Eblogger Tricks.com: 2010/08

Better Google Sitemap for Blogger Blogs

The combination of Blogger and Google Sitemaps will allow for your Blogger blog to get indexed by the Google spider with the greatest of ease. But did you know that the Blogger code for the default sitemap that you submit to Google Webmasters Tools only allows for the first 26 pages of your blog to get indexed by the Google spider?

Yes, that’s true …

If you are using the default code for your sitemap in Google Webmaster Tools, then your site is missing out for each and every page over the 26 page limit. That means if you happen to have 150 pages on your Blogger blog, you are missing out on the opportunity to allow the Google spider to crawl 124 additional Blogger pages!

I hope you are willing to change this …

Here is what you need to do:

The default sitemap code looks like this (see red + bold text below):

http://YOUR_BLOG_NAME_HERE.blogspot.com/atom.xml?orderby=updated

http://YOUR_BLOG_NAME_HERE.blogspot.com/rss.xml?orderby=updated

There is nothing wrong with the code above - as long as you have less than 27 blog post. Without a doubt you will exceed that maximum limit at some point in your blogging career.

So what can be done? I have found the code below a very good and useful alternative to the default Blogger sitemap code. The new code will break the sitemap down into multiples of 100, so for every 100 pages on your blog you need to tweak the sitemap code a little bit.

The new and improved sitemap code (the Google spider will crawl the first 100 blog posts/pages):

atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=100

So in the new sitemap code above, we start with the very first blog post (start-index=1) & now allow the Google spider to crawl to page 100 (max-results=100).

If you already have more than 100 blog pages, you need to submit additional sitemaps for the same blog to the Google Webmaster Tools website. As an example: If you have a Blogger blog that has over 400 posts/pages you will need 4 sitemaps. The codes fort hese 4 sitemaps look like this:

1) atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=100

2) atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=100&max-results=100

3) atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=200&max-results=100

4) atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=300&max-results=100

Notice how each new sitemap begins with a higher start-index (by 100 blog posts). With these you are covered for the first 400 blog post of your Blogger blog.

The steps need not be in 100s, you can change that number to anything you like (between 50 and 150 is recommended).

Below is a screenshot of my sitemaps for one of my blogs that has almost 300 pages:

NOTE:

When you submit sitemaps for a Blogger blog to Google Webmaster Tools, Google WILL NOT crawl your Blogger Labels, (that is the reason why not every page is being crawled in the screenshot above).

This new sitemap code has greatly improved how Google crawls my blog. I went from having only the first 26 pages of my blog crawled to now having upward of 180 pages crawled by the Google spider.

Since I have internal links hard coded into my template on every blog page it is important for me to allow Google to crawl as many pages as possible, as often as possible. I also have widgets that have text that changes often, and that text is picked up by the Google spider as well, which allows my blog to show a massive amount of relevant keywords.

Good luck!

How to Add the Sitemap of Your Blogger Blog to Bing

How to Redirect Visitors from Your Blogger Blog to Another Blog or Website

Recent Posts Widget with Thumbnails for Blogger

In this post I am going to show you how you can add a Recent Posts Widget with post images to your blog. (If you prefer a Recent Post widget without thumbnails, you might like the Recent Posts Widget for Blogger)

How to install the widget:

1. Go to your Blogger Dashboard --> Design --> Page Element --> Add a Gadget --> HTML/JavaScript

2. Copy the code below and paste it into the HTML/JavaScript box:

<div class="pipesContainer">

<script src="http://pipes.yahoo.com/js/listbadge.js">{"pipe_id":"1a6640e2a78b2c6e736f2220529daae5","_btype":"list","pipe_params":{"URL":"http://YourOwnBlog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?max-results=8"},"height":"auto"}</script>

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">var i,y,x="3c64697620636c6173733d22796774223e506f7765726564206279203c6120687265663d22687474703a2f2f70697065732e7961686f6f2e636f6d2f22207461726765743d225f626c616e6b223e59212050697065733c2f613e9920266e6273703b266e6273703b3c6120687265663d22687474703a2f2f7777772e6d6164746f6d61746f652e636f6d2f726563656e742d706f7374732d7769646765742d776974682d7468756d626e61696c732d666f722d626c6f676765722f22207461726765743d225f626c616e6b223e47726162207468697320576964676574213c2f613e3c2f6469763e";y='';for(i=0;i<x.length;i+=2){y+=unescape('%'+x.substr(i,2));}document.write(y);</script>

<style type=text/css>

.pipesContainer {margin:10px 0 10px 0;padding:5px 5px 5px 5px;border:1px dotted #666666;background:none;}

.pipesHolder {padding: 0px!important;}

.pipesTitle {padding-top:14px!important;}

.pipesDescription,.pipesSmallthumb {display:none!important;}

.pipesThumbnail img {background-color: transparent;

background: url(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LqmwslVmHqM/TFQ5FmgcPRI/AAAAAAAAB7M/5nTPNdVga2k/s400/bloggerlogo-4.png) no-repeat top center;border: none!important;}

.ybh,.yba,.ybf {display:none!important;}

.ygt {margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:9px;float:left;}

.ybr li {background-color: transparent!important; padding:0px!important;}

</style></div>

3. In the above code, look for the following line:

{“URL”:”http://YourOwnBlog.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default…

…and replace the blog address with address of your own blog.

If you have a self-hosted blog, add your blog address like this:

{“URL”:”http://www.YourOwnBlog.com/feeds/comments/default…

4. Add a title.

5. Save.

That´s all!

Optional settings:

How to change the number of posts

By default, this widget is set to display a maximum of 8 recent posts. To change this number, edit line #2 in the code and replace the number 8 with the number of posts desired:

{“URL”:”http://YourOwnBlog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?max-results=8“

Style

If you know your way through CSS, you can style the widget to suit your need.

What do you think of this widget?

If you have questions or suggestions, please let me know by leaving comment below.

Good luck!

Related article:

Option A

(With post excerpts)

Option B

(Displays post titles only)

Installation

1. Go to your Blogger Dashboard --> Design --> Page Element --> Add a Gadget --> HTML/JavaScript

2. Copy and paste the code into the new HTML/JavaScript.

3. In the code, look for the line:

…src=”http://YourOwnB1og.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default….

and replace the blog address (shown in color green below) with your own blog address:

…src=”http://YourOwnBlog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default.…

For self-hosted blogs:

…src=”http://www.YourOwnBlog.com/feeds/posts/default….

4. Add a title.

5. Save.

Other Options

How to change the Number of Posts

To change the number of posts, just look for the number 5 (for Option A) in the code and replace it with the number of posts you want to be displayed. (For Option B, look for the number 10).

Recommended setting for Option A: 5 to 10.
Recommended setting for Option B: 5 to 20.

… var numposts = 5;var…

How to change the Number of Characters (Excerpt)

This widget is set to display an excerpt of the first100 characters of each post. If you want to change that number, just look for the number 100 in the code and replace it with the number of characters you want to be displayed.

Recommended setting: 50 to 120.

… numchars = 100;var…

How to Show the Post Date

If you want to show the post date, look for the line with the word showpostdate in the code. Then change its value from false to true (shown in color blue below).

… showpostdate = false;var…

That’s all! Please let me know what you think of this widget by leaving a comment below.

Good luck!

Adding Blogger Share Buttons to Custom Blogger Templates

Not long ago, Blogger released a new Share Buttons feature which makes it easier for your blog´s visitors to bookmark, tweet, facebookshare, email ,etc. your posts.

This new feature works just fine - as long as you are not using a custom Blogger template.
But if you are using any custom Blogger template, you may not see the widget appearing in on your blog - even though you activate it.

Therefore, I am going to show all of you who happen to have said problem how to fix it.
(Please, backup your template before making any changes!)

1. Sign in to Blogger, go to Dashboard --> Design --> Edit HTML

2. Check the box next to „Expand Widget Templates“

3. Add the following line anywhere you want the widget to appear:

<b:include data='post' name='shareButtons'/>

In most templates, you can add it after this line:

<p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'>

(3a.) However, if you cannot find that above line in your template,
find this one:

<p><data:post.body/></p>

Or, in a few cases, this one:

<data:post.body/>

and add the following code after that line:

<p><data:post.body/></p>
<div style='clear:both; padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px;'> <b:include data='post' name='shareButtons'/> </div>

Note: If you are using a Magazine style Blogger template, you can find the <p><data:post.body/></p> line TWO TIMES. Just try in both placesand find out which one is working then remove the other one.

4. Save the template.

If you still do not see the Share Buttons on your blog, make sure you activated the feature by going to Blogger Dashboard --> Design --> Click the „Edit“ button of the Blog Post section.

Good luck!

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How to Add the Official Twitter Share Button (Tweet Button) to Your Blogger Posts

How to Add a Retweet Button to Your Blogger Posts

How to Add a Simple „Tweet This“ Text Link to Blogger Posts

The official Twitter Tweet Button comes in 3 default styles (2 of them with a counter and one without). The button works with JavaScript and is not fully customizable.Today´s post is for all of you who want to customize the Tweet Button and change it into a simple text link. The end product will be a simple HTML link with all the features of the official Tweet Button (excluding the count option).

How to add the Tweet This Text Link to Blogger?

1. Login to your Blogger Dashboard and navigate to Design --> Edit HTML

2. Click on the check box next to „Expand Widget Templates”

3. Now look for (Ctrl + F)

<data:post.body/>

and immediately after that line paste the following code (edit the code to suit your needs):

<a expr:href='"http://twitter.com/share?text=" +data:post.title+ "&url=" + data:post.url + "&via=twitter&related=ebloggertricks: Tips and Tricks for Blogger"' style='float: left; background: url(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_u4gySN2ZgqE/TGeItpz_KFI/AAAAAAAABmE/HrzGzh8nvTk/tweetbutton[3].png) left no-repeat; padding-left: 20px;' title='Share on Twitter' rel='nofollow' target='_blank' >Tweet This</a>

4. Save the template.

5. You should see a Tweet This text link below each of your posts, just like this one:

Tweet This

Optional Edits

A. You can edit via=twitter with your Twitter username. So if your Twitter username is tom, then change via=twitter to via=tom.

B. You can also edit related=ebloggertricks: Tips and Tricks for Blogger. You can replace ebloggertricks with a Twitter handle that you would like to recommend. You can replace Tips and Tricks for Blogger with a description of the recommended account.

C. You can also edit Tweet This with the text you want to see on the link.

Good luck!

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How to Add the Official Twitter Share Button (Tweet Button) to Your Blogger Posts

How to Add a Retweet Button to Your Blogger Posts

How to Add the Official Twitter Share Button (Tweet Button) to Your Blogger Posts

Twitter has recently officially released its new Sharing Button with optional counter (Tweet Button). The button comes in three styles and features a new URL shortener (t.co). The Tweet Button will show how many times your post has been shared on Twitter.

The main advantage of the Tweet Button is that it enables the reader to follow you (and a related account) after he tweets your post. If you have a WordPress blog, please use the WordPress Tweet Button Plugin.

To add the new Tweet Button to your Blogger blog, follow these simple steps:

1. Login to your Blogger Dashboard and Navigate to Design --> Edit HTML

2. Click on the Check box which says „Expand Widget Templates”

3. Now look for (Ctrl + F)

<data:post.body/>

and immediately above it paste the following code snippet (after proper editing)

<a href='http://twitter.com/share' rel='nofollow' class='twitter-share-button' expr:data-url='data:post.url' expr:data-text='data:post.title' data-related='ebloggertricks:Tips and Tricks for Blogger' data-count='vertical' data-via='' data-lang='en'>Tweet</a>

<b:if cond='data:post.isFirstPost'>

</script>

</b:if>

</div>

4. Save your template.

5. Now you should see the Twitter button somewhere near your blog posts.

Editable parameters

A. float:left - you can change this to float:right if you need the button on the right side of the post instead of on the left.

B. data-count='vertical' - you can change this to data-count='horizontal' or data-count='none'

C. data-via='' - you can edit it with your Twitter username. So if your Twitter name happens to be tom, then change it to data-via='tom'

D. Adding some extra text in the tweet – With the current code, the button will make a tweet with the title of the blog post. If you want to add some extra text to the tweet, change expr:data-text='data:post.title' to
expr:data-text='"I am Reading: "+data:post.title' This will append “I am Reading:” to the tweet :)

E. Recommend another Twitter user - data-related='ebloggertricks: Tips and Tricks for Blogger' here ebloggertricks can be replaced with the twitter username that you want to recommend (don't use @) and you can replace Tips and Tricks for Blogger with the a short description of the related account.

F. Change language – you can change data-lang='en' to data-lang='fr' or data-lang='de' or data-lang='es' or data-lang='ja' (en,fr,de,es and ja stand for English,French,German,Spanish and Japanese respectively.)

Displaying the Tweet Button on Post Pages Only

If you want to display the Twitter button on posts page only, then wrap the code with conditional tags like (wrapping tags in green)

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>

<a href='http://twitter.com/share' rel='nofollow' class='twitter-share-button' expr:data-url='data:post.url' expr:data-text='data:post.title' data-related='bloggerplugins:Tutorials and Widgets for Blogger' data-count='vertical' data-lang='en' data-via=''>Tweet</a>

</script>

</div>

</b:if>

Demos

1.data-count='vertical'

2.data-count='horizontal'

3.data-count='none'

If you want to display a simple Text link instead of the Button, pleease read my article Simple „Tweet This“ Text Link for Blogger.

More Info about the Tweet Button

5 Simple and Highly Effective Ways to Open Your Blog Post

What is the second most important part of your blog post after the title?

Some master copywriters spend days, even an entire week, on the first 50 - 100 words of a sales piece — the headline and the opening paragraph.

Just imagine how disappointed you would be after crafting a killer headline for your post, only to lose readers with an opening paragraph that failed to carry the momentum. A great headline mixed with a lame opening is like inviting someone into your humble abode, only to slam the door in their face as they approach.

In this post I am going to introduce you to 5 ways to open your post that will capture the readers´ imagination and pull them deeper into your content.

1. Ask a Question

Opening your post with a question is a rhetorical device (hence, the „rhetorical question”) that creates curiosity and gets the reader thinking. Thinking equals active engagement with your writing - and that is a very good thing.

2. Share an Anecdote or Quote

Anecdotes are very short stories that can make people laugh or immediately establish the main point of your post. A nice quote from a recognizable authority or famous person can also be an effective tool for holding the reader´s attention in those crucial opening seconds.

3. Invoke the Mind’s Eye

Producing a mental image in a reader’s mind is one of the most powerful things you can ever achieve as a writer, so expressly engaging the imagination is a powerful opening technique. Activate the mind’s eye of your readers by using words like „imagine” (geniuses like John Lennon always knew about the power of this beautiful word) , „picture this”, „do you remember when”, etc., etc.

4. Use an Analogy, Metaphor or Simile

Analogies, metaphors and similes are some of the most powerful devices available when it comes to telling a story in a single sentence. This is a great way to capture a reader’s attention and also acts to provoke mental imagery that allows readers to tell a story to themselves.

5. Cite a Shocking Statistic

Starting off with an interesting factoid is also a great technique. People love being provided with interesting data, but only if it is unique, startling, funny or even shocking. The statistic should also be directly relevant to the point of your post as well.

Bonus Tip: The third most important part of your blog post is the closing. A great way to close is to tie back into your opening.

So, which of the 5 techniques did I NOT use in the opening to this post?

Good luck!

So, you are seeing far too many of those „how to” and „list” headlines and want to try something a little different?

Let us move beyond those all too common headline formulas you see over and over again and add some new weapons to your attention-grabbing arsenal.

1. The Secret(s) of [blank]

This one is used rather often, but that is because it works. Share insider knowledge and translate it into a benefit for the reader.

The Secret of Successful Podcasting
The Secrets of Recording Drums
The Secret of Getting Your Home Loan Approved

2. Little Known Ways to [blank]

A more intriguing (and less common) way of accomplishing the same thing as „The Secret(s) of…” headline.

Little Known Ways to Save on Your Heating Bill
Little Known Ways to Hack Google’s Gmail
Little Known Ways to Lose Weight Quickly and Safely

3. Who Else Wants [blank]?

Starting a headline with „Who Else Wants…” is a classic social proof strategy that implies an already existing consensus desire. While overused in the Internet marketing arena, it still works like gangbusters for other subject matter.

Who Else Wants Cheaper Car Insurance?
Who Else Wants a Higher Paying Job?
Who Else Wants More Fun When on Vacation?

4. Here is a Method That is Helping [blank] to [blank]

Simply identify your target audience and the benefit you can provide them, then fill in the blanks.

Here is a Method That is Helping Car Owners Save Hundreds on Insurance
Here is a Method That is Helping People Work Out More Efficiently
Here is a Method That is Helping Bloggers Write Better Post Titles

5. Here’s a Quick Way to [solve a problem]

People love quick and easy soutions when faced with a nagging problem.

Here’s a Quick Way to Get Over a Break-up
Here’s a Quick Way to Potty Train Junior
Here’s a Quick Way to Write Interesting Ebooks

6. Get Rid of [problem] Once and For All

A classic formula that identifies either a painful problem or an unfulfilled desire that the reader wants to remedy.

Get Rid of Your Unproductive Work Habits Once and For All
Get Rid of That Carpet Stain Once and For All
Get Rid of That Wasps´ Nest Once and For All

7. Now You Can Have [something desirable] [great circumstance]

The is the classic „have your cake and eat it too” headline — and who does not like that?

Now You Can Quit Your Job and Make Even More Money
Now You Can Meet Sexy Singles Online Without Spending a Dime
Now You Can Own a Cool iMac and Still Run Windows

8. [Do something] like [world-class example]

Gatorade made the most of this with the „Be Like Mike” campaign featuring Michael Jordan in the early 1990s.

Speak French Like a Diplomat
Party Like Paris Hilton
Write Songs Like Lady Gaga

9. Have a [or] Build a [blank] You Can Be Proud Of

Appeal to vanity, dissatisfaction, or shame. Enough said.

Build a Body You Can Be Proud Of
Have a Garden You Can Be Proud Of
Build a Blog Network You Can Be Proud Of

10. What Everybody Ought to Know About [blank]

There is big curiosity draw with this type of headline, and it acts almost as a challenge to the reader to go ahead and see if they are missing something.

What Everybody Ought to Know About Satellite Dishes
What Everybody Ought to Know About Adjustable Rate Mortgages
What Everybody Ought to Know About Writing Great Headlines

Find these headline templates useful? Bookmark this page for future reference.

Good luck!

11 Great Tips for StumbleUpon Traffic

The other day I was looking through my Google Analytics data and discovered that I am getting a fair share of visitors from StumbleUpon. Until now, I have not cared too much about how to get StumbleUpon traffic because I do not spend much time on keeping up with the StumbleUpon community.

But when I first signed up about a year ago, I did frequent StumbleUpon quite a bit and submitted some of my blog posts to this popular bookmarking and sharing site. If you are interested in driving traffic to your blog(s) and/or website(s) using StumbleUpon, then follow these 11 tips I have used to drive traffic from Stumble Upon to my site.

What is Stumble Upon?

StumbleUpon is a web 2.0 community site for discovering and sharing web pages, videos, blogs and photos. StumbleUpon works by downloading a toolbar that allows you to rate web pages as thumbs up or thumbs down.

You need to start by submitting your blog or website to StumbleUpon. Download the tool bar and browse to your web page. Then click the I like it! button to submit your page to StumbleUpon.

How to Get traffic from StumbleUpon

Build Friend Circles. You need to add friends. The more friends you add, the more people will see your newly added pages. Find people who have interests similar to yours. You want to share links with people who are interested in your niche. There are many ways to build your friend circle. StumbleUpon even has a page were you can read all about discovering similar people.

Participate: In this respect StumbleUpon is no different than all the other social media websites: you need to participate to make the site work for you. Your goal should be to join a few groups, post reviews, subscribe to your friends´ links, and rate some of your friends´ websites.

Share Links: Don´t just share own websites, share other people´s web pages as well. Submit your own website pages and blog posts frequently with a mix of other people’s web pages. Sharing interesting and useful links in your circle of friends will improve your credibility and, in turn, people will positively rate your own pages. Avoid linking to the home page of a website. Link to specific pages on a website.

Write Positive Articles About StumbleUpon related to your niche. For example, if you are in the gardening niche. Write an article about how you discovered great gardening tips using StumbleUpon or the top 10 stumblers with regard to the gardening niche. Use your imagination to pick topics that throw a positive light on StumbleUpon, but always related to your niche.

Use Appropriate Topics: When you submit a web page, StumbleUpon asks you to pick a topic for your web page. It is of utmost importance that you pick the right topic if you want to get a lot of thumbs ups for your page. You do not want to share your gardening related web pages with people who are interested in motorcycles.

Use Plenty of Tags: Use multiple tags for the same article. If you have done your keyword research, it will be easy. Just use the keywords as your tags. For example, you can use gardening, rose gardening, organic gardening, etc. for your gardening article.

Send Personal Messages: Find the person who has originally stumbled your story and send a thank you note to him/her. If this person has a blog, subscribe to his blog and share a few web pages of his site.

Use StumbleUpon Badges on every page of your site. It will help others stumble your pages more easily.

Use a Catchy Title For Your Article and Blog Post. Check out my upcoming blog post on how to craft attention grabbing titles.

Share Funny Images and Videos. Humor is very popular among web users.

Personalize Your Profile Page: Fill out your profile page completely. Use your picture in your profile page. Add your likes and provide some information about yourself. Add your blog URL.

Good luck!

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Link Building Guide – Anchor Texts and Action Verbs

This ist the first post in an ongoing series about building links to your site. Once in a while, I will publish 10 - 20 websites where you can drop links to your sites for improved search engine rankings. I am not sure if I have mentioned it before, but there are two broad categories of optimization techniques: on-site techniques and off-site techniques. Building links to your site is an off-site SEO method. These links are called inbound links or backlinks. Inbound links are essential if you want your site to rank high in search engines.

But many people go about it the wrong way. They will just drop the URL of their site(s) without any anchor text. You need to use anchor text whenever you post links to your site. If the site does not allow you to use anchor text, use the URL. Otherwise, always use anchor text in combination with an action verb. Start your link building today by leaving your links on 12+1 Authoritative Sites For Free One Way Links and using the techniques described in this post.

What anchor text should you use in your link building efforts?

You have to use keywords in anchor texts. These are the keywords that you want to rank for in search engines. I have already discussed how to find keywords in some of my earlier posts on using keywords tools and techniques.

You should try to use long-tailed keywords (aka long-tailed search phrases). A long-tailed keyword is a keyword that has two or more words, preferably four or five. It will be easier to rank high in search engines for a long-tailed keyword compared to a root keyword like „weight loss” or „backlinks“.

Besides linking back to your home page, you should also link to other pages in your sites, or use a three way linking strategy (linking from site A to site B to site C). The best technique is to link an anchor keyword to the most relevant page on your website or pages on other sites that have links to your main site.

Another technique is to use an action verb. Action verbs tell your reader to take an action immediately. For example, Post Free Ads. The text „Post Free Ads” is the anchor text with an action verb. You can also use an action verb followed by „How to” in your anchor text, for example: Find out how to start an online business. The text „Find out” is the action verb followed by your anchor text „how to start an online business”.

When you use a signature in your article for the purpose of posting it to an article directory, do NOT use a signature like

~~John is expert in weight loss and has a website http://www.greatesweightlosssiteonearth.com~~

Instead, use a signature that calls for an action with a keyword in the anchor text.

Lose weight in 7 days following John’s 7 step Weight Loss Program

The above signature is a very good one because it has an action verb and keywords.

Here is how to use an anchor text in HTML and BBCode. I will take „Eblogger Tricks” as an example. Let’s say I have collected a few keywords that I want to rank high for in search engines.

To create an HTML link, use this:

<a href=”http://www.ebloggertricks.com”>Post Free Classifieds</a>

If you want to post on a forum, you have to use what is called BBCode (Bulletin Board Code) and you should type it as:

[URL=http://www.ebloggertricks.com]Post Free Classifieds[/URL]

If there is no way to use an anchor text, simply use the URL of your site after your chosen keyword(s).

Get Blogging Info: http://www.ebloggertricks.com/

Remember that an URL always start with http:// or https://. If your site has secured payment pages for processing financial or other sensitive information, the URL start with https://. Otherwise, it always starts with an http://

To sum things up,

Use keyword rich anchor text
Use action verbs
Use proper HTML or BB code

Create your profile in Google Profile and use proper anchor texts for URLs. Click here to sign up for Google Profile and use my profile as an example.

Good luck!

Image credit: infomatique

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Eblogger Tricks.com

Better Google Sitemap for Blogger Blogs

Recent Posts Widget with Thumbnails for Blogger

Recent Posts Widget for Blogger

Option A

Option B

Installation

Other Options

Adding Blogger Share Buttons to Custom Blogger Templates

How to Add a Simple „Tweet This“ Text Link to Blogger Posts

How to add the Tweet This Text Link to Blogger?

Optional Edits

How to Add the Official Twitter Share Button (Tweet Button) to Your Blogger Posts

Editable parameters

Displaying the Tweet Button on Post Pages Only

Demos

More Info about the Tweet Button

5 Simple and Highly Effective Ways to Open Your Blog Post

10 Time-Tested Headline Formulas That Work

11 Great Tips for StumbleUpon Traffic

Link Building Guide – Anchor Texts and Action Verbs

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