Making Your Blogger Blog DoFollow

As I have been going through blogs in the Followlist.com dofollow blog list, I see there are a large number of Blogger blogs in the list.  Blogger blogs, like self hosted Wordpress Blogs are nofollow by default.

In order to get your Blogger blog accepted into my dofollow directory, not only do you have to make your blog dofollow, you also have to setup your comments correctly.

To change a Blogger blog from nofollow, to dofollow, you must modify the template that you are using.  Every time you change the template on your blog, you will have to manually change the template to be nofollow.

Here is how to do that.

Login to your Blogger account, click on “Settings”, click on “Layout”, then “Edit HTML”.  Now we will find the rel=’nofollow’ tag and remove it.

Edit Blogger Template

In your browser do an Edit – Find and look for rel=’nofollow’.  It will look something like this.

Remove DoFollow from Blogger

Delete the “rel=’nofollow’”, and nothing else.  I would also do another Find to make sure you found all instances of rel=’nofollow’ and removed them.

Save the template.

Okay, the first step is now complete, but there is another step that is required in order for the blog to be accepted in my directory.  Right now the comments are dofollow, but the comments point to only Blogger profiles, so links are not pointed directly to a commentors website.

Now, we will setup the comments to allow commentors to point to their website.

Go to “Settings”, then “Comments”.  Under “Who Can Comment?”, select “Anyone – Includes Anonymous Users” like below.

DoFollow Blogger Comments

Save the settings.  Now, when someone attempts to leave a comment, they will have the option to comment using a Name/URL, see below.  Any Blogger blog that does not have the Name/URL option, along with not being dofollow, will not be approved.

Blogger DoFollow Comments

Making Your Blogger Blog DoFollow

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My previous post made some sense that how we can become a successful blogger. Internet users are creating contents contineously and want to make blogs full. Contents are king but without any promotion you can't come on the top. So, your have to promote your website via various ways. In order to make a success in blogging the quality of content is very important. However, only content cannot help in making a blog popular. You need to know about various successful tools for blog promotion. Internet is full of a large number of blog promotion tools and websites. Here are a few tools which you can use for promoting your blog.

1. MyBlogLog

You might have heard about this service before. This service is offered by Yahoo for blog promotion. Here, you would be able to meet a large number of bloggers and you can ask them to visit and join your blog. You may leave your comments on other people blogs and they will return the favor. It is a trusted method for blog promotion. However, a person can send only 15 messages in 24 hours if he is using MyBlogLog.

2. Technorati

Numerous bloggers have already added their blogs at this website. If you add your blog at Technorati then it will help a lot in its promotion. You can meet likeminded people here. Do not doubt the reliability of this website by focusing on its name. It is a wonderful tool for blog promotion.

3. BlogShowOff

Recently, BlogShowOff has also become a very popular tool for blog promotion. It is very simple to add your blog at this website. You would not face any problem in understanding the procedure of adding a blog at this website. After adding your blog, you will find your blog at the top of the page. Until new blogs are added at this website our blog will stay at the top.

4. Zimbio

Zimbio is another great tool for promoting blogs. It is simpler than Technorati. Wikizines is the feature which makes this tool different from others. Wikizines refer to magazines that can be edited and created by anyone. Google picks up wikizines in a very short time. Therefore, bloggers love to use Zimbio for promoting their blog.

5. Facebook

Facebook can be used to connect with anyone anywhere in the world. A large number of people use facebook at present. You can update your status with information about your blog. Here, you can also meet likeminded writers, bloggers and readers. It is very easy to use facebook. You can join communities of your interest in facebook and get people interested in your blog.

6. Digg

You can add your blog at Digg. You can add your posts and if people like it, they will digg it. More diggs indicate increased popularity of your blog. It is very easy to use Digg. Numerous people use Digg for promoting their blog. Google picks up blog posts from Digg in a fast manner.

7.Twitter

Twitter has become biggest social networking website after Facebook but to be succeeded with twitter, you should have sufficent followers. Not only you can promote your website but you can also earn money from twitter.

makerinfo.blogspot.com has been reviewed and permanently deleted.

I'm so disappointed and hard to accept the lost of the blog. My mood down to the bottom. I can't seem to do anything because the email from Blogger team said Moneymakerinfo.blogspot.com has been permanently deleted.

So how I got my blog back online?

I'm not so sure if it was me who brings the blog back online.

The next few days of my blog deleted, I did some searches on Google to see if anyone encountered the similar situation and managed to get his/her blog back online. Guest what I found a guy that was managed to get his blog restored after deleted! He contacted the Blogger team in IT department. Someone in Blogger.com replied his request and restored his blog. When I read this, I'm feeling a little hope. I went ahead to send an email to the Blogger team to ask that if it is still possible to have my blog back online. I also apologize for any spam that I might have done unintentionally.

Few days later I was able to login to my Blogger account again but the blog http://moneymakerinfo.blogspot.com still hasn't restored. I clicked the 'Restore Link' in my Blogger account again to have another restore request sent automatically to Blogger.com. This time really works. Within about 10 hours, I checked that my blog is up again. Oh man! I'm so excited when I first saw my blog is back online. I thank a million to the Blogger team.

This is how I got my blog deleted and restored.

If you have the same situation and you are sure that your Blogspot blog isn't violated any term and condition of Blogger, I would suggest you send a polite email to the Blogger team to request your blog to be restored.

Till now I not sure if my blog was really violated any rule or policy of Blogger.com and causes the deletion. Over a Griz's blog, How to Make Money for Beginners, Griz pointed out that the possible reason is due to AdSense optimization of the blogger which causes Moneymakerinfo.blogspot.com detected as spam and deleted. This may be the reason. Griz gave some good points about how Blospot blogs can get banned. Blogspot blogs that Made-for-AdSense (MFA) would certainly be deleted. But how to determine a blog or site is MFA, this is still in question. A blog that lacks of content with a lot of AdSense ads is obviously MFA. But for the blogs that contains loads of content and fully optimize with AdSense, will they be seen as MFA as well? Well it's hard to tell. But the best thing we can do is always making sure that our blog or site isn't against any policy should you use AdSense or Blogger.com to make money onlne.

Tips for winning websites

Tips for winning websites

When it comes to websites everything should be perfect, the development, design and the contents. Far too many websites are done hastily and unprofessionally without even referring to the professionals with their enterprise project management. This doesn’t create a good impact on the company or business the site represents. Web design should be most unique, simple and professional to attract customers like any professionally developed software application. It should be built on previous experience of other similar sites and should be planned carefully and executed with care and attention to detail. Everything matters, a small spelling mistake can repel many customers. In order to attract them you need to have a site that’s easy to read, navigate and browse. Don’t use fancy scripts or dark backgrounds with light letters. Unless it’s a horror movie site, it won’t look good with a custom wordpress theme. Stick to the most elegant and simple forms and you will do well. Make sure you know who your site is for and cater to the target audience. Business sites should be fast loading with minimum flourish and maximum information that’s up to the point and easy to get. No one likes waste time waiting for pages to load. keep in mind that there are many other sites users can go to and remember they may be tired, so make the task of browsing your site enjoyable and stress-free.

Making the most of good web design

Making the most of good web design

To make a good site all the ingredients of it – web software development, web design and professional copy – should be up to scratch to make a popular vehicle for online success. Let’s get some tips on web design up our sleeves today and try to see what we can do to make our website more attractive to clients and users everywhere. First of all, knowing the client you are aiming at is important. Do it for the user behind that laptop, not yourself. Make your site good-looking in all browsers, all sizes screens and make sure it’s easy to read and navigate. Do not forget that your site will be visible not only on a PC or laptop but on mobile phones and iPad.

That's why it must be compatible with these modern devices. If you aren't aware of the compatibility issues you need to refer to iPad application developers. Too much colorful and technological stuff like invitations to start live chats or web conferencing and sign in for a quick look around are unnecessary and annoying, they will make users go away without the desire to return. Welcoming pages, self-loading video, pop-ups and scrolling text are all time-waters, people don’t like them, they don’t have any time to waste these days. Make your site up to the point, concise, easy to read and search, navigate and browse.

Websites that are well-made will surely be a hit with users, those that are fancy for the sake of showing off will go down unnoticed. Use our tips and have fun with them.

t’s never a good experience to expect to see a webpage and to get a 404 error, most of us will just hit the back button on the browser when experiencing such a thing. Since errors will happen no matter how good your website is, it’s a good idea to improve your 404 page to make it as useful as possible, the main challenge being to keep those visitors on your site.

What should your 404 page be?

Your 404 page should be branded

Don’t let your visitors in the wild, let them know that they are on your website by inputing some of the visual elements that make your website recognizable.

Your 404 page should be informative

When arriving on the page, the reader should know that he didn’t reach the page he was expecting right away. Inform him of what happened.

Your 404 page should be useful

If your viewers happen to reach a 404 page, it would be good to guide them through your site to let them find what they want. To achieve this, you can add some useful links and a search box, some will add links to popular posts or promotions.

Your 404 page should be tracked

Why don’t you add a tracker to your 404 page to know what happened, what people who stumbled on that page where looking for or where they were coming from?