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This post is an illustrated guide on how you can delete your Blogspot (blogger) blog in four easy steps.

If you are a new blogger on blogspot, this is where you should be. In this post I will be sharing some important blog tips for new blogspot users. 1. Start on a Top Level Domain (TLD) The key to success with Blogspot is starting on a TLD from day one. New bloggers often have the following line of reasoning  Let me start on the free sub-domain that blogspot offers. When I start gaining some traction and visitors start flowing in, I will then make the switch from the free sub-domain to a paid TLD. Believe me, for I speak from experience, that there is a serious fault in this line of reasoning. This is because the moment you make the switch from the sub domain to a TLD, you instantly lose all your traction, rankings and traffic that you had so painstakingly earned over time. This is because search engines see your blog as a completely new one and you start again from ZERO.  You take up blogging because you wish to succeed. When equipped with the right tools ...

This article features a tutorial on how you can create a Multiple Author Blog on Blogger Step 1 : Go to your blogger dashboard and select the blog on which you want to allow multiple authors. Step 2: Go to Settings >> Basic . A page loads, Look for the " Permissions " section within the page. Here next to " Blog Authors " you would find your name and email listed as Admin.   Step 3. Click on +Add Authors. A box opens. Enter here the email addresses (separated by a comma) of the persons you want to invite (to author your blog). Hit " Invite " and you are done. (See Image Below) An email will automatically be sent to all those persons you have invited. All they will need to do is to sign in with a Google Account to confirm the invitation and start posting to you blog. Note : The persons you will be inviting will not be assigned administrator  privileges (which will remain with you). They would neither be able to delete or modify ...

This post features a tutorial on how to add a Google +1 (Plusone) Button to your blogspot blog’s sidebar. Step 1. Go to the Design tab on your blogger dashboard and click on Edit Html Step 2. Copy and paste the following code before the </body> tag <script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script> Step 3. Next click on Add A Gadget under the Page Elements tab and select an HTML / Javascript box. Copy and paste the following code into your HTML / Javascript box and hit the save button. <g:plusone></g:plusone> This includes a standard button into your blog. You can also use any one of the following button size options. <g:plusone size="small"></g:plusone> <g:plusone size="medium"></g:plusone> <g:plusone size="tall"></g:plusone> Step 4. Drag and move the HTML box into your sidebar (or any other place where you want t...

This post features a tutorial on how to schedule a post on Blogger in four easy steps. Scheduling allows you to automatically publish your posts at a future date. Step 1. Create your New Post article. Step 2. Click on Post Options. You would find this below the "Labels" field and above the "Publish" button. Step 3. Select " Scheduled at " under the " Post date and time " option and enter the desired date and time (of publishing your post). Step 4. Hit the Publish button. Your post will now be automatically published as scheduled.

This post features a tutorial on how to add a custom "BIGROCK" domain to Blogspot / Blogger Blogs.  I am assuming that you have already purchased your domain from Bigrock.in Step 1 . Login to your account. Step 2 . Select " Manage Orders " (from top-navigation bar) and then click on " List/Search Orders ".  A list showing all your domains will be displayed. Step 3 . Click on the domain. Step 4 . Move to the end of the page and find " DNS Management ". Next click on " Manage DNS ". We will have to make changes in the DNS settings. Step 5 . Click on " CNAME Records " and then on " ADD CNAME RECORD " Step 6 . Adding the CNAME Record For Host Name type " www " For Value type in " ghs.google.com " (within the space provided for typing in a fully qualified domain name) Specify a TTL value of 14400 seconds. TTL stands for Time To Live and defines time max required for the DNS setti...

Follow by Email is the latest gadget to be introduced by the blogspot team. The follow by email gadget enables your readers to subscribe to your content and thus have all your latest posts delivered right into their inbox. This is an excellent tool for you to keep your readers updated about your latest content. To enable Follow by email on your blogspot blog simply click the Add a Gadget link from the Design tab, and then select the Follow by Email gadget (which should be at the top of the list). Once you add the gadget, readers visiting your blog can subscribe to your content by entering their email address and hitting the submit button. The "Follow by Email" Gadget is powered by Feedburner and provides you with detailed stats regarding the number of subscribers and daily views.

This post features a tutorial on how you can add a custom background to your blogspot blog in 5 easy steps. Step 1: Login to your blogspot account. Step 2: Click on the Design tab of your blog. Next click on "Template designer" . Step 3: Now click on Background . A small thumbnail displaying the current background will be displayed. Next click on the thumbnail. A pop up window showing different background images will now show up. Step 4: Now under the Select Background Image header look for "Upload Image" . Click on it. Step 5:  Now choose the desire image from your computer using the  "Choose File"  feature and hit the Save ( Done ) button. The chosen image will now be displayed as your blog's background.

Adding Chitika ad code to your Blogger blog now gets a whole lot easier with the introduction of the "Add To Blogger" widget.  To use this widget -  Login to your Chitika account and generate your ad code under “Ad Setup“. Next click the “Add to Blogger” button at the bottom of the page to add your ad codes to your blogspot blog. Chitika is a free service which displays revenue-earning ads to your website visitors. If you do not have a Chitika account get one now by clicking here .

Clicking on an Individual Label category generally displays all/most of your posts (under that particular category on a single page. This has the following disadvantages 1. When the number of posts under a particular category is large, the single page becomes so long that it becomes a hinderance to easy reading. 2. It makes your blog look ugly. 3. It reduces the number of your page-loads. This often translates into reduction of your advertisement revenue. The way out is a simple html hack that will allow you to display only a specific number of posts per page following a lable click/search. Thus to display only a specific number of posts per page follow the following steps 1. You should have label widget installed in your blog to proceed further. 2. Now go to Dashboard > Layout > Page Elements > Edit Html Page > Expand Widgets 3. Now search for the HTML code displayed below <a expr:dir='data:blog.languageDirection' expr:href='data:l...