Expandable Posts New Feature "Insert Jump Break" added in Blogger by Default

What is Expandable posts ?
A link option to read Full story. This setup avoid loading page time without necessary. Generally this link display various types as "Full Story" or "Continue Reading" or "Read More" or any text to expand.
Various Blogging platforms provides various options to enhance readership. Wordpress has already plugin to post break from displaying of Full story. Expandable Blogger posts is normally possible by slightly changing the Blogger Template.
Now 10th anniversary of of Blogger introduces some New features like "Default expandable Posts" "Custom Labels Widget". To activate blogger Read More option, Login to Blogger in Draft. Change the setting to Make Blogger in Draft my default dashboard. Now you can find a New Option "Insert Jump Break" in post editor.

Type the content as you want before and after the Insert Jump Break. This option gives more control to Blogging in Blogspot hosted Blogs.

Read This:How do Add Meta Tags for Blogspot Blogger ?

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Best Text Ads From Infolinks for Online Publishers

Now Google AdSense is the major online revenue source for Publishers, They own online blog or Website. Google supports Image and Text type ads, Also requires space for place the ads. Infolinks have no require extra space, But high income source.

Why Infolinks ? How it works ?
Infolinks presents the next generation of In-Text Advertisement. Infolinks occupies Leading place in the industry with the most relevant in-text advertising links and the highest revenue for Publishers.
>> Quick and easy setup with no changes to your website or Blog.
>> Ads are tightly integrated with your site content - no additional space required.
>> Free sign up with no commitments or risk relating to Traffic.
>> It is fully automated and fast process Technology based firm.
In my personal view Kontera takes long time to load ads and also Increase Readers Bounce Rate. So Infolinks is the Best Text Ads for online Publishers.

Join Here for Infolinks, if you have Blog or website.

Read This: Technorati's Revenue programme for publishers

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Display Post Titles as Slideshow in Blogger Blogs

Actually Blogger providing display your Blog Feed in sidebar. This limits the number of post Titles to 5. Many Blogging guys like to display around Ten posts in sidebar. You can control the number of post Links to display, This widget is Slideshow Type.

This widget is Ajax code based, Create Ajax Code for your site and Need to add in widget. Add the following code into your blog whereever you want to Display Post Titles Slideshow.

<!-- Begin Dynamic Feed Wizard Generated Code -->
<!--
// Created with a Google AJAX Search and Feed Wizard
// http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/wizards.html
-->

<!--
// The Following div element will end up holding the actual feed control.
// You can place this anywhere on your page.
-->
<div id="feed-control">
<span style="color:#676767;font-size:11px;margin:10px;padding:4px;">Loading...</span>
</div>

<!-- Google Ajax Api
-->
<script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi?key=notsupplied-wizard"
type="text/javascript"></script>

<!-- Dynamic Feed Control and Stylesheet -->
<script src="http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/dynamicfeed/gfdynamicfeedcontrol.js"
type="text/javascript"></script>
<style type="text/css">
@import url("http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/dynamicfeed/gfdynamicfeedcontrol.css");
</style>

<script type="text/javascript">
function LoadDynamicFeedControl() {
var feeds = [{ title: 'Tech News', url: 'http://www.indiamore.com/feeds/posts/default/-/Technology' },
{ title: 'Top News Stories', url: 'http://www.indiamore.com/feeds/posts/default/-/India' }];
var options = {
stacked : false,
horizontal : true,
title : "TITLE NAME"
}

new GFdynamicFeedControl(feeds, 'feed-control', options);
}
// Load the feeds API and set the onload callback.
google.load('feeds', '1');
google.setOnLoadCallback(LoadDynamicFeedControl);
</script>
<!-- End Dynamic Feed Control Wizard Generated Code -->

Important:Please change the highlighted red text suitable to your blog, Replace the text "notsupplied-wizard" with a Ajax Code Create here. See my blog sidebar for preview of post Tiles Slideshow. If you want more feel free to reply via comments.

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Have You Twitter Account, Check Original Followers Except Spammers

High number of Followers in Twitter is Higher status, Now a small question. I scan My Twitter Account and find 15% Spammers.
How many Followers originally Following ?. How do we Check Spammers? A portal gives tools to know it.


TWITBLOCK, A Scanning Tool of Spam Followers. The tool will scan Twitter profiles of everyone who follows on Twitter and it will then create list of Twitter accounts. These Profiles may be fake or original have been created with the sole purpose of spamming Twitter.
No login necessary for scanning, But needs authenticate of ownership of Twitter Account. It uses Twitter’s Oath to scanning process, you can’t scan TwitBlock to determine accounts of spammers that be following another Twitter account.

After scanning, You can manage the spamming accounts. Before blocking analyse to avoid mistakes. Start a Spam free following.
Read this: How do add Tweet This Link to Blogger ?

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Blogger Custom Domain Setup-Error, Blogs may not be hosted at naked domains

I think this is not relevant place for this post, But necessary for high reader view for quick solution (Also published in Digital Point Forums).


Actually this is a unfixed error for thousands of bloggers, Not only for me.
Nature of complaint: When shift to Custom domain from blogspot URL displaying error: "Blogs may not be hosted at naked domains" [google.com(naked),www.google.com (unnaked)].

My blogspot URL: http://myindiamore.blogspot.com, I setup this domain for "indiamore.com" and also redirect to "www.indiamore.com" successfully without error since January 2009. Now i shifted to blogspot URL temporarily, I like to resetup the blog to my custom domain "indiamore.com", Blogger displaying a Error message "Blogs may not be hosted at naked domains" [I was already setup to naked domain(indiamore.com)]. Now i can't setup to the same Domain(indiamore.com).Why?

Now finally i can't find the solution from Web. I was set my blog to unnaked domain www.indiamore.com (not indiamore.com) and redirected to naked. CNAME created for both with and without "www".

Note: My another blog Capital Rider.( http://capitalrider.com) hosted on Naked Domain. Both blogs administered by me, One blog is accepted the naked and another is not accepted by Blogger. What is the Blogger (Blogspot) Technical policy ? How do fix this problem by Bloggers? Internet king Google's Blogger plays wrongly. why?.

Advance thanks for best replies.

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Add Background Image to Blog

Beautiful or Favourite Theme to Blog background makes a Good look. How do add Background Image to Blog? This post special focus on Blogger Blogs. But Wordpress, Typepad or any Blogging platform follows the same basic method to show image in background of the blog. You can add Image to Websites on self hosted also, You requires image uploading to Root Directory if Self Hosting.
First create suitable image to Blog Background, Next Follow the simple Template Modification steps to Display Image as Background to Blogger Blogs.

Login to Blogger >> Dashboard >> Layout >>Edit HTML >> [Backup your Blogger Template before any Modify]
Find the following line

body {
(or)
body{

Copy and Paste the following code after the above line

background-image: url(http://www.yourimageurladdress.com);
background-attachment: fixed;

Note: Change the URL address to your image in the code. Paste the code in appropriate location after Background or Background-color and This is may vary to custom templates.
Warning: Images must be small size(Format:Gif, Jpg, Jpeg), Don't use .Png extension images. Large images may take long time to loading, Use small as possible.

Preview and save Template.

Read This : Optimize Images to Search Engines

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Highest Backlinks May Not Give High Alexa Rank

In the world of Internet Lakhs of Websites and Blogs Compete to get high Traffic. Readers may confuse which one is the best Blog or Website to their needs. Many Ranking websites give rankings, To know which is the most popular site. Here are some Ranking sites to mentioned to check for your purpose. Alexa.com, Urltrends.com, Googlerankings.com. Etc..
Backlinks are very important to best Search Engine Ranking. Top Search Engines Results plays key role to get Heavy Traffic. So Alexa Ranking is not a Perfect Tool to rank sites. Alexa rank is approximate, But not accurate. Now Many Webmasters and Bloggers Believe, More Backlinks give High Alexa rank. This is not correct.

Self Comparison of Alexa Ranking :
Select randomly any 5 to 10 Websites, Check the Alexa Ranking of these Sites. Note the Ranking and Number of Links. Compare and analyze the Links and Ranking. You find Low backlinks sites get High ranking than High backlink sites. So backlinks get no priority in Alexa Ranking System. See the Following rankings and Backlinks.

Alexa Rank comparison to check Relationship between Backlinks and Ranking.


In Above data A and B has no maximum variation in backlinks, but heavy variation in Rank figure. C has only 107 Back Links, But gets higher Traffic rank if compare to other sites. D and E has equal Backlinks above 8 Thousand, But Traffic rank has no matched. Why?
So Build Blogs or Websites with Unique Original Content with reasonable backlinks. Backlink building is necessary, But no high preference. Share your opinion.

Related Post : Alexa is not a Perfect Ranking Website for Low Traffic Websites.

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How do Add Social Bookmarking Widget to Blogger

Online Social Bookmarking is Essential to High Traffic to any Blog or Website. Already Post about Social Bookmarking Widgets, Read that to select a Suitable widget. Create a Custom code from the Social Bookmarking Websites(Addthis.com , Addtoany.com, Sociallist.org) and add this to Blogger Template.

How do Add Widget to Blogger ? Actually has Two options to add
1. Blogger Template Edit Method
2. Widget Style Method

First Method
Login to Blogger >> Dashboard >> Layout >>Edit HTML >> Expand Widget Templates [Backup your Blogger Template before any Modify]
Find the following line, Add your Widget code after this line.

<data:post.body/>

Check Preview and Save Template.

Second Method
Go to Layout >> page elements >> Add a Gadget >> HTML/JavaScript >> Paste your Code >> Save Widget.
Locate place of Widget in Sidebar or any your suitable area.

Related Post : How do add Tweet This link to Blogger ?

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Social Bookmarking Websites to Blogger or any Websites

Traffic is the basic factor to Blogging success. Spread the Blog content to all over the Internet world is the key to get High Traffic. Webmasters impossible to spread the readers favourite content to all Bookmarking Sites. Search Engines create traffic, But no Bookmarking facility to readers. So Bookmarking Widget has plays important role to spread content via readers.
Social Bookmarking Websites not only used to Blogger(Blogspot Hosted) Blogs. This widget useful to all Websites and Blogs including Wordpress Platform. I find some useful Websites to get Widget codes and add to your site.

Addtoany.com : Appearance of this widget looks best and multiple options in Mouseover Display Window. Subscribe, Bookmark and Email options available. readers can easily Share their favourite content.

Addtoany Mouseover Window Preview


Socialistlist.org : This is more flexible widget. Bloggers or Webmasters can change the number of Bookmarking Websites to display in Mouseover Window. This provides advanced mode to Display Social Bookmarking Sites Rank wise. This Network provides above One Thousand Websites.

Sociallist Mouseover Window Preview


Addthis.com : This Website provides Widget code. After adding this code, Readers can Both Bookmark and Share favourite content to the world.

AddThis Mouseover Window Preview


Check the All above Websites and pick your favourite widget to your Blog or Website.

Read This: How do add Social Bookmarking Widget to Blogger ?

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DNS Setup to Blogger Blog Find Complete Solution

How do Add a Custom Domain Name to Blogger Blog? This question is answered in Blogger Help Topics and many Blogging related Blogs.
So, Why New Bloggers still facing Problems? I think No Standardisation in Domain Registration and Control Panel Tools. Various Domain Registration Firms use different types of Methods or Tools in Domain Control Panel Settings.

Actually this is fault of Domain Name System(DNS) Service providers without sufficient Standard Regulation.

How do find solution for this type of DNS Mistakes?
1. Domain is a Asset, So always find best Domain registrar. Domain and Hosting facilities in single place is better(Blogspot supports hosting facility for Blogger, But be ready to self hosting if you Professional or transfer to Wordpress Platform)
2. Always select the Best World Class DNS Service providers for Domain Registration.
3. Don't compromise on Quality Standards, While Free or cheap price Domain Registration.
4. If you Register using any offer, They may not provide best tools for manage your Domain.
5.Now a days all Major Firms provide pre sales support, So enquire all your requirements for your best suit. Be First in quality to avoid errors.

Final Solution :
After you do all perfectly, If you still facing any errors like "Another Blog is Already Hosted at this Address" or any new Error Code.Next Google is ready to help you.
Magical Custom Domain Form : This is a Form for Blogger Blogs to Setup Custom Domain.
Note : Use this form Facility only after all your settings Perfect, But can't access blog through Custom Domain. Your domain problem come to end within 48 hours after submit Magical Custom Domain Form to Google.

Related Post : How do add Custom Domain to Blogger Blog ?

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How do Add Custom Domain Name to Blogger Blog

What is Blogger? Blogger is a Leading Blogging Platform Supports to Custom Domain(Favourite Domain) and Free Hosting from Blogspot. After Create New Blog, You can choose your own Domain Name to Blog instead of xxxxx.blogspot.com. You can setup instantly a Custom Domain Name, If you have already Registered one. Blogger also helps to Register a New Domain Name through online. Read Blogger Help on Custom domain
Register a Domain name to Blogger Blog using Settings | Publishing Button. In this way normally no errors occurred. Blogger recommends a list of Registrar Names and These firms also provides default setting to Blogger.

Following Image preview to Buy a Domain.



Method to add Custom Domain Name, If Registered from Third party Registration Firms.(Following Instructions may slightly vary)
Go to your Domain Control Panel Settings. Next Find "Manage DNS" and Click it. It opens a Pop up Window. This small box Window contains important settings to Domain. Click on "CNAME Records". Create a Canonical Name(CNAME) for ghs.google .com. This is simple, But need accuracy. After Enter the Details Save settings.

Image Preview of CNAME Settings

I typed only "www" and "ghs.google.com"
Note : This takes upto 48 hours to Active, Actually it takes Minutes to Activation.(I checked practically)
Related Post : How do Avoid Errors When adding Custom Domain Name to Blogger Blog and DNS(Domain Name System)Setup Solutions.

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Rounded Corners by CSS Style to Blogger Blogs

What is Rounded Corners? This is a Round Shape corners instead of Square type corner. This round type corners not important to Blogging, But need to Beautiful design. Actually this type corners made by images in Blogger Templates. Default Rounded type Blogger(Blogspot Hosted) Templates using images to Style Corners. This type of images takes long time to load. If continue using this type, May loss Low Speed Internet Users as Readers.

Before and After Rounded Corners

I find many Websites to Generate CSS(Cascading Style Sheets) Codes for Rounded Corner Style. You can customize values like Color, Border width and Many more. This Change is simple no any critical Steps to Follow. I think the following two Websites Generate suitable codes with your Custom Options.

Spiffy Corners : This is simple and easy Code Generator, But unfortunately works only 5PX option. Color palette gives very high user friendly colors.

Roundedcornr : This Website has lot of options to customize CSS Style Corners than the previous website. This site has lack of Onsite color choosing option. So choose best one based on requirements.

How do Add Generated CSS Code into Blogger Template?
I choosed Spiffycorners code to explain here.
Login to Blogger >> Dashboard >> Layout >>Edit HTML [Backup your Blogger Template before any Modify]
First Step :
Copy and Paste the generated CSS code before </b:skin>
Your Template code must be the following style(Preview)

Next Step :
Add Generated HTML code where you want. You can choose Header, Main, Sidebar, Footer or any place you likes to show Rounded Shape Corners.
Actually split the code into Three parts.
Remove the line(This is centre part) <!-- content goes here -->

I choose Main Blog Posts Layout for Rounded Corners here.
Find the following code in your template

<b:section class='main' id='main' showaddelement='no'>
<b:widget id='Blog1' locked='true' title='Blog Posts' type='Blog'/>

Note : This code may vary in some Custom Templates, If you face any difficult, Try based on "Blog1" or "Blog Posts".
Add the First part of the HTML Code before this line and Last part of the HTML Code after the line.
Preview of Blogger Template Code must be the following style:


Check preview of Blog, If you satisfy, Save Template.
Note : Color Matching of Blogger Template Layout Backgrounds and CSS Style Code are necessary for best Appearance.
If you Find any errors or Having any easy method Share Here via valued Comments.
Read : How do better Posting to Blogger

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How Do Show Related Posts in Blogger Blogs

This post about displaying of Related Posts Category Wise, Labels count as categories. Wordpress Blogging Platform has very high customizable plugins for display Related Posts. Can customize How many Labels you want to Show and How many Posts per Label. This is not ordinary widget like show posts without Category Analyze.

How do add this widget to Blogger Template.
Login to Blogger >> Dashboard >> Layout >>Edit HTML >> Expand Widget Templates [Backup your Blogger Template before any Modify]
Actually I have know knowledge about this so Check out the following links:

1.Latest Update on related posts by - Hactro

2.Related posts widget from - Techie Blogger

3.Find related posts hack from - Jackbook

I think the above links are sufficient to find best one. I used Hactro style in This Blog.

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How Do Customize Image Size in Blogger Posts

Original image size gives Naturalness for Pictures. In some times Change of image size is necessary for layout adjustments in Blogger Template. So Image Size Customization is a tool for Best Blogging.
Generally Blogger Platform give Three size options for publish images.
Small Size : 200PX
Medium Size : 320PX
Large size : 400PX
Default Maximum size of images is up to 400PX. So if you upload maximum than 400pixel images display with Compressed. Both width and height compress with suitable ratio, So only change image size not any width versus height ratios.
How Do Change Image for Custom Size?After uploading images to Blogger Posts, Find HTML code of image in HTML Mode of Post editor. See the following Image previews for easy understanding.
HTML Mode of Post Editor

Image Code on Post Editor

In the above image find the highlighted code. You may found s200 or s320 or s400, Change this value into s800. Next step is Customize the Width and Height of Image Size. If you want to show Big images than 800 pixels, Modify the s800 to your suitable size.
Note : Don't try to show very large images. Large size images takes longer loading time and Extra Bandwidth. If you change any major modification for layout, These modifications may disturb for display of Large size images due to Layout Problems.

Related Post : How do Optimise Images in Blogger Posts ?

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Blogger Posts Image Optimization for Search Engines

Search Engines likes text format than any other scripts. So Optimize Blogger Posts Images when posting. Search Engines find text based content for index,So images indexing is based on Text names of Images.Flicker Image supporting is another drawback for Blogger users. Blogging in Wordpress platform has no problems,Have special plugins to optimize Images. So a Simple Technique need for "Blogspot" hosted "Blogger" Blogs.

After Loading Images When Posting in Blogger modify image code in HTML Mode of Post Editor.

Find the HTML code for image and Type the Name of The Image in ALT tag. Name to images is very important. For example display a image relating to Car Technology, image name must be "Car Technology". If image fail to load by any reason, Display the Text "Car Technology" alternative to Image.
See the following Image Preview for "Code Modification".
Before Image Optimization

After Image Optimization

Note : Image name is "HTML Mode" highlighted with yellow color.

After change you can Publish in your way. This trick is essential for images Display in Image Search.
Related Posts : How Do Display Images Big or in Your Custom Sizes in Blogger Posts and Add Footer Navigation Bar Blogger Blog.

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How do Show Alexa Rank in Website or Blog

Displaying of Alexa Rank is a Advertisement for your Website or Blog among Readers.
This Widget installation method generally for all, But special focus to Blogspot Blogger Blogs. Follow the simple steps to show Alexa Ranking for your readers.
How do Show Alexa Rank Figure?
Login to Blogger account >> Dashboard >> Layout >> Add a gadget >> Html/JavaScript.

Next open Alexa Website in another Window, Go to For Site Owners in top menu bar. Select site Widgets in Left Sidebar,Type your Blog URL in your favourite widget style bar and Click on build widget.


Copy and Paste the Code into your Previously opened HTML/JavaScript and Save. Place the widget in your appropriate place and Save. Check the Blog for display Alexa Rank for your blog.


Preview of Alexa Rank


Note:This rank may not show for New and Low Traffic Sites.Install Alexa Toolbar for Best Results.
Also read:Alexa Rank is not Favour to Low Traffic Sites,But have some Advantages.

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Alexa Ranking is Not a Perfect Ranking Tool

Alexa is most Famous Online Ranking Website for Websites and Blogs.I think this is no accuracy or Correct rank based on Readership.
Alexa rankings based on the data of Alexa Toolbar. This Toolbar not installed on most of the Computers. Alexa Toolbar installed only Webmasters or most Internet related users.
Alexa Ranking for high traffic sites is OK.But low traffic sites has no accurate Ranking figure.If you confuse check the low traffic websites.
We can't analyze High Traffic websites, But we can easily rise the page rank for low page view(Example: up to 500 page views per day) Websites. Download and Install Alexa Toolbar in any system,Browse the low traffic website regularly.Watch the Rank rising steadily.

Actually ranking raised due to Toolbar Installation not for increase traffic. So I think Alexa ranking is not Perfect or Accurate for small Websites or Blogs. This ranking used the New Technology for provide rankings.
Find out : How do add Alexa Rank to Blogger Blogs?
Advantages of Alexa Rank for Users :
Top Sites : Can find Top sites Category wise, Country wise, Language wise for easy Internet surf across Global level.
Comparison : Compare the sites with competitors.For example compare the Technology Category sites or News Blogs,Up to three Sites with one another
User Data : Check website statistics for future developments in the lines of Bounce rate,Page views per user.
Rank Monitor : Watch site ranking from Alexa to avoid downtrend of any traffic.
Display : Show Alexa Ranking Widget in website for visitors. This create a valuation to your site among readers.

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Blogger Title Optimization For Search Engines

Blogspot Hosted Blogs display Page Titles for all pages start with Default Home Page Title. This is not optimal for Search Engine Optimization(SEO). Self Hosting Wordpress Blogging Platform has many plug ins for SEO. Search engines count the letters from Home Page Title Name.Actually Individual Page name display next to Main Blog Title.
How do hack this for Better Search Engine Rankings and Top in Search Results.Modify Blogger Template with simple steps for inner page titles as Page Titles instead of Home Page Title.
Login to Blogger >> Dashboard >> Layout >>Edit HTML [Backup Blogger Template before any Modify]

Find the following line

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

Replace the above code with the following Code

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
<title><data:blog.pageName/></title>
<b:else/>
<title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title>
</b:if>

Save Template.Check the Individual Page Titles Display without Home Page Title,OK.This is very important for Index your pages easily and to create Heavy Blog Traffic.

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Optimize Blogger Meta Tags for Best Search Engine Rankings

First you should add Meta Tags to Website or Blog,If you didn't add still, Check out How do add Meta Tags?(This is not only for Blogger Blogs applied to all blogs or Websites)
Many Search engine spiders crawl any website based on "Meta Tag Instructions" in the "Header" part of the Website. Meta tag optimization is necessary for Best crawl rate and also Top Search Engine Rankings.

Important Tips for Optimise "Meta Tags" particularly "Title Name", "Description", "Keywords", "Robots".Other than this four tags are not important.

Title Name : Write Title tag within 80 Characters, But 60 Characters is best for all Search Engines.Different Search Engines indexing different number of letters from 60 to 80 letters.

Description : Select your description Tag below 250 Characters,I think this optimal.Various search engines fix Character limit from 150 to 500 letters.Avoid character repeat as possible.

Keywords : Standard Keywords is 25. But some search engines count complex keywords into multiple keywords. Fix your key word limit 20 to 23 is better.Select your best keywords using Google Webmaster Tools or any Word tracker.Ex:Blogging,Meta Tags...

Robots : This is crucial, use only "All" tag.If you expert use "Index, Follow, Any".

The above four tags plays maximum role for indexing in search engines.
After Optimize your tag check using online "Meta Tag Checker"
Submit Express or Meta checker.net.
If you find better results from these checking leave it or re optimize to reach Blogging Success.

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How do Increase Blog Loading Speed

Loading is very crucial in Blogging success. I think loading of website very important for your visitors and also for search engines. Most of your readers use Low Speed Internet Connection.So you may loss 10% readers for every 3 seconds late of page load.
Check your page loading time, Means note the time from press enter after type the address in Browser to Completely load the page.
How do solve this problem for fast loading? Remove all unnecessary content and Compress template.This method is suitable for All websites or Blogs including hosted in Blogspot, Wordpress,Etc.
No need compress whole template,Compress only between the tags
<b:skin>
</b:skin>
Link for Compress Code

Visit Blogger Template Compress here:

You can see 28% template compression after compress.
Note:Take backup before any modify to template. Change the Compress settings suitable to your need.This is perfectly work for all CSS Templates.

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