MBT is Now Amongst Top 5 Blogger Tutorials Blogs

DMOZ is the largest human-edited directory of the web. With over 85,559 editors. DMOZ’s Open Directory Project (ODP) has listed more than 4.5 Million quality websites in 590,000 categories. To some extent a major portion of Google data base is based on DMOZ listings and information is often fetched from there. To find out What is DMOZ directory and how can you submit your blogs to it then kindly read this post:

• [a href="http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2010/06/surprisingly-mbt-blog-finally-added-to.html" target="_blank"]How To Submit Blogs To DMOZ?[/a]

Source: http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/07/mbt-is-now-amongst-top-5-blogger.html

Twitter Hacked - President Barak Obama Is Dead!

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[a href="http://www.foxnews.com" target="_blank"]Fox News[/a] twitter feed was hacked on sunday 4th July 2011 by a group called Script Kiddies . False tweets reports were published that said : "Barack Obama has just passed. The President is dead. A sad 4th of July, indeed. President Barack Obama is dead."

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This false tweet remained for hours on twitter servers and around half of the twitter followers started spreading the news like fire! Almost everyone was shocked and some even took it for real. Almost all tweets have been deleted the hacked account is been restored. This has raised serious questions on Twitter security for its users. However some claim that may be someone succeeded in stealing the password and then he might have published the tweets. Fox news has asked for a detailed investigation from Twitter. The Attacker group was identified by [a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14012294" target="_blank"]BBC NEWS[/a].

No matter whoever did this, I personally thing it is really funny of Fox news that someone accessed their secured servers and managed to steal a password. I don't know what the truth may be but this news today was shocking and funny at the same time. Let me know what do you know about this latest news.

Image credits:- screenshot by Stephen Shankland/[a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20076650-264/fox-news-reports-twitter-hack-to-secret-service/" target="_blank"]CNET[/a]

Source: http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/07/twitter-hacked-president-barak-obama-is.html

Blogger Draft's Updated Interface Now Available for All Users

Some Areas Still In Progress

 

 

There is a lot that you can explore for yourself. Just log into [a href="http://Draft.Blogger.com" target="_blank"]Draft.Blogger.com[/a] and take the fun ride.

What are your views on this?

I personally still use the full and polished version instead of the draft version. I am much comfortable with the old look and don't want it to change. What are your views on these latest design developments. Are you now more relaxed with the new options? Has it succeeded in saving your time?

If you wish to see a video for the features introduced in 2011 and how successful Blogger is today then watch this:

• [a href="http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/03/amazing-google-blogger-features-look-in.html" target="_blank"]2011 Amazing Features![/a]

Source: http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/07/blogger-draft-updated-interface-now.html

Comic Panda : YouTube's New Layout Look in 2011!

What Features did You Observe?

As far as I observed these were the new changes made so far. If you think I have missed sharing an important new layout change then feel free to share with all of us. To test all new YouTube adventures then visit [a href="http://www.youtube.com/testtube" target="_blank"]TestTube[/a] Now!

Source: http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/07/comic-panda-youtube-new-layout-look-in.html

Google Changed Search Results Format and Design

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June 2011 saw a rapid change in Google's development performance. We heard of Google [a href="http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/06/add-google-1-button-to-your-blogger.html" target="_blank"]+1 Button[/a], then the [a href="http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/06/google-1-button-will-start-appearing-on.html" target="_blank"]+1 Project[/a], the [a href="http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/06/1-report-stats-added-to-google.html" target="_blank"]+1 Metrics[/a], then Social Plugins tracking in Analytics and [a name='more'][/a]now just few days have past that the entire search format and appearance have been changed. Now the Webpage titles are immediately followed by Webpage URL and then Description in the last. Previously the webpage titles were followed immediately by description but now URL has taken a jump up. This signals towards the priority of Webpage URL over Page Description.

How can this change effect your Organic Traffic?

To be honest no one can give a confident answer except logical views. Every single move taken by Google has always put a drastic impact on web traffic and with the latest introduction of +1 recommendation plugin this shift in URL position can have a significant meaning.

What are the Design Changes?

Now you see a black navigation bar appearing at the top with all available search options. After the query is being submitted by the user, a left pane appears where you are given several search tools. An interesting new feature is that now you can view what information is been fed in Google every single second by clicking the latest Link under Any time option. You can also select a custom time range to search for specific data over a selected time period. All these new developments made Google to stand out once again.

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and not just that! Looks like even Google designers are bored with the old search button and therefore they changed it into a attractive light blue one,

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What do you have to share?

Keeping the design thing aside, what do you think the sudden change in the position of Page URL and Page Description can cause to search engine ranking criteria. Can it effect your +1'd recommendations?

Source: http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/07/google-changed-search-results-format.html

Symantec Gives Green Card to Apple iOS in Security against Android

This is a guest post by Bhavesh Mohanlal Pamecha from [a href="http://www.plentyofebooks.net/" target="_blank"]Plenty of Ebooks[/a]

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[a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9kQ2n1YCyrD1SgIQ2PiHzTpis05K7RjMuiJoZ0CqhLyoQBoBbJqm6E2TTXzrpMeMGXj313Ovm8LJYoxgS94Fsbn5I68kMDB524Q9iIMVxJwDOxywIMiJ_sBkR-76V7BZ4xSaTRQ9ZQlA/s1600-h/iphone%252520vs%252520android%25255B6%25255D.jpg"][/a][a href="http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/06/free-blogging-apps-for-iphone-ipod.html" target="_blank"]Apple iOS[/a] and Google [a href="http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/05/mobile-blogging-using-android-phone.html" target="_blank"]Android[/a] are the most widely used mobile operating systems in today's smart phones and are considered to safer than a traditional Desktop operating system. Due to the increasing popularity the privacy features provided are not enough to maintain a certain security level. [a name='more'][/a]
According to a recent research conducted by Symantec about the security of Google Android and Apple's iOS, Symantec gave a green card to Apple iOS being more secure than Google Android. The research was conducted keeping in mind to examine the core security architecture & determining their strengths & weaknesses of both platforms.
Below is the summary of analysis of the two platforms:

Apple iOS

Advantages:

• Better Access Control & Encryption
• Control Policies using password with more options such as automatic data wipe after a certain number of failed password attempts.
• App Store more secure due to certification and control.
• Sandboxing to isolate applications.

Disadvantages:

• Built-in hardware encryption increases the changes of a Hacker getting control of your device.
• Apps can perform a wide range on actions which can raise potential privacy flags.

Android

Advantages:

• Better Application Isolation
• No built-in hardware encryption in Android 2.2 & 2.3. However, the tablet OS, Android 3.0, do have an option but is turned off by default.
• Sandboxing to isolate applications.
• Apps are blocked from accessing most of the system services unless a user explicitly grants permission after checking the list of permissions shown while installing an app.

Disadvantages:

• Control Policies using password but no advanced options.
• Android Market is more prone to Malware due to its openness.

For an in-depth, technical evaluation view this 23 Page "White Paper" ([a href="http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/about/media/pdfs/symc_mobile_device_security_june2011.pdf?om_ext_cid=biz_socmed_twitter_facebook_marketwire_linkedin_2011Jun_worldwide_mobilesecuritywp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"]PDF INFO[/a]) released by Symantec.

What are your views?

Although I don’t see much difference regarding security in both of these platforms I guess Apple iOS wins the race with better control policy and app store. What’s your view?

Source: http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/07/symantec-gives-green-card-to-apple-ios.html

GoDaddy Finally Sold For $2.25 Billion Dollars!

[a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzzq4AhJbrrEEaRfUKX-4PdjmJZCl3Mrh4EPtkA2Vxwqm23hgE3yM8TD18r_OpBmAj6xYMMPxCF1jO4p6FA1gxgQQAnQo3Z3SpJMt-Hs0fXzuUAjNBJLPBMFKXgiyi1jz1etuHoDUrPMU/s1600-h/Gdlogo_Everythingtagdpi%25255B6%25255D.jpg"][/a]On June 24, 2011, The [a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303339904576405610949743734.html" target="_blank"]Wall Street Journal[/a] reported that private-equity firms KKR and Silver Lake Partners, along with a third investor, are nearing a deal to buy the company for between $2-2.5 billion  and just today that rumour became a reality.

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[a href="http://godaddy.com" target="_blank"]GoDaddy[/a], the world’s largest domain registrar and webhosting company has been sold to three private equity firms at $2.25 billion. Godaddy has more than 45 million domains names under management and is four times bigger than it first competitor. It is well known for their different style of advertising campaigns using Female celebrity models. Godaddy started advertising in super bowl and then expanded their market circle so widely that within years of its launch it received sports sponsorships.

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The deal was sealed by private equity firms KKR & Co., Silver Lake Partners and Technology Crossover Ventures. Company founder and CEO Bob Parsons expressed his views to [a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/07/go-daddy-sold-for-225-billion.html" target="_blank"]Los Angeles times[/a] in these words:

 

“What these guys see is a company with a lot more potential internationally and more potential to make partnerships and acquisitions. They’ll help us finance and they’ll help us recruit talent.”

Source: http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/07/godaddy-finally-sold-for-225-billion.html

Google Banned all co.cc domains - A Step-Forward against Spam

This is a guest post by Bhavesh Mohanlal Pamecha from [a href="http://www.plentyofebooks.net/" target="_blank"]Plenty of Ebooks[/a]

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[a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWRM5zv8VtbCtFEO2Xt9DbcAvqFOodeJtgZx8VV-Wo7q8fhoiTzyenrG45ScyExBZ1bmKZSUDIDaWjJmG6-61WT1RDuNLOxw_174qOpjPAuzxY7kwvP9h-ebcszlrJK5iZulVYMBvuCg/s1600-h/_co.cc-google-spam%25255B7%25255D.gif"][/a]The title says it all. Google has banned and penalized all the sites which used a co.cc sub-domain. [a href="http://www.co.cc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"]Co.cc[/a] is a free domain name registrar which offers sub-domains in bulk.
Due to increase amount of web spam and poor quality sites and especially with all of the recent criticism towards its search engine Google was forced to take a serious action to fight against web spam and help protect its users with good quality links. Check the screen shot below for the proof. [a name='more'][/a]

 

or this: You can see that not even their homepage is being indexed.

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Matt Cutts, the Head of Google's Web Spam team, wrote on [a href="https://plus.google.com/u/1/109412257237874861202/posts/eanXpZKMDSf#109412257237874861202/posts/eanXpZKMDSf" target="_blank"]Google +[/a]

"First, a definition: a "freehost" is a domain that will let anyone register a site on that domain. There's lots and lots of high-quality freehosts out there (wordpress.com comes to mind)."
"We absolutely do try to be granular, but I wanted to mention that if we see a very large fraction of sites on a specific freehost be spammy or low-quality, we do reserve the right to take action on the freehost as a whole. I think most savvy search/SEO folks would understand this completely, but I figure it's better to over-communicate than under-communicate."

Matt Cutts also said,

"This is not a new webspam policy. Other parts of Google do similar things. For example, [a href="http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2011/06/protecting-users-from-malware-hosted-on.html"]http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2011/06/protecting-users-from-malware-hosted-on.html[/a] talks about "bulk sub-domain providers" (treat it as the same thing as a freehost) and they mention "To help protect users we recently modified those [malware scanning] systems to identify bulk sub-domain services which are being abused. In some severe cases our systems may now flag the whole bulk domain."

[a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Webmasters/user?userid=03856587199021041525&hl=en" target="_blank"]JohnMu[/a], Webmaster Trends Analyst, gave some advice on [a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Webmasters/thread?tid=10735eb11a40c0c8&hl=en_" target="_blank"]Webmaster Central[/a]  for legit webmasters owning a co.cc sub-domain.

"If you feel that your particular site is in line with our Webmaster Guidelines, I would recommend submitting a reconsideration request. Additionally, if you use a subdomain on a widely used domain name, and feel that your subdomain provider is not up to par with regards to preventing and handling abuse quickly - be it webspam, phishing, or malware - you may wish to look into ways of remedying that."

 

What should you do know if you are a .co.cc user?

The best is to sign up for a .com domain from a trusted domain hosting company like [a href="http://secure.hostgator.com/~affiliat/cgi-bin/affiliates/clickthru.cgi?id=mustafastc-" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"]Hostgator[/a]. It will cost you less than $15/year but quality and reputation is guaranteed by them. Do give few bucks more but always go for quality. If you are really serious about blogging then choosing a .com domain is highly suggested.

What do you think?
Express your views in comments, whether this will be a boon or a curse according to you.

Source: http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/07/google-banned-all-cocc-domains-step.html

Google PageRank Update June 2011

[a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY7cD1PMaSBOGuyGzb5igh3o-yJ4lfKUiRcxOp2WGV_bYPYpHxiYx4uymb_EjT4VVBu5xJu4sD5Y2QErEuVGqOiuTeaYy5-DecnYd4ElxDpiURQaat7fo-_BEicUmTQ9hyUfVr9YpL8sw/s1600-h/pr-pump%25255B2%25255D.gif"][/a]Google PageRank updated just an hour ago and thanks to all my loyal and highly valuable readers MBT BLog is now a PR 4.0 Blog with 24K Alexa Rank Alhamdulillah!. I am thankful to Allah Almighty for all His support and blessings. I wish and pray that you guys may too hear a good news day and night for the hard work that you do. It's a day to celebrate! Spent every day of my summer vocations trying to bring something new to blogosphere and a gift like PR and Alexa is a wish come true. [a name='more'][/a]Without your motivation and consistent feedback this would have never been possible. I thank all guest posters for being an immense support to mbt blog and all the readership. This blog is yours and it will remain yours. Peace and blessings! =d

I saw the PageRank shocking news at 6.15 PM GMT+ 27th June 2011.

Source: http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/06/google-pagerank-updated-2011.html

Google +1 Button will start appearing on search pages Globally

 

You can add the +1 Button to your blogger blogs by reading this tutorial:

• [a href="http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/06/add-google-1-button-to-your-blogger.html" target="_blank"]Google +1 Buttons[/a]

Source: http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/06/google-1-button-will-start-appearing-on.html

+1 Report Stats added to Google Webmaster Tools & Analytics

With the successful invention of the [a href="http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/06/add-google-1-button-to-your-blogger.html" target="_blank"]+1 Button[/a] and the +1 Project, [a href="http://adsense.blogspot.com/2011/06/1-reporting-in-google-webmaster-tools.html" target="_blank"]Google released[/a] the +1 stats reports in Google Webmaster Tools. This new integration was made today.The +1 reports will tell web owners and bloggers how much traffic value the button is bringing to their site. You can now track the number of times your pages have been +1 'd by your visitors on your web pages as well as on your Adword Ads or search results. Fortunately you can now also track the performance of other social plugins by using [a href="http://www.google.com/support/analyticshelp/bin/answer.py?answer=1316556&topic=1316551"]Social Plugin Tracking in Google Analytics[/a]. The +1 Metrics menu can now be found on your webmaster account. It contains three important features which are:

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1. Search Impact Report

This tells you how your Clickthrough rate changes when people recommend your blog or webpage more and more. With +1 recommendations your organic search traffic can surely take a positive turn but to measure how much it helped you, [a href="http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=1140189&topic=1140191&utm_source=webmaster&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=announcement" target="_blank"]Search impact[/a] is the tool you need.

2. Activity Report

In simple words [a href="http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1140192&utm_source=gablog&utm_campaign=socialTracking&utm_medium=blog" target="_blank"]activity report[/a] shows you how many times your web pages have been +1’d, from buttons both on your site and on other pages. This will let you know how much your content is being recommended. It comes with two options i.e. New +1's and All +1's. Pretty obvious terms.

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3. Audience Report

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[a href="http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=1198127&topic=1140191&utm_source=webmaster&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=announcement" target="_blank"]Audience Report[/a] options shows the total number of unique users who +1'd  your pages along with aggregate geographic and demographic information about the Google users who’ve +1’d your pages.

 

Social Plugin Tracking in Google Analytics

This new feature is added in your [a href="http://analytics.google.com" target="_blank"]analytics[/a] account to let you know the performance of other social plugin recommendations. This according to me is even bigger achievement of Google compared to +1 project. Social networks are the best tool for traffic and keeping an eye on how well these networks are playing for your website traffic should be the crucial part of your Traffic campaign. Plugin tracking for all social share buttons on your blogs or webpages is done using some JavaScript. I will mention in detail on how you can set up the tracking for other social plugins  for your websites in my coming posts.

This social engagement reporting tool comes with three options which are explained by Google as:

The Social Engagement report lets you see how site behavior changes for visits that include clicks on +1 buttons or other social actions. This allows you to determine, for example, whether people who +1 your pages during a visit are likely to spend more time on your site than people who don’t.

The Social Actions report lets you track the number of social actions (+1 clicks, Tweets, etc) taken on your site, all in one place.

The Social Pages report allows you to compare the pages on your site to see which are driving the highest the number of social actions.

 

What do you think?

Let me know what are your views on this latest development and do you think it will bring something fruitful to you in person. Any views will highly be appreciated.

Source: http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/06/1-report-stats-added-to-google.html

TOP TEN RICHEST MEN ONLINE 2011

1. Larry page

2. Sergey Brin

3. Jeff Bezos

5. Masayoshi Son

6. Mark Zuckerberg

7. Eric Schmidt

8. Mark Cuban

9. Jerry  Yang

10. Omid Kordestani

Age: - 48
Source: -Google! Inc
Qualification: - B.s in Electrical Engineer and MBA
Worth: - $1.9 billion

Do not be confused by his surname . He is not from Kurdistan. He is an ethnic Persian. He was Google’s Senior Vice president.
“Short on information” 

 

What do you think?

Please let us know if you know anything interesting about these Top Ten great people. Any interesting story will be cheered. If I made any mistakes in estimating the ranking based on my personal research, then kindly forgive me.  The purpose of this post is to keep you updated with the Big Daddies of Online Media in order to get a soft inspiration. I hope you liked it! :)

To read about the top Ten Websites of the year 2011 then kindly read the article below:

• [a href="http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/05/alexas-top-ten-websites-2011.html" target="_blank"]Top Ten Websites in 2011[/a]

  Fahad Uddin

About the Guest Author:

Fahad is a energetic young guy, pursuing his degree in Mechanical Engineering. He has an ambition to play his part in Mechanical Industry. He is loves public speaking and enjoys sharing his random ideas with people around. During leisure time he enjoys writing on tech related stuff.

Source: http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/06/top-ten-richest-men-online-2011.html

AdSense Strict Program Policy On Misuse of IFramed Ads

Just today an hour ago at Jun 10 11:55AM, the Google [a href="http://groups.google.com/group/inside-adsense/browse_thread/thread/c110ff7cf1ff977f" target="_blank"]Adsense Program Policy Team expressed[/a] their serious concerns on the use of IFramed Ads by web owners. They also have made some changes to their program policy and I would suggest that you kindly read the new terms and conditions to keep yourself updated. Adsense marked the HTML tag iframe almost unacceptal without legal  approval from Google. They also prohibited altering the behavior, targeting, or appearance of AdSense ads without explicit approval from Adsense.

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This is what Adsense Program Policy mentioned at Inside AdSense Google Group today:

Improperly iframed ads are a disservice to our advertisers since the ad
itself can be obscured. Not only are they not viewable, these
implementations can lead to accidental clicks if these hidden ads are
placed in a location that users frequently click. Please see below for
an example of a partially hidden banner.
Hidden iframed ads is one form of misuse. The other is cross-domain
iframing abuse. Cross-domain iframes are used to frame content from a
different site. This type of implementation can allow other sites to
frame ads that belong to another site without the publisher’s knowledge.
As a result, we’ve modified our Ad Behavior policy to the following:
AdSense code may not be altered, nor may the standard behavior,
targeting or delivery of ads be manipulated in any way that is not
explicitly permitted by Google. This includes but is not limited to the
following: clicking Google ads may not result in a new browser window
being launched, nor may Google ads be placed in an IFRAME.
We’re aware of certain ad implementations that require the valid use of
iframes. As per our program policies, exceptions to our policies are
permitted only with authorization from Google.
With our updated language, our goal is to be more proactive about
enforcing the misuse of iframes. Iframing is not only deceptive when
improperly implemented, but it often leads to unintended behavioral
outcomes that result in policy violations, such as the double-serving
of ads. As our program policies also note, we reserve the right to
disable ad serving to sites and/or accounts that fail to comply with
these policies without permission from Google. To best adhere to our
policies and experience better targeting results, we recommend pasting
our ad code directly into the source of your web page HTML.

 

I request new bloggers to kindly be very careful on reading tutorials where AdSense Ad Customization is discussed. The best is that you avoid all such tricks and tutorials where AdSense Ads are personalized to suit your blog template using CSS, HTML or any other web technology. Customize your AdSense ads at AdSense Ad setup page only or in the AdSense Widget available on your Blogger Page elements.

Source: http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/06/adsense-strict-program-policies-on.html

Make Mobile Version Of Your Blogger Blogs For Mobile Devices - Surprise!

 

How To Show the Mobile Version Of Your Blog?

Simply follow these steps,

1. Go To Blogger > Settings > Email & Mobile Tab
2. Click on the option that says "Yes, on mobile devices, show the mobile version of my template"

    3.   Click the "Save Settings" button at the bottom and you are done!

Now Click the "Mobile Preview" button to see how your blogger blog will show up in an Iphone. Enjoy this great functionality and keep loving Blogger! :>

Source: http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/06/make-mobile-version-of-your-blogger.html

Happy Birth Day To AdSense! 18 June 2011

Google AdSense Team will celebrate its [a href="http://adsense.blogspot.com/2011/06/happy-birthday-adsense.html" target="_blank"]eighth birthday[/a] just after 1 hour i.e. 18th June, 2011. AdSense was launched in 2003 and since then this great marketing and advertising company has served more than Two Million publishers all around the world. AdSense is the biggest income source for GOOGLE Inc. Just this year in 2011 Google earned $2.34 Billion dollars which is 28% of their total Annual revenue i.e. 9.36 Billion Dollars! Its eight years non stop success does surely mean a lot to them.

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Goggle AdSense enable web owners to display text, image and video advertisements on their websites and blogs. All blogger blogs are equipped with AdSense ad integration by default. The revenue generated depends on page impressions and clicks.

 

 

Adsense team said:

Growing to over two million publishers worldwide since our [a href="http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/adsense.html"]launch in 2003[/a], we want to thank all of you for helping us expand and thrive.
As we celebrate AdSense, we want to share our appreciation for all the AdSense publishers whose innovation has made the last eight years so successful. The Google Display Network is comprised of many AdSense publishers like you: those who offer useful and engaging content for your community and serve as an effective channel for advertisers to connect with audiences.
For the last eight years, we’ve relied on your product feedback to help us improve, your success stories to inspire us, and your content to enhance the ecosystem of the world wide web. We look forward to growing older and wiser with all of you for many more years to come!

Source: http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/06/happy-birth-day-to-adsense-18-june-2011.html

AdSense's "Ads by Google" Link Replaced By "AdChoices"

 

 

This is how they look now,

 

 

Personal view:

I personally think that the arrow icon will encourage users to visit the Ads more because of our natural habit of following the arrow direction. I know this would sound funny but couldn't they use a better icon? :p The Icon for me personally looks dull and bore in appearance. What do you think about this latest change? Do you think this can increase our average CTR? I would love to hear from you. Peace.

Source: http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/06/adsense-by-google-link-replaced-by.html

No Edit HTML Option In New Blogger Dashboard 2011?

Solution:

You can find an interesting trick of accessing the Edit HTML Page here -> [a href="http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/06/no-edit-html-option-in-new-blogger.html" target="_blank"]Access Edit HTML[/a]

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So its highly advised to Blogger active users to kindly use the Tested version of Blogger i.e [a href="http://www.Blogger.com" target="_blank"]www.Blogger.com[/a] and not the Beta version. You can still design and edit your layouts with complete rights to edit the CSS, HTML. You can still add JavaScript and cool jQuery tricks to your blog and of course you can continue playing around codes as you always loved to do. I am as curious as you in finding updates related to this new question. I will keep you updated with all latest developments. Till then keep blogging and keep using our only beloved blogging platform, The Google Blogger! :>

Source: http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/06/no-edit-html-option-in-new-blogger.html

Zuckerberg Wants Kids To Use Facebook

Effects Of Facebook On College Students

Facebook Alternatives for kids

 Fahad Uddin

About the Guest Author:
Fahad is an Undergraduate Student, pursuing his B.E Degree in Computer and Information System Engineering. He is an excellent programmer and part time blogger. He Writes at [a rel="nofollow" href="http://mycsnippets.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"]My C Snippets[/a]. You can always contact him at [a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.facebook.com/fahd92" target="_blank"]Facebook[/a]

Source: http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/05/zuckerberg-wants-kids-to-use-facebook.html

Amazing Google Blogger Features & Look In 2011!!

Blogger has been the revolutionary engine in bringing a mega change in which data is written, shared and circulated online for pure educational and entertaining purposes. With every year passing this great company is coming up with brilliant new features that is taking it closer to premium blogger platforms [a href="http://www.typepad.com/" target="_blank"]Typepad[/a] and [a href="http://wordpress.org" target="_blank"]Wordpress[/a]. You can read [a href="http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2009/12/wordpress-or-blogger-which-one-is-best.html" target="_blank"]Wordpress VS Blogger Comparison Chart[/a] to know the difference between the two giant blogging platforms. Ayush Chand of [a title="http://www.unlimitedtips.com/" href="http://www.unlimitedtips.com/" target="_blank"]unlimitedtips.com[/a] shared a fairly exciting video made by Blogger where some of the upcoming new features are disclosed. I am sure you will love to see it. So here we go!

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What Suggestions Do you have for the Blogger Team?

The best feedback that Blogger can receive is from you people who use it day and night. Feel free to share some of your brilliant thoughts here which could be added to the new Blogger. I can’t wait to see the changes implemented. So far what blogger has done in gifting thousands of people with an online livelihood, I must say they deserve a Thumbs up!

For giving your suggestions to Blogger kindly visit this page –> [a title="http://productideas.appspot.com/#15/e=e828&t=2f433a" href="http://productideas.appspot.com/#15/e=e828&t=2f433a" target="_blank"]productideas[/a]

Source: http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/03/amazing-google-blogger-features-look-in.html