tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72159157255600440672024-03-06T00:29:43.025-08:00How to Become a BloggerA Blogger's ConfessionsTarun.Reflexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17283850763739277335noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215915725560044067.post-41229316385408980502009-08-15T01:06:00.000-07:002009-08-15T01:06:02.367-07:00Google Basics<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">When you sit down at your computer and do a Google search, you're almost instantly presented with a list of results from all over the web. How does Google find web pages matching your query, and determine the order of search results?</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the simplest terms, you could think of searching the web as looking in a very large book with an impressive index telling you exactly where everything is located. When you perform a Google search, our programs check our index to determine the most relevant search results to be returned ("served") to you.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The three key processes in delivering search results to you are:</div><table bgcolor="#E5ECF9" border="1" bordercolor="#C3D9FF" cellpadding="15" cellspacing="0" style="text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><strong>Crawling</strong>: Does Google know about your site? Can we find it?</td><td width="21%"><a href="http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=70897&hl=en#1" style="color: #0000cc;">Learn more...</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><strong>Indexing</strong>: Can Google index your site?</td><td width="21%"><a href="http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=70897&hl=en#2" style="color: #0000cc;">Learn more...</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><strong>Serving</strong>: Does the site have good and useful content that is relevant to the user's search?</td><td width="21%"><a href="http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=70897&hl=en#3" style="color: #0000cc;">Learn more...</a></td></tr>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Crawling is the process by which Googlebot discovers new and updated pages to be added to the Google index.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We use a huge set of computers to fetch (or "crawl") billions of pages on the web. The program that does the fetching is called Googlebot (also known as a robot, bot, or spider). Googlebot uses an algorithmic process: computer programs determine which sites to crawl, how often, and how many pages to fetch from each site.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Google's crawl process begins with a list of web page URLs, generated from previous crawl processes, and augmented with Sitemap data provided by webmasters. As Googlebot visits each of these websites it detects links on each page and adds them to its list of pages to crawl. New sites, changes to existing sites, and dead links are noted and used to update the Google index.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Google doesn't accept payment to crawl a site more frequently, and we keep the search side of our business separate from our revenue-generating AdWords service.</div><table bgcolor="#e5ecf9" border="0" style="text-align: justify;"><tbody>
<tr><td nowrap="" style="background-color: #e5ecf9;" width="60%"><a href="" id="E" name="2"></a><strong>Indexing</strong></td><td width="40%"><div style="text-align: right;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Googlebot processes each of the pages it crawls in order to compile a massive index of all the words it sees and their location on each page. In addition, we process information included in key content tags and attributes, such as Title tags and ALT attributes. Googlebot can process many, but not all, content types. For example, we cannot process the content of some rich media files or dynamic pages.</div><table bgcolor="#e5ecf9" border="0" style="text-align: justify;"><tbody>
<tr><td nowrap="" style="background-color: #e5ecf9;" width="60%"><a href="" id="E" name="3"></a><strong>Serving results</strong></td><td width="40%"><div style="text-align: right;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">When a user enters a query, our machines search the index for matching pages and return the results we believe are the most relevant to the user. Relevancy is determined by over 200 factors, one of which is the <a href="http://www.google.com/corporate/tech.html" style="color: #0000cc;">PageRank</a> for a given page. PageRank is the measure of the importance of a page based on the incoming links from other pages. In simple terms, each link to a page on your site from another site adds to your site's PageRank. Not all links are equal: Google works hard to improve the user experience by identifying spam links and other practices that negatively impact search results. The best types of links are those that are given based on the quality of your content.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In order for your site to rank well in search results pages, it's important to make sure that Google can crawl and index your site correctly. Our <a href="http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35769" style="color: #0000cc;">Webmaster Guidelines</a> outline some best practices that can help you avoid common pitfalls and improve your site's ranking.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Google's <a href="http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=25383" style="color: #0000cc;">Related Searches</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/help/features.html#keyword" style="color: #0000cc;">Spelling Suggestions</a>, and <a href="http://labs.google.com/suggestfaq.html" style="color: #0000cc;">Google Suggest</a> features are designed to help users save time by displaying related terms, common misspellings, and popular queries. Like our <a href="http://www.google.com/" style="color: #0000cc;">google.com</a> search results, the keywords used by these features are automatically generated by our web crawlers and search algorithms. We display these suggestions only when we think they might save the user time. If a site ranks well for a keyword, it's because we've algorithmically determined that its content is more relevant to the user's query.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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What are other benefits of RSS?</strong></p> <p><strong>After answering these common queries,</strong> we will move to implementation details:</p> <p>1. Default RSS feeds provided by popular Blogging Service Providers (<a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a> and <a href="http://www.wordpress.com/">Wordpress</a>)</p> <p>2. Different RSS feeds URLs for posts and comments and subscriptions for each.</p> <p>3. Popular RSS reader and RSS feed service Provider.</p> <p>4. FeedBurner Customization </p> <p>5. Adsense and Amazon Integration for FeedBurner Feeds.</p> <p>6. Common Issue in redirections of Feeds.</p> <p>7. Migration from <a href="http://www.feedburner.com/">FeedBurner</a> to Google acquired FeedBurner – Changes and Effects</p> <p>8. Feeds to <a href="http://twitter.com/tarunreflex">Twitter</a> (Auto-tweets!)</p> <p>9. Different ways to showcase your Feeds on:</p> <p>a. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/tarunreflex">Facebook</a></p> <p>b. <a href="http://twitter.com/tarunreflex">Twitter</a></p> <p>c. <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/tarunkumarjaiswal">LinkedIn</a></p> <p>d. <a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Profile.aspx?uid=10889831764166639363">Orkut</a></p> <p>e. <a href="http://www.google.co.in/reader/view/?tab=my" target="_blank">Google Reader’s Share Feed Service</a></p> <p>f. Feeds on Google SMS Channel for Free SMS alerts</p> <p>10. New Developments in Feeds Arena (HubbShubbPubb Protocol)</p> <p>And at last<b>: Some Suggestions for better results</b></p> <p>So let’s get on with the show!</p> <p>I will start with a small story for analogy.</p> <p>Once upon a time there was this fantasy world called Internet where there was true democracy and people were known by their handles and blogs. Their Blogs were their homes and they did everything to make it beautiful, useful and popular. However, there was one problem their blogs were like homes of people who lived on planet Earth – They were immobile. Visitors had to visit their homes, remembering their complete address. Even a single alphabet change in address will misguide to different and wrong home. If they made any changes to their homes which they do almost on a daily basis as people who live in this world don’t have any other work, they had no way of notifying people about new developments in their homes. They put a lot of effort in their homes and no one visited their homes as they didn’t know what different there since their last visit. Even some of their closest pals were left alone. <a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=bloggingconfessions&loc=en_US" target="_blank"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="feedicons2" border="0" alt="feedicons2" align="right" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12KMI0iPV5Un3PQhkQCGu_IicRMRM2Rd6Xd3oQMAn1NJPzFI2awo1ev_niK_S3750SmJA9vKv3rdTqOFlEJTWD7wNEhEE0vXWgxp76rTau2-9SlAKXrYvxDKvN8zJFOb9B265VBl93und/?imgmax=800" width="238" height="240" /></a></p> <p>Then dawned the era of <b>RSS, Atoms and Feeds</b>. These three brothers came with an innovative service they named after themselves. They travelled far and wide to every home giving them news and updates about the new developments in the homes they were interested in. They were like the new age information channel and carried a copy of the homes with themselves whom they delivered, on time, at the home or post box of the interested party. They changed the world and solved many of the much desired tribulations. They also delivered these updates in varied forms even audio updates.</p> <p><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/03/15/new.web/index.html"><b>CNN</b></a> refers to this evolution as:</p> <blockquote> <p><b>“-<i> Do you remember the day you first surfed the Web, stretched out your arms over the vastness of cyberspace, teleported from site to site with an almost exhilarating power? Or alternately, sat waiting for "fat" pages to load?</i></b><i></i></p> <p><i>Well, hang on to your hats boys and girls, because your experience of the World Wide Web is about to change, possibly for the first time since Mosaic, one of the first graphical browsers, was unleashed in 1993 from Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.</i></p> <p><i>If I'm saying the Web is changing and that you'd better get on board or miss out, I'd better be prepared to back it up. I believe I can.” </i></p> </blockquote> <p>Now let’s get to the topics. </p> <p><b>1.) </b><b>What is RSS? What are feeds?</b></p> <p>Feeds are a way for websites large and small to distribute their content well beyond just visitors using browsers. Feeds permit <em>subscription</em> to regular updates, delivered automatically via a web portal, news reader, or in some cases good old email. Feeds also make it possible for site content to be packaged into "widgets," "gadgets," mobile devices, and other bite-sized technologies that make it possible to display blogs, podcasts, and major news/sports/weather/whatever headlines just about anywhere.</p> <p>You may recognize the universal <a href="http://www.feedicons.com/">feed icon</a> or these "chicklets" from your favorite websites, blogs, and podcasts. These icons represent content in any format - text, audio or video - to which you can subscribe and read/watch/listen using a feed reader. <a href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/feed101#howtoread">What's that?</a></p> <p><b>2.) </b><b>What is its use? and</b></p> <p><b>3.) </b><b>Why should </b><a href="http://tarunreflex.blogspot.com/"><b>I</b></a><b> use it?</b></p> <p><a href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/feed101#backstory">Technology evolution</a> in online publishing has made it really easy to not only publish regular updates to web-based content, but also keep track of a large number of your favorite websites or blogs, without having to remember to check each site manually or clutter your email inbox. You can now streamline your online experience by subscribing to specific content feeds and aggregating this information in one place to be read when you're ready.</p> <p>· <strong>Consumer Bottom Line:</strong> Subscribing to feeds makes it possible to review a large amount of online content in a very short time.</p> <p>· <strong>Publisher Bottom Line:</strong> Feeds permit instant distribution of content and the ability to make it "subscribable."</p> <p>· <strong>Advertiser Bottom Line:</strong> Advertising in feeds overcomes many of the shortcomings that traditional marketing channels encounter including spam filters, delayed distribution, search engine rankings, and general inbox noise.</p> <p><b>4.) </b><b>Who should use it?</b></p> <p>Most of the biggest names on the web offer content feeds including <a href="http://asp.usatoday.com/marketing/rss/index.aspx">USATODAY.com</a>, <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/default.stm">BBC News Headlines</a>, <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/RSS/listIndex">ABCNews</a>, <a href="http://www.cnet.com/4520-6022-5115113.html">CNET</a>, <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rss">Yahoo!</a>,<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/xs/syndicate.html/103-5742337-2709418">Amazon.com</a> (including a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/gss/detail/10840/103-5742337-2709418">podcast</a>!), and many more. Google publishes feeds as part of many of our services; for example, you can get a feed of new items for any search you make in <a href="http://news.google.com/">Google News</a>. In addition, hundreds of thousands of bloggers, podcasters, and video bloggers publish feeds to keep themselves better connected to their readers, listeners, admirers, and critics. Apple, through its iTunes Music Store, offers tens of thousands of audio and video <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting">podcasts</a> for download, each of which is powered by a feed.</p> <p>If you have a website, blog, audio/video content, or even photos, you can offer a feed of your content as an option. If you are using a popular blogging platform or publishing tool like TypePad, Wordpress, or Blogger, you likely publish a feed automatically. Even other non-blogging sites like social photo-sharing service <a href="http://www.flickr.com/">Flickr</a> offer feeds of content you produce that others can retrieve. There are also tools on the market that can help transform traditional web content into the right format for distribution.</p> <p>FeedBurner's services allow publishers who already have a feed to improve their understanding of and relationship with their audience. Once you have a working feed, run it through FeedBurner and realize a whole new set of benefits.</p> <p>· Learn more about FeedBurner's services for <a href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/blogs">blogs</a>, <a href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/podcasts">podcasts</a> and <a href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/commercial">commercial publications</a>.</p> <p><b>When should </b><a href="http://tarunreflex.blogspot.com/"><b>I</b></a><b> use it?</b></p> <p>As you might have guessed by now that since feeds take your content to the world, its better to start using them since the inception of your Blog. However, if you already have a blog and you haven’t used feeds, it’s not yet too late. Your Blogging Service Provided will already be providing Feeds and you just need to find out the feed URL. Then you can use <a href="http://www.feedburner.com/">FeedBurner</a> to burn your feed and use the various options within FeedBurner to publicize it. In any case, it’s always advisable to start using feeds right away.</p> <p><b>5.) </b><b>How to use it?</b></p> <p>If you want to browse and subscribe to feeds, you have many choices. Today, there are more than 2,000 different feed reading applications, also known as "news aggregators" (for text, mostly) or "podcatchers" (for podcasts). There are even readers that work exclusively on mobile devices.</p> <p>Some require a small purchase price but are tops for ease-of-use and ship with dozens of feeds pre-loaded so you can explore the feed "universe" right away. Free readers are available as well; a search for "Feed reader" or "Feed aggregator" at popular search sites will yield many results. A handful of popular feed readers are listed at the bottom of this page.</p> <p>A typical interface for a feed reader will display your feeds and the number of new (unread) entries within each of those feeds. You can also organize your feeds into categories and even clip and save your favorite entries (with certain applications).</p> <p>If you prefer, you can use an online, web-based service to track and manage feeds. Online services give you the advantage of being able to access your feed updates anywhere you can find a web browser. Also, upgrades and new features are added automatically.</p> <p>· <a href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/i/public/newsgator_sample_preview.gif">Show me what a typical feed reader looks like</a>.</p> <p><b></b></p> <p><b>7.) </b><b>What are other benefits of RSS?</b></p> <p>Along with these benefits, Feeds also opened a new market for advertiser. The ads embedded within your Feeds make your feeds, your new Web Real Estate.<strong> </strong> Advertising in feeds overcomes many of the shortcomings that traditional marketing channels encounter including spam filters, delayed distribution, search engine rankings, and general inbox noise. Google recently acquired FeedBurner and opened new vistas for advertiser and publishers.</p> <p><b>Feeds - F.A.Q. and D.I.Y.</b></p> <p>Here are some of the Frequently Asked Questions and Do It Yourself Tips and tricks for branding and publicizing your Feed and Web Content along with Social Networking add-ons:</p> <p><b>1. </b><b>Default RSS feeds provided by popular Blogging Service Providers (</b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"><b>Blogger</b></a><b> and </b><a href="http://www.wordpress.com/"><b>Wordpress</b></a><b>)</b></p> <p><a href="http://yourBlogName.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default">http://yourBlogName.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default</a> (for Comments) <br /><a href="http://yourBlogName.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">http://yourBlogName.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default</a> (for Posts)</p> <p>e.g.: </p> <p><a href="http://bloggingconfessions.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default">http://bloggingconfessions.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default</a> <br /><a href="http://bloggingconfessions.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">http://bloggingconfessions.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default</a><b></b></p> <p><b>2. </b><b>Different RSS feeds URLs for posts and comments and subscriptions for each.</b></p> <p><a href="http://yourBlogName.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default">http://yourBlogName.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default</a> (for Comments) <br /><a href="http://yourBlogName.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">http://yourBlogName.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default</a> (for Posts)</p> <p><b></b></p> <p><b>3. </b><b>Popular RSS reader and RSS feed service Provider.</b></p> <h4>Applications</h4> <ul> <li>· <a href="http://www.newsgator.com/NGOLProduct.aspx?ProdID=FeedDemon">NewsGator - FeedDemon 2.0</a> <br />(Windows, <a href="http://www.bradsoft.com/feeddemon/index.asp">more info</a>)</li> <li>· <a href="http://www.newsgator.com/NGOLProduct.aspx?ProdID=NewsGator+Inbox">NewsGator - Inbox for Microsoft Outlook</a> <br />(Windows)</li> <li>· <a href="http://www.newsgator.com/NGOLProduct.aspx?ProdID=NetNewsWire">NewsGator - NetNewsWire</a> <br />(OS X)</li> <li>· <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/live-bookmarks.html">Firefox</a> <br />(via "Live Bookmarks" feature)</li> <li>· <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/safari/">Safari</a> <br />(feed support in the Apple OS X native browser)</li> <li>· <a href="http://freshlysqueezedsoftware.com/products/pulpfiction/">Pulp Fiction</a> <br />(OS X)</li> </ul> <h4>Online Services</h4> <ul> <li>· <a href="http://www.google.com/reader">Google Reader</a></li> <li>· <a href="http://www.newsgator.com/">NewsGator</a> (Online)</li> <li>· <a href="http://my.yahoo.com/">My Yahoo!</a></li> <li>· <a href="http://www.bloglines.com/">Bloglines</a></li> <li>· <a href="http://www.pageflakes.com/">Pageflakes</a></li> <li>· <a href="http://www.netvibes.com/">Netvibes</a></li> </ul> <h4>Podcast Readers</h4> <ul> <li>· <a href="http://www.apple.com/itunes/">iTunes</a></li> <li>· <a href="http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/">Juice</a></li> <li>· <a href="http://www.dopplerradio.net/">Doppler</a></li> <li>· <a href="http://getfireant.com/">FireAnt</a></li> </ul> <p><b></b></p> <p><b>4. </b><b>FeedBurner Customization </b></p> <p><b>5. </b><b>Adsense and Amazon Integration for FeedBurner Feeds.</b></p> <p><b>6. </b><b>Common Issue in redirections of Feeds.</b></p> <p><b>7. </b><b>Migration from </b><a href="http://www.feedburner.com/"><b>FeedBurner</b></a><b> to Google acquired FeedBurner – Changes and Effects</b></p> <p><b>8. </b><b>Feeds to </b><a href="http://twitter.com/tarunreflex"><b>Twitter</b></a><b> (Auto-tweets!)</b></p> <p><b>9. </b><b>Different ways to showcase your Feeds on:</b></p> <ul> <li><b>a. </b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/tarunreflex"><b>Facebook</b></a><b></b></li> <li><b>b. </b><a href="http://twitter.com/tarunreflex"><b>Twitter</b></a><b></b></li> <li><b>c. </b><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/tarunkumarjaiswal"><b>LinkedIn</b></a><b></b></li> <li><b>d. </b><a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Profile.aspx?uid=10889831764166639363"><b>Orkut</b></a><b></b></li> </ul> <p><b>e. </b><b>Google Reader’s Share Feed Service</b></p> <p><b>f. </b><b>Feeds on Google SMS Channel for Free SMS alerts</b></p> <p><b>10. </b><b>New Developments in Feeds Arena (HubbShubbPubb Protocol)</b></p> <p>More Resources</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/18/dive-into-xml.html">Mark Pilgrim at XML.com</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,60053,00.html">Wired Magazine: Aggregators Attack Info Overload</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mediathink.com/rss/whitepaper.asp">MediaThink: RSS: The Next Big Thing Online (an introduction to RSS implications for business)</a></li> <li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/3223484.stm">BBC News</a></li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_feeds">Wikipedia</a></li> </ul> <p>You can meet me here:</p> <ul> <ul> <ul> <li><a href="http://twitter.com/tarunreflex"><strong>Twitter</strong></a><strong> </strong></li> <li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/tarunreflex"><strong>Facebook</strong></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Profile.aspx?uid=10889831764166639363"><strong>Orkut</strong></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/tarunkumarjaiswal"><strong>LinkedIn</strong></a></li> </ul> </ul> </ul> <p><b>Related Posts: </b></p> <ul> <li> <h5><a href="http://bloggingconfessions.blogspot.com/2009/07/importing-blogs-from-wordpress.html">Importing blogs from Wordpress</a></h5> </li> <li> <h5><a href="http://bloggingconfessions.blogspot.com/2009/07/12-best-blogger-template-providers.html">12 Best Blogger Template Providers | Download Free and Premium Blogger Templates</a></h5> </li> <li><a href="http://bloggingconfessions.blogspot.com/2009/07/publicize-your-contentpost.html" target="_blank"><strong>Publicize your post/Content</strong></a></li> <li><strong>· </strong><a href="http://bloggingconfessions.blogspot.com/2009/07/10-tips-for-better-post-start-blogging.html"><strong>10 Tips for a Better Post| START BLOGGING</strong></a></li> <li><strong>· </strong><a href="http://bloggingconfessions.blogspot.com/2009/07/choice-of-platform.html"><strong>Choice of Platform | Blogger or Wordpress?</strong></a></li> <li><strong>· </strong><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/goog_1248188781329"></a><a href="http://bloggingconfessions.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-to-become-blogger-my-introduction.html"><strong>How to Become a Blogger | Introduction | About Us</strong></a></li> </ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://btemplates.com/" imageanchor="1" style="color: #5588aa; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqDwxWcBkwn77xvjkREA8ZRRWZ2QdKbLkiL3ELs_zPw_V-tSJvziG9hXQHEHyIShxL58cHpFyOKGGntDzsaSXIROZBFcQQLk01fP_Wpa_68dDNY6JzcEWmIln5SnDvqec8vmXmFtlIqH0/s320/btemplates.png" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" /></a><a href="http://www.thecutestblogontheblock.com/" imageanchor="1" style="color: #006699; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWif79RfIenkQ0V_7j4RnjAuAt5jNlYgtqv4T_OUDMkXrDI4a47mMS4bK_hob3B8hILtL8lMFWw0_QCYyRJ_z81rDRVs0aHrFvXkXxot1m8kqYAnVvXoYjGli1jY3wPpAQOTfYqgK-v_Q/s320/cutestblogontheblock.png" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" /></a><a href="http://www.bloggerstyles.com/" imageanchor="1" style="color: #006699; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-94VjLinhgcepnQEuBZW2XfV73KNLBtCXYwAeFj2ZI0gBrtj4D4OsG38HGoYVbh1OJ8EzeYiExjnbQQ-hiQ0tkFKTYSGIeZSoXGpDM1h1P_QNUZtpydfUQIkPXAsucxqZA7qJ6bwZOg/s320/bloggerstyles.png" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.falconhive.com/" imageanchor="1" style="color: #006699; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilAbsKwh3eI01ICl09aUHS6V95eApcWg-dFGk-EXPFOVwMh7zLFVN6W9sTloSrZWMc_XUM0HfE0HPUQcmzZQ_XwsNFVJYoCtb3rEar_yZab1KZZVH9leEkpml1VTUPt8qrHH3XMNzBcMI/s320/falconhive.png" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" /></a><a href="http://all-blogspot-templates.blogspot.com/" imageanchor="1" style="color: #006699; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd46vTAWPBwkt0DvOpUiSqy3zZK2ujNUT_bua1DBsfBoq9NPBq4hlwnNVg2tGjtoVPWUBZJl6PlV2AZnQMtKOVB8ro9PJ0QbzHtSDG0TUe7519-wm5FbTxAnCsnI3IMkUNOqpE5ECQ16o/s320/bloggertemplates.png" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" /></a><a href="http://zonacerebral.com/plantillas-blogger" imageanchor="1" style="color: #006699; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv25ZPspTxvOPsQKIctVv6CIocqiwnJVHU3IMhecTNk7mptk9hMZqHWRPAXhn0hmq8WhYErxDfGkeO9HnYb8IwJDssisg3YpYMm3hj1FQrZzOP4A72k2ViGrqBhSVfttO12WMPuGcVesc/s320/zonacerebral.png" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.quiterandom.com/" imageanchor="1" style="color: #006699; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYCWctYtgtR6238PanoOLeNXMnsdP2AkNPqnv-jI2h03zEY36fiCvnjX1wXdFHpCxKC01m5FzdfJyR17SLF0E1ZsrhozktGSzOETyeP_A5di9wSlEsirufZRBjeoTdWIIU6qIATq_bQk/s320/quiterandom.png" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" /></a> <a href="http://chicablogger.com/category/blogger-templates/" imageanchor="1" style="color: #006699; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEKtXm0tdO9tSXZFqqmmGMZihC-7WdWzYqVMSBIw0m16-Vt9JRw7CO9W3GzII6hGbgBtfW_ctYFzPDdKAjKbbhcN7Z-SbaUf8VE7GB1-4ltl7iUAFAyzOVBfLjYq05vhJ-CwpQdwxbFJE/s320/chicablogger.png" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" /></a><a href="http://www.deluxetemplates.net/" imageanchor="1" style="color: #006699; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifdqXw0pIE8VMOs1dR9l35gMwxpc54pckXPgeONXCYkPm9xq0AzqujIFNksEEIzQOTn6-ZmwZwTVG2ExFVLD7iAuBIi5FmBQn4WRqpjPi0RJ3S6FGWdXgGwGz7VvhDH3qI4cSTUg7OWC8/s320/deluxtemplates.png" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.pyzam.com/bloggertemplates" imageanchor="1" style="color: #006699; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfIEunA1ze2vz2LApjlk5lY4pX_psWHuPXughJ23mkXxgkyzV2W8wvWNGmgYCbt1ZpYJ8wj01A-wr5604AVg_RSFr_QLCw2dCwgshbymeJLrEcY4J103FJiveV4BOlMX3dMSyuiVBZ-GY/s320/pyzam.png" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" /></a><a href="http://www.ourblogtemplates.com/" imageanchor="1" style="color: #006699; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqEnl-Wc0XQ50CUyIJ-BKOi2T1XB0rkeUgoP38HxK_QW1x1RBKeFduIoePQ2P5lvzVLawj1XKzsERdOy5H2hihqNPuQEmEg4bZX463h4EXSha-MwN7d83K97WR3sOhAa9GPJFnys4XNrs/s320/ourbloggertemplates.png" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" /></a><a href="http://www.eblogtemplates.com/blogger/" imageanchor="1" style="color: #006699; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1jixE3RHWPjyjh2S_EMRHdEtyXauMOq5xXR0TtLR-m1wiAnRFJFGcEl0o0IAr0j9FzRGBA8x9G3-dcGWxCZBKOOc0ZbH_uusSvONYQyZaa7eUlShv6NJ8NBjTztCjD605yBEW_ggwieo/s320/eblogtemplates.png" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); 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</div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://btemplates.com/" style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration: none;">BTemplates</a>. A free directory of user-submitted templates, classified by type and/or features.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.thecutestblogontheblock.com/" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: none;">The Cutest Blog on the Block</a>. Run by Becky and Ashley of <a href="http://2momstalk.blogspot.com/" id="uxwp" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: none;" title="2 Moms Talk">2 Moms Talk</a>, this site offers free, premade layouts, as well as customizable backgrounds.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.bloggerstyles.com/" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: none;">Blogger Styles</a>. Gallery of submitted templates, ranked by visitors and includes detailed configuration instructions.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.falconhive.com/" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: none;">FalconHive</a>. Conversions of WordPress templates upon request, along with archive of past conversions.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://all-blogspot-templates.blogspot.com/" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: none;">All Blogspot Templates</a>. Templates in 1-, 2- and 3-column options. Also includes AdSense-ready templates.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://zonacerebral.com/plantillas-blogger" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: none;">Zona Cerebral</a>. Spanish site with dozens of templates to choose from, including several converted WordPress themes.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.quiterandom.com/" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: none;">Quite Random</a>. A number of free templates, and several Blogger-specific tutorials regarding setup and layout editing.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://chicablogger.com/category/blogger-templates/" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: none;">ChicaBlogger</a>. In Spanish, templates designed primarily for women.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.deluxetemplates.net/" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: none;">Deluxe Templates</a>. Hundreds of templates, including many converted WordPress themes. Also has a nice "tips & tricks" section for customizing Blogger.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.pyzam.com/bloggertemplates" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: none;">Pyzam</a>. Thousands of templates, browsable by category and sortable by recency or popularity.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.ourblogtemplates.com/" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: none;">Our Blog Templates</a>. 160+ free templates, all well-labeled for easy browsing to find the one you want.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.eblogtemplates.com/blogger/" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: none;">eBlogTemplates</a>. Combination of free and premium templates, and a wealth of tips for tweaking your Blogger blog.</li>
</ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, fantasy;">Note: for the most part, sites above provide templates for Blogger's "Layouts". If you still see a "Templates" tab for your blog, you need to upgrade your blog to take advantage of these new features. <a href="http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=44474" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: none;">This help article</a> has some more information about using Layouts.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, fantasy;">Now would be a good time to remind you that before you make any changes to your template, <b>you should download the current template and put it in a safe place</b>. (Click "Layout", then "Edit HTML" and then "Download full template".) And just in case it's not clear from this post: every link above points to a third party site. <b>Blogger cannot provide support for independently created templates</b>. If you choose to use a template built by someone else, make sure to figure out how easy it is to reach them if problems arise.<br />
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</script></div>Tarun.Reflexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17283850763739277335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215915725560044067.post-92118031258726657212009-07-21T08:08:00.000-07:002009-07-21T09:52:35.860-07:00PUBLICIZE YOUR CONTENT/POST<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">After <a href="http://bloggingconfessions.blogspot.com/2009/07/choice-of-platform.html">Choosing the Platform</a> and <a href="http://bloggingconfessions.blogspot.com/2009/07/10-tips-for-better-post-start-blogging.html">making your first Post</a>, Here you are preparing to be discovered. So how exactly do people reach blogs? How can they reach your blog among the millions other? How soon can your content be discovered after you first post it? All these questions will be answered with explanations in the coming lines.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">After posting your content, you want it to be discovered. Of course, The Internet is the widest platform for showcasing your content and its real time but is it really so? The answer is yes and no both. ‘Yes’ because your as soon as you press “POST” Button, your post is available on the Internet and ‘No’ because in spite being on the Web its not (exactly) yet discoverable. So the questions submerge to this: How does content becomes discoverable on Internet? The answer lies in another question “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">How do people discover things on Internet?</i>” Here are few common ways in descending order of contribution (Again, This is based on </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://tarunreflex.blogspot.com/"><span style="line-height: 115%;">my</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> personal experience):<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level2 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">A.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.google.com/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Google</span></i></b></a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> Search Results and other Search Results<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level2 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">B.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Via your links in comments you gave on other Blogs/Websites (e.g. Blogrolls)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level2 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">C.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Through Social Networking Sites (</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">e.g. </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/tarunreflex"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Facebook</i></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, </i></b><a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Profile.aspx?uid=10889831764166639363"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Orkut</i></b></a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">etc</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">) and Social Bookmarking Services (e.g. Digg, Yelp, Technorati, Stumble Upon, reddit, Bloglines)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level2 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">D.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Via Email (e.g. email subscriptions, Newsletters etc)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level2 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">E.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">In Public Forums like Groups, Communities, mailing lists etc<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level2 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">F.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Personal recommendations (</span></i></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://twitter.com/tarunreflex"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Twitter</span></i></b></a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level2 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">G.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Via Feeds (e.g. RSS, Atom, Google Reader, email subscriptions)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level2 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">H.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Via Bookmarks on People’s Browsers (e.g. favorites, Speed Dial, Bookmarks)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level2 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">I.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Others (e.g. media, advertising, gadgets etc)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; 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</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">So to make your content discoverable, you need to keep in mind the above ways of discovering content and then proceed. These points form the basic charter of Search Engine Optimizations and Product Branding. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 76.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">a.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.google.com/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Google</span></i></b></a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> Search Results and other Search Results</span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">: You can submit your post to Google as soon as you publish it. Generally Google Spiders will index your Blog within 24 Hours, but to make this process faster you can always submit your Blog explicitly to Google for faster Indexing. You can also set the frequency of Google Bots’ Crawl of your Blog in Google’s Webmaster Central. The sooner Google know about your content, the sooner it will appear in related search results. Although, Page Rank plays a very important role in ranking and order of appearance of your blog in search result<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 76.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">b.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Via your links in comments you gave on other Blogs/Websites (e.g. Blogrolls): </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">This is the most interesting way of being discovered where you control how you should be discovered. By participating in comments/discussions in other Blogs and leaving your </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://bloggingconfessions.blogspot.com/"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Blog Link</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, you attract the visitors of the other Site. This method works very well. E.g. Blog roll at the bottom of this page.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 76.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">c.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Through Social Networking Sites (</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">e.g. </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/tarunreflex"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Facebook</i></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, </i></b><a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Profile.aspx?uid=10889831764166639363"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Orkut</i></b></a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">etc</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">) and Social Bookmarking Services (e.g. Digg, Yelp, Technorati, Stumble Upon, reddit, Bloglines): </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Today Social Networking has overshadowed most of the older methods of Information sharing. You can always update gTalk Status or </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Profile.aspx?uid=10889831764166639363"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Orkut</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> Status with a link to your most recent post or blog itself. </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/tarunreflex"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Facebook</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> has an interesting way of Link sharing where you can enter the status, say a few words and give the link, </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/tarunreflex"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Facebook</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> will automatically insert a snapshot and a thumbnail of your Blog. </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/tarunreflex"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Facebook</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> can also get the RSS from your blogs and display it in its ‘Notes’ Section. </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/tarunkumarjaiswal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">LinkedIn</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> has an application that can display the recent posts from your blogs. To be discovered you will have to make full use of all your social and professional networks.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 76.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">d.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Via </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:jaiswal.tarun@gmail.com"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Email</span></i></b></a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> (e.g. email subscriptions, Newsletters etc): </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Email Branding is one of the oldest and most efficient ways of publicity. Your Email Subscriber denotes your most faithful readers and they must be given full attention. You can have mailing lists, Newsletters for distribution. </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:jaiswal.tarun@gmail.com"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Email</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> Subscriptions are now powered by </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.feedburner.com/"><span style="line-height: 115%;">FeedBurner</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> (acquired By </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.google.com/"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Google</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">).You can also make your blog available in </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.adobe.com/"><span style="line-height: 115%;">PDF</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> format and mail it to your subscriber for offline reference. E.g. Email Subscription forms in the sidebar. Email Branding is a vast topic and will be covered in later posts.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 76.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">e.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">In Public Forums like Groups, </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community.aspx?rl=cpp&cmm=24936388"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Communities</span></i></b></a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, mailing lists etc: </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Profile.aspx?uid=10889831764166639363"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Orkut</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/tarunreflex"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Facebook</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> communities are the best place to share relevant content. Here you have the benefit of exposing your content to an already interested audience. It’s a mode of targeted advertising. Keep a list of </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community.aspx?rl=cpp&cmm=24936388"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Communities</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and groups related to your topic and make a post in them as soon as you publish new content. Follow up matters a lot in Groups/</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community.aspx?rl=cpp&cmm=24936388"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Communities</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> so be attentive to queries and concerns raised in group/</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community.aspx?rl=cpp&cmm=24936388"><span style="line-height: 115%;">community</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. E.g. the Weekly mailing list in Orkut Community : </span><span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community.aspx?rl=cpp&cmm=24936388">Books and Books</a></span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b><br />
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</b></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 76.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">f.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Personal recommendations (</span></i></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://twitter.com/tarunreflex"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Twitter</span></i></b></a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">): </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.google.com/"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Google</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> is the best example of ‘Word of Mouth’ advertising and promotion. There is nothing better than a personal recommendation about a blog or service. But for that you need to maintain goodwill in Blogging Community. There are many Blogger groups (like </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.indiblogger.com/"><span style="line-height: 115%;">IndiBlogger</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> etc) where you can register all your Blogs and interact with Bloggers like you. Bloggers themselves form the crème of audience.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 76.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">g.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Via Feeds (e.g. RSS, Atom, </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.google.com/reader"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Google Reader</span></i></b></a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, email subscriptions): </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> RSS feeds have developed as a means to take your Blog to new places. Earlier people used to come to site/blog to read content, but now the content reaches the interested people in the form they want. Thanks to RSS (Really Simple Syndication)! You can configure RSS in </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.feedburner.com/"><span style="line-height: 115%;">FeedBurner</span></a> account. <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a> & <a href="http://www.wordpress.com/">Wordpress</a> both support feeds. Most of the new web browser support RSS<a href="http://www.google.com/reader">. Google Reader </a> provides means to add, manage and share your feeds with the world. More about Feeds/RSS later.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 76.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">h.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Via Bookmarks on People’s Browsers (e.g. favorites, Speed Dial, Bookmarks): </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> Most people won’t remember you Blog address as it is. Its very convenient for the user to have a bookmark on you site. You can do so by providing a BOOKMARK link at the bottom of your post or in Blog sidebar.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 76.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">i.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Others (e.g. media, advertising, gadgets etc): </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> Besides these methods, there are conventional methods too. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 108.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -108.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>i.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">You can have a </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.google.com/adwords"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Google Adwords</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> account for advertising your Blog. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 108.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -108.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>ii.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">You can ask your Blogger friends to showcase your Blog on their sidebar. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 108.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -108.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>iii.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">If you are a developer you can design gadgets, Themes etc with your link in it. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 108.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -108.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>iv.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">File Sharing (e.g. Rapidshare and </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.esnips.com/user/tarunReflexjaiswal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Esnips</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> ) sites also provide good means where you can upload your blog as a PDF and publicize it.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">These were some of the general methods to publicize your post. These should be kept in mind. However, if you want to automate it, here is the checklist.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">CHECKLIST AFTER PUBLISHING CONTENT -<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">1.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Publish your Content.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">2.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Go to </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.autopinger.com/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Autopinger</span></i></b></a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and enter your Blog URL. This will ping major Search engines.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">3.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Go to Google’s Submit URL and submit your link along with tags.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">4.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Find a service to </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://twitter.com/tarunreflex"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">tweet</span></i></b></a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> your Blog automatically as soon as you publish content. E.g. FriendFeed.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">5.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Have </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.feedburner.com/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">FeedBurner</span></i></b></a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">’s Ping Service activated and set 5 top Ping Servers of your choice.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">6.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">If you a mail list/</span></i></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community.aspx?rl=cpp&cmm=24936388"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Community</span></i></b></a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">/Group, post a link there.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">7.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">If you want you can update your status on gTalk and </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/tarunreflex"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Facebook</span></i></b></a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">8.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">If you use Windows Live Writer, You can ping 56 Ping Servers at a time. Find the List of Ping Servers here.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">9.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Participate in discussions related to your content on other Blogs/Forums.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">10.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Keep your content updated with recent data and acknowledge contributions, if any!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">These 10 points will help you in publicizing your content. But it’s very different than Branding. For Branding, you need a more focused approach. If you want, I will write a tutorial on Branding too.I hope this assists you in your endeavor. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">As always, feel free to clarify any doubts or ask questions.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">Happy Blogging!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Related Posts</span><span lang="EN-US">: <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 90.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://bloggingconfessions.blogspot.com/2009/07/10-tips-for-better-post-start-blogging.html">10 Tips for a Better Post| START BLOGGING</a></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 90.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://bloggingconfessions.blogspot.com/2009/07/choice-of-platform.html">Choice of Platform | Blogger or Wordpress?</a></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 90.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> <a href="http://draft.blogger.com/goog_1248188781329"> </a></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://bloggingconfessions.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-to-become-blogger-my-introduction.html">How to Become a Blogger | Introduction | About Us</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Next Post</span><span lang="EN-US">: <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">NOTE: </span>Google is experimenting with<span style="color: red;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, -webkit-fantasy; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px;">PubSubHubbub which is a simple, open, web-hook-based <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publish/subscribe" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;">pubsub</a> (publish/subscribe) protocol. Find more about it <a href="http://tarunreflex.blogspot.com/2009/07/pubsubhubbub-reference-hub-server-is.html"><b>here</b></a>. It aims to update the feeds in real time with content updations</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><br />
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</script></div>Tarun.Reflexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17283850763739277335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215915725560044067.post-72520129001350982352009-07-21T08:03:00.000-07:002009-07-21T09:21:22.712-07:0010 Tips for a Better Post | START BLOGGING<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">Now that you have decided on Blogging Platform (<a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a> or <a href="http://www.wordpress.com/">Wordpress</a>), you can start Blogging!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.indianinitiatives.com/">I</a> will be using the term “Blog” for both Blogger and Wordpress blogs. Wherever I need to mention any specific detail about the provider (<a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a> or <a href="http://www.wordpress.com/">Wordpress</a>), <a href="http://www.indianinitiatives.com/">I</a> will do so explicitly. This post onwards, <a href="http://www.indianinitiatives.com/">I</a> will be embedding SEO (Search Engine Optimization) tips within the post. So if you are just starting blogging, you need not worry about optimizations. However, there will be further separate posts on this wide topic.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">START BLOGGING</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> – </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"> After logging in to your account for the first time you ask yourself – What do I do now? What is it that I see? What to do first? Post or Customize setting?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"> The first interface you see after logging into your Blog Admin Area is called “DASHBOARD”. It’s your link to each and every aspect of your Blog. Dashboard is generally organized into various categories to make it self explanatory. Blogger divides its Dashboard into four parts namely – </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 198.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">1.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Posting<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 198.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">2.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Setting<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 198.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">3.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Layout <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 198.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">4.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Monetize <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 198.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Wordpress also has a similar categorization but all the important links and stats are visible in the dashboard only. <a href="http://www.wordpress.com/">Wordpress</a>’ Dashboard is filled with news, top blogs, admin links, stat link etc following ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">everything on a single page</i>’ ideology while <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a> gives a hierarchical structure to its links following ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Simplicity</i>’. You will get used to both over the time. . <a href="http://www.wordpress.com/">Wordpress</a> does not have Monetize Link as it does not allow advertising. Monetize on<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a> connects your blog to your <a href="http://www.google.com/adsense">Adsense Account</a> and provides options for serving ads.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">POST TITLE</span><span lang="EN-US"> –<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">You can make a new post using CREATE POST option (obviously!). Just have a catchy heading and interesting content. A Heading should be:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 198.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">1.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Short and simple<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 198.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">2.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Catchy and Witty<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 198.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">3.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Raise Curiosity<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 198.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">4.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Innovative<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 198.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">5.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Descriptive - Able to summarize the content.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 198.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">E.g. </span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">the title of this post:</span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> 10 Tips for a Better Post| START BLOGGING<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><br />
</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">People love Bullets and especially Numbering. Use Numbers, Sections to organize your content. It would also be easier for audience to refer to a particular point rather a paragraph while posting comment.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">POST CONTENT (<span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: black; font-family: 'MS Shell Dlg'; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre;"><b>10 Tips for a Better Post</b><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold; white-space: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">)</span><span lang="EN-US"> --</span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><br />
</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">The content depends on your choice of topic. Along with quality content, you might want to give the following 10 tips a try for SEO and good user experience:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">A Post should have:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">1.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> 1) </span></span><span lang="EN-US">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A Related Post</b>” clause followed by related links from your own blog and other relevant websites.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">2.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">3.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> 2.) </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Have <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Social Bookmarking</b> Links at the bottom of every post so that your readers can share the post with others using all means. This can be done using a custom HTML template which you can edit to include current post link and name (hard way for both <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a> and <a href="http://www.wordpress.com/">Wordpress</a>) or by using Java Script embedded in Blog Template (only for <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a>).</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">4.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> 3.) </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Google Spiders love links so the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">more relevant links</b> you have in your post, the more spiders get to feed on. The more time the spiders spend on your blog feeding on links, the more relevantly your blog gets indexed on Google’s Database. This leads to enhanced search results pertaining to the tags you use. To see how your Blog looks to a Google Spider, You can use the open source, text based command line Browser - Lynx.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">5.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> 4.) </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Stress on the “YOU” rather than “MY” aspect of the content.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">6.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> 5.) </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Justify yourself with quotes and reason and don’t assume the obvious outcome.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">7.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> 6.) </span></span><span lang="EN-US">When making any assertion justify with ‘Because’. It’s more effective.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">8.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> 7.) </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">TAGGING:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> This is perhaps the most important part that completely depends on Author. A tag is your way to describe your post with a set of words/phrases. It’s mapped to keywords that people search on Google to reach your page. An Author can choose to adapt different type of Tagging Styles. Some styles that <a href="http://tarunreflex.blogspot.com/">I</a> discovered (these are names given by <a href="http://1000thingsaboutindia.blogspot.com/">me</a> and are not standard) are: </span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">a.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Extensive Tagging: </span></b><span lang="EN-US">In this mode, the author tags his post with all possible tags (within word limit of 200 for <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a> and unlimited for <a href="http://www.wordpress.com/">Wordpress</a>). This technique is useful for <a href="http://tarunreflex.blogspot.com/">Media Blogs</a>, <a href="http://indianbudget2009.blogspot.com/">News Blog</a> which need instant audience and includes a vast majority of topics. E.g. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">: </b><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tarunreflex.blogspot.com/">Tarun Reflex | Personal, Political and Technical</a></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">b.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Selective Tagging</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: This works well for personal Blogs, <a href="http://1000thingsaboutindia.blogspot.com/">Travelogues</a> where you have selective audience. In this, you select Tags carefully in order to convey the best possible meaning. E.g. : <b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><a href="http://1000thingsaboutindia.blogspot.com/">1000 Awesome Things about India</a></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">c.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Association Tags: </span></b><span lang="EN-US">This technique is a smart approach to organize your blog and post. By planning tags and having a relationship between them, you can do wonders in Content Management. You can define your own rule and have content displayed in your order rather than predefined Archives or Category format. It will be useful in future when you will display a list of Related Posts in sidebar or within post. You can simply refer to a group of posts using a ‘S<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">mart Tag</b>’. E.g. <a href="http://bloggingconfessions.blogspot.com/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Blogging Confessions</span></b></a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US">(this blog)</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 108.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo3; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -108.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>i.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">SMART TAGS: </span></b><span lang="EN-US">it’s a superset of tags that conveys a special meaning. e.g. I have a post ‘x’ tagged with “India” about India, another post ‘y’ tagged with “Travel” about London and a post ‘z’ tagged with “Taj Mahal” about Taj Mahal. Now I can tag the last Post ‘z’ with “Travel India” (combining the former two tags) as well as “India” and “Travel”. Now I can refer to all posts (about Taj Mahal and London here) related to “Travel” and have ‘y’ and ‘z’ in the list using tag “travel”, or refer to all post related to “India” and have ‘x’ and ‘y’ in the list using tag “India” or refer to all posts related to “Travel in India” and have ‘z’ in the list using “Travel India” tag.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 108.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo3; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -108.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 108.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo3; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -108.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>ii.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">NOTE:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Wordpress has Tags as well as categories, Association tags are <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a> ‘s way of having Categories as well as Tags.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">9.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> 8.) </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Avoid using extraneous “Tags”. Some authors use many manipulated tags just to drive audience to their Blog without having appropriate content. This might work for sometime but in the long run it’s very harmful not only for the author but also for the audience and honest Blogs. </span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">If 9.) If you tend to use or refer to Current Events, Try to have a <b>link to a reliable source </b>(e.g. Wikipedia, News Agencies etc).</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">10.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> 10.) </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Respect your Audience</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: This is the most important step towards having a regular audience. Always respond to the comments. No response is the worst response. Accept if you made any mistake or clarify the issue. Provide different means to your audience to reach you and your content. <a href="mailto:jaiswal.tarun@gmail.com">Email</a>, Comments, <a href="http://twitter.com/tarunreflex">tweets</a>, SMS (using Google Channel), Feeds etc are few of the most popular ways. I will be covering each of them in detail in further Posts.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Points to Ponder</span><span lang="EN-US">:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 90.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo5; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Provide a link to the current post below every post so that your audience can save it, bookmark it or forward it. You can use FeedFlare in FeedBurner to customize the links below every post and feed. More about it ,later.</span></i></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Keep your audience interested in your Blog by telling them about your Future Posts and plan so that they know what to expect.</span></i></li>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">As always, feel free to clarify any doubts or ask questions.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Related Posts</span><span lang="EN-US">:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 90.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://bloggingconfessions.blogspot.com/2009/07/choice-of-platform.html">Choice of Platform</a></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 90.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> <a href="http://draft.blogger.com/goog_1248187271919"> </a></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://bloggingconfessions.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-to-become-blogger-my-introduction.html">How to Become a Blogger | Introduction | About </a>Us</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 90.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Next Post</span><span lang="EN-US">: <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> In my next post we will try to acquaint ourselves with different ways to make our new post discoverable on World Wide Web.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><br />
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>2)</b><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><b> </b></span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>Do you wish to promote, present, sell, publicize or create awareness?</b></span></i></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>3)</b><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><b> </b></span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>How long do you plan to run the blog? Whether it’s a blog having a time limit to some Event (e.g. </b></span></i><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://2012olympicslondon2012.blogspot.com/"><i><b>Olympics</b></i></a><i><b>), a newsreel (</b></i><a href="http://tarunreflex.blogspot.com/"><i><b>Citizen Reporter</b></i></a><i><b>), a static blog full of info, a travelogue, a community blog with discussions, a tutorial or learning blog, a personal blog or your own unique kind?</b></i></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>4)</b><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><b> </b></span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>How do you categorize you blog? Find various categories in </b></span></i><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.dmoz.org/"><i><b>DMOZ</b></i></a><i><b>, </b></i><a href="http://www.craiglist.com/"><i><b>craiglist</b></i></a><i><b> or </b></i><a href="http://www.indiblogger.com/"><i><b>Indiblogger</b></i></a><i><b>. You can also refer other famous Blog sites like Technorati or Alexa.</b></i></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>5)</b><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><b> </b></span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>How much you enjoy doing this?</b></span></i></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Having decided a Blog Topic, comes the most important task of choice of Blogging Platform. Most popular Blogging Platforms are Live Journal, Blogger, Wordpress and Typepad but the choice really distills down to choosing between <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a> or <a href="http://www.wordpress.com/">Wordpress</a> .</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 18.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Blogger is powered by Google</span></b><span lang="EN-US">. So you know that all your Google services (Be it Picasa, Adsense, Reader, Analytics, Webmaster Central, SMS Channel, Gadgets, Search etc) can be coupled with your blog within no time. Blogger provided infinite customization and you can really have complete control over the look and feel of you blog here. With Google’s new Friend Connect Gadget Series, You can have the most awaited link between your Social Network and Web Audience. With Blogger you can endlessly edit themes, customize interface and experiment with new SEO techniques since you have direct access to your Theme Template Code.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 18.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Wordpress comes in two flavors: <a href="http://www.wordpress.com/">wordpress.com</a> and <a href="http://www.wordpress.org/">wordpress.org</a> . The first one (<a href="http://www.wordpress.com/">wordpress.com</a>) is free Blogging platform powered by Wordpress (An <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Automattic</b> Enterprise) which allows you to make your own blog and run it on wordpress servers. Wordpress is multiuser Blogging software that allows everyone to make blog, customize it (to some extent) and run it. Whereas <a href="http://www.wordpress.org/">wordpress.org</a> is single user version of Wordpress.com Open Source Blogging Software provided by Wordpress for individual use that you can deploy on you Web server. What this means is that if you have bought Hosting Services from some Provider then you can use <a href="http://www.wordpress.org/">wordpress.org</a> Software (The latest being Ver2.8.6.1) to have Wordpress Blog running your site/blog. In case, you don’t have one – no need to worry. You still have the free <a href="http://www.wordpress.com/">wordpress.com</a> Blogging Platform to host your blogs. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 18.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">We will be concentrating on Wordpress.com for now and later move on to wordpress.org!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 18.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Wordpress doesn’t provide much customizations and control over the interface and working. It has very simple and one of the best detailed blogging dashboard. It’s a good choice for a blogger who doesn’t want to get into technicalities of xhtml or CSS and simply want to blog without worrying much about technical aspect of the blogging. The power of Wordpress lies in its audience. Since <a href="http://www.wordpress.com/">wordpress.com</a> doesn’t allow advertising, There are very less splogs (Spam + Blog = Splogs) on <a href="http://www.wordpress.com/">wordpress.com</a> as compared to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a> where Splogs swarm for money. May be that’s the reason behind the serious audience of <a href="http://www.wordpress.com/">wordpress.com</a> and high Page rank of its Tags. If you are a frequent Googler (which we all are in some sense!), you will find many searches ending up with results like “/wordpress/SearchTerm”. The SearchTerm here refers to the keyword you searched for in Google and the Post on <a href="http://www.wordpress.com/">wordpress.com</a> that were tagged with that particular SearchTerm. These wordpress tags conceal lots of potential; the same tag with same content on any other Blogging Platform would be far behind in Search Results on Google. This is my personal view and should not be taken for a fact. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 18.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Wordpress also has a very good Commenting System. It acquired Intense Debate – a corporation known for its Comment Services last year only. Because of less power in user’s hand, Wordpress blogs have a clean look and run mostly on quality contents instead of SEO tricks. So if you are a writer or produce content, Wordpress is the best place to be discovered. The very simplicity of <a href="http://www.wordpress.com/">wordpress.com</a> becomes the reason why the advanced users don’t prefer it. For those who want the power in their hands, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a> is the perfect weapon!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 18.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">Besides the above basic features, the following features also play an important role:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><br />
<ol><li><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">1.)<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><b> </b></span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>Back Up</b></span></i></li>
<li><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>2.)</b><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><b> </b></span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>Export/Import</b></span></i></li>
<li><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>3.)</b><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><b> </b></span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>Permitted Widgets</b></span></i></li>
<li><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>4.)</b><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><b> </b></span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>Stat System</b></span></i></li>
<li><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>5.)</b><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><b> </b></span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>TOS (Terms of Services)</b></span></i></li>
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</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">From now on Wordpress refers to </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">wordpress.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> ; wherever I need to mention </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.wordpress.org/"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">wordpress.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> I will mention it explicitly.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">1.)<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Both Blogger and Wordpress don’t have satisfactory back up options. In case your blog is banned for reason or the other, your whole data just vanishes into thin air! I prefer </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.blogbackuponline.com/">Blog Backup Online</a></span><span lang="EN-US"> for real time backup of my blog. </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.blogbackuponline.com/">Blog Backup Online</a></span><span lang="EN-US"> provides space up to 50 MB for backup storage in free edition. You can also download a copy of backups and save it on your hard disk.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">2.)<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a> and <a href="http://www.wordpress.com/">Wordpress</a> both give a content backup of Style and Content in XML format for download. Wordpress gives the backup for download in its new WXR (Wordpress XML) format that is not compatible with Blogger Export/Import Tool. Thus Blogger provides better migration options.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">3.)<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a> features numerous Widgets (mostly free) for your Blogger Blogs while on Wordpress there are few limited widgets which although being complete in it self leave much to be desired.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">4.)<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">An inbuilt <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Stat System</b> is one thing that Blogger has been missing since the dawn of Blogging era. We have to look forward to free Web Stats services like <a href="http://www.hitstats.com/">Hitstas</a>, <a href="http://www.freecounters.com/">freecounter</a> etc for Web Statistics. In this field, <a href="http://www.wordpress.com/">Wordpress</a> outruns Blogger. Wordpress gives one of the best in class web stats tracking system which feature day by day report, comparison, most read, hot on wordpress and its own personal ranking to blogs. It has detailed Day-Basis, Monthly-Basis and Annual stats. It also shows most searched keywords, incoming and outgoing links, most popular posts and trackbacks in its stats page on Dashboard. It’s like having an interface of Google Webmaster Central within your Wordpress Dashboard. No doubt <a href="http://www.wordpress.com/">Wordpress</a> outruns Blogger in Stat domain.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">5.)<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">TOS (Terms of Services) are yet another overlooked part while deciding the platform for Blogging. They do matter a lot and in the long run, it’s the TOS part that gets you banned and there’s no way out. However, if you have been smart enough to have a <a href="http://www.blogbackuponline.com/">Blog Backup Online</a> account connected to your Wordpress/Blogger Blog, You wont lose the data at all but the domain and hence the Google Juice will be gone forever. So do read those gritty numerous lines before signing up for Blogging Services.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">By now based on your needs, you will be able to decide which Blogging Platform to choose. But still in gist, I would recommend the following based on usage type:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">For general users who just need to be free from technical jargon and code melodrama, <a href="http://www.wordpress.com/">Wordpress</a> is the solution. For advanced users who need to get the most from the least, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a> is the way out. <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a> provides ways to enhance your skills and prepare you so that later on you can buy your domain and have a good Hosting Service Provider to host your own site.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">More about “How to Host your site” and <a href="http://www.wordpress.org/">wordpress.org</a> later.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Feel free to ask any questions and give suggestions. 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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">First let me tell about my-blog-self, I am Tarun Kumar Jaiswal, mostly known by the name “Tarun Reflex” (Reflex is not my surname, It’s just my handle </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">), I started blogging on Yahoo 360 in 2003. Then moved to Blogger with my first blog “</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://tarunreflex.blogspot.com/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Tarun Reflex | Personal, Political and Technical</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">” which is still running and had over 5,00,000 hits. It contains my personal rants and musing along with technical discussion/tutorial. I also covered some leading topics related to Indians (e.g. Six Pay Commission) and Technical news (e.g. launch of iPhone, Google’s new services etc). Its’ my principal blog and I tried most of the tricks and tweaks on this blog only. So it looks a bit garbled.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Next to pursue my technical interest, I started “</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://reflexoncall.blogspot.com/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Tarun Reflex | Tech Perk</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">” and “</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://windowshelpcenter.blogspot.com/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Windows Help Center</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">”.</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://reflexoncall.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Tech Perk</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> mainly contains XP to VISTA migration assistance tutorials like “How to Run Oracle on Vista” whereas </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://windowshelpcenter.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Windows Help Center</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> has system speed up tips & tricks . It also contains all the hacks on Windows XP that I published in my two series “Windows XP – Tips and Tricks” E-book in Summer-2006. It has more than 300 such hacks that will make work easier for a general user and advanced customizations for a power user.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Then came one of my personal favorites “</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://tarunreflex.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Tarun Reflex</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">” Wordpress Blog. It was a non-commercial blog dedicated to Indian Govt. Employees and had some flavors of technical and literary spices like some book reviews and new technological updates. It got Page Rank 4 in 3 months and had over 15,00,000 visitors. It’s featured in “<a href="http://botd.wordpress.com/2008/08/22/top-blogs-849/">Blog of the Day</a>” List on official Wordpress Blog for 3 days in August 2008. It has had over 58,000 hits in a single day! However, It was banned by Wordpress due to some policy violations. It was about some book download links. You can still search for “Tarun Reflex” on Google and find this blog right on the top of the list.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">“</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://tarunreflex.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Tarun Reflex</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">” Wordpress Blog helped me a lot in learning about marketing and publicity. I experimented with Email Branding, RSS Updates & Customizations, Viral Marketing, Incentives and contest schemes, Audience Capturing via this blog. Due to larger audience, I was able to perceive the general behavioral aspects of audience with respect to their needs & expectation from a blog/website. It made me realize the importance of Social Networking and Social Bookmarking. Because of all these experiments, I believe this blog got this much audience and exposure on Google. The Blog was on wordpress.com domain so customizations were very limited. It’s a very good example of having your Blog/website visible on Google without having html or SEO codes in your Design templates. And all the credit goes to Social Bookmarking as well as email branding to name a few! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The gist is to make your Blog available in all formats at all the time, Be it mobile version,Facebook Notes,RSS,SMS updates,email,Tweets,Diggs,Blinks and trackbacks!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">In winters of 2008, I had the opportunity to meet online a very good and creative person Neil from USA. He had just started his blog by the name – </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://1000awesomethings.com/"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">1000 Awesome Things</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> .It motivated me to list </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://1000thingsaboutindia.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">1000 awesome things about India</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">. Anyone living in India will undoubtedly agree to the fact that there is more to this country than others can see. One can visit India for a week or two & get a view that is like a view of a river through the mist above. As some sociologist made a hierarchy of understanding Inter Cultural and Cross Country relationships & interactions as: Action > Behavior > Thought Pattern > Culture > Values, where Action forms the first impression of a country and its people. My Blog: </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://1000thingsaboutindia.blogspot.com/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">1000 Things About India</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> .On this blog I write what I feel about India and what’s so unique about it. We all have <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">been hearing since our very childhood that “India is a country that’s one of its kind” </i>and that<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> “There are much more differences among different states of India than countries in Western hemisphere</i>”. This blog is an attempt to enlist those features that make us so Unique, so Indian! This is a blog that I am proud to own.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://1000awesomethings.com/"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Neil’s Blog</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> has been featured on BBC, NEWSWEEK and many media agencies of international repute. Personally, I count his blog at par with </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://postsecret.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">PostSecret</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> and </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.found.com/"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Found</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> .<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">I am an avid reader and personally love to read and share what I read. I always prefer hardcopy of a book over EBooks and mostly buy books even after I already have its electronic format. A book is a treasure that never diminishes. In summer of 2005, I found lots of people on the Internet searching for EBooks. There were posts all over the Bulletin Boards and Discussion Forums regarding Book requests. What I found ironic was the fact that all the books were available on the Internet but there was absolutely no order. No repository of links or available EBooks. So I started my two Esnips accounts: “Tarun Reflex” and “Reflex Tarun”. Both witnessed more than 15,00,000 hits before getting shut down. You can still find me on Esnips </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.esnips.com/user/tarunRefleXjaiswa"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">here</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> . After discontinuing my Esnips Accounts, I decided to gather my audience and started an Orkut Community : <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community.aspx?rl=cpp&cmm=24936388">Books and Books</a></b> that will provide Weekly Deliveries of EBooks , Updates ,Reviews and answer to reader’s question about availability of EBooks and links along with bunching together like minded readers & having a good time. Now, this community has more than 10,500 members, answers to more than 5000 queries, 10,000+ EBook Download Links contributed by myself & other members of the community & Email List of more than 3000 subscriber who have registered for Weekly EBooks Delivery.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">With growth in weekly subscribers, It became difficult for me to keep up with the growth rate of the community .Also the links posted in the Community were accessible to members only and were not searchable on the Google so in spite of having an organized collection of links and books, They were limited to few thousand readers only. To solve both these issues, I started a new support blog for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community.aspx?rl=cpp&cmm=24936388">BOOKS AND BOOKS</a></b> Community by the name: </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://ebookspedia.blogspot.com/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Ebookspedia</span></b></a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">. It contains all that is available on Community in an organized way, tagged with appropriate keywords and searchable on Google. The three very basis of my “Books and Books” group are: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community.aspx?rl=cpp&cmm=24936388">Books and Books</a> </b>on Orkut<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">,</b> </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://ebookspedia.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Books and Books on Blogger</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> and </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.esnips.com/user/tarunReflexjaiswal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Books and Books on Esnips</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> .<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Along with these three principal axis, I use Google Groups (not so efficient), Groups on Shelfari (A social networking site for Book Lovers), Facebook and FeedBurner. Among different audiences with entirely different reading tastes, The Romance Books Fan (or Mills and Boon Fans) have been one of the most regular visitors to my Blogs. As a notion of my thankfulness towards them, I dedicated <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://romanticbooksmillsandboon.blogspot.com/">Romance Books (Mills and Boon Book Blog)</a></b> to them in May 2009. It contains links to my uploads on Rapidshare. It has a simple, easy-to-use, romantic look and feel for rich user experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Inspired by Abhinav Bindra’s Gold in Olympics, I started a Blog on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://2012olympicslondon2012.blogspot.com/">London 2012 Summer Olympic</a>. </b>It will track the timeline to Olympics, the preparations and finally the games themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Everyday, I receive loads and loads of email. While some of them have to be answered, some are just forwards. And believe me, the kind of forwards that I get are very interesting. However, I rarely forward emails to other so to make these general forwards available I launched <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://amazingforwardedemails.blogspot.com/">Amazing Email Forwards</a> </b>Blog. Mostly, I post on this blog via Email so it is optimized for simple look.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><a href="http://indianbudget2009.blogspot.com/">Indian Budget 2009</a></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">: This Blog consists of Union Budget and Railway Budget information along with download links for complete Budget report and announcements. It has section wise important announcements and new policies. “<a href="http://1000moviestoseebeforeyoudie.blogspot.com/">1000 Movies to See Before you Die</a>” is my another blog.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><br />
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Indian Initiatives is all about new policies & plans by <a href="http://www.indianinitiatives.com/government/">Govt. Of India </a>and new startups by Indian. It aims to bridge the semantic gap between the ‘Common Man’ and Government by spreading awareness about new Govt. Policies and how they could be useful for us. “Indian Initiatives” encourages new entrepreneurs and provides them a platform to voice their opinions and ideas.<br />
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We bring into light the Government policies that embody in themselves a huge untapped potential of social change and development. By unfolding the jargaon, we present the central idea of policies in front you so that you can understand it in a DIY(Do it yourself) manner.<br />
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We encourage new Entrepreneurs and strive to support them by voicing their ideas and opinions. Let us know about you new venture and we will do an independent third party review of your business idea and showcase it on our site in front of vast audience.<br />
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We support NGOs and provide them a platform where they can put forth their noble causes & stir awareness about their mission. NGOs can provide us with thier description and we will showcase them here, making their work known to the Web-World.</span></span><br />
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