Sunday 15 March 2015

How to protect articles from plagiarists

Lot of efforts and time goes into writing of articles. These precious pieces of written works some times  are lifted by plagiarists and are posted on personal blogs and web sites. This act of copying with out permission and credits leaves a dark shadow behind. It cause terrible resentment and agony. So here is a boon for bloggers to check those unauthorized article lifters. By disabling Right click we can  repel the plags.

 

 Disable Right Click

Step:1 Go to Blogger Dashboard
Step:2 Select Template >Edit HTML

Step:3 Find ]]></b:skin> ( Press ctrl+f in Html box, paste ]]></b:skin>      
          and press enter)

Step:4 Copy the following code 

 .post-body {
-webkit-touch-callout: none;
-khtml-user-select: none;
-moz-user-select: -moz-none;
-ms-user-select: none;
user-select: none;

Step:5  Paste the code above ]]></b:skin>

Step:6  Click save template and refresh

Hurrah! now you could  see right click is disabled.

Note:- Book mark this page so that you may  need this code again to enable right click.To enable find ]]></b:skin> and delete the code exactly which as shown above and save the template.Any wrong selection while deleting may cause problems so be cautious.

 

Conclusion

 Disabling right click is temporary solution to stop article lifters but there are always methods to track their activity and take down there blogs or web site using DMCA take down services. There are web sites to check copied articles like Plagium, Copyscape, Virante, DMCA scan. Ones  you trace out your copied article, find the e-mail of the blog owner and send a request mail to take down the  content, if there is no response take help of DMCA services to debar the site.

How to submit a site map to google

 To make your blog generate decent organic traffic, you should submit a site map to google. Submiting a site maps helps google bots to crawl your blog more frequently and find the new content you have posted.This makes your content to reach your potential customers more effectively. If you don,t submit sitemap bots do craw your blog but at slower phase. If you are ameateur blogger you should know "how to submit site map of your blog to google through Google Webmaster Tools. GWT is a kind of control panel lobby where you could control the performance of google crawlers and bots on your site. If you don't want the bots to see your site you can just turn off and keep them away.If you want them to visit your site more often, you can. GWT helps to confirm the ownership of your site that lets the google  to know your are genuine owner of the site. You can monitor the site performance, number of indexed pages, index status and so on explore your self.


When your blog is updated with new posts, you need to tell google so that  google search engines can easily index them. A site map shows the route to bots to reach your new posts at ease. Here we go.









Step:1 Sign in to Google Webmaster Tools.
Step:2 Click on the blog title for which you want to add sitemap.
Step:3 Click on Sitemaps button

Step:4 At the top right corner of the page, press Add/Test sitemap          
             button.Once you click the button, a small box will appear.
             Add the below code in the text field.
atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=500
This is the sitemap code for your blogger blog which you have to add.

Step:5  Press “Submit Sitemap” button.
             Refresh the page.

The job is done, now the google gets to know the route to your new posts and this action of yours will greatly enhance the blog visibility on google search. 

Note: The above mentioned code will serve the purpose for 500 posts, when you cross 500 you need to update the sitemap with new one which is shown below.

atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=501&max-results=500

Congrats! enjoy happy blogging and keep visiting us for more tips.

How to get better page rank

   Many bloggers are very much eager to push the popularity of their blogs higher. Popularity and better page ranks on  google  search engine comes out of some hard work and patience. The tips and suggestions in this article are quite helpful to push your blog to better position in google search list. Your blog can attract potential customers only if it is displayed on first three  search pages of google. If it happens, the traffic flows automatically to your site. The purpose of your blog is fulfilled only when it  reaches considerable potential customers. So, let's start with tips and tricks.

SEO friendly blog


The blog should be in  SEO (search engine optimized) format. That means the 
blog should have appropriate Title,description,meta tags and key words. For instance assume that you  made a blog on  "making Hyderabadi dhum Biryani. Posting the blog with tile as "How to make Hyderabad dhum Biryani" is moreSEO friendly and user friendly. People  usually search for their queries by using a tag called "How to". Starting the blog post title with 'How to' tag is best for  optimization.

The description of the blog should be clear  and concise and represent the whole idea of your blogged content in a nut shell. For instance you can describe the blog as " A step by step guide for making delicious Hyderabadi Dhum Biryani" not as  "The blog is about making the Hyderabadi birynai using Spices, Meat, turmeric and so on.

Add appropriate Meta tags to your blog . These are elements which give structured data about your blog. These are words from head section, headings, subheadings from your blog posts. You are supposed to add the words which you have used in the headings of your post separated by commas. Make a list of about twenty catchy words which you used in your blog and paste them in the Meta tags section of  your blog.

Key words are  the words which are likely to be used by potential customers. You have to figure out a list of twenty key words which match your content on your blog. For instance You need key words for Biryani blog, you can prioritize the keywords in the order like  "Hyderabad biryani, Dum biryani,hyderabadi food, Hyderabad restaurants,biryani tips, biryani making, ingredients of biryani, biryani preparation". After making a list of key words you need to add them in Html code of your blog.


Link building


You have to obtain back links from other  established web sites which are of same kind. You need to take some efforts to find some quality blogs and web sites with content relevant to your blog. You have to send some request letters to invite site owners to visit your blog and provide a link to your blog.Remember, your request will be considered, only  if your blog is interesting and unique. Google search engines trusts the blogs with back links from authentic sites.

You can also gain links by commenting  positively on  forums and other's blogs with your blog link specified there. While doing this you should respect the policies and guide lines of forums. Unnecessary spamming of blog links on forums is considered as threat and there is possibility of facing immediate ban of your account.So think a while and act judiciously.

Frequency in posting


The google search engine bots show much of their interest on blogs which are frequently updated with fresh content that matches key words. These bots will never would like to visit a blog with no activity. So, keep posting with some fresh content regularly to stick on the bots to your blogs.

Write compelling articles


To get better traffic you need to write quality articles that suits the need of most potential customers.Scan through several content resources available around you and compose the article with good vocabulary in lucid style that matches  reading capabilities of your potential clients. For this you need a thorough pre-planning and research." A single compelling article is worth, twenty dry articles", sit lonely on terrace or under shade of a tree and churn out some interesting ideas and jot them down on a paper. Prepare a script and later start digitizing it.

Promote your blog on face book


Create a page about your blog on your face book, twitter and linkedin accounts. Mention the soul purpose of your blog and invite your friends circle to visit,like and comment  your blog. If your articles are really interesting, your page gets honest likes and that spreads the word of click on social media fetching you free traffic on  the go.

Pictures and illustrations


"A blog with out pictures looks like an uninteresting thesis'. A plain text running through the lengths of web page looks quite boring for your customers to stick on. Attractive illustrations comes at a coast. It's pretty easy to google out some beautiful pictures and place on your blog, but they might be some other's property. It is against law to copy and use other's creative work, photography,illustrations what ever it is. If you use them, you may be sued or reported to google by copy right holders.The worst part is that ones google gets a bad impression on your site, it  may not accept your adsence request. So, better not touch  them.Here is alternative way to procure some fee imagery for your blog.

Creative commons licensed photos


These image stuff is some thing like free to use but on condition of non commercial purpose. You can find few of them on google advanced image search option and Flickr stock photography site. Make a advanced search of images with out copy right and you are free to use them with out second thought. If you have drawing skills, you can draw interesting illustrations  and scan them to your computer. Google bots crawl the images which are properly named. For example if your blog has pictures of two flowers. Name them as Rose flower and Lotus flower, rather than Img3434.Jpg or Img3435.Jpg. Well named images are shown on google image search results, that can bring traffic to your site.

Submit a sitemap to google

When your blog has a bunch of wonderful posts to be indexed on search engine, you have to help bots  by showing them the path to your new posts. You can do this by submitting a site map to google through google webmaster tools. A site map helps the  google algorithms to rapidly trace out your new posts and index them. The site map is short code which you need to paste in web master tools console.To do this read the article on How to submit site map.


Conclusion


There is no easy path to boost your blog on search indexes. Making your blog SEO compatible by altering the titles,key words. Requesting back links, showing some activity on forums,dedicating some time on writing useful articles, posting fresh content frequently,submitting apt site map to google, building reputation on forums and social media. All these are key to blogger's success.

Saturday 14 March 2015

How to add Meta Keywords in a Blogger Post












 

Meta key words for blog


Meta tags are key words which are used by google search engine to index your web pages or posts. They are like list of  food items on menu card of  restaurant. If you have better key words there are better chances for visitors to find you. You have to specify correct key words relevant to  content on your web pages or posts. These meta tags are used by the search engines to optimize search results, other wise the search engines may just ignore content on your site no matter how useful it is. Make a list of words which describes your post before adding them on your site. Here we go

Step 1. Sign in to your blogger account
Step 2. Select your blog
Step 3. Go to template - Edit Html
Step 4.  Find the code <b:include data=’blog’ name=’all-head-content’/>
Step 5. Then paste the below codes below the above code.

    <b:if cond='data:blog.url == "PAGE-URL"'>
    <meta content='PAGE-DESCRIPTION' name='description'/>
    <meta content='PAGE-KEYWORDS' name='keywords'/>
    </b:if>

Step 6. Replace PAGE-URL with your page URL
              Type meta description  in PAGE-DESCRIPTION.
              Type meta 20 keywords in PAGE-KEYWORD.

Meta description should be in following format The site is about blogging tips, SEO optimization tricks
Keywords should be in following format blogging tips,how to add keywords, how to add meta tags,SEO tips,Robots text,sitemap generation
You can add twenty maximum number of key words.

Step 7. Click on Save template button.