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How to Verify Website in Google Webmaster Using TXT/CNAME Record

6:18 AM
google_webmastertools Unable to verify your website using html file upload and meta tag method? Don’t worry Google offers many other methods to verify your website domain ownership. You can verify your website with domain control panel by adding a TXT or CNAME record.
  • Login to your webmaster tools account
  • Add site and click on “verify site”
  • Now select alternate methods > Domain name Provider
  • Select your Domain name provider from the dropdown list
google-webmaster-verification-with-txt-record
  • If your domain is hosted with your domain registrar then you can easily verify domain using integrated login but, if your domain is hosted with any other hosting then you have to add TXT record to your Web Hosting provider DNS manager
  • In second situation use the “Add TXT/CNAME record option” and copy the TXT/CNAME record
  • Now login to your domain hosting control panel
  • Locate DNS records
  • Select domain to display DNS options
  • Here add a new TXT/CNAME record and save the option
  • Now go back to your webmaster verification page and hit the verify button to verify
Verification may be failed in first attempt because sometime DNS records take time to update
In this condition you should try after a few minutes
google_webmastertools Unable to verify your website using html file upload and meta tag method? Don’t worry Google offers many other methods to verify your website domain ownership. You can verify your website with domain control panel by adding a TXT or CNAME record.
  • Login to your webmaster tools account
  • Add site and click on “verify site”
  • Now select alternate methods > Domain name Provider
  • Select your Domain name provider from the dropdown list
google-webmaster-verification-with-txt-record
  • If your domain is hosted with your domain registrar then you can easily verify domain using integrated login but, if your domain is hosted with any other hosting then you have to add TXT record to your Web Hosting provider DNS manager
  • In second situation use the “Add TXT/CNAME record option” and copy the TXT/CNAME record
  • Now login to your domain hosting control panel
  • Locate DNS records
  • Select domain to display DNS options
  • Here add a new TXT/CNAME record and save the option
  • Now go back to your webmaster verification page and hit the verify button to verify
Verification may be failed in first attempt because sometime DNS records take time to update
In this condition you should try after a few minutes

How to Stop Tracking My Own Visits in Histats

3:36 PM
Histats is an advanced and one of the best website traffic stats checker tool. In this tutorial you can know how to purify your Histats website traffic details. You can filter your own visited pages to rectified the total traffic count. Actually we visit our website many times a day and these visits are counted by our traffic checker script such as Sitemter,Google Analytics etc.
To get the best idea about your website traffic you should remove your own visits.
  • Login to your Histats account
  • Go to control panel and in sidebar options see the option “IP Exclusion”
histats-traffic-filter-own-visits
  • Here you can add your ip
This trick works only single browsing session and you have to add your IP every time you start browsing because Ip is dynamic in most of cases. Histats does not offer browser cookie traffic filtering features like Sitemter or Blogger stats.
Histats is an advanced and one of the best website traffic stats checker tool. In this tutorial you can know how to purify your Histats website traffic details. You can filter your own visited pages to rectified the total traffic count. Actually we visit our website many times a day and these visits are counted by our traffic checker script such as Sitemter,Google Analytics etc.
To get the best idea about your website traffic you should remove your own visits.
  • Login to your Histats account
  • Go to control panel and in sidebar options see the option “IP Exclusion”
histats-traffic-filter-own-visits
  • Here you can add your ip
This trick works only single browsing session and you have to add your IP every time you start browsing because Ip is dynamic in most of cases. Histats does not offer browser cookie traffic filtering features like Sitemter or Blogger stats.

Easy Solution for Replytocom Duplicate Content in WordPress

7:33 AM
Replytocom URLs creates duplicate content issue in WordPress and we need to stop search engines from crawling and indexing  these type of URLs. After rolling out Google Panda we must resolve this issue and there are following three ways for it;

Replytocom Redirector WordPress Plugin


It is a great way to crush this problem with complete ease. You have to install and activate this plugin and it work without any configuration. This plugins redirect replytocom duplicate content URLs to the original content URLs and thus Googlebot do not index these duplicate content URLs. It is a complete solution for this issue and it note only save your site form SEO bug but also save your server CPU resources.

Webmaster Tools


It is another easy way to solve this problem and you can prevent replytocom SEO bug using Google Webmaster tools.
  • Login to your Webmaster account ( If you have note added your site to Webmaster then add and verify it to use Webmaster tools)
  • Go to the option “Site Configuration” > URLs Parameters > Replytocom > Edit
  • Set the first option as “ Yes: Changes….narrow page content”
  • Set the second option as “Paginates”
  • Set the 3rd option as “No URLs”
  • And save the settings.
This will resolve replytocom issue and Google will not index these type of URLs
Replytocom URLs creates duplicate content issue in WordPress and we need to stop search engines from crawling and indexing  these type of URLs. After rolling out Google Panda we must resolve this issue and there are following three ways for it;

Replytocom Redirector WordPress Plugin


It is a great way to crush this problem with complete ease. You have to install and activate this plugin and it work without any configuration. This plugins redirect replytocom duplicate content URLs to the original content URLs and thus Googlebot do not index these duplicate content URLs. It is a complete solution for this issue and it note only save your site form SEO bug but also save your server CPU resources.

Webmaster Tools


It is another easy way to solve this problem and you can prevent replytocom SEO bug using Google Webmaster tools.
  • Login to your Webmaster account ( If you have note added your site to Webmaster then add and verify it to use Webmaster tools)
  • Go to the option “Site Configuration” > URLs Parameters > Replytocom > Edit
  • Set the first option as “ Yes: Changes….narrow page content”
  • Set the second option as “Paginates”
  • Set the 3rd option as “No URLs”
  • And save the settings.
This will resolve replytocom issue and Google will not index these type of URLs

Backup Guide for Live Writer

9:06 PM

If you are used to of blog with Windows Live Writer then you must create backup of all your blogs settings to import it any time when you reinstall Windows Live Writer.

Possible conditions when Live Writer may stop working



Operating System problem and we have to format entire system
Live Writer may stop working due to any corrupted file or registry
So backup of settings save time from re-adding blogs in your offline blog editor

Easy Import/Export extension for Live Writer



Import and Export Wizard is an awesome little module for Live Writer which is developed by Kobi Pinhasov.
How to use the plugin
  • Download and install the plugin
  • Now restart Live Writer and go to option Insert > Import/Export
  • Here create backup anywhere on your HDD or you can also upload setting file on a remote place
Download the Plugin



How to Backup Live Writer Posts

Currently there is no plugin available to backup live writer written articles ( Drafts and Published) but here is an easy to use alternative method with which we can make Live Writer written articles backup and can also share Live Writer articles as a file.
Actually Live Writer keep all written articles in its sepcific formatted file those are stored with post title in "My Document folder". You can access all these post files in My Documents > My Weblog Posts folder
Here you will observe two more sub folders named;
  1. Drafts
  2. Recent Posts
You can make backup of this folder and you can also send your written post in Live Writer format anywhere. It may be a very good alternative of Word Pad for Bloggers to share guest articles.

If you are used to of blog with Windows Live Writer then you must create backup of all your blogs settings to import it any time when you reinstall Windows Live Writer.

Possible conditions when Live Writer may stop working



Operating System problem and we have to format entire system
Live Writer may stop working due to any corrupted file or registry
So backup of settings save time from re-adding blogs in your offline blog editor

Easy Import/Export extension for Live Writer



Import and Export Wizard is an awesome little module for Live Writer which is developed by Kobi Pinhasov.
How to use the plugin
  • Download and install the plugin
  • Now restart Live Writer and go to option Insert > Import/Export
  • Here create backup anywhere on your HDD or you can also upload setting file on a remote place
Download the Plugin



How to Backup Live Writer Posts

Currently there is no plugin available to backup live writer written articles ( Drafts and Published) but here is an easy to use alternative method with which we can make Live Writer written articles backup and can also share Live Writer articles as a file.
Actually Live Writer keep all written articles in its sepcific formatted file those are stored with post title in "My Document folder". You can access all these post files in My Documents > My Weblog Posts folder
Here you will observe two more sub folders named;
  1. Drafts
  2. Recent Posts
You can make backup of this folder and you can also send your written post in Live Writer format anywhere. It may be a very good alternative of Word Pad for Bloggers to share guest articles.

How to add a Floating Social Bookmarking Widget in Blogger

12:52 PM
If you have seen share bar plugin social widget which floats along with post container’s border. This share bar makes sharing easy and you can add as many sharing button as you want including Facebook share button,Twitter button,Stumbleupon etc.

Actually this share bar definitely increase article share on different websites such as Facebook,Twitter etc.

Not only in WordPress you can add this attractive floating widget in Blogger blog too and it is simpler than simplest and I mean it. To add this sliding social widget you have to add just a JavaScript code any where in your template HTML code.

You can also paste this code snippet as a HTML widget.
  • So here is a step by step guide how to add this social slider to your Blogger blog.
  • First of all you have to login to your Blogger.com account ( Google account). Though I do not need to tell about this Smile

  • Now on Blogger dashboard go to the option “Design”
  • Here you can see the option “Page Elements” and I think definitely your template is widgetized and you can add gadgets anywhere in your template.  Select the option “add a Gadget”. Here select the Gadget type “HTML/JavaScript” and paste the following code in this gadget;
Code to add

<!-- floating page sharers Start bloghight.com--> <style type="text/css"> #pageshare {position:fixed; bottom:11%; margin-left:-1015px; float:left; border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px;background-color:#fff;padding:0 0 2px 0;z-index:10;} #pageshare .sbutton {float:left;clear:both;margin:5px 5px 0 5px;} .fb_share_count_top {width:48px !important;} .fb_share_count_top, .fb_share_count_inner {-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;} .FBConnectButton_Small, .FBConnectButton_RTL_Small {width:49px !important; -moz-border-radius:3px;/*bs-fsmsb*/-webkit-border-radius:3px;} .FBConnectButton_Small .FBConnectButton_Text {padding:2px 2px 3px !important;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;font-size:8px;} </style> <div id='pageshare' title="Get this from bloghight.com"> <div class='sbutton' id='fb'> <a name="fb_share" type="box_count" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php">Share</a><script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script> </div> <div class='sbutton' id='rt'> <script src="http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js" type='text/javascript'></script> </div> <div class='sbutton' id='su'> <script src="http://www.stumbleupon.com/hostedbadge.php?s=5"></script> </div> <div class='sbutton' id='digg' style='margin-left:3px;width:48px'> <script src='http://widgets.digg.com/buttons.js' type='text/javascript'></script> <a class="DiggThisButton DiggMedium"></a> </div> <div class='sbutton' id='gplusone'> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script> <g:plusone size="tall"></g:plusone> </div> <div style="clear: both;font-size: 9px;text-align:center;">Get <a href="http://www.bloghight.com/">widget</a></div><!-- Do not remove this link --> </div> <!-- floating page sharers End -->


If you are unable to add this script code as a HTML gadget then you can add this code any where in the template body code.


To add this code to template body go to the option Design > Edit HTML

Here locate the closing body tag i.e </body> and add the script code just before this closing tag. ( to find this tag you can use the “find” option of internet browser ).
If you have seen share bar plugin social widget which floats along with post container’s border. This share bar makes sharing easy and you can add as many sharing button as you want including Facebook share button,Twitter button,Stumbleupon etc.

Actually this share bar definitely increase article share on different websites such as Facebook,Twitter etc.

Not only in WordPress you can add this attractive floating widget in Blogger blog too and it is simpler than simplest and I mean it. To add this sliding social widget you have to add just a JavaScript code any where in your template HTML code.

You can also paste this code snippet as a HTML widget.
  • So here is a step by step guide how to add this social slider to your Blogger blog.
  • First of all you have to login to your Blogger.com account ( Google account). Though I do not need to tell about this Smile

  • Now on Blogger dashboard go to the option “Design”
  • Here you can see the option “Page Elements” and I think definitely your template is widgetized and you can add gadgets anywhere in your template.  Select the option “add a Gadget”. Here select the Gadget type “HTML/JavaScript” and paste the following code in this gadget;
Code to add

<!-- floating page sharers Start bloghight.com--> <style type="text/css"> #pageshare {position:fixed; bottom:11%; margin-left:-1015px; float:left; border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px;background-color:#fff;padding:0 0 2px 0;z-index:10;} #pageshare .sbutton {float:left;clear:both;margin:5px 5px 0 5px;} .fb_share_count_top {width:48px !important;} .fb_share_count_top, .fb_share_count_inner {-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;} .FBConnectButton_Small, .FBConnectButton_RTL_Small {width:49px !important; -moz-border-radius:3px;/*bs-fsmsb*/-webkit-border-radius:3px;} .FBConnectButton_Small .FBConnectButton_Text {padding:2px 2px 3px !important;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;font-size:8px;} </style> <div id='pageshare' title="Get this from bloghight.com"> <div class='sbutton' id='fb'> <a name="fb_share" type="box_count" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php">Share</a><script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script> </div> <div class='sbutton' id='rt'> <script src="http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js" type='text/javascript'></script> </div> <div class='sbutton' id='su'> <script src="http://www.stumbleupon.com/hostedbadge.php?s=5"></script> </div> <div class='sbutton' id='digg' style='margin-left:3px;width:48px'> <script src='http://widgets.digg.com/buttons.js' type='text/javascript'></script> <a class="DiggThisButton DiggMedium"></a> </div> <div class='sbutton' id='gplusone'> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script> <g:plusone size="tall"></g:plusone> </div> <div style="clear: both;font-size: 9px;text-align:center;">Get <a href="http://www.bloghight.com/">widget</a></div><!-- Do not remove this link --> </div> <!-- floating page sharers End -->


If you are unable to add this script code as a HTML gadget then you can add this code any where in the template body code.


To add this code to template body go to the option Design > Edit HTML

Here locate the closing body tag i.e </body> and add the script code just before this closing tag. ( to find this tag you can use the “find” option of internet browser ).

How to Create Coupon Codes in HostGator Affiliate Account

6:38 AM
HostGator is the highest yielding Web Hosting affiliate program and there are a lot of professional bloggers and internet marketers.

Why HostGator offers a great affiliate program

  • HostGator offers the number 1 and top class shared web hosting and no other hosting provider is so much dedicated in shared hosting services.

  • HostGator gives the facility to create 25% discount coupon which and surely discount coupons attracts customers and they prefer discount codes instead of using direct links. The other important factor is that discount coupon is bounded with specific affiliate ID. Thus you must be get paid if someone buy a hosting account using your coupon.

  • HostGator offer flat $50 discount on every sale and there is no minimum payout requirement.

How to Generate a HostGator Discount Code

It is very simple to create a discount code using HostGator affiliate panel.  Here is a simple and step by step guide how to create discount coupon in Hostgator panel Login to your HostGator affiliate panel In your affiliate panel select the option “manage coupons”
hostgator-discount-code-how-to-1
Here you can create a coupon from available coupon types such as 25% off shared Hosting coupon or VPS hosting discount code etc. All has been shown in figure below.
hostgator-discount-code-how-to-2
HostGator is the highest yielding Web Hosting affiliate program and there are a lot of professional bloggers and internet marketers.

Why HostGator offers a great affiliate program

  • HostGator offers the number 1 and top class shared web hosting and no other hosting provider is so much dedicated in shared hosting services.

  • HostGator gives the facility to create 25% discount coupon which and surely discount coupons attracts customers and they prefer discount codes instead of using direct links. The other important factor is that discount coupon is bounded with specific affiliate ID. Thus you must be get paid if someone buy a hosting account using your coupon.

  • HostGator offer flat $50 discount on every sale and there is no minimum payout requirement.

How to Generate a HostGator Discount Code

It is very simple to create a discount code using HostGator affiliate panel.  Here is a simple and step by step guide how to create discount coupon in Hostgator panel Login to your HostGator affiliate panel In your affiliate panel select the option “manage coupons”
hostgator-discount-code-how-to-1
Here you can create a coupon from available coupon types such as 25% off shared Hosting coupon or VPS hosting discount code etc. All has been shown in figure below.
hostgator-discount-code-how-to-2

Best Way to Trace Invalid Adsense Clicks

6:26 AM

Adsense is the best way to earn money online. If your website has good and quality content then you can earn a lot of money using Google Adsense. But there is a great problem and challenge before Adsense users and it is invalid clicks those can be made by any person from anywhere and Google or Webmaster does  not have any control on these type of clicks.

If Adsense account holder is unable to detect,control or report these invalid clicks then possibly Adsense may ban his account and it is clarified on Google Adsense FAQ page that Adsense owner is responsible for any measurable invalid click activity and he must take care of it.

How to track invalid clicks

Statcounter is the only way to control invalid clicks. It can track Adsense clicks for any website. Statcounter is a simple JavaScript code which can be added anywhere in header or body of html.

Once this tracker is added it starts tracking clicks.

Actually it does not only track Adsense clicks but it also track every click made on outbound links or external links on website.

How to use Statcounter

  • Go to statcounter.com and create an acount
  • Add your website and get the javascript code to add in your site html
  • Add this code just before the closing body tag
  • Now login to your statcounter account
  • Click on the stats icon as shown in figure

statcounter

  • Now go to left option bar and click on “exit links activity”

statcounter2

  • Here you can observe all exit links including Adsense clicks

statcounter3

  • Click on magnifying glass icon to track any Adsense click
  • You can track Ip address of clicker,geo location and how many clicks he has made. You can also record his IP address for future click recognition.

statcounter5

If you have further any investigation then drop a comment below.

Tags

How to follow Adsense clicks

How to save Adsense account from fraud click activities

Adsense is the best way to earn money online. If your website has good and quality content then you can earn a lot of money using Google Adsense. But there is a great problem and challenge before Adsense users and it is invalid clicks those can be made by any person from anywhere and Google or Webmaster does  not have any control on these type of clicks.

If Adsense account holder is unable to detect,control or report these invalid clicks then possibly Adsense may ban his account and it is clarified on Google Adsense FAQ page that Adsense owner is responsible for any measurable invalid click activity and he must take care of it.

How to track invalid clicks

Statcounter is the only way to control invalid clicks. It can track Adsense clicks for any website. Statcounter is a simple JavaScript code which can be added anywhere in header or body of html.

Once this tracker is added it starts tracking clicks.

Actually it does not only track Adsense clicks but it also track every click made on outbound links or external links on website.

How to use Statcounter

  • Go to statcounter.com and create an acount
  • Add your website and get the javascript code to add in your site html
  • Add this code just before the closing body tag
  • Now login to your statcounter account
  • Click on the stats icon as shown in figure

statcounter

  • Now go to left option bar and click on “exit links activity”

statcounter2

  • Here you can observe all exit links including Adsense clicks

statcounter3

  • Click on magnifying glass icon to track any Adsense click
  • You can track Ip address of clicker,geo location and how many clicks he has made. You can also record his IP address for future click recognition.

statcounter5

If you have further any investigation then drop a comment below.

Tags

How to follow Adsense clicks

How to save Adsense account from fraud click activities

Top 3 Precautions in Blogger to WordPress Migration

11:25 AM
If you want to transfer your Blogger blog to WordPress then you must be careful in shifting process because any little mistake may ruin all of your hard work of months or of years.
There are three most import things in Blogger to WordPress transfer and these are;

  1. Maintaining Permalinks
  2. 301 Redirection to Blogger Blog
  3. Maintaining Feeds and redirecting feed address so that subscribers would not be lost
If you successfully maintain these things it means you have completed 80% migration because Google directly relates content with an absolute and unique URL and if the content found on one URL will be migrated to other URL of same website then it will be considered duplicate and the new URL will be unable to gain the exact ranking.

How to maintain Permalinks while shifting from Blogger to WordPress

  • After Importing Blogger Blog Posts to WordPress go to WordPress dashboard settings > Permalinks > Custom Permalinks
  • Here add the following custom structure /%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%.html
  • Now Download and install WP Maintain Blogger Permalinks link
  • You need to run this plugin only one time to fix Blogger permalinks and then you can deactivate this plugin
  • Done! Your Blog Permalinks are now totally maintained

How to Give 301 Redirect to your Blogspot ( subdomain.blogspot.com) to new WordPress blog

Easiest Way
Easiest way to give 301 redirect is to leave your Blogger blog as such i.e keep your BlogSpot Blog still on custom domain
( Blogger Dashboard > Settings > Publishing > Switch to Custom Domain )
Alternative Way
Blogger 301 redirector plugin is the second way to give 301 redirection.
  • Install this plugin and generate template code using this plugin
  • Now copy and paste this code in BlogSpot html editor ( Blogger Dashboard > Design > Edit HTML > Paste that Code and Save Template. This will give 301 redirect Blogger blog to WordPress

Redirecting Feeds

Go to FeedBurner and edit your burned feed here. You have to change old BlogSpot Atom feed to New WordPress Blog Atom feed.
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Maintaining Permalinks in Blogger to WordPress shifting
How to redirect feeds in Blogger to WordPress migration
If you want to transfer your Blogger blog to WordPress then you must be careful in shifting process because any little mistake may ruin all of your hard work of months or of years.
There are three most import things in Blogger to WordPress transfer and these are;

  1. Maintaining Permalinks
  2. 301 Redirection to Blogger Blog
  3. Maintaining Feeds and redirecting feed address so that subscribers would not be lost
If you successfully maintain these things it means you have completed 80% migration because Google directly relates content with an absolute and unique URL and if the content found on one URL will be migrated to other URL of same website then it will be considered duplicate and the new URL will be unable to gain the exact ranking.

How to maintain Permalinks while shifting from Blogger to WordPress

  • After Importing Blogger Blog Posts to WordPress go to WordPress dashboard settings > Permalinks > Custom Permalinks
  • Here add the following custom structure /%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%.html
  • Now Download and install WP Maintain Blogger Permalinks link
  • You need to run this plugin only one time to fix Blogger permalinks and then you can deactivate this plugin
  • Done! Your Blog Permalinks are now totally maintained

How to Give 301 Redirect to your Blogspot ( subdomain.blogspot.com) to new WordPress blog

Easiest Way
Easiest way to give 301 redirect is to leave your Blogger blog as such i.e keep your BlogSpot Blog still on custom domain
( Blogger Dashboard > Settings > Publishing > Switch to Custom Domain )
Alternative Way
Blogger 301 redirector plugin is the second way to give 301 redirection.
  • Install this plugin and generate template code using this plugin
  • Now copy and paste this code in BlogSpot html editor ( Blogger Dashboard > Design > Edit HTML > Paste that Code and Save Template. This will give 301 redirect Blogger blog to WordPress

Redirecting Feeds

Go to FeedBurner and edit your burned feed here. You have to change old BlogSpot Atom feed to New WordPress Blog Atom feed.
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Maintaining Permalinks in Blogger to WordPress shifting
How to redirect feeds in Blogger to WordPress migration
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