The Blog Consultant

Should You Allow Comments On Your Blog?

2011-07-20T18:50:00.000-04:00

The short answer is Yes! You really should allow for people to post comments on your blog because that makes your blog more interactive and also too people may return to your blog again and again just to see if there has been any response(s) to the comments that they have added.

However there is a problem that comes up and that is that sometimes people will leave a comment on your blog that really isn't a comment but an attempt to either advertise or just plain-out "spam" your blog.

In that case it would be a good idea to allow comments on your blog but but you should also moderate the comments first before you decide whether or not you want to add them to your blog.

Blog sites such as Blogger.com does give you the option of being able to moderate the comments before you post them to your blog

If You Have A Blog On Blogger.com....

2010-10-19T15:35:00.000-04:00

On Wednesday, October 20th

Please note that image uploads will be disabled for two hours due to maintenance. The maintenance period will start at 5pm PDT.

You can find out more about this by going to their blog site.

"How Can I Make Google See My Site?"

2010-09-16T15:02:00.006-04:00

Please check my website at www.xxxx.xxxx I use a popularity machine to check on my site google not see my website. How can I optimize to make google see my site.

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You optimize your site by deciding which keywords/search terms that you want associated with your site.

For example my blog about being an Adsense Consultant shows up on page 1 of both Google & Yahoo's search engine results when the terms "adsense consultant" and "adsense consulting" are typed into the search boxes.

Also indirect links to my blog turn on on the first few pages of the search engine results as well - mainly due to comments I have made elsewhere online. And since the name of my blog is "The Adsense Consultant" then those two terms are the ones that I want my blog to be associated with when people type those search terms in.

So you have to decide what keywords you want associated with your site and then see where your site ranks using those search terms. If you don't like where your site ranks (or it doesn't rank at all) then you start incorporating those search terms within your site.

People have remarked that they have been able to get into the search engines within 24 hours!

You might also want to take a look at my
The SEO Consultant Blog for more information about how to get higher search engine rankings.

Blog Sells For $15 MILLION Dollars!

2010-06-11T17:14:00.002-04:00

Still don't think that you can make money with your blog? Then you should know that one person has sold their blog for $15 Million Dollars!

You can read more about this by going to the Problogger's blog by clicking here.

Never Underestimate Your Blog Posts!

2010-03-27T12:51:00.003-04:00

I was looking at some of my google adsense numbers today and I was also looking at the stats for my websites and blogs. It's interesting to see that I have gotten a lot of blog traffic from some of my older blog posts - some dating back as far as 2008!

What this tells me is that you shouldn't think that just because your blog post is old that someone somewhere may not read it because that is simply not true! From my own stats information I can see that a lot of visitors to my blogs have gotten there because they were looking for information that was similar to the information on my blog even though my blog post was a few months or even a few years old!

So don't underestimate your older blog posts!

Earning Money With Your Blog.......

2009-11-09T20:31:00.001-05:00

As well as being a blog consultant, I am also an Adsense Consultant as well!

There are no adsense secrets or secrets to earning money with Adsense. What you have to do to earn money with Adsense is to generate traffic to your blog because more traffic means more potential clicks on your Adsense ads.

Another thing that you can do is to put higher-paying keyword content into your blog. There are some keywords and subjects that advertisers are willing to pay more money for and if you use those types of keywords in your blog you have the potential to earn more money with your blog.

I'm currently experimenting with some of the high-paying keywords that I have on my own high-paying keywords list and I'm also trying to implement some of those high-paying keywords into my clients' blogs as well.

You do have the potential to be able to earn a LOT of money with your blog using Google's Adsense program and there have already been some people who have earned $1 Million Dollars using Adsense!

Is that the kind of money that you would like to be making with your blog?

It's not an impossible thing to do because there have been others who have managed to earn that amount of money using Google's Adsense program!

Unemployed Lawyer Loses His Unemployment Because Of Adsense Earnings!

2009-10-08T22:53:00.002-04:00

Well this is certainly surprising news!

It seems that a lawyer who was unemployed is losing his unemployment benefits because of money he earned using Google's Adsense program on his blog! According to an online article, the lawyer was making $1 a day using the Adsense program and the state of New York where the lawyer resides considers that money as earned income. However since this seems to be a relatively new kind of issue, New York has yet to decide whether or not the Adsense money should be considered as income or as residual money.

Here is a link to the online article:

Unemployed Blogger Loses Unemployment Benefits Because Of Earning Money From Google's Adsense Program

You Can Have Adsense BUT You Have To Pay First!

2009-09-24T18:27:00.003-04:00

Another popular blog site seems to be a website called LiveJournal. This is another website that lets you create a free blog for yourself.

Up until now you could not add any Adsense ads to a journal / blog on the LiveJournal website. But that has seemed to changed now!

Apparently LiveJournal will let subscribers / users of LiveJournal add Adsense ads to their LiveJournals but only if those users / subscribers are PAID members of the site!

What this means is that if you have a journal on the LiveJournal site but it is a free journal then you can not add adsense to your journal. However if you are a paid member with a paid subscription then you can add Adsense ads to your journal.

It seems a lot of trouble to go through when you can have a blog for free on Blogger.com, a site that encourages you to add Adsense ads to your blog.

How Can You Get (More) Followers To Your Blog?

2009-09-14T20:02:00.003-04:00

The most simplest and basic answer is for you to provide good content on your blog.

The reason why people follow a blog is because they find the information on that blog useful and helpful. The blog may also provide interesting and one-of-a-king information that a visitor may find worth reading and they will want to visit the blog over and over again just to see what new content the blog has.

If you want to make your blog more popular then the best way to do that is to find some type of niche - a subject that you are well-acquainted with - so that you will know of what you blog!

If you think that what you know about wouldn't be a popular topic then you may be surprised to know that lots of blogs are popular with the most bizarre of topics - but it is best to stick with what you know!

You can invite everyone to follow your blog but if they don't find the information interesting then they won't feel obliged to come back!

If you don't know why you're not getting followers to your blog then you should think about hiring a blog consultant to look at your blog so that they can help you find out how to make your blog more popular. A blog consultant can help you get more traffic and find sites that can help you gain more traffic to your blog.

If you don't want to hire a blog consultant, you can ask people to look at and assess your blog - those who won't charge you - to see where you can make improvements and help show you how to get more traffic to your blog.

Please remember though that this will take some time. Your blog needs to build up a reputation and that will take some time. But don't worry though because if other blogs (on various subjects) can get lots of traffic - your blog can too!

"How Do I Get Comments To Show Below My Blog Post?"

2009-03-29T12:04:00.003-04:00

Please note that this only (so far) works with Blogger.com blogs.

If you would like the comments that you get to show below your blog posts instead of having them show on a separate page then what you can do is to go to your Blogger.com dashboard, then:

go to the "settings" tab
then go to the "comments" tab
then scroll down until you get to: Comment Form Placement and check the box "embed(ded) below post"

*Please note that this does not always work and if the comments aren't showing or you are getting feedback from visitors saying that they can not comment on your blog that you should change your settings back to your original setting.

Announcements!

2009-03-28T22:25:00.002-04:00

I was looking at another blog and saw that it had an announcements box at the top side of the blog! I thought that this was a cute idea and decided to try it one of my own blogs - this one!

This particular blog is using Blogger.com's older format meaning that I have to go into the html of my template and add the coding for this box manually. (I may get around to updating this blog to Blogger.com's newer format - but not just right now!)

As you can see from my Announcements on the right, I now have a little box where I can put my announcements. You can do this to your own blog where you can add announcements about almost anything! What you are doing, whether or not you will be away for awhile, etc...............

If you are using Blogger.com's newer format then you can add this kind of box by simply adding a new gadget that lets you type in the html coding that will let you have this type of box. You can make the box look different by adding a different color background and adding a different kind of font to use as your text. Personally I think it looks great!

How Do I Paste The Adsense Ads On My Blog?

2009-03-21T06:51:00.003-04:00

Generally speaking when you have signed up with and approved by Adsense you go through the process of picking out certain aspects of your adsense ads - ie color, size, etc. However you don't get to pick what specific ads appear on your blog because that will be determined by the content on your blog!.

Once you have gone through the above process of picking out certain aspects of your blog, you will be given the html coding that you are going to have to copy and paste to your blog. WHERE you paste the coding is going to depend on where you want your adsense ads to appear!

So it is very important that you have at least a little knowledge of html coding because if you put that Adsense coding in the wrong place it could mess up your entire blog!

Now if your blog is on Blogger.com then they make it a little easier for you. You can always copy and paste the coding yourself but if you would like Blogger.com to add the adsense ads for you then you have the option of doing it that way AFTER you have given Blogger.com permission to access your Adsense information!

To find out more about Google's Adsense program you can visit my The Adsense Consultant Blog.

"How Do I Make My Blog More Successful With Adsense?"

2009-03-10T22:42:00.004-04:00

Just in case you don't know what adsense is, it is an affiliate-type advertising program where you can earn money online by visitors clicking on the ads that appear on your blog (or website).

For more information about Google's Adsense program you can visit my The Adsense Consultant Blog.

You may not be aware of this but there have been some Adsense Millionaires out there so this just goes to show you that it IS possible to make a lot of money with the Adsense program! You can click here to see one of my more popular blog posts about just how much some people have been making with Google's Adsense program!

But I'm sure the question that you are asking is HOW?

Basically speaking you make money with Adsense when visitors to your site click on the ads that appear on your site. You make MORE money when more people / visitors to your site click on the ads that appear on your site. You make even MORE money when the ads on your site are from higher-paying advertisers.

So the answer seems to be that first you should get as much traffic to your site as possible. (Please see my The SEO Consultant Blog for more information about getting more traffic to your site.

Additionally, you should also try to put in higher-paying keyword content into your site so that it will appeal to the higher-paying advertisers.

Now one of the questions that you may have is "What are the higher-paying keywords?" I offer a high-paying keyword list on my The Adsense Consultant Blog BUT you can find many sites that purport to have high-paying keyword lists available for free and you don't have to pay money for their information.

Just to give you some clue about high-paying keywords it seems that those keywords associated with financial-type things like debt consolidation, student loans, auto insurance, unclaimed money, government grants, current lawsuit litigation topics, etc bring in higher-paying advertisers.

"Can I Use A Blog Address.........................?"

2009-02-08T15:29:00.003-05:00

Let's say you have a blog url that you think is perfect and you want to use it for your own blog address. You try to register the name with Blogger.com only to find out that it is already being in use. Just for curiosity sake you visit the url and come to find out that the blog hasn't been updated in quite some time - maybe even a few years.

If you think that this would be a perfect opportunity to be able to use that url as your own then please THINK AGAIN!

As far as I know, Blogger.com will not release a blog's url just because it hasn't been used in a while.

Unfortunately one of your only recourses (if you still want to use that particular url) is to get in touch with the owner of the blog address to see if you can get them to give you their url.

It may be highly unlikely but there have been some cases where people have received a LOT of money by selling their urls!

This may not be good news for those who have a perfect url in mind only to find out that its already been taken but there isn't too much that you can do about it. You'll probably have to come up with a creative solution to giving your blog the kind of url that you want.

Has Your Blog Been Blocked? Now You Can Share Your Experience Here!

2009-01-21T21:12:00.003-05:00

If your blog has been blocked, you can now "share your experience(s) by clicking this link and that will take you to one of the Blogger.com message boards where you can share the same experiences that you are having if your blog has been locked or blocked by Blogger.com.

"How Do I Get My Blog Listed On The Search Engines?"

2009-01-13T21:24:00.003-05:00

This may be more easier said than done!

Probably the best tactic for getting your blog to show up in the popular search engines is for you to first decide what keywords you want your blog to be associated with. Then you should do a search yourself using those keywords and see where your blog ranks. If you don't like where your blog is ranking - or more worse your blog is not showing up in the rankings at all - then you are going to have to work more harder at incorporating those keywords into the content of your site.

Optimizing one's site (or blog) for the search engines is called search engine optimization - SEO for short - and it has come a long way in the last few years. As you can well imagine, almost everyone wants a highly ranked search engine site listing! So that just means that the competition is high competitive!

But basically what it all comes down to is hard work!

As a SEO Consultant, I use my own The Adsense Consultant Blog as an example.

Currently my The Adsense Consultant Blog is on page 1 of Google's search engine results for the term "adsense consultant, however the actual number rank goes up and down.

Comments Received:

james oh said...

We, at the http://xxxxxxx.blogspot.com, are pleased to let you know that our blog came at top 1 in the google result result. However the traffic does not seems to increase much. Where went wrong. Your kind advice in this regard is greatly appreciated

Congratulations on getting to the top search engine results for Google's search engine!

However to increase the traffic to your blog you have to promote it more! It's just as simple as that! There are lots of places online where you can promote your blog for free and I suggest that you check some of them out to see if they are to your liking.

Sister2brother

The SEO Consultant

"I Am New To Blogging"......

2009-01-08T06:10:00.002-05:00

I'm starting to see a lot of posts from those that are new to blogging and the majority of the posts have to do with asking about how one's blog can be noticed more.

Here is a link to a message forum thread where you can announce your new blog to the world!

It also helps if you can optimize your blog for the search engines (
you can read more about this topic by going to my The SEO Consultant Blog).

However I think the most important advice that I can give about getting your blog more well known and about how to get more people / traffic to come to your blog is for you to let your blog build up a reputation. Give your blog some time to get noticed! I have seen posts from people who have created their blog and published it on the Internet and expected it to show up in the search engines as soon as their blog was published? Usually it doesn't happen right away! Notice I said usually because there have been examples of sites showing up in the search engines in as little as 24 hours! A good example is my own The Adsense Consultant Blog because there have been quite a few of my blog posts that have showed up in the search engines in as little as 24 hours but I attribute that to the fact that there was quite a bit of interest in the subject matter of my blog posts which mainly had to do with people trying to find out when they were getting their Adsense payments!

I say that to say this:

The majority of people who have had their blog posts (or a link to their blog) show up in the search engines in as little as 24 hours usually have achieved this because the subject matter of their blog is very popular and people are using the search engines looking for information that is related to the information that they have on their blog (or website).

"Can You Honestly Make Money With Your Blog?"

2008-12-14T06:22:00.003-05:00

of course this question has been asked a lot

and here is my reply:

Honestly you can make money with your blog! What a lot of people do
is to use Google's Adsense program - where you put ads on your site
and when (legitimate) visitors to your blog click on those ads you
then earn money!

Here are some facts though

You have to earn at least $100 minimum during the month before Adsense
will issue you a payment the next month. You can get paid either by
regular check or by bank transfer. In some areas outside the US you
can also get paid via Western Union!

And yes there have been some Adsense Millionaires!

You can go to my Adsense Consultant Blog and click on the link to (one of my most popular posts!) see just how much some people have been making with the Adsense program!

Of course there are other ways as well.....

There are other "affiliate" sites out there where you can earn money
by placing ads on your site but be sure to check out the "fine" print
because not all of them are worth it!

There is also a site called "Pay Per Post" where you earn money
posting reviews about other products, etc.......

You can even make money from your blog if it is very popular. For
instance Perez Hilton started a celebrity gossip blog and he now
charges $6k a week for advertising! Plus he got his own TV show out
of it!

So it is quite possible to make / earn money with one's blog.

Spam Comments?

2008-12-12T09:34:00.000-05:00

Unfortunately spam is everywhere! And what makes matters worse is that when one solution is found, the "spammers" figure another way!

If you have enabled "comments on your blog with the moderation option then you may be quite familiar with the problem. Someone will leave a comment on your blog but also put a link to their "spam" related site! In the worst case scenario their comments aren't even related to your blog post but are just spam altogether!

Unfortunately and as far as I know, you can't just block one person from commenting on your blog - you have to enable the "moderation option so that you can moderate the comments - even if it is only for that one person!

Fortunately I happened upon a solution when I get a spam comment on one of my blogs. It does require a little extra work but it is a good example of turning lemons into lemonade! Actually I like when I get these so-called spam comments because my solution for dealing with them improves my computer skills and also helps with increasing my Adsense numbers too!

I'm New To Blogging. How Can People See My Blog?

2008-11-20T22:23:00.000-05:00

Once you have started your blog and you have published your first post then - technically - it is on the Internet for the world to see!

However you do have to let people know about your blog though. It is quite possible that your blog could start to get traffic even without you promoting it but the more people that know about your blog the better!

For one thing if your blog is on Blogger.com then the more posts that you add the more likely that you will get traffic from those that push the link to the next blog button that appears at the top of your blog. That's one way to get traffic.

Another thing that you should do is optimize your blog for the search engines. In other words when people use the search engines to find sites / blogs similar to the information that they are looking for - then you will want your blog to show up in the list of search engine results. For instance, my The Adsense Consultant Blog is currently on the first page of search engine results when the term adsense consultant is typed into the Google's search engine. And basically that is the same result that you will want for your blog when people are looking for information similar to the kind of information that you have on your blog.

This is called search engine optimization and getting one's site to rank high in the search engine results is something that is going to take some work. People that are new to blogging have to understand that just because they have a blog (or website) on the Internet that it will not automatically get listed in the search engines! You have to do the work so that it shows up in the search engines and unfortunately getting a highly ranked site is what a lot of people are after and that is why getting a high ranking is so competitive! In fact it is so highly competitive that even those that have sites not related to the search terms have managed to get a high ranking even if it is by inscrutable means! Which just makes it tougher for those that have legitimate sites with legitimate and related information!

It may not seem fair but if you want to rank high in the search engines then you are going to have to see the competition that you are up against and start working on out-optimizing them!

You can find out more about search engine optimization by going to my The SEO Consultant Blog.

"Reactions"

2008-11-17T21:49:00.004-05:00

I was driving myself crazy trying to figure out where this newest option was so that I could add "reactions" to my blog posts! I thought that the most likely place to find this newest option for Blogger.com blogs would be in the layout section under "add a gadget" - but it turns out that this isn't where it is - sort of..........

Once you go to the Layout portion of your blog, then you have to click on the link to open up your blog post option and that is where you will see the "reactions" options that you can add to your blog.

By the way, I can't add the "reactions" option to this blog because this blog uses the template and not the layout version of a blog template.

But I will add it to my Adsense Consultant Blog.

12/8/08 Update!

If you are having problems with this latest Blogger.com Add-On, you can post about it here on the Blogger.com Help Message Boards! This particular link will take you to a "sticky" thread where you can post if you are having problems using the new "Reactions" add-on for your blog!

Want To Get Your Blog Noticed?

2008-11-13T15:37:00.000-05:00

Do you have a new blog that you want the "world" to see? Or do you already have a blog and want to get more traffic? Then you can head on over to Google's Coffee Shop Message Board and talk about your new blog.

That is what the Coffee Shop is all about!

And don't forget to include the url to your blog! Of course you have to sign-up and become a member before you can post to the message board but it is free to sign up and once done you can post about your blog!

You can also visit my The SEO Consultant Blog to find out more about how to optimize your blog for the search engines - meaning how you can get your blog to show in search engine results when people are looking for information that is related to your blog.

Blogger.com Is Asking For Your Opinions

2008-11-12T17:27:00.000-05:00

One of the Blogger.com employees has posted that Blogger.com is currently working on expanding their video library and they would like to get feedback from all of you about what their next help video should be about.

They ask that you send your feedback and the most requested topic and / or feature will be made and added to their help video files!

You can send your feedback to them by clicking here.

Warning!

2008-11-10T11:43:00.000-05:00

If you have a blog on Blogger.com and you get an email from someone claiming to be "Blogging Hack Alerts asking you for your password because there was a "problem with your blog account" then please be advised that this is simply a phishing attempt to get your Blogger.com password!

One of the Blogger.com employees has said that Blogger.com will NEVER ask you for your password!

"Why Am I Getting Pop-up Ads On My Blog?"

2008-11-02T21:10:00.000-05:00

Hopefully your blog has not been hacked or the victim of a malicious coding or script!

The culprit could lie with one of the widgets that you have added to your blog - it may be the reason why you are getting "pop-up" ads on your blog.

It Seems That Blogging And Blogs Are Becoming More And More Popular!

2008-10-27T13:32:00.000-04:00

I was (pleasantly) surprised to find out that blogging is becoming a part of college course now! Students have to create and maintain their blogs for college courses and grades!

If you are taking a course that requires you to have a blog then I would LOVE to hear from you!

"How Many Blogs Can I Have On Blogger.com?"

2008-10-23T19:17:00.000-04:00

Here is an interesting question who's answer I thought was obvious but since someone asked it then I guess its not that obvious at all.

You are allowed to have as many blogs as you like on Blogger.com! You can have personal blogs as well as blogs that you create to help your business and / or to help you make money.

However I suppose the best reply would be that you should has as many blogs as you could provide content for on a regular basis.

"How Do I Add A Donate Button To My Blog?"

2008-10-17T02:31:00.002-04:00

One of the ways that one can make money from their blogs is to add a donation!

The most simplest (and best) way that I know of to add a donation button to your blog is for you to sign up with Paypal.

As you can see by looking at this blog there is a Paypal button on here.

You have to join the Paypal program first and you will need a bank account and a credit or debit card.

Once you have been accepted into the program you can click on the merchant link and get your coding for adding a donation button to your site.

Why Is Blogger.com Tagging My Blog As A Spam Blog?

2008-10-12T09:46:00.000-04:00

If your blog is not a spam blog, please remember not to take this personally! Blogger.com is trying to weed out spam blogs and the criteria that their robots use to classify a blog as a spam blog, unfortunately, will flag a legitimate blog that is not a spam blog.

If your blog is tagged as a spam blog you can post to the Blogger help groups or fill out a report by clicking here

How Can I Make Money With My Blog?

2008-10-11T19:59:00.000-04:00

One of the most popular ways to make money with your blog is to add Adsense ads.

(*For more information about Adsense, please be sure to visit my The Adsense Consultant Blog)

Before you can join the adsense program you will have to submit the URL of your website or blog so that it can be reviewed and approved. Once your site is approved then you can go through the steps of picking the layout of your Adsense Ads - ie color and size. HOWEVER you DON'T get to pick out the specific ads that will be appearing on your site because that will be determined by the content on your site.

Just in case you're wondering there have been some Adsense Millionaires out there!

Of course Google's Adsense Program is not the only affiliate ad-related program out there - although I haven't really seen any that I like enough yet!

If you do decide to find out more about these other affiliate programs I advise you to read everything over carefully so that you will not get scammed!

If your blog (or website) is very popular then you may be able to have the advertisers come to YOU! Perez Hilton is a very good example of this! His celebrity-related blog became SO popular that he charges advertisers $6,000 a week to advertise on his blog!

Greatest Journals?

2008-10-11T16:52:00.003-04:00

Does anyone have a journal on Greatest Journals.com?

It seems that their site is down! You can't post new entries and they are even suggesting that you get a new journal hosting site?

Has Your Blog Been Tagged As A "Spam" Blog By Blogger.com During This Past Week?

2008-10-10T23:09:00.000-04:00

A Blogger.com employee has posted that all of the blogs that were mistakenly tagged as spam blogs have been restored. However if your blog is still locked then you can post about it here so that you can request to have your blog restored.

Need To Know More About How To Move Your AOL Journal To Blogger.com?

2008-10-10T17:06:00.003-04:00

I posted to my AOL Blog about how AOL is discontinuing their AOL Journals! They recommend that you transfer / move your AOL Journals to other blogging platforms - one of which is Blogger.com!

Blogger.com has now put up some areas to help those who want to smoothly and successfully move their AOL Journals to Blogger.com

Here are some links to help you!

Importing your blog from AOL Journals to Blogger

Blogger.com Help Group For Help With AOL Journals!

Widgets, Gadgets Gone Awry!

2008-09-26T16:27:00.003-04:00

Unfortunately even though there are some great widgets out there they all don't always work!

So I have had to add another counter to this blog because it doesn't seem like the counter that I have been using for so long now is working!

Sitemeter - A BIG Thumbs Down!

2008-09-14T16:43:00.004-04:00

I see that Sitemeter has incorporated a new look! I couldn't get in to see my Sitemeter stats yesterday because there was a message announcing about Sitemeter's new look!

So I tried to view my Sitemeter stats today and couldn't even get in to my account! It kept saying that I was logging in wrong! So I kept trying this for about 4 more times and then I gave up!

So I thought to try using another browser and I did finally get in after 3 tries BUT with the new look also comes a new thing of the reports having to be generated before one can see their stats!

Maybe its because I'm just having a bad day. Or maybe because this is the first time that I am using Sitemeter's new look but I am highly disappointed!

9/25/08 Update!

I have to update this because I see that the Sitemeter website has gone back to their older format. It seems that they hadn't finished working out all the "kinks and that they were also getting a LOT of complaints about the newer format!

Has Your Blog Been Tagged As A "Spam" Blog By Blogger.com?

2008-09-13T15:04:00.003-04:00

This was a big problem a few weeks ago when a lot of people's blogs were being tagged as "spam" blogs. But when browsing through some of the Blogger.com message boards I found this thread where someone posted about their blog being tagged as a spam blog and one of the Blogger.com employees replied to their post and un-tagged their blog!

"I Accidently Deleted My Blog! How Can I Get It Back?"

2008-09-09T09:50:00.000-04:00

If you have accidently deleted your blog then you may want to go to the Blogger.com help message boards and post that you accidently deleted your blog. Hopefully if one of the Blogger.com employees see your post they may be able to restore your blog - just like the person who posted that they deleted their blog by mistake and one of the Blogger.com employees was able to restore their blog!

"Another Blog Is Hosted At This Address"

2008-09-05T13:58:00.000-04:00

If your blog has a custom domain(ed) URL for your blog and you get "Another Blog is Already Hosted At This Address", Blogger.com has a form that you can use to report the problem to them.

They say on their site that if you use this form that they will clear the problem for you shortly.

How Do I Get Rid Of That Little Wrench And Screwdriver That Shows Up On My Blog?

2008-08-29T10:50:00.000-04:00

Actually that little wrench and screwdriver are there for YOUR benefit only! It's to help you edit your blog more faster without having to resort to going back to your dashboard to edit your blog. Visitors to your blog shouldn't be able to see them at all.

If you want to test this just log out of your blog account and then enter the url of your blog. You shouldn't see that little wrench and screwdriver at all!

What If Someone Is Copying Content On My Blog? What Can I Do About It?

2008-08-24T21:02:00.000-04:00

If another site is copying your content then you may want to file a DMCA request. You can find more information about this by clicking here.

You can also read blog post written by The Google Webmaster Central Blog.

Can I Get My Blog Back If Blogger.com Has Deleted It?

2008-08-19T14:59:00.000-04:00

Blogger.com has said that if your blog has been deleted by them then the reason is more likely that your blog has violated their terms of service.

If you would still like to contact Blogger.com to see if you can get your blog back, just click here.

I Accidently Deleted My Blog! How Can I Get It Back?

2008-08-17T14:08:00.003-04:00

Blogger.com has said that you can recreate your blog using the same account you originally created it with. BUT Blogger.com has to verify the blog’s ownership so you have to contact them by clicking this link.

How Can I Prevent People From Copying The Photos On My Blog?

2008-08-15T09:13:00.001-04:00

In a word - you can't!

There are several codes out there for disabling right-clicking but there are still other ways that your blog photo can be copied.

Watermarking your photos has been suggested but even this method is not 100% foolproof because the photo can still be copied. Watermarking is adding an extra layer to your photo where you can put copyright information such as copyrighted by< etc. This can be done using some of the 2D graphics programs.

Another suggestion has been to make a thumbnail of your photo - but again it can still be copied!

Yet another suggestion that I have seen is that you make your photo a sort of jigsaw puzzle and upload it in pieces - this is complicated to do and still it doesn't stop it from being copied!

The only foolproof method is to not put the photos on your site - Sorry!

Don't Worry! It's Not Just You!

2008-08-14T22:29:00.002-04:00

As I regularly do I went into my Blogger.com dashboard so that I could add a blog post and the screen just didn't look right! I thought maybe it was because my computer's cache was getting kind of full but I have found out that Blogger.com has just recently made some changes to the way your Blogger.com dashboard looks!

You can find out about the newest changes that Blogger.com has made by clicking below:

Latest Blogger.com Changes?

Was Your Blogger.com Blog Tagged As A Spam Blog?

2008-08-05T17:16:00.002-04:00

A few days ago people were having problems with some of their blogs being tagged as a spam blog. An email was sent to bloggers saying as much!

One of my clients got one of these emails - dated - I believe - July 31st - about a week ago.

Interesting note here because since the client hadn't posted to their blog in a while they were really not aware of the fact that their blog was even flagged as a spam blog.

By the time they actually got to their blog everything had been cleared up and their blog was ready to be posted to again!

So I guess what I am trying to say here is that even though it can be a nuisance when something goes wrong with your Blogger.com blog - just give it a little time and the problem may eventually solve itself!

"Please UnBlock My Blog!"

2008-08-01T16:13:00.005-04:00

Why has my blog been locked?

My Blog Has Been Tagged as A Spam Blog!

"Please Unblock My Blog Now!"

While Blogger.com does have message boards where people can post about the problems that they are having, you should report the problems that you are having to Blogger.com and you can do that by clicking on Resources and that should take you to a link where you can report the problems that you are having with your blog.

It is my understanding that the Blogger.com help message boards are there so that people can post about the problems that they are having and hopefully someone who has had the same problem and managed to solve it will post with a reply on how they solved the problem.

BUT if you want Blogger.com to know about the problem(s) that you are having with your blog then you should report it to them - officially - by clicking on the link that I provided above.

August 2, 2008 Update! - Blogger.com has put up some information about the "spam" blog problems that have been happening lately.

You can find out more about it by clicking here

Adsense Consultant - The Adsense Consultant - Part 2: How Do I Add The Adsense Ad(s) Between My Blog Posts?#links

2008-07-18T21:21:00.001-04:00

Adsense Consultant - The Adsense Consultant - Part 2: How Do I Add The Adsense Ad(s) Between My Blog Posts?#links

Word Verification?

2008-07-16T15:20:00.003-04:00

It just goes to show you that you learn something new everyday!

There was the "word verification" that was a mandatory requirement of one of my client's blogs whenever they wanted to add a new post to their blog.

Although the word verification was a nuisance I just figured that it was there because of some option I put on when the blog was first started.

However now I find out that the reason why the captcha is there is because the blog is still considered to be a spam blog. (I figured as long as the new posts and changes to the blog were being shown that everything was alright). Blogger.com even posts a link just in case you want an answer to "Why do I have to use word verification?". So this particular time I decided to read and then that's when I found out that the blog was being considered as a spam blog!

So I submitted the information that the form asked for. Since I just submitted it today I think it will be a few days before I get a reply.

So for those who have been wondering about that word verification thing - hopefully this explains what it is all about and how you can get rid of it!

If you want to send a request to have your blog reviewed by a human set of eyes, you can fill out this form from Blogger.com!

"What Happens If I Accidently Delete My Blog?"

2008-07-15T17:29:00.002-04:00

"What Happens If I Accidently Delete My Blog?"

If you have deleted your blog by mistake you can contact Blogger.com and try to make an appeal to get your blog back. Just click on the link below:

Blogger Support

"How Can I Change The Chronological Order Of My Posts?"

2008-07-12T21:27:00.003-04:00

If you have a blog on Blogger.com you know that your blog posts appear with the most recent post at the top. However there are some people who would like the oldest post to appear at the top of the blog.

I always wondered if this was possible.

It is possible but with a caveat. You have to manually enter in the dates yourself. There isn't an option in Blogger.com that lets you put your oldest posts at the top and your newer posts on the bottom. You have to manually do that yourself by changing the date in the "post options" options.

"I Can't Find My Blog In The Search Engines"

2008-07-09T20:28:00.003-04:00

"How Come I Can't Find My Blog In The Search Engines?"

Why Doesn't My Blog Show Up In The Search Engines?

How Come I Can't Find My Blog On The Web?

Here are some questions that you should be answering:

What is your blog about?
What search terms did you type in the search engine to find your blog?
How many pages of search engine results did you look at?
How many "hits" did the search engine list? Over a million or less than that?
How old is your blog?

How Come I Can't Find My Blog In The Search Engines

My Quest To Stay On Page 1 Of The Search Engines

My Search Engine Results

How Do I Add A Photo To My Blog?

2008-07-07T22:56:00.001-04:00

Well if you want to add photos to your blog posts then you have 2 options, you can either upload a photo from your hard drive or you can provide the link to your photo if its already online.

What you have to do is when you sign on to Blogger.com and click the link to add a new post is to click on the little "picture" icon - I think its the 2nd one from the end - and that will take you to the link where you can either upload or put in the url of the photo that you want to add.

If you want to add a photo to the side of your blog then you will have to have that photo hosted on a site like Photobucket.com which provides you with the link to link to your photo.

Poll Results So Far! - About Blogger.com's BX Error Code Problem

2008-07-01T23:02:00.000-04:00

So far the poll results show that the majority of people who voted believe that there is no bypass procedure for the bx error code problems that I have posted about on my own BX Error Code Blog.

Since I have been posting about these bx error code problems I have found out that someone else has found a different way as to how to get out of the bx error code problem. However their method involves being able to get out of the bx error code screen BEFORE you can change it.

A few people have voted that they believe that Blogger.com knows how to get out of the bx error code screen but they are just not telling their bloggers how to do so. Personally I find that hard to believe. Why would they keep it to themselves? It would make a lot of Blogger.com bloggers happy if they knew how to get out of those bx error code screens when confronted with them. I have even had a few people tell me that they think that the "techies" at Blogger.com already know how to get out of the bx error code screens.

The poll is still open and you can still cast your vote.

The poll is located on the side of this blog.

One Of Blogger.com's Newest Options - Blog List

2008-06-21T17:39:00.003-04:00

I have to say that I like this new feature very much! You can't see it on this blog because this blog is still using the older template layout but you should be able to see it on my The Adsense Consultant Blog.

Not only can you add a listing of your favorite blogs but you can also include a snippet of information regarding that blog's last post and how long it has been since the last post.

With the recent flux of complaints about the bx error code problems that Blogger.com has been having for quite some time now - this is a very welcomed good thing / feature that Blogger.com has added!

I'm Being Criticized!

2008-06-17T14:38:00.002-04:00

As I have posted before I participate in some of the Blogger.com help boards. I'm now being criticized for answering some of the older posts - say like 15 days old (and some older) that haven't had any replies to them.

I just don't understand this kind of reasoning. I mean if someone makes a post and no one replies to it doesn't that make it look like no one has taken the time to even look at it? If I can answer the post then I do - especially if I have something relevent to add. There have been times when I have answered an older post and someone has either emailed me or posted a comment to this blog either thanking me for answering their post or asking me for more information.

All of this started around the time that I started talking about their being a bypass for the bx error code problem and I came to find out that Blogger.com was not aware of there being such a procedure - so I didn't mention it again UNTIL someone brought it up on the boards!

So I'll just have to see how this kind of thing "pans" out!

How Did I Learn HTML And How Long Did It Take Me To Learn It?

2008-06-15T12:55:00.002-04:00

So many people are posting about how they want to change and/or modify their blog's layout - and this usually involves working with the html coding of the blog.

Those that are new to html coding get frustrated when trying to change the layout of their blog.

Personally I think that html coding can be difficult for any beginner! One mis-placed character and you could mess up your whole page!

I have gotten to the point where I can do html editing in the Window's notepad program BUT it took me a while to even get to that point! When I first started working with html it was way back with AOL's AOL Press program - which I think that I still have on my computer! Basically I learned html by trial and (a lot of) error and the most ironic thing is that even if you think you know it all - something new comes along!

So even though I can be pretty good at html coding I'm still learning.

If you're new to html coding then you might as well relax and "enjoy the ride" because this is something that just cannot (generally speaking) be learned in a day!

Are You Having Problems With FTP And Your Blog On Blogger.com?

2008-06-13T20:03:00.002-04:00

Here is a link to a current status report about the ftp problem.

According to Blogger.com, on June 11, 2008 they have posted that the problem has been solved.

Unfortunately since the posting of that message, other people have been posting on the Blogger.com help groups that they are still having problems with ftp-ing and their blogs.

I really can not say whether or not the bx error code bypass procedure will work on the problems people are having with ftp-ing and their blogs simply because I have not used the ftp option with my own blogs so I have never needed to use that option

However I may some time in the future test this out just to see if the bypass procedure will work as far as ftp is concerned.

Is There A Better Blogging Site Than Blogger.com?

2008-06-05T20:05:00.002-04:00

Now it seems that people are looking for other blogging sites to put their blogs on because they are getting frustrated and fed up with blogger.com.

First of I have to say that personally I'm not having too many problems with Blogger.com and my blogs that I have on Blogger.com so I haven't even thought of moving my blog elsewhere. Whenever I get one of those bx error code screens I just bypass right out of it and I go back to working on my blog.

About the only real problem that I am having with my Blogger.com blog is with my
test blog and that is only because of a video that I uploaded to this test blog just to see if I encountered any error problems when I uploaded the video.

Other than that I haven't had too many problems with my Blogger.com blogs.

Does The BX Error Code Bypass Procedure Work With The Problem Of Uploading Videos?

2008-06-04T19:59:00.003-04:00

I honestly have to say that I don't know. When I read that other people were having problems uploading their videos, I decided to try and upload a video of my own. It took the video a long time to upload and after about 2 hours I gave up and cancelled the upload. Later when I went to look at my blog I saw that the video had uploaded. Now looking at my blog just a few minutes ago the video doesn't show at all.

In order for me to try the bx error code bypass I first have to get one of those bx error code screens and so far I haven't gotten one when I tried uploading a video. I have gotten the bx error code and was able to bypass it when I was trying to upload photos so I know that the bypass procedure works for that. I also know that it works for problems such as posting to one's blog.

Please make sure that you ask Blogger.com for it just in case you would like to know what it is!

I Give Up!

2008-06-04T15:30:00.002-04:00

After seeing so many people posting about the problems that they were having with trying to upload their videos I decided to try and upload a video of my own to my Test Blog.

After 2 hours of waiting for a 650k video to load - I Give Up!

So Far So Good!

2008-06-03T20:43:00.003-04:00

It really is dis-heartening to see that a lot of people are still getting bx error code messages when they are trying to work on their blog(s). The latest crop of problems seem to be with people having trouble uploading videos or photos to their blog(s). I have even see some people post that they are thinking about moving their blog to Wordpress. A lot of people are posting their frustration at not being able to get any "help" from Blogger.com but I can tell you that I have seen some of the Blogger.com employees posting and replying to other peoples' questions about the problems that they are having with their blogs.

I hate to say it but so far I haven't had any problems publishing photos to my blogs. As a matter of fact I did a test posting just to upload a photo to my blog just to see if it worked and it did. Everytime I get one of those bx error code messages I just bypass right out of it and go back to working on my blog. I really try not to add videos to my blogs because I know that not everyone has a high-speed internet connection but I may try it at a later date just to see if it will work.

Been Offline For A Couple Of Weeks!

2008-06-01T20:46:00.004-04:00

I recently had a power outtage problem and was not able to get online with my computer for a couple of weeks.

I'm currently viewing and answering some posts on the Blogger Help message boards right now and it disheartening to see that there are still a lot of people posting about the bx error codes that they are still getting.

Recently a new crop of problems seems to be people having trouble with uploading / viewing videos on their blogs.

With so many different error codes being reported by people it seems that the number of different error codes are increasing.

Since I have been back online I haven't had any problems posting to my blogs as of yet.

I'm Having Problems Accessing My Blog Tonight!

2008-05-09T22:16:00.002-04:00

Very strange indeed!

Actually I'm typing this post now which means that at least I have access to adding entries on my blog. It's just that I am not able to view my blog!

I was going to see the error message again so that I could post about it here but as soon as I tried to get the error screen again - guess what? I was able to get to my blog again!

So now it's time to see if I'm able to view my blog again.

I Have Started A New Blog - My BX Error Code Blog

2008-05-08T21:55:00.002-04:00

I have decided to start a new blog called My BX Error Code Blog.

It is not an official Blogger.com blog but I decided to start it because of the many people that have been posting about the error code problems that they have been having with their Blogger.com blogs.

I just hope that this blog will provide a good place for people to find out more about the bx error code problems that they have been having and also to compare it with other people who are having the same problem(s).

I just started the blog so it will take some time for the list to get more full.

As a matter of fact this will be a very daunting task because there are so many bx error codes out there!

Having Trouble With Blogger And AOL?

2008-05-06T22:49:00.005-04:00

I can't take credit for this one. This post was posted by Aviatrix on one of the Blogger Help Message Threads:

...........we have notes from several bloggers that their email, containing any BlogSpot links, is being blocked byAOL. AOHell is
blocking BlogSpot - that's how bad it is.

We corresponded with AOL about this, because I have my blog URL in my signature and it was messing up a mailing list. Their response:

Hello,

I am contacting you regarding the ticket you opened with AOL concerning a mail delivery issue.

Because of high spam complaints coming associated with various .blogspot.com URLs, we are forced to rate limit all email into AOL which mention contain .blogspot.com URLs. I recommend, removing the .blogspot.com URL from your mailing. If you need to send an email with this link, please attempt to send to less than 5 recipients during an email session.

Thank you,

bX-188dt2

2008-05-03T00:20:00.004-04:00

Just a few minutes ago I was typing the previous blog entry about what happens after you report your bx error code to Blogger.com. After I finished typing the post and clicked on "publish", I got an error code screen message! The specific error code that I got was bx-188dt2! My post didn't publish!

What a perfectly splendid time to use the bypass procedure and guess what?

It Worked!

My new post showed up on my blog!

I take this as a sign to just prove my point that there IS a way to get out of the bx error code screen!

I'm kind of glad that I did get the error code screen because it reinforces what I have been saying in my previous posts!

I got out of the bx-error code screen (again)!

What Happens AFTER You Report Your BX Error Code To Blogger.com?

2008-05-03T00:09:00.002-04:00

When you get one of Blogger.com's bx error code screens it is my understanding that you should first report about it on the Blogger Help Groups.

If you continue to get the error code then you should report it to Blogger.com via the form that they have specifically set aside for reporting bx error code problems. You can find a link to this form by going to the Blogger Help Groups page and clicking on the blue "Resource" link which is on the right side of the page. Once you click that link, scroll down to the bottom of the page and you will see the link to report your bx error code problem.

Unfortunately when people post about them getting the bx error code screen there is not generally a quick fix for it. Blogger.com have to be aware of the error code before they can start work on solving / fixing it.

Don't assume that someone else has reported the error code. If you are unsure then report it to Blogger.com via the instructions above.

And when you do post about it please don't expect a quick fix right away. There have been some bx error code problems that have been reported and there were immediate fixes for them but that doesn't happen for the majority of bx error codes that have been reported.

The Blogger.com staff / team have to work on solving the error code first and that may take some time.

"There Is No Bypass Procedure"

2008-05-02T23:41:00.002-04:00

There is a poll on the right side of this blog - if you don't see it just scroll down a little and you will see that it is a black box with white text.

The poll asks about the infamous bypass procedure for getting out of Blogger.com's bx error code screen. So far the majority of votes seem to be leaning towards the "there is no bypass procedure" votes.

This clearly shows me how naive people can be. Remember way back when the recording artists were looking for a way so that people couldn't copy their cds? All of that "advanced" technology went into finding a solution. They finally came up with a cd format that they thought was foolproof. Guess what? It wasn't!. Someone found out how to circumvent it. (I won't say how they found out though).

There is a way to bypass the bx error code screen on blogger. It's so simple I'm surprised that no one else has mentioned it.

It is my understanding that Blogger.com has said that there is no bypass procedure to get out of the bx error code screen.

They are wrong.

Bypassing Blogger.com's BX Error Codes - An Update!

2008-05-01T21:58:00.003-04:00

Here is a reply that I made to someone who said that there was no bypass procedure to get out of the Blogger.com's BX error code screen:

Unfortunately you are wrong about this. I see now that I was wrong in
assuming that the Blogger staff knew about this "bypass" procedure and
I will say so in my blog.

When I was working on my blog and the error screen came on with the
offending bx error code I did a few keystrokes and got out of the
error screen and I was back to my blog template where I was able to
get back to work on my blog. Ever since then when I have gotten any
bx error code screen I just simply use the procedure again and again I
am able to get out of the error code screen and go right back to
working on my blog as if no error screen occurred. I did not clear my
cache or browser during any of these times. I have not had a problem
since with the error code screen...............................

Unfortunately you shouldn't think that just because someone receives a
"random" error code that its not an important issue to them. Many
times they may not even know that the error code that they are getting
is considered "random" and I don't think that it would be a good PR
move to mention that Blogger.com "are not concerned with the random
occurance error code(s)" because that is not sending a good message to
those bloggers that are receiving error codes that are considered
"random". They may be "random" to Blogger but they aren't considered
"random" to the people that are getting them

Never once have I called the bypass procedure a "secret" - I always
assumed that Blogger knew of the procedure but now upon reading your
post I see where you have posted that they don't know of or are aware
of any bypass procedure. The "error code" label links to my blog I
provided because those are the posts where I talk about the error code
problems and I tell people to contact the Blogger staff - which is
what I remember those error code screens saying - meaning that Blogger
wanted people to report the error codes to them. I do take issue with
what you said because I have seen you post links to specific blog
posts of yours where you tell people the same thing which is to report
their error code problems to Blogger - plus I provide a link to the
form on the side of my blog.

I also have to tell you that you are wrong about there being no bypass
to the error screen because I have used it myself to get out of the
error screen every time the error screen has showed up when I'm
working on my blog. Unfortunately just because you don't know what
the bypass procedure is doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. I know it
exists because I use it and it works. I am only assuming that the
reason why the Blogger.com staff isn't telling people about it is
because they want people to report their error codes as opposed to
just giving the bloggers the bypass procedure so that they can just
get out of the error code screen and bypass the error code screen
altogether.

So while there IS a bypass procedure to get out of Blogger.com's error code screen they don't seem to think that there is?

BX Error Code Bypass Procedure - It Turns Out That I Was Wrong!

2008-04-30T21:46:00.003-04:00

For the past several posts I have posted about there being a way to bypass the bx error code screen. I also advised people that if they were getting the bx error code scrren and they wanted to bypass it that they should contact the Blogger.com staff and ask them for the bypass procedure.

I have come to find out from someone that is associated with Blogger.com that they don't even know of - or I should say - that they are aware of no bypass procedure - in fact they have said that there is no bypass procedure. So I was wrong in assuming that they knew of the bypass procedure. They say that there is none.

Unfortunately this just means that they aren't aware of it because there is a simple bypass procedure that lets one get out of the bx error code screen. So they aren't not telling people about the bypass procedure because to them there is no bypass procedure.

It must just be me and a few others that know about this procedure and since I haven't seen anyone else mention it but me I guess that the people that do know about it are keeping it a secret and / or just not saying anything about it.

You can rest assured that there is a simple way to bypass the bx error code screen if you get it while working on your blog. So far it has worked for me 100% of the time using two different browsers. So there is definitely a way to bypass the blogger.com error screen if you get it.

"There is no bypass procedure to get out of the error code screen"

2008-04-29T17:02:00.002-04:00

Do you know that somebody actually said this to me!

Of course they are wrong because I have used it and it works!

As a matter of fact one of the most current bx-error code problems seems to be with people not being able to upload their photos. I have tried uploading two photos on different days ever since one of the Blogger Employees mentioned this particular error code problem back on April 22nd. So far I haven't had any problems uploading photos. I also have seen that in the past few days this specific error code -

bx-cvu52

hasn't been mentioned so maybe this particular error code problem has been solved. But there have been posts by others who are having problems uploading images only they are getting a different error code - so I don't know "what's up with that?

Apparently it seems that not too many people know about the bypass procedure for getting out of the error code screen and I haven't seen anyone else post about it other than myself.

Does the Blogger.com technical staff even know about the procedure for bypassing the error screen? I seriously doubt that they don't know about it. I would think that the whole aspect of being able to maintain Blogger.com would require a lot of technical expertise and as a lot of "techies" know - there are always possible backdoors to get in by.

There may be a reason why Blogger.com is not telling its bloggers the bypass procedure - which is simple.

But I haven't seen as many posting about current error code problems so it may be that they feel that there is no need for bloggers to know the bypass procedure. In fact even though I seem to be one of the few ones that know about it (which by the way I wonder why no one else is posting about it)

I haven't had to use the bypass procedure for a while now because I have been able to get to my blogs and work on them.

So if you are still having or are getting the error code screen and you want to be able to bypass it altogether then you should contact the Blogger staff and ask them for the bypass procedure so that you can get out of the error screen and go back to working on your blog.

And if you're wondering whether or not the bypass procedure works if you have had problems uploading images to your blog, all I can say is that since I haven't had that specific problem / error code, the bypass has worked for every error code screen that I DID get.

BX-cvu52? Is it still a problem for you?

2008-04-27T15:01:00.002-04:00

It seems that some people are still having problems with the error code BX-CVU52 so I decided to try and upload another photo today. (A Blogger.com employee posted on the blogger help threads on April 22nd that they were aware of this specific error code problem and that they are working on solving it).

I also tried uploading a photo when this error code problem was first announced back on the 22nd of April and as you can see from the picture post I was able to upload a photo with no problem! (I didn't even have to use the bypass procedure to get out of the error screen because there was no error screen to be gotten out of).

So apparently this particular error code only comes up for some people and not everyone. If you are still getting the error code then you should still report it to the blogger.com staff or ask them for the bypass process so that you can get out of the error screen altogether.

BX Error Code Problem - Things Seem To Be Getting A Little Bit More Heated?

2008-04-27T14:34:00.002-04:00

Looking at one of the threads that I replied to on one of the Blogger help message boards, I see that there have been some posts directed to and about me.

It seems this has to do with the whole bx error code thing. When people post to those message boards about having the bx error code screen pop up when they are working on their blog - what I reply is that they should contact the Blogger.com staff and report their error code problems. After all that is what what the Blogger.com staff want people to do - report the error codes to them.

However I think the problem comes with people wanting immediate solutions to the problem and that isn't the way that it works. When you report the bx error code problem to Blogger.com it is then that they are aware of the error code problem and it is then that they will start to work on the problem but they may not be able to solve it right away (which is why I can't understand why they just don't post the bypass procedure for getting out of the error screen altogether?).

You should also take a look at what their site says when you go to report your bx error code problem The site itself says that they generally will not respond when you post your error code problem but they want you to know that they are working to solve the problem.

Contacting The Blogger.com Staff?

2008-04-26T21:59:00.004-04:00

I have been seeing numerous posts from others saying how difficult they are finding it to contact Blogger.com (I have even gotten some comments to this blog about it). I always thought that there was a "Contact" link on the site when you logged in to your blogger.com account. I was so sure of this that I didn't even bother to check it out. But upon getting a comment to this blog from someone who says they keep trying to contact the Blogger.com staff I decided to check it out myself.

Now Blogger.com does have a "Help" page. On that page they try to answer some of the most frequently asked questions regarding problems. They do have links to where you can send them suggestions and/or ideas and to report problems such as bugs however they also say that they usually don't reply unless they need more information.

Like I said before there are Blogger.com employees who respond to the Blogger.com help message boards and they do reply to some of the posts from those who are having problems with their blog. So maybe it would be a good idea to go that route.

I'm also trying to remember about any of the times when I contacted them and I just don't remember having any problems with them. When my blog(s) have been marked as a spam blog, I contacted them to review my blog and my blog was unblocked. I just don't remember having too many problems with them (except for the error code problems).

Error Code bX-cvu52

2008-04-22T21:19:00.003-04:00

There seems to be a problem with people being able to upload their images to their blogs. The blogger.com staff have addressed this but I decided to try it on my own.

It seems people are getting the error code bx-cvu52 when trying to add photos to their blog. So really I'm just testing it to see if the problem is still there. I was able to add a photo to this blog entry without incident so now I just have to see if it posts correctly without me getting an error code.

Bypassing The Error Code Screen!

2008-04-19T15:30:00.002-04:00

For the past few weeks since I have found out about how to bypass the error screen, I have been posting about here on this blog and especially on the blogger help groups.

I am wondering why blogger.com themselves haven't posted this information but it could be because they just haven't gotten to it yet. Another possibility is that they may want people to be able to report the error code to them. If a person gets the error code screen BUT they bypass it using the bypass procedure then it is likely that they won't report the error code and if they don't report it then blogger.com won't know about it and therefore they won't be able to work on solving that error code problem.

btw - I have noticed that while some people have reported that certain error codes have been solved by the blogger staff, those same error codes are being experienced by others which makes knowing how to get out of the error screen completely would be better!.

I have already noticed that they now have provided an additional link to a form where people can report their error code problems. But I do see a problem with this and for once it is not on Blogger.com's end! It seems that people are posting their error code problems on the help boards and while there are blogger.com employees that have been answering some of the posts there still has to be an action taken by those that are getting the error codes and that is to report it to Blogger.com.

If you look on the right side of this blog you will see a link to where you can report your error code problems. That link will take you directly to the form that you need to fill out to report your error code problem (instead of posting about it in the help forum).

Blogger.com is addressing the issue of bx- error codes

2008-04-13T18:48:00.002-04:00

A blogger.com employee has posted on one of the blogger help message threads about addressing the issue of those that are continuing to get the dreaded bx error codes.

Although you should get a prompt when you get the error code screen prompting you to report the error code to the Blogger staff, a lot of people are still posting to the blogger message boards instead of reporting it to Blogger.com.

So I'm guessing that the Blogger.com staff have seen all of these postings and have decided to take it a bit further by providing an additional source of help.

According to the Blogger employee you can now report your error code problems by going to this link. That way when you report your error code problems it will let them know of it so that they can work on solving it.

My Blog Appears On Page 1 Of Google's Search Engine Results!

2008-04-11T15:30:00.000-04:00

Adsense Consultant Blog is the #1 ranked blog for the search term "adsense consultant!

added 3/12/08!

Imagine my surprise when I found out that a link to my Adsense Consultant blog appears on page 1 and at the top of Google's search engine rankings! for the term

"adsense consultant"!

How did I find this out? I noticed on my "stats" that someone got to my blog when they did a search for the term "adsense consultant" so I decided to take a look for myself and there it was! - A link to my blog at the top of the Google search engine!

Like I have said many times on my SEO Consultant Blog - CONTENT IS KING!

So continue to work on the content of your blog so that it will rank higher in the search engines!

*I have come to find out that it is a violation of Adsense's Terms of Service to post screenshots of search engine results so I cannot post them to this blog.

If you want to see my search engine results, just click here

One of the most often-asked questions is "How Can I Get More Traffic To My Blog?"

You can follow my progress as I work to keep my and my clients' blogs in the top search engine result pages by visiting my Search Engine Consultant Blog!

Sunday, September 2, 2007

Number 1 Ranked On MSN!

As you can see a link to my blog appears at the top of page 1 on MSN's search engine rankings!

Saturday, September 1, 2007

How is this for fast search engine results! I made a post to my Adsense Consultant Blog today and TODAY it showed up on page 5 of Google's search engine results! What is so amazing about achieving this is not only the fact that an entry that I posted to my blog showed up on Google's search engine results in less than 24 hours - my blog entry was posted to a blog that had been deleted and then re-instated during the same 24 hour period!

The newest trend being talked about as far as search engine optimization is concerned is the fact that there have been a few people that have managed to get their sites in the search engine results in 4 days but I was able to achieve this in ONE DAY!

Monday, August 20, 2007

My Search Engine Results On Yahoo!

I'm #2!

As you can see from this screenshot, my blog appears on

page one

of Yahoo's searach engine results for "adsense consultant"

Page 1 Search Engine Results For:

"adsense consultant"
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when is my blog ready for adsense

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My Search Engine Results and Rankings

On Friday, August 17, 2007 I checked my search engine rankings

for "adsense consultant" and there are 2 links that appear on page one of google's search engine results - one is a direct link to my blog and the 2nd is an indirect link via a reply that I posted to one of the message boards!
for "how much can you make using adsense" - my blog showed up on page 1 of Google's search engine results

So my blog is still appears on page 1 of google's search engine results!

On Thursday, August 9, 2007 I found out that my adsense consulting blog showed up on page one of Google's search engine results when the term "adsense consulting" was typed into the search box! Again, for my blog being only 4 months old I thing that this is a very good accomplishment!

If you want your blog or website to show up in Google then you have to do the work!

I checked my search engine results today and.....

August 7, 2007

My blog is moving up on page 1 of Google's search engine results when the search term "adsense consultant" is typed into Google's search engine!

My blog still appears on page 1 of Google's search engine results when people are looking for adsense consultant and so far each time I have checked, my blog is moving up the page on Google's search engine results.

I want to remind all of you that I have done this by not manually submitting my blog to the search engines. So far my search engine results have come completely from my working with my blog, adding new content to it and "networking" around the Internet.

You have to remember that there are always ways that you can work with your blog to have it appear high in the search engine rankings - you just have to work at it!

August 4, 2007

My Blog Link Is On Page 1
Of Google's Search Engine Results!

Now a link to my blog appears on page one of Google's Search Engine Results!

August 3rd, 2007- Search Engine Results For My Blog

Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

I made it to page 1 of google's search engine results!

Not only does a link to one of my feeds show up on page one but also there is a link to one of my posts about "invalid clicks". If you click on that link then that will take you to this blog! So that's 2 links to my blog that appears on page 1 of google's search engine results.

Type in the words "adsense consultant" and see for your self!

I'm back on page 1 again!

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I Solved A Blogger Error Code Problem!

2008-04-07T13:32:00.001-04:00

bX-6a4f6j

I got this error code after I approved a comment on my blog. After approving the comment I wanted to post a new entry but got the above error code. Not thinking I did one of those shortcut keyboard combinations and I was able to get back to my dashboard where I could post a new entry to my blog!

I have always seen posts about how people have gotten this error code when using their blog but I haven't seen a solution to the problem until now!

Here is a current list of error codes associated with Blogger.com. Although finding the solutions to these error codes is hard any information about them will be helpful! If the error code that you have received is listed here, rest assured that someone else has gotten the same error code!

bX-1wajdl
bX-3hviut - seems to have to do with adding images to one's blog
bX-415l3r
bX-4smx9i - seems to happen when uploading an XML template. When the "save" button is clicked this error code will appear
- *On March 28th, someone reported in their blog that Blogger.com had fixed the above error code. However, it seems that people are still reporting this very same error code problem!
bx-521uz2 - occurs when changing blog from private to public
bX-5jdh20 - seems to happen when trying to post a movie to one's blog
bX-5lhq11 - happens when trying to go to a link and/or when editing the date that is posted on the link
bX-5tdd1p - happens when uploading images
bX-5ut2yc - happens when trying to post to a group blog
bX-6a4f6j - the error code that I mentioned above. I got this error code after I approved a comment on my blog. After approving the comment I wanted to post a new entry but got the above error code. Not thinking I did one of those shortcut keyboard combinations and I was able to get back to my dashboard where I could post a new entry to my blog! This error occurred and I was able to get out of it and return to posting an entry on my blog
bX-6ffx55 - occurs when you try to log in to your blogger account. Some people have posted that they have kept on getting this error code for as long as a week!
bX-7bohb0 - error # that appears when trying to upload blog image
bx-88mwzi - happens when trying to upload (default) template from one's desktop
bX-93nylq - happens when one is trying to post an entry to their blog
bX-aoj9qb
bX-blb2zs - occurs when trying to upload a photo to your blog,
when trying to delete a photo from the header of your blog
bX-btcv0r
bX-dovrcv - seems to have to do with adding some type of widget or feed burning-related item to one's blog but then the blogger decides to delete it and that is when they get this error code
bx-h59pth - you get this error code when trying to publish a post and/or your post is not being accepted. It may help to save your post as a "draft" until you can figure out how to solve the problem.
bX-k556ax
bX-l7brgj - occurs when trying to upload a photo to your blog
bX-lec2pv - occurs when trying to view your blogger profile
bX-mrpzsd - This error occurred today and I was able to get out of it and return to posting an entry on my blog
bX-mw12zg - occurs when trying to post to your blog
bx-rl11u - It happens when one needs to remove a (or more than one) page element on their blog
bX-rqad0i
bX-t0sosy
bX-tvqcyg - may occur when you are trying to view your blog. Even though Blogger.com may suggest that you clear your history or cache files, many people have said that they tried this and that it didn't work for them.
this error # also came up when someone posted a link on their blog. When the went to view their blog that is when they got this same message error # (they also have said that they can post but not view their blog)
Unfortunately this now means that the error codes that people are receiving may not all be for the same thing!
bX-ue3gbf - has something to do with adding video to one's blog. This error code may come up when you are trying to add video to your blog.
bX-xa9q9m - seems to happen when one tries to add their adsense code to their blog - whether this occurs when one is trying to add the adsense codes manually or via letting blogger.com do it for them hasn't been established yet
bX- y2d1pl - happens when one tries to upload a video to their blog
bX-z3w9rc - happens when trying to change your blog's template

I also have a more extensive error code list offline

Blogger.com encourages you to report these errors to their Blogger Support or on the Blogger Help Groups. They ask that you please describe what you were doing when you got the error message and provide the error code and any additional information relating to what you were doing when you got the error code.

Usually I have found that when I get error codes when trying to edit my blog(s) here on blogger.com, I just let a day or two go by and when I log on again everything is fine and I am able to edit my blog.

*Please note:

Please do not contact me and ask me for the keystrokes that are required for you to get out from the "error" screen. You will have to contact Blogger.com's "Help" support and ask them for that information!

How Do I Add Music To My Blog?

2008-04-05T14:40:00.001-04:00

Personally I think its kind of annoying to have music playing when one visits a website or blog unless there is an option for you to decide whether or not you want to hear the music play but.....................

If you have a blog on Blogger.com and want to know how to add music to it you can visit their link explaining about how to add music to your blog.

Now that I have read the article myself I was thinking about adding music to my own blog - but I haven't made a firm decision about that yet.

10/17/08 - Additional Warning!

You want to be very careful about the music that you upload and play on your blog! You are really not supposed to have copyrighted music playing on your blog unless you have permission to do so!

If You Are Having Trouble(s) With Your Blog(s).......

2008-04-03T15:53:00.000-04:00

I visit the Blogger help threads on Google all the time. I often contribute answers and replies to those questions that I can answer. However I am noticing that a lot of people are posting their blog problems there in the hopes that a Blogger.com staff employee will see their message and solve their blog problem for them.

While I have seen some postings from the Blogger.com staff appearing on these threads, the threads really aren't the place to post if you specifically need help from the Blogger.com staff.

For instance, if you are having problems with error codes appearing when you are trying to work on your blog you will also get a prompt asking you to report the error code to the blogging staff. You should report it then and not post to the threads because the prompt asks you to report the error code. You see if you don't report the error code then the Blogger.com staff may not be aware of it so how are they going to know how to work on it if they are not even aware of it?

The message boards are still a great place to go if you are seeking help with your blogging problem(s) but its not the place to go if you need to get in contact with the Blogger.com staff specifically.

Report your blog problem using the proper channels and you stand a better chance of getting your blogging problem solved.

"Disabled Cookies"?

2008-03-30T10:20:00.002-04:00

An interesting problem came up when I went to one of my blogs today. The screen message that I got said that the cookies were disabled on my browser. Now I know that this wasn't true and decided that it was probably some kind of error or mistake. So what I did was to use the same process that I use to get out of the blogger.com error code screen and it worked!.

I'm back working on my blog again!

Why Do People Subscribe And Unsubscribe To My Blog So Quickly?

2008-03-27T19:57:00.002-04:00

Just think of it / compare it to having a magazine subscription. Sure people may subscribe to a magazine because they think that they are going to like it but they find out that its just not for them so they unsubscribe.

You have to remember the reason why you started your blog in the first place. You started it for you. Let your blog build a reputation and those that are interested in it will subscribe.

You can't upset yourself everytime someone subscribes and unsubscribes to your blog - that will make you crazy!

If you are getting an error code when trying to work on your blog.......

2008-03-25T17:53:00.002-04:00

then you should also be seeing the prompt that asks you to please report the error to Blogger.com. How are they going to know about the error code / error codes if people aren't sending them information about it?

I did see one post today from a blogger employee who is asking people who are having problems with adding / organizing widgets on their blog to please take a screenshot of their problem and send it to them. I'm wondering how many people are going to do that.

It seems that a lot of people are having trouble with being able to contact the blogger.com staff when they are having problems. So far I haven't had that much of a problem when I have had to contact blogger.com for some matter or another. About the only problem I have had in these situations is my own impatience - and I certainly can't blame that on the blogger.com staff!

Now when you report your error code problem to the blogger.com staff please remember that they have a lot of error codes that they are working on so they may not be able to get to your particular error code right away. But in the meantime you can ask them for the steps you need to take so that you can bypass the error screen. When you are able to bypass the error screen you can go back to working on your blog.

"How Do I Share My Blog?"

2008-03-21T19:41:00.003-04:00

Google Groups has a newsgroup called "Share Your Blog". Here you can tell the world about your blog! Once you get there and post a message announcing your blog don't forget to put your blog's address on the thread (since the name of the thread is "Share Your Blog"

All you have to do to add a link to your blog is to just type in the url address of your blog and it should show as a blue, clickable link - like so:

http://theseoconsultant.blogspot.com

Another thing that you should do when you join google groups (it's free!) is to add some information about yourself to your google groups profile. One person posted about their blog but didn't include a link to their blog so I looked up their google groups profile but there was nothing on it.

My profile has a picture upload (my cat) a link to one of my blogs and
also a list of the posts that I have replied to. (Unfortunately I can't post a picture of my profile here because it is against the adsense terms of service agreement - since adsense is a part of google now)

Some people may think that having any profile information is a waste
of time but I know from looking at my own "stats" that some people really
do look at your profile. So it can only help if you have some
information and a link to your blog posted on your profile.

Here is a link to my own google groups profile - hopefully......(I tested the link below myself and it did lead to my google groups profile page

http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=ppNzTDUAAABPBaNMGe3QEod_6uVbs27jQ5zzfGqui83f6NYro-gR1b6cj2f9YF0eNRLFRwd7UIdDVfKAWWqW-O8Tdf_S1QYj

The Blogger Error Codes

2008-03-15T20:29:00.001-04:00

It has come to my attention that blogger.com does have a listing of error codes. From what I have seen it looks as though they have some sort of blog that contains a listing of blogger error codes. However I don't know exactly where this blog is or whether or not it can be seen by everybody or whether it can just be seen by the blogger.com staff. (But at least its proof that they are well aware of the blogger error code problems)

So I will continue to keep a list of the blog error codes that people are posting about.

If you are still experiencing the blogger error codes then you should contact the blogger.com staff and ask them for the steps you need to take so that you can bypass the error screen and get back to working on your blog.

Do You Want Your Images To Look Good On Your Blog?

2008-03-14T22:34:00.002-04:00

I recently found out this little "gem" of a secret when I was posting a image to one of my blogs!

I have always been uploading my images to my blogs using the .jpg format BUT Blogger.com also lets you to be able to choose a .png and .bmp format as well. However I would advise you not to upload your photos or images in the .bmp format only because that format will result in a bigger size.

I found out that if I upload my images using the .png format then they look a LOT clearer than they look when I upload them using the .jpg format.

And just in case you're wondering what 2d graphics program that I use to convert my images to the .png format - I use the Windows Paint program!

Some More "Blogger" Help Is On The Way!

2008-03-12T21:10:00.003-04:00

One of the blogger help groups called "Something Is Broken" has just announced in one of its threads that 3 new blogger employees are joining in on the discussion threads.

Hopefully that will mean that there will be more help provided for those of you that are still having problems with the error codes that still seem to be cropping up when people are working with their blogs.

If you're still having problems editing your blogs be sure to post on the thread listed above. If you need to work on your blog right away and you want to get out of the error screen then you can ask the blogger help staff to give you the code(s) so that you can get out of the error screen so that you can work on your blog.

This has worked wonders for me because I have been editing and adding to my blogs like crazy in the past few weeks and I'm glad that I don't have to deal with the error screens any more!

In the meantime I'm sure that the blogger help staff is working on fixing these error code problems.

"Help! I'm Getting An Error Code On My Blog! How Do I Get Rid Of It?"

2008-03-08T18:08:00.002-05:00

If you are attempting to work on your blog at Blogger.com and you an error message that just simply means that there is some sort of "glitch" or "kink" in the Blogger.com's site.

What will happen is that while attempting to edit or post to your blog you will get an error message. Blogger.com will then ask that you forward the information about the error code that you are receiving and what you were doing to your blog when you got the error code. Once you forward that information to Blogger.com they will work on solving the problem.

Before when I used to get error messages while editing or posting to my blog, I would wait a few days and then go back to what I was doing with my blog because by then everything would be okay and I could go on and work on my blog.

It may prove to be quite futile if you keep re-entering your blog and you still get the error code(s) - you will just have to give it some time while the Blogger.com staff work on the problem(s).

There are lots of people posting about how they are receiving error codes while working on their blog. Here is a list of coding errors that have been reported by some people when they were trying to work on their blogs. If you have received the same error code rest assured that you are not the only one who has received the particular / specific error code.

As Blogger.com's website says "they are working on the problem".

For now when I receive any of the error codes while working on my blog I just bypass it and I'm able to get back to working on my blog. So if you can't wait for Blogger.com's staff to solve the problem then you can ask them for the codes so that you can bypass the error screen and get back to working on or editing your blog.

How Can I Recover My Old Blog Template?

2008-02-25T15:39:00.001-05:00

You might be able to find a copy of your old template in either your
"history" or "cache" files.

I have recovered many a blog template by looking in those files /
directories

but it is best that you do it sooner rather than later because
everytime you access a site on the internet that will bump your older
stuff down (and eventually off) your history / cache files

Comments! - Be Careful Of Clicking Links Contained In the Comment Section Of Blogs!

2008-02-24T17:19:00.002-05:00

Here is what one person has posted about it so far:

"hear me please somebody of the blogger team i love the blogs and so i like to defend this here i go i found a blog infected with a virus the guy of the blog sent me a comment the comment only say: click here i touched and something about a xp cleaner some sort of antivirus free, in that moment i know than was a virus...."

So be very careful clicking on links that are included in a blogger's comments!

How Come I Can't Find My Blog In The Search Engines?

2008-02-22T13:46:00.004-05:00

One of the things that you have to understand is that just because you have a blog online that DOESN'T mean that it will appear in the search engines.

You have to understand that a site (or blog) will appear in the search engines when people type in search terms that match the content in your blog.

What I generally tell people is that they should first decide what keywords / search terms they want associated with their site. The next thing you should do is see where your site ranks using these search terms and if you don't like where your site is ranking (or worse yet, your site isn't appearing in the search engine results at all) then you have to work more on incorporating those search terms into the content of your site.

This is more commonly known as "search engine optimization" or SEO for short. To find out more about SEO you can visit my The SEO Consultant blog.

For a much more specific example, lets take my Adsense Consultant Blog. Currently a link to this blog appears on page 1 of google's, yahoo's and msn's search engine results when the term "adsense consultant" is typed into the search engines. Since I am an Adsense Consultant that is exactly where I want a link to my blog to show up - on page 1 of the search engines!

If you want your site to appear in the search engines (and as high in the rankings as possible) then you are going to have to do some work to get that accomplished. Some people have been very lucky with this in that their sites appear in the search engines right away! There have been some instances where a blog entry that I posted appears in the search engines in as little as 24 hours!

But on the average you will have to do some work to optimize your site (or blog) for the search engines.

Comments Received

my blog is not on google search and on any search engine, and no visibility and traffic Please help me how to get above all

First of all you should take a look at my The SEO Consultant Blog. It has helpful tips and advice about optimizing one's site for the search engines.

Again as I have said in the past the normal formula for optimizing one's site(s) for the search engines are:

first decide which keywords that you want your site to be associated with

then do a search using those keywords to see where your site is showing up in the search engines. If you don't like where your site is showing - or worse yet it is not showing up at all - then you are going to have to work harder at optimizing your site for the search engines and the best way to do that is to better incorporate those search terms into the content of your site!

Currently I am tracking the search engine results for my The Adsense Consultant Blog and a link to both of my blogs currently appears on page 1 of Google's search engine for the term "adsense consultant - which is exactly where I want a link to my blog to appear when people are looking for an Adsense Consultant!

One of the first things you should do is to add a stats tracker to your blog so that you can track where your traffic is coming from and once you know that you can work more harder at getting more traffic to your site which then raises it's visibility. More visibility leads to more traffic.

You also have to promote your blog and there are quite a few places online where you can do that for free!

If you want me to help you specifically with your blog - in other words "when you are ready for results" - I suggest that you take a look at my blog link below:

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I HATE These Kinds of Blogs!

2008-01-16T15:49:00.000-05:00

Ever find a blog post that you find very interesting and you would like to add your comments - only to find out that you have to "join" or "register" just to be able to post a comment!

I also don't like blogs where you have to "click here" to read the entire blog post.

I do find these types of blogs very annoying!

Of course it is only my own personal opinion. People may have very good reasons for having these kinds of blogs.

What's The URL Of My Blog?

2007-12-26T22:01:00.000-05:00

How Can I Find My Blog's URL?

If your blog is on blogger.com here is a way to find out what the url of your blog is:

Once you sign in to your blogger.com account, you will see a link to "view your blog". Click on it and it will take you to your blog. At the top of your browser window will be your blog's url. Copy it and save it (or you can even bookmark it) so that you will know what the url of your blog is.

Blogger - Can I Add More Than One Poll To My Blog

2007-12-19T20:06:00.000-05:00

I already have one poll on my The Adsense Consultant Blog but a very interesting question came up and I wanted to add it as another poll. Didn't know whether or not Blogger would let you have more than one poll on your blog so I went to their "Help" section, entered the word "polls" in their search box. But none of the links answered my question.

So I decided to try it anyway (at the risk of losing my other poll).

IT WORKS!

You CAN have more than one poll on your blog on Blogger.

Here are the two poll questions on my The Adsense Consultant Blog:

How much do you make a month with adsense

How long before you got your first adsense check?

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Increasing The Traffic To Your Blog...............

2007-12-16T19:22:00.000-05:00

I just posted to my Adsense Consultant blog about how I'm working on increasing the traffic to one of my client's blogs.

I thought that I would provide a link to that post because regardless of whether or not you have adsense on your blog, one of the things that you will want to work on is increasing the traffic to your blog. In the case of adsense, the more traffic your blog gets the more potential clicks your adsense ads will get.

However if you don't have adsense on your blog then it is still important to increase the traffic to your blog. It doesn't even have to be for financial reasons. Let's say that your blog touches on a very topical subject - so the more people that know about your blog - the better!

It Is Important To Keep Adding To Your Blog

2007-12-10T19:17:00.000-05:00

Try not to let too much time go by without adding to your blog.

I have a client now who hasn't updated their blog in quite a while so I'm working on adding some relevent content to their blog.

Since people become less interested in a blog that hasn't been updated in a while I am also working on adding some more traffic to the clients blog.

There are lots of ways that this can be done and right now I'm working on bringing more traffic to their blog. Since their blog has a counter and a stats tracker I can track where their traffic is coming from so that I can work more on increasing their traffic.

Another important thing that you should know about your blog entries is that they get indexed by Google's search engine (and the other search engines as well) well after you have posted them. For instance a link to one of your blog posts will be indexed in the search engines from as far back as January of 2006 IF the information is relevent enough to the person seeking the information.

So even if your blog does not have a lot of posts it is still possible for a link to your blog to be in the search engines. And if you blog is high in the search engine ranks then you increase your potential blog traffic.

"How Do I Get Traffic To My Blog?"

2007-12-08T05:26:00.000-05:00

Again this question is asked and again here is the answer:

The best way to get traffic to your blog is to decide who your target market is - that is who would benefit the most from information that is on your blog - the answer to that would be your target audience.

You should also include a stats counter on your site so that you know where the traffic that you are getting is coming from. There are quite a few free ones available online.

You also get traffic to your blog via the search engines. That is when people enter search terms the search engine will return a list of relevent sites. What YOU want is for your site to be included in that list and you do that by deciding which keywords / search terms that you want assoiciated with your site and work on adding those terms to the content of your site.

If You're Thinking About Deleting Your Blog.....DON'T!

2007-12-03T16:17:00.000-05:00

At least don't delete your blog right away!

I got a comment on my Adsense Consultant Blog about why I didn't have any adsense ads on it.

Well the answer to that is because adsense ads aren't allowed on sites that have the word "adsense" in their url. I found that out well after I had already established the blog. So I decided to delete the blog. THEN I read an article online about how one should not delete their blog because once you delete your blog your blog's address becomes available to the first person that wants it and that includes "spammers" who will use your blog's address for spam.

I have seen many bloggers post about how they deleted their blog but their blogs were still showing on the search engines. But because it wasn't their blog anymore they had no control over what content appeared on their blog (because now someone else had their old blog address).

So after I read the article I decided to see if I could "reclaim" my blog and fortunately I was able to do that - mainly because I think that I was able to reclaim it because I didn't let a lot of time go by.

Now if you do want to delete your blog the first thing that you should do is delete all of your blog posts first! Then give it some time before you delete your entire blog. The reason that you should give it time is because you want to give the search engine a chance to see that there are no blog posts in your blog and therefore your blog (that is your old blog) won't show up in the search engines.

How To Add A Picture To Your Profile?

2007-11-15T17:57:00.000-05:00

If you have a blog on Blogger.com and you want to add a picture to your profile here is one of the ways that you can do it.

Normally when you would want to add a picture to your profile you would have to provide a link to an online site that has the picture that you want to use. And you couldn't use just any site - it had to be a site like Photobucket which is one of the free image hosting sites.

But's lets say that you want to use a picture that is stored on your computer and is not already online. Well here is a way that you can add the photo that you have stored on your computer....

The first thing that you have to do is to make a regular post to your blog. Add the picture to your blog post. Once you have done that make sure that you click on "edit html" so that you can see the htm coding of the photo that you just included. * - Make sure that you copy the second html code of the image (the one that is in the "img" code). If you use the first image link code then it will not work!.

Once you have copied the 2nd image link / html code link, go to your "edit profile" option and paste the code into the box that asks for the url link of the photo.

The link should look something like this:

http://bp1.blogger.com/
_nslpJaiv_t4/RzzLaHjD1wI/AAAAAAAAAAM/
Id1SOE3RVqA/s320/
yourphoto.jpg

Then "view" your profile just to make sure that your picture appears.

Note - Your photo can be no larger than 50K!

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