Adding Related Post Gadget For Blogger

This gadget displays  related posts below every post. This gadget compels the reader to take a look on other post that they may like thus increasing the page views and the stay time. Adding this gadget is real simple. Just follow the steps below.

1- Go to the following link.

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2- Enter your email address and give the domain name. Choose blogger in the platform and click on get widget. You can also choose the number of stories that should appear by changing the option at the bottom.

Top 17 Blogger Directories

Blogger directories are like database of blogs with a much higher page rank and Alexa rating. Some directories are like a social network for bloggers with a pretty large audience . Updates from blogs are shown on daily  basis  on your personalized profile. This way your blog post appear which other people  might visit thus adding some more page views. Blogs are also ranked and if you really have a good  blog you will have a higher rank thus increasing the probability of having more page views. Below is the list of the top 20 directories that you must add your blog to.

Top  20 Blogger Directories

1-Blog Catalog 

Page Rank:7

Alexa Rating:605

Registration Required: Yes

2-Technorati

Page Rank:8

Alexa Rating:915

Registration Required:Yes

3-Blogs

Page Rank:7

Alexa Rating:1345

Registration Required:No

Iphone 5 vs Galaxy S3: Which is better and Why?

Apple launched their new iphone 5 the past week to capitalize the extremely growing smartphone market. With the competition getting fiercer between samsung and Apple ; both have respectively launched their best smartphones up to date, with samsung releasing s3 two months earlier than Apple.

Samsung have shipped more than 20 million s3 up till now which tells us a lot about the popularity of samsung smartphones seeing in context of the patent lawsuit which found Samsung guilty of copying iphone design and the company was forced to pay $1 billion. Reading the comparison below will clearly help you to make it easier for you to decide which phone to buy of the two.

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Galaxy S3

It has a 4.8 Super Amoled Capacitive Touch Screen with  resolution of 720 * 1280 . Corning Gorilla Glass is used for better protection. The Glass gives extra thermal and dimensional stability.

Iphone 5

For the first time since the introduction of Iphone apple has introduced a larger screen. Iphone 5 has a screen of 4 inch with all its predecessor having a standard screen size of 3.5 inch. Iphone has a lower resolution as compared to s3 which is 1136*640 but the new software allows better gaming experience than the old iphones.

SEO Tips For Bloggers

What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO) ?

SEO is a technique which helps search engines find and rank your site higher than the millions of other sites in response to a search query. SEO thus helps you get traffic from search engines. Thus to get more traffic to your website you need to get your  website rank higher which requires search engine optimization. SEO makes your blog appear in organic search. Blogger does SEO itself but their are further tips that can help you improve your blog rating. Below are some techniques that you should follow to drive more traffic.

1-Meta Tags

Meta tags give a short description about your post. These Meta tags appear in the search result with your post.

See:Adding Meta Tag To Blogger Post

2-Social Network Page

Social network pages can be important in driving more traffic to the blog. If you don't have a social network page, make it now and also add a social plugin to your blog.

See: Add Facebook Like Box To Blogger

3-Submit a Sitemap To Google Webmaster

Submitting a sitemap helps to index the pages on your blog. Click on the link to find how to add sitemap.

See:Submitting a Sitemap To Google Webmaster

Adding Facebook Like Box To Blogger

Social networks can be largely influential in driving more traffic to your blog. So every one who has a blog should have a dedicated social network page. If you have not made it yet ; be quick and make it. Facebook being the most popular, you must have at least a Facebook page. The facebook like box allows the visitors of your blog to like your facebook page with out leaving the page. It is a must have widget. And by following the steps below you can easily do it.

1-Copy and paste this address in your browser , http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like-box/.You will see a box like this.

Modify Your Blogger Template Design

Most bloggers who are new to blogging face trouble finding a good template for their blog. Introducing third party template may lead to complication which will be difficult for beginners to handle. It is better to use the In built template designer in blogger . The template designer allows you to control almost every feature on you blog. You can change the layout, control the widths of sidebar and the page, change background color or apply a background image. You can change the text color ,font and size of your post or any page on your blog. Changing the text size or font of a page or post is directly not possible. Template designer also allows to change the link color and the hover color with extra control of your images. You can add CSS style yourself using template designer. This article gives an overview of how to use template designer to make your blog more presentable. 

You can access template designer by going to layout from the sidebar of your blogger interface. You will see "Template Designer" written at the top of your page. Click it and a new window will open .There are five major categories that you will see , that are as follow.P64QEUZJBBKZ

1-Templates 

2-Adjust Widths 

3-Background

4-Layout

5-Advanced

Research Team Develops Transparent Solar Cells

Researchers at UCLA(University of California, Los Angeles) have made a transparent solar cell that is a step toward providing windows in homes and offices the ability to generate electricity.

The UCLA research team used a new kind of polymer solar cell that produces electricity by absorbing the infrared  light thus making the cell 70% transparent to the human eye. They manufactured the device using a photoactive plastic which converts infrared light to electricity.