BUILD CHAIN LINKS FOR YOUR BLOG POSTS

As we all knew Link wheel is the most effective SEO strategy. Recently after panda update Google is giving more priority to content,  so link wheel technique if not implemented correctly will not improve your SERPS.



Making Link Wheel Work Effective
A week before I tried with link wheel technique and got a great change in SERPs (for my client sites) only in two days. Here I would like to share important tips.
I know many of us are lazy to read long articles, so I will make it easy by highlighting it in points.
Selecting Web2.0 and Article Directory Sites For Link Wheel Sites
Before starting collect few good web2.o sites and article  directories. Make sure article directories you selected are auto approved article directories.
Here is my list of sites which I used recently to get rankings all these are auto approve sites. These are fast indexing sites.
§  Jimdo.com

Note : Make sure that you add article directories in the middle of web 2.0 sites. For instances
Blogspot.com –> Ideamarketers.com –> WordPress.com –> Goarticles.com –> Wikispaces.com –> Gather.com –> Blogspot.com
For best results make big link wheel with 9 to 10  sites and book mark these sites.
Article Content in Link Wheel
As I said above in first paragraph after panda update content became more important I recommend to use different articles for all the link wheel sites. I know it is very tough but it shall show long lasting results.
Any way you can try spinning the articles with TheBestSpinner tool.
How I did this?
I selected 9 link wheel sites from this list and took two articles spun using the BestSpinner tool two articles and used those articles in alternative sites, pinged it in pingomatic.com converted link to Rss with Feedburner and submitted to RSS sites.

To long last SERPs try with different web2.0 sites and different articles directory sites. Regularly update blogs to increase link authority.


How To Add Alexa Widget In Blogger Blog

Hello Readers, in this article we will learn how to put a  Alexa Widget in your blogger blog. You can put this widget in any JavaScript enabled webpage. 

Alexa Rank

  1. Login To Blogger Account.
  2. Click Blog Title → Layout → Add a Gadget → HTML/Javascript.
  3. Copy/Paste Following Code In Content Box.
 <script type='text/javascript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=thegeekguru'/>

Replace thegeekguru.tk With Your Blog URL

Click Save Button And You Are Done.


Benefits Of Adding Alexa Widget

  • This Widget Will Count Every Visit To Your Blog Like Alexa Toolbar And Help You To Boost Alexa Ranking.
  • These Days Most Advertisers Check Alexa Rank. So, This Widget Will Help You To Attract Advertisers.

Check our Blogging tips-TricksSEOWIDGETS Gallary to enhance your BLOG.

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HOW TO ADD TWITTER FOLLOW BOX TO BLOGGER

Hello Readers, in this article we will learn how to put a twitter follow box similar to the Facebook like box in your blogger blog. You can put this widget in any JavaScript enabled webpage. Social networking websites have become a vital part of blogging these days. One such micro blogging-cum-social networking website is twitter. Today I was searching for this kind of twitter widget and came across Moopz. They have developed this widget which looks identical to the Facebook like box. It allows your visitors to follow you quickly on twitter and see some familiar faces of your followers. Later in this post you will find the live demo and tutorial to add this widget in your blog.



How to add twitter follow box to blogger

·         Login in to your blogger account.
·         Navigate to the layout section of your dashboard.
·         Click on “Add a gadget” where you want this widget to appear on your blog.
·         Select a text/JavaScript widget from the pop-up window.
·         Copy and Paste the following code in that window.

<script type="text/javascript"
src="
http://s.moopz.com/fanbox_init.js"></script><div
id="twitterfanbox"></div><script
type="text/javascript">fanbox_init("
the_GeekGuru");</script>

·         Now before saving you need to make a little change in the code. Just replace my twitter   username (highlighted in red) with yours.
·         Now save the widget code.
·         Click on view blog from the layout window and see this widget in action.


Customization:

 As you can see there is not much of JavaScript code present here to make customization  It is because the whole code is stored in an external JavaScript file hosted on the url highlighted with green color. The code above just invokes a function to make this widget appear on your blog. In order to make customization you need to host that script on your own server or blog but I do not recommend this, because they might have copyrights for this code. This is a 300px x 300px widget and could be easily placed in your sidebar without any customization.

This is not an official twitter widget as I mentioned above in this article, but it is surely a handy widget which can help you increasing your twitter follower’s count. We all know these counts and stats are important these days in blogging and show the popularity of your blog. I hope you get the whole procedure but still if anyone needs more help, don’t hesitate to comment here. I love to hear from my readers and would be glad to help you.

Check our Blogging tips-TricksSEOWIDGETS Gallary to enhance your BLOG.

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HOW TO ADD A CUSTOM POPULAR POSTS WIDGET IN BLOGGER

Hello Readers, in this article we will see how you can add a customized popular posts widget in your blogger blog. Popular posts widget is an important sidebar content for your blog and an important tool in blogging. It allows your online readers to see what is in trends on your blog these days and your visitors may find some cool articles to read. Blogger has given built-in popular posts widget for every blogger blog. We will be customizing its CSS styles to make it more attractive. This post features the complete tutorial to add this customized popular posts widget in your blog.




Popular posts widget will increase the internal linking of your blog. Internal linking has its own importance in blogging and SEO optimizations. We had shared an article for the benefits of using internal linking a few days ago; you should checkout that one as well. Apart from social networking sites widget you must place the widgets like this, to ensure better a better user experience. Now let us see how you can add this widget to your blog:


How To Add A Custom Popular Posts Widget In Blogger:

Part-I

Add default popular posts widget:



·         1. Login in to your Blogger account.
·         2. Navigate to the layout section and click on add a gadget from sidebar.
·         3. Choose popular posts widget from the gadgets list.
·         4. You will be asked to make some adjustments for your popular posts widget, as shown         below:

·         5. You can choose what to display and how. Like if you don't want to display the post snippet, you can simply uncheck that.
·         6. After making the important adjustments, click on add and save the arrangement.
·         7. This will add a default blogger popular posts widget in your blog.
·         8. Click on view blog to check the default blogger popular posts widget.
·          
·         You have just added built-in popular posts widget in your blog. Now we will customize its CSS styles to make it more attractive.


Part-II





Customize popular posts widget



·         Navigate to the template section and take backup of your blogger blog.
·         After taking backup click on edit HTML and find the code ]]></b:skin> using CTRL+F.
·         Now carefully paste the following code just before the code.

/*UT Popular posts Widget Style Rules*/
.popular-posts ul{padding-left:0px;}
  list-style-type: none;
  margin:0 0 5px 0px;
  padding:5px 5px 5px 20px !important;
  border: 1px solid #ddd;
  border-radius:10px;
  -moz-border-radius:10px;
  -webkit-border-radius:10px;
}
.popular-posts ul
  li:hover {
  border:1px solid #6BB5FF;
}
.popular-posts ul
  li a:hover {
  text-decoration:none;
}
.popular-posts .item-thumbnail img {
  webkit-border-radius: 100px;
  -moz-border-radius: 100px;
  border-radius: 100px;
  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
  -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
  box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
}
·       

  Click on save template and then view blog.

You have customized the default popular posts widget in your blogger blog and given it a new look. You can make more adjustments in the CSS style rules according to your blog. If you need any help or have any doubt you can comment here. You can also suggest improvements so that we can create more user friendly widgets.

If you like my work; you can show your regards by hitting Facebook like button, following us on Google+ or Twitter, stumbling our posts on stumbleupon or giving us a link back via the links below. Stay tuned for more updates.


1O KILLER SEO TIPS FOR BLOGGERS

Hello Readers, This post will talk about SEO and how to optimize your Blog/Website for better results. We all know SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. But why is this so important to every one? You will find the answer to this very important question reading this post. There are a lot of plugins available in wordpress that helps in SEO; I won’t talk about those in this post. This post will focus more on how to do SEO for Google Blogspot aka Blogger. Blogger is most widely used free blogging platform, many people use blogger including me for various reasons. But in this post we will focus on SEO; I will list a few things that you can do to make your blogspot blog an SEO friendly blog.



Why SEO Is Important

SEO is very important for every blog or website. Better SEO will make your Blog/website viral in the search result and you will be gifted free organic traffic by Search Engines. A good SEOed blog will be listed top on the search results by the search engine. Do you remember the last time you went beyond the second or even the first page of the search results? People always prefer top results. So I guess now you know why it is important to do SEO for your Blog.


How To Do SEO For Blogspot

1) Provide custom Meta description in every single post you publish. The new Interface by Google Blogger has made this thing very easy to add a custom description. You can simply add it while publishing a new post by adding 2-3 lines in the description box on the right sidebar.
2) Adding keywords to your post’s content is very important. You should try to maintain atleast 2-3% of keyword density in your post. By this I mean if you have a 500 words post you can add 10-15 keywords.
3) Blogspot’s new interface now allows you to choose custom permalinks for your post. Format your post url in such a way that it explains everything about your post and include the necessary keywords. It should not very long and not even a small one is good. It should be near to 50 characters.
4) There is one more very cool trick you should do and it is to format your post title that will help 
your post getting an identity among the other search results. Go to Edit HTML from your blog template, 
Click on expand the template and search for <title><data:blog.pagetitle/>
</title> now replace this with the code written below:
<b:if cond= 'data:blog.pageType == &quot;index&quot;'>
<title><data:blog.title/></title>
<b:else/>
<title><data:blog.pageName/></title>
</b:if>
5) Format your blog images as well. This mean you need to add title and alt tag in every image. This helps a lot in SEO. You can simple add it by clicking on an image in the edit mode and then mention it in properties.
6) Use proper Labels in your posts. Labels should be unique and descriptive. Add at least 3-5 unique labels closely related to your post with every post you publish.
7) Add no-follow attribute to all the external links you mention in your post.
8) Add Meta tags (description and keywords) in your blog template.
9) Link building is very important for SEO.
 10) Last but no the least always write quality and unique content that will easily get up the search results and people may voluntary link back to you. You can also add a link to me widget at the last of every post.



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