Google+ tab Included in Blogger Dashboard

Socialize and grow your blog with Google+

Today a new “Google+” tab has been added by blogger so you now have a central place to start growing your blog with Google+. This means you can now:

Notify followers when you publish, and let them recommend your content
Each time you post on your blog, Blogger show you a Google+ share box to let you notify followers that you have new blog content.  If they like what you share, followers can +1 or reshare your post to their own friends on Google+. This ripple effect exposes links to your content to a wider audience.

Build enduring connections with your audience

Adding the Google+ gadget to your blog makes it easy for people to add your profile or page to their circles when they like something you’ve published. Forming connections with readers that last after they've left your blog is essential.  

To get started, click the “Google+” tab in the Blogger dashboard and then the “Upgrade” button. If you’ve already upgraded to Google+, Blogger will help you associate your blog with your profile or page.

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Custom Permalink For Posts Introduced by Blogger

What Really Custom Permalink is? This is the new Feature Introduced by Blogger and its really a SEO friendly


A permalink (permanent link) is a URL that points to a specific blog or forum entry after it has passed from the front page to the archives. Permalinks are often simply stated so as to be human-readable


Using this Feature we can change the URL of the Blog according to our Requirement. WordPress had this feature a long ago but Blogger never focused on this feature ever in recent times but now it seems like blogger is intending to make this year as a SEO year because this Feature is a SEO friendly feature


How to use this Feature:


First go to the New Post and after completing your post go to POST SETTINGS there you find the Permalink option click it

. There you are going to find two options:


1. Automatic URL (In this Option URL is automatically Produced by Blogger )
2. Custom URL (In this Option Blogger allows you to create URL Yourself according to your need it will allow you to enter alphabets, hyphens and underscores. It will just ignore underscores. So I just used a combination of hyphens and alphabets to create my post permalink)


and after creating your desired URL click the DONE button and Publish Your Post


The Final Permalink will go like:


http://yourblogaddress/yyyy/mm/the custom URL that you specified




Note : Blogger doesn’t allow you to modify the Permalinks of old posts but you can make use of this new feature on your new posts  There seems to be no limit to the length of this Custom URL at the moment but Blogger might impose some length limit in future.

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How hackers hack Facebook Account & How to stop them?

Facebook is, undoubtedly, the most popular social networking website with more than 500 million active users. Due to its popularity, many hackers (or should I say crackers?) are actively involved in hacking Facebook accounts of unsuspecting users. This article outlines the many strategies that such hackers use to gain access to Facebook accounts of hundreds of users each day and how you can stop them from hacking your account.

Facebook is one of the prime target of hackers!

Email Address Hack

I have always been puzzled by Facebook's leniency in this matter. All a hacker needs to do is know your email address and he will be displayed  a confirmation showing your name even if he enters the wrong password. How easily a hacker can then hack your Facebook account if he 'guesses' your password (if you use a weak password) or answers your security question! This is something I hope Facebook improves on quickly. Until Facebook does so, here are some tricks you can use to protect yourself from this vulnerability.

How to safeguard your Email Address?
Just follow these steps:-

1. Hide your Email Address from everyone by going to Edit Profile>Contact Information>Clicking on the icon beside your email address> checking 'Only Me'.
2. Change your primary email address to a one that is only known to you by going to Account Settings>Email> and changing your primary email to the new one (known only to you) and removing your previous email address.
3. For additional security, when in Account Settings, check 'Secure browsing' and 'Send me an email when a new computer or mobile device logs into this account' and click Save.

A hacker at work!

Phishing

Phishing is one of the easiest ways to trick users into giving out their login credentials. All a hacker does is setup a webpage similar in design to that of the Facebook homepage, attach a server sided script to track the username and password entered and store it in a log. Sending people emails stating that someone tagged a photo of them on Facebook in the same format as Facebook and giving a link below to the phishing website further reduces the chances of it being detected as a fake. Sometimes, spam Facebook apps, like those promising to tell who viewed your Facebook profile, automatically post links to phishing websites. A new trend amongst phishers is creating Facebook look-a-like widgets for stealing user's login credentials.

How to prevent yourself from being phished?
At all costs, avoid clicking on suspicious links. Moreover, always check the URL in the address bar before signing in. Avoid logging in through various "Facebook widgets" offered by websites and blogs. Instead, use Facebook's homepage to sign in. Always try to use Safe Search while searching. If you do manage to get phished, report the website so that others may get a warning before visiting it.

Keylogging through Keyloggers

Keylogger is a type of computer virus that tracks key strokes. Keyloggers can be installed remotely on a computer system by a cracker to record all the activity that is going on the victim's computer. Keylogging gets more easy if the hacker has physical access to the victim's computer.

How to stop keyloggers?
Install a good antivirus and update it frequently. Do not click on suspicious links and avoid downloading illegal software. Also, avoid installing free toolbars and other such spam software. Always scan third-person's flash and pen drives before using them on your computer.

Social Engineering

Social engineering involves using any trick to fool the user into making himself vulnerable to exploits. This could involve anything from sending spoof emails, pretending to be from Facebook, telling you to change your password to 12345678 to a hacker maliciously getting out the answer to your Security Question in a friendly chat or discussion.

How to prevent yourself from being socially engineered?
Stay aware during chats and discussions. Use a tough security question, preferably one whose answer you would never disclose to anyone. Moreover, Facebook, or any other company for that matter, will never ask you to change your password to 12345678 or do something as silly as asking you to send out your login details to prove that you are an active user. Always think before taking actions and your e-life on Facebook will be safe from hackers looking to hack Facebook accounts.

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Use Long tail Keywords to Increase Blog Traffic

Keyword research is one of the fundamental parts of any search engine optimization strategy. Before you start trying to get to the top of the search rankings, you have to decide which search terms you want to rank well for. Ideally they should be relevant to your topic, so searchers find what they were looking for, popular enough to bring in a good stream of traffic, but not so competitive that ranking well is impossible. 

Most bloggers and webmasters who do keyword research aim to find opportunities where the search term is fairly popular, but not fiercely contested. The idea is that it's no use trying to rank well for 'san diego hotels' because some very big players target that keyword and it's going to be very hard to rank well for it, and it's no use putting all your time and effort into ranking well for 'cheap dog friendly san diego hotels' because capturing the top spot won't do you much good. Very few people will search for that phrase.

But what if you don't focus all your efforts on that very specific keyword? What if you do the minimum amount of work required to rank well for that phrase (if it's not very competitive it won't take much work), then do the same for 30 more like it? Each one may not bring in much traffic alone, but between them they could supply a healthy stream of visitors. The total amount of work required to rank well for 30 easy keywords could still be a lot less than what you'd have to put in to rank well for one very strong keyword. 

That's the principle behind 'long tail' keywords. They aren't popular but they are easy to rank for, and if you get enough of them, they can bring in plenty of visitors. 

It's not just a clever way of boosting the number of arrivals either. It's very clear what someone searching for 'cheap dog friendly san diego hotels' wants. If you can provide a page that contains that specific information, you'll have a good chance of making that visitor very happy. They'll be far more likely to click on an affiliate link, sign up to your newsletter, or even just spend a lot of time on your site than someone who arrived through a more general keyword and didn't find exactly what they were after. 

Blogs are ideal for targeting long tail keywords. You have the freedom to write each post on a very specific topic and can add as many new, diverse pages as you like- something that can make sites with a more static architecture look cluttered and untidy. 

You don't need to focus your whole strategy around long tail keywords, but just choosing half a dozen to experiment with can be a worthwhile activity. Pick a few relevant, low competition and relatively low traffic phrases and see what it takes to get your blog ranking well for them. Compare the amount of work required with the traffic you get back (remembering that long tail traffic can be very high quality) and you might find that these keywords deliver a pretty good return on a very small investment. 

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Beginner's checklist guide to SEO

One of the best ways to promote your website and drive quality traffic is through Search Engine Optimization (SEO). There are many ways to promote; Paid Advertisements, E-mail Marketing, Social Media Promotion, Article Marketing, Forum Marketing, Link Purchase, Viral Marketing and the list can go on. 

So why would you choose SEO? Why would this particular online marketing technique be better than others? The answer is simple – it is more targeted, drives quality traffic and it’s free. Unlike other marketing methods SEO does not require payments. Hard work, dedication, persistence and patience are the keys to achieve great results.

According to statistics taken from Nielson, 62% of users click on links on the first page of search results; meaning that having a high rank in search engines could bring in many visitors to your website. Search Engine Optimization is all about tweaking your website and achieving a positive online reputation in order to get the highest rank possible on search engines for a particular keyword.

Where should I start?
Did you know that 90% of information you need to know in order to learn SEO is available online? The 10% is achieved from connections, experiments and your own ideas!

SEO CheckList:
Before performing SEO, you need to be familiar with all the techniques in the checklist below. This is the first and most important step in SEO. No skipping please!

Before you begin:
1. Define your Goal: Why choose SEO? Why would you want your website listen on Google?
2. Analyze the current search engine results
3. Get new ideas and brain storm.
4. Research, Research and more Research! 
5. Create a list of competitors

Analyze your website:
1. Create a user-friendly website
2. Have an easy to use navigation
3. Do not spam, use annoying pop-ups and inappropriate advertisement 
4. Sign up with Google Analytics and use its data
5. Sign up with Google Webmaster Tools and Bing Webmaster Toolbox 
6. Check cross browser compatibility

On-page Optimization:
1. Write great, unique title tags. (use appropriate keywords) 
2. Use keywords in H1 tags
3. Optimize URL structure (Bad – www.example.com/127462374.html 
                                          Good - www.example.com/latest-news)
4. Include keywords on images using 'alt' text and 'title' tags
5. Provide contact information including a phone number
6. Make sure your website is converting leads into customers

Off-page Optimization:
1. Submit your website to search engines: Google, Yahoo, Bing
2. Add your website to directories
3. Write frequent, relevant content
4. Get as many relevant and quality links to your website (Try guest posting)
5. Actively participate on Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Forums and Blogs
6. Use a great web hosting provider
7. Do everything you can to be popular


My personal advice is to never stop learning. SEO algorithms change frequently and become more sophisticated at distinguishing a bad website from a good website.

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Change Facebook Theme Color, Appearance, Skin, Style or Template

Facebook is a social networking site which enables people to connect with friends and people around. That's how Facebook is usually introduced but Facebook is beyond the requirement of being introduced as almost everyone is on it. But Facebook has one flaw, the default blue theme is really boring.

Some even consider it an annoyance while visiting Facebook. As Facebook does not allow users to change its theme like MySpace used to, users are left with no other option but to bear the theme Facebook wants them to use.

However, it is relatively easy to change the Facebook theme to a stylish one using a Firefox addon and custom themes which are available free of cost on the internet.

An example of the final outcome would be something like in the image.

This is the Ferrari theme. More themes are available for you to choose.

Requirement: The basic requirement for this to work is to have Mozilla Firefox 3.5 or higher.

Steps to achieve this: The following steps should be carried out to successfully change Facebook theme.

1. Open Mozilla Firefox and install 'Stylish' addon.
2. Follow the basic steps to install the addon.
3. Restart Firefox after successfully installing the Stylish addon.
4. Login to your Facebook Account and click on the small 'S' button in your Firefox status bar.
5. Click on "Find Styles for this Site" to open a new tab with free themes to use for Facebook.
6. Click on any theme and a preview will be shown.
7. If everything is fine in the previewed theme, click on "Install with Stylish" button at the top right corner of the page.
8. A dialog box will open.
9. Click on Install in the dialog box.

Now whenever you open Facebook, it will show the theme that you have installed with Stylish instead of the boring old blue theme.

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Cool Facebook Chat Tricks

After a huge collection of Facebook Tricks here we are with some more Facebook Chat Tricks.If you missed out previous Facebook Tricks follow the below links.

• Funny Facebook Tricks and Pranks.
• Cool Facebook Status Tricks.
• Facebook Tips Tricks and Updates 2012.

1.Check Who is Online being Offline:

It becomes difficult to check who is online when we are offline.But now there is a handy application using which you can check who are online by staying offline.
Application Used:Online Now.

2.Get Facebook Chat List On Your Desktop:

This is seperate application,Which is not connected to any browser. using this you can have a seperate windows on desktop for facebook chat.Download Gabtastik.

3.Use Different Text Styles In Facebook Chat:

Instead of using normal default text in facebook. Now you can use different text styles and impress your loved ones...!
Go to Name funky and select any of the text style you want from the there. Type your text in the top most box there and copy the text and use it in your chat box .
Have fun.

4.Go Offline for a Particular Friend:

This is a recent Facebook Update by facebook.Instead of going offline to all the friends now you can go offline to a particular person whom you want to avoid to chat with.

5.Facebook Chat Smileys and Emotions:

Now you can directly insert chat emotions from your chat box.

Below is the full list of Facebook Chat Smileys and Emotions:

6.Add facebook chat side bar to your Mozilla Firefox Browser:

• Open mozilla firefox browser and press alt key .
• Select bookmarks and select "show all bookmarks "
• A box will open from that select unsorted bookmarks > organise >  new bookmark.

• Again a box will open in that type " facebookchat " in first boxand type "  http://www.facebook.com/presence/popout.php " in second box . click on load this bookmark >add.

• Now again press alt key > view > side bar > bookmarks>
• Now select facebook chat from the bookmarks in slide bar...that's it..done.

8.Use Text Upsidedown:

Just go to upsidedowntext and type your text in the input box and copy the text from there and paste in in your chat box and make your chating more intresting.

9.Chat On Facebook From Mobile:

Normaly there wont be any chat option for normaly mobile web browsers but using the apps liks ebuddy, Nimbuzz you can chat even from mobile.

If we missed out any let us know in your comments, we want to make a collection of all Facebook Chat Tricks.

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Access facebook on any mobile without internet now in India

Today i am gonna share the superb facebook service which is now available in India, now you can access your facebook account in just 5 seconds without internet. Even if you are using an old mobile phone like “Nokia 1100? but You can still use your Facebook account in India by dialing *325# (or *fbk#) from your mobile phone – this service requires no data plan or Internet

Facebook India has partnered with Fonetwish to bring Facebook on every mobile phone without requiring any apps or even the Internet.

Just dial *325# from your mobile phone and get started, fonetwish provides all the major features of facebook like status update, wall post, friend requests, notifications along with the above fonetwish provides push notifications an innovative new feature by which your facebook notifications are pushed into your mobilehandset automatically as and when they are generated. So, the next time when you want to update your status or post on a friends’wall no need to worry about overpriced SMS’s or a Data Connection. Just dial *325# from your mobile phone and get started.

Note : Fonetwish says that this service is currently available for Airtel, Aircel, Idea and Tata Docomo users in India.

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Best Facebook Tricks You Might Not Know

This time I wanted to place all the Facebook Tips and Tricks at one place and make a huge collection of all the best Facebook Tricks.I tried my best to include all the Best Facebook Tricks at one place .If I missed any which is worth including in the list then let me know in your comments.I will update the list with your Tricks.

Best Facebook Tips/Tricks of All Time:

1.Watch Streaming TV Live on Facebook:

There is a Facebook Application that provides free streaming live TV channels on Facebook.You can watch a lot of International Channels using this Application.I am able to watch live channels without buffering on my 2G connection.This application is totally at free of cost.2012 Olympics are also broadcasted on this channel.

Application Used:http://apps.facebook.com/tvdream-app/ 

2.Send SMS from Facebook:

Yes you are right now you can send sms from facebook.There are no country restrictions.You can send sms to any country.The message sending is instant and takes only few seconds to reach the destination.All this is possible with a cool facebook application.

• Login to your Facebook Account.
• Go to this Facebook Chat Application. 
• Check the below screenshot how it looks like.

• Select your country.
• Then in the next line enter the mobile number to which you want to send sms.
• After that enter your message that you want to deliver.

Limitations:

• You can send only sms upto 100 characters long.
• You can only send 4 SMS per day.
• Dont do any illegal things with this service as it will first display your name at the beginning of the message.

3.Create a Video With Your Pictures on Facebook:

You can easily create a video with your Facebook Pictures.To create a video with your facebook photos go to pixable.com[click here ].

4.Trick to see who is online when you are offline:

Sometimes it becomes necessary to check who is online which being offline.At such times there is a very cool Facebook Application which can make your job easy.Use the below application to know who are online while you are offline.

• http://www.facebook.com/onlinenow .

5.Trick to publish empty status:

Login to your facebook account.Then click on update status and enter the following code and hit enter.

@[2:2: ]

6.How to find who deleted/Unfriended you on facebook?

You can find who deleted or unfriended you on facebook using an application called who delete me[click here ].
This application will back up all your friends list when you sign up for the first time and notifies via mail whenever there is a change in your friends list.

7.Download Videos From Facebook For Free:

To download videos from facebook go to Downfacebook.com[click here ]
There put the Facebook Url of video and your video will be ready to download.

8.Place Facebook Chat on Firefox Sidebar:

• Open Mozilla Firefox browser and press Alt key.
• Select bookmarks and select "show all bookmarks"
• A box will open from that select unsorted bookmarks > organise >  new bookmark.
• Again a box will open in that type "facebookchat" in first boxand type "  http://www.facebook.com/presence/popout.php " in second box .
• Click on load this bookmark >add.
• Now again press alt key > view > side bar > bookmarks>.
• Then select facebook chat from the bookmarks in slide bar.
• You are done.Now you will be able to see chat bar on the left side of your Mozilla Firefox Browser.

9.Post your Status in All Facebook Groups in a Single Click:

Some times you want to post your status or write message in all groups.If you do the job manually then its a time consuming frustrating process and you end up in posting your status only in few groups.But now your job has become very easy.There is a facebook application using which you can post your Facebook status in any number of groups you wish.

Using Multiple Post Application  you can make your job easy to post your status in multiple groups.

10.Facebook Status Tricks-Link:

This is a very cool trick using which you can update your facebook status via Blackberry,Iphone,Android,Ipad etc using Facebook Applications.

There are many such applications, I mentioned few best applications. Follow them and update your status.

 

Just Follow Below Links To Use Applications:

• To update your facebook status via blackberry 

• To update your facebook status via blackberry torch 

• To update your facebook status via blackberry playbook 

• To update your facebook status via iPhone 

• To update your facebook status via iPhone4 

• To update your facebook status via iPhone5 

• To update your facebook status via iPad 

• To update your facebook status via iPad2 

• To update your facebook status via iPad3 

• To update your facebook status via Android 

• To update your facebook status via Calculator  

11.Remove Facebook Advertisements:

Using this Greasemoney script-Facebook:Cleaner  you can easily remove annoying Facebook Ads.

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