Blogger Widgets

Redirect one page to another in Blogger

2012-03-24T22:41:09-07:00

Blogger has launched an Array of Search Engine related features and one of them is the ability to create Custom Redirects. Technically Blogger allows you to create 302 Redirects which are used to specify that the Web Page has temporarily moved to a new location.

Add Meta Description Tags to Blogger

2012-04-05T22:57:02-07:00

Meta Tags are HTML elements used to provide structured metadata about a web page. Such tags are placed in the head section of an HTML document and Search Engines might use this data to display the search snippet when they display a page from your blog. Most of the Social Sharing Tools like the Facebook Share or the Google Plus buttons will pick up this meta description to create the snippet which gets shared to the Social Networks.

Custom 404 Error Pages for Blogger

2012-03-24T13:53:42-07:00

"The 404 or Not Found error message is a HTTP standard response code indicating that the client was able to communicate with the server, but the server could not find what was requested." In simple words the page that will be displayed when the actual page is not found is called a 404 Error Page. Till now Blogger’s error page was a plain old design with more of orange in it and was not customizable. Now Blogger Error pages use the same template . This would help template designers in making up custom 404 Pages.This tutorial will help you in setting up a Custom 404 page for your Blog.

Gadgets for Blogger Dynamic Views

2012-02-29T22:05:38-08:00

Blogger has introduced 6 awesome Gadgets for the Dynamic Views/Dynamic View Templates. The Widgets appear as a Floating Dock and expands when the user hovers over it. These Gadgets matches up with the look and feel of the CSS3 powered Dynamic Views.

Country Specific BlogSpot URLs

2012-02-07T09:56:30-08:00

Blogger has started using Country Specific URLs and some of you might have already noticed it. The change has been rolled out in India.If you are from India try visiting any BlogSpot URL and you will be redirected to the country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD). For example if you visit any page on http://bloggerindraft.blogspot.com from India , you will be redirected to the country specific page on http://bloggerindraft.blogspot.in . Similarly if you visit any other ccTLDs from India, you will be redirected to the Indian TLD.

Add descriptions to Label Gadget

2012-01-29T20:25:34-08:00

This was a query that I got over email and I when I saw her implement it on her blog, it looked cool and I thought this might be useful for others as well. This won’t look that great with Blogger’s Label Cloud. So this trick is only for those who use the list view in the Label Gadget. To do this, you will have to modify your Label Gadget with some custom code. You will have to add a small code snippet for each label of yours.

Get Plus One Count in your Blogger Dashboard

2012-01-29T20:26:08-08:00

Blogger has been devising new methods for tightly integrating it’s new Social Network with Blogger. They have now released yet another Google Plus integration feature. If you are using the New Dashboard, you might have already noticed the change.

Fix: Wrong Description and Image on sharing posts to Facebook

2012-01-26T03:29:17-08:00

When you share a post on Facebook, it will display a thumbnail picked from the post page along with a short description of the post. But in many cases Facebook fails to identify the correct image and description that it should use. This leads to irrelevant images and description coming up in Facebook when you or your readers share the post. This is totally annoying, and I had got many queries regarding this on my Facebook page and via email. So for those who are trying to figure a way out of this, here is the solution.

Threaded Comments For Blogger

2012-01-29T20:29:04-08:00

Blogger has just announced the much awaited feature "Threaded Comments For Blogger" and you might have already seen it on your Blog if you are using a default Blogger Template. If you are using your own custom Template, then you will have to tweak your template for the threaded comments to appear.

Review Markup For Blogger

2012-01-29T20:29:19-08:00

Lately I have been posting about different Rich Text markups which can help Google in displaying your Blog beautifully on Google Search Pages. Here is another one which would be useful to people who write review products like Gadgets, Movies, Games etc. This won’t be useful to any one else out there :P

Here is a screenshot of how the Review data would appear on Google Search Results

Google Breadcrumb for Blogger

2012-01-29T20:28:01-08:00

The Google Search Result Snippet is the main thing that helps users decide whether your page is relevant to their search or not. The snippet which gets displayed is generated using Google’s algorithms. But you can assist Google in generating a meaningful Snippet. This can be done using structured microdata, microformat or RDFa markups.

Breadcrumbs are useful navigational trails displayed on Google if you have added the breadcrumb markup to your Blog.

Add Google Plus Page Badge to Blogger

2012-01-29T20:27:45-08:00

If you have already created a Google Plus Brand Page, then it is time to promote your Brand Page right from your Blog. You can do so by adding a Google Plus Page Badge on your Blog. The Page Badge has two variations.The standard badge displays the profile pictures of the people who have +1 ed your Brand Page along with the +1 count and an Add to Circles Button. The badge has a minimal version as well.

How to Create a Google Plus Brand Page

2012-01-29T20:31:21-08:00

During the initial launch, Google Plus was limited to personal profiles unlike it’s rival Facebook which had a platform where brands can create pages for themselves. Plus was then a platform for connecting people to people and not with brands.During the initial phase it never allowed Brands to Create profiles for themselves by imposing strict name checks while creating the profile. In 2011 November Google however released it’s equivalent of the Facebook Pages, which they have termed as Google Plus Brand Pages.

Web Hosting and Blogger

2012-01-29T20:31:34-08:00

I have got many queries asking me how I have setup the Forum here on Blogger Plugins. So I finally decided to write a tutorial on the same. Though I’m hosting the Forum on HostGator, the blog is still pointing to Google’s Robust servers. This post will be useful for those who want to continue publishing using Blogger to a Custom Domain and would like to add more features to the domain.
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