While I am in a major round of change with my Blog A Mother’s Guide to Sanity, there are certain things that can’t be done until someone or some computer says, or does something. I have learned that while in transition with one project it’s best to find some other distraction and work on a completely different kind of project.
It seems like a good time to work on some of the Open Identification things that are going on out there in cyberspace. Since part of the transition project going on with my other Blog includes contacting MyBlogLog.com it seems like a good time to pay some attention to all of my Yahoo Networking … toolbars, services and interfaces. Or whatever other name these things are being called.. I just use 70’s Valley Girl Speak here on my Geek Network Blog.
Today, I have updated my actual Yahoo Toolbar and this is for my benefit completely! I have learned that keeping the tool bars updated and configuring them to be the way I like to use them is a huge benefit for me when I am Social Networking. My Yahoo Toolbar gives me instant access to my Yahoo Email and I can log into my toolbar and be set to go!
I also like the Yahoo Toolbar because I can add direct links to other services I use a lot! For instance, I have buttons for all of my Yahoo services but also for other site and services I use like YouTube, MySpace, and other Social Networks I belong to. The only rule I make with all of my toolbars is that the buttons only show up on ONE of them! I also have the Google Tool Bar which I especially like because I love the Google Spell Check, page rank, and Vote buttons! I also have the toolbar offered by my Internet Provider Comcast
I have found that by taking just a little time to Organize from the Top Down my time and efforts on the Internet are much more productive. The various things that I use my toolbars for are not only simple but, save me time when I am hard at work and make it nice when I am hardly at work too!
Spending just a little time setting up my toolbars today has given me a distraction while I wait to find out how this transition of my other Blog is going smooth and what steps I need to make.
Once I am finished with setting up my Yahoo Toolbar, I plan to move on and do some work with my Yahoo Open Id… Which I am sure might be the topic of my next post here!
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July 29, 2008
Part 1: Converting to a Custom Domain with my Blogger Blogspot Blog!
Today I am working on converting a Free Blogspot Blog to a Custom Domain Blog. As I have been getting more and more talented with my blogging skills I decided it might be a good time to find out what taking it up another notch might do for me… Not only in terms of the SEO and Networking benefits, but just exactly how much work will it create for me?
A few days ago I started the process and while tinkering around in my Blogger Dashboard I went through the steps of setting up a paid Custom Domain name. I have been working on building another Blog that isn’t just about Adoption or any specific thing at all--but rather a Blog just for moms in general. A Mother’s Guide to Sanity -- so, far it is still very immature and has some real work to be done! So--it seemed like a great place to start my journey into Blogging with more then just the Free Tools.
It was a relatively simply process to complete and eventually I ended up with an email receipt for the $10.00 a year fee to Own my own domain name for my New and growing Blog. I decided that I would opt for the choice of ordering via Blogger instead of the long list of other steps it might take me to put it on one of my website hosting accounts -- Bravenet or Hostican. By choosing to order directly through my Blogger account the new URL is registered with GoDaddy.com which is a new sevice provider for me, however Blogger automatically takes care of some of the steps when I pick what they offer! And, $10.00 is a small price to pay for somethings!
Things appear to be working, and according to my Blogger Dashboard my site is in Transition! (Anyone who knows me -- knows how much I do not like Transmissions!) Right now I am being ever so careful not to make myself more work by doing anything else too dramatic.
I have let MyBlogLog.com know that this change is taking place as I noticed that the Graphic of the old site has disappeared from my Blog Sites list… After looking around in MyBlogLog.com account I found the advice to make the change which was to open a support ticket contact. So I am waiting for more follow up with how that goes!
The lucky thing for me is that I haven’t plugged this Blog into too many different places yet so any big problems I encounter may help me decided if I will ever want to do this again!
Today I will be trying to figure out if I have any problems with the Feedburner.com on this Blog. It does appear that I will need to change the feed and any “Subscribers” to it will need to also change. This is important information for me… As, I wouldn’t want to do this kind of dramatic change on one of my other more developed Blogs especially if there were a lot of subscribers. Lucky for me in this case, and for this Blog I suspect that the majority of subscribers I currently have, may be my own by way of places I have used it to create widgets and profiles for services that create widgets!
After I figure out how to change the feed I currently have with Feedburner.com then I need to figure out what I need to do in the Blogger settings or whatever in order to have the correct feed going to the right spots.
I also need to think about going into my Google Webmaster account and figure out how to make sure the OLD pages with the old URL don’t cause the New Pages with the New URL to look like duplicated content and cause a black-mark for the new URL right out of the gate!
Wow--It appears I have my work cut out for me this morning and it doesn’t even include much time to write! I will just have to squeeze that in… I will keep you posted on my networking progress so be sure to check back later!
A few days ago I started the process and while tinkering around in my Blogger Dashboard I went through the steps of setting up a paid Custom Domain name. I have been working on building another Blog that isn’t just about Adoption or any specific thing at all--but rather a Blog just for moms in general. A Mother’s Guide to Sanity -- so, far it is still very immature and has some real work to be done! So--it seemed like a great place to start my journey into Blogging with more then just the Free Tools.
It was a relatively simply process to complete and eventually I ended up with an email receipt for the $10.00 a year fee to Own my own domain name for my New and growing Blog. I decided that I would opt for the choice of ordering via Blogger instead of the long list of other steps it might take me to put it on one of my website hosting accounts -- Bravenet or Hostican. By choosing to order directly through my Blogger account the new URL is registered with GoDaddy.com which is a new sevice provider for me, however Blogger automatically takes care of some of the steps when I pick what they offer! And, $10.00 is a small price to pay for somethings!
Things appear to be working, and according to my Blogger Dashboard my site is in Transition! (Anyone who knows me -- knows how much I do not like Transmissions!) Right now I am being ever so careful not to make myself more work by doing anything else too dramatic.
I have let MyBlogLog.com know that this change is taking place as I noticed that the Graphic of the old site has disappeared from my Blog Sites list… After looking around in MyBlogLog.com account I found the advice to make the change which was to open a support ticket contact. So I am waiting for more follow up with how that goes!
The lucky thing for me is that I haven’t plugged this Blog into too many different places yet so any big problems I encounter may help me decided if I will ever want to do this again!
Today I will be trying to figure out if I have any problems with the Feedburner.com on this Blog. It does appear that I will need to change the feed and any “Subscribers” to it will need to also change. This is important information for me… As, I wouldn’t want to do this kind of dramatic change on one of my other more developed Blogs especially if there were a lot of subscribers. Lucky for me in this case, and for this Blog I suspect that the majority of subscribers I currently have, may be my own by way of places I have used it to create widgets and profiles for services that create widgets!
After I figure out how to change the feed I currently have with Feedburner.com then I need to figure out what I need to do in the Blogger settings or whatever in order to have the correct feed going to the right spots.
I also need to think about going into my Google Webmaster account and figure out how to make sure the OLD pages with the old URL don’t cause the New Pages with the New URL to look like duplicated content and cause a black-mark for the new URL right out of the gate!
Wow--It appears I have my work cut out for me this morning and it doesn’t even include much time to write! I will just have to squeeze that in… I will keep you posted on my networking progress so be sure to check back later!
June 09, 2008
Most Important Steps to Avoid Google Penalties
Unless you are interested in keeping a private blog for your own personal purposes or an online journal most Blog writers would like to think someone is interested in reading what they have to share. It can be discouraging to put the effort into creating a wonderful blog only to find that no one is even visiting.
Google Webmaster Guidelines offer several tips for having your blog show up on searches and be noticed by readers who just might find your blog interesting!
The important advice Google has to offer is that if a Blogger chooses to skip all the other recommendations the most important thing to consider are the Google Quality Guidelines. It's important for Blog writers to understand some of the illicit practices that may lead Google to remove a site or blog from their Index entirely or in some other way face a Google penalty. Google makes it clear that if a site or Blog is penalized, it may no longer show up in results on Google.com or on any of Google's partner sites.
Google Quality guidelines
Google is clear about the fact their Quality Guidelines detail the most common deceptive and manipulative practices but, Google also makes it clear they can respond negatively to other misleading behaviors not listed. It's important to remember that just because a certain deceptive technique is not addressed in their guidelines doesn't mean that Google approves of it.
Google values webmasters and bloggers who invest their time and energies upholding the spirit of the basic principles in order to help provide better user experience by rewarding those sites and blogs with better rankings than those who work hard looking for any loopholes they may find to exploit.
Google's Quality guidelines - basic principles
Google Quality guidelines - specific guidelines
It's all pretty simple and clear Google wants Honest Webmasters and bloggers who offer Original Content with their readers and visitors in mind. The effort and attention should be made to present your visitor with a blog or site that offers what they expect by it's title, tags and search engine listing.
These should be the goals of any honest writer and especially a blog or website owner. While there will always be people who break the rules and cause problems Google wants to rank quality sites that offer what they say they do and uses original content highest while pushing the junk and spam off the search engine.
Google Webmaster Guidelines offer several tips for having your blog show up on searches and be noticed by readers who just might find your blog interesting!
The important advice Google has to offer is that if a Blogger chooses to skip all the other recommendations the most important thing to consider are the Google Quality Guidelines. It's important for Blog writers to understand some of the illicit practices that may lead Google to remove a site or blog from their Index entirely or in some other way face a Google penalty. Google makes it clear that if a site or Blog is penalized, it may no longer show up in results on Google.com or on any of Google's partner sites.
Google Quality guidelines
Google is clear about the fact their Quality Guidelines detail the most common deceptive and manipulative practices but, Google also makes it clear they can respond negatively to other misleading behaviors not listed. It's important to remember that just because a certain deceptive technique is not addressed in their guidelines doesn't mean that Google approves of it.
Google values webmasters and bloggers who invest their time and energies upholding the spirit of the basic principles in order to help provide better user experience by rewarding those sites and blogs with better rankings than those who work hard looking for any loopholes they may find to exploit.
Google's Quality guidelines - basic principles
- Build websites and blogs for your readers and users rather than for search engines.
- "Cloaking" is the deceptive practice of presenting your reader or users with different different content then offered to search engines.
- Avoid tricks designed to improve search engine rankings. The best way to decide if you are using a trick is to ask yourself, "Does this actually help my readers or users and would I do this if search engines didn't exist?"
- Don't participate in link schemes designed with the intent to only increase your site or blog ranking or PageRank.
- It's very important to avoid linking to web spammers or as Google calls them "bad neighborhoods" on the web. Linking to these sites may affect your site or blog adversely.
- The use of unauthorized computer programs often designed to submit pages, check rankings, etc. consume computing resources and violate the Google Terms of Service. For example: Google does not recommend the use of products such as WebPosition Gold™ that send automatic or programmatic queries to Google.
Google Quality guidelines - specific guidelines
- Avoid hidden text or hidden links.
- Don't use cloaking or sneaky redirects.
- Don't send automated queries to Google.
- Don't load pages with irrelevant keywords.
- Don't create multiple pages, subdomains, or domains with substantially duplicate content.
- Don't create pages with malicious behavior, such as phishing or installing viruses, trojans, or other badware.
- Avoid "doorway" pages created just for search engines, or other "cookie cutter" approaches such as affiliate programs with little or no original content.
- If your site participates in an affiliate program, make sure that your site adds value. Provide unique and relevant content that gives users a reason to visit your site first.
It's all pretty simple and clear Google wants Honest Webmasters and bloggers who offer Original Content with their readers and visitors in mind. The effort and attention should be made to present your visitor with a blog or site that offers what they expect by it's title, tags and search engine listing.
These should be the goals of any honest writer and especially a blog or website owner. While there will always be people who break the rules and cause problems Google wants to rank quality sites that offer what they say they do and uses original content highest while pushing the junk and spam off the search engine.
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