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Google Talk Widget For Blogger / BlogSpot

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Google Talk is one of the most popular IM clients on  the Web. The Google Talk Widget for Blogger will help you in adding an elegant Google Talk badge to your Blogger / BlogSpot Blog.
The Google Talk Widget comes in 2 varieties. You can add any of these two widgets.Both of them are different and work differently :)

1.Google Chat Back Gadget – This gadget allows your visitors to IM you without revealing your Gmail address.you can chat with your blog visitors like what you normally do with your IM buddies. The only difference here is that your identity wont be revealed.

How to Install the Google Chat Back Gadget?

1. Login with your Google Account at Google Talk Badges
2.Copy the HTML Code generated by Google
3.Now login to your Blogger Account and Navigate to Layout > Page Elements Page
4.Click the Add Gadget Link and Opt to add an HTML/JavaScript Gadget

5.Paste the HTML code(that we copied) into the Gadget and Save it.
6.Now you should see the Google Chat Back Widget on your Blog’s sidebar.
Here is a Screenshot of what the Google Chat Back Widget will look like
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2. Google Talk Gadget – This Gadget is just like the Google Talk Interface within your Gmail. This will allow your  blog visitors to login to Google Talk. It is better to say that, once you add this gadget, your blog can serve as a Google Talk IM Client. This Widget wont allow the visitors to chat with you. If the visitor logs into his Google Talk account(via this Google Talk Gadget), he will be able to chat with his Google Talk Buddies and not with you(the blog owner)unless you were already on his buddy list :)

Add Floating Share Buttons To Your Blog's Sidebar (For Blogspot)

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Apart from working on traffic and search engine optimization (SEO), there's a need to intergrate your blog with popular social networking platforms. A floating share buttons (social bookmarking) widget by the right of every page is just one of the gadgets you must add to your blog if you intend to get free traffic from facebook and twitter. I wrote a post last week that went viral thanks to the power of facebook sharing. The post received close to 500 facebook likes in just a week! Underestimating the power of share buttons is like neglecting a major source of traffic to your blog. I've already written several posts on integrating your blogger hosted site with facebook, google plus and the rest of them. These posts include adding like buttons to individual blog postsadding google plus buttons to blog posts,facebook comment box for blogger and large share buttons under blog posts among others.

Having a floating share buttons widget makes it even easier for your blog visitors to share your blog posts they find interesting. Unlike the previous ones, it's easy to get this done as you won't need to do any sort of HTML editing on your template. The floating sidebar sharing widget comes with the most popular social sites. You can see the widget just at the right side of this page and it scrolls with the page, leaving your visitor no choice but to share your content.

How To Add Floating Share Buttons On The Sidebar

1. Log in to your blogger account and click on Design

2. You're now looking at your blog's layout, right? Click on Add A Gadget on the sidebar.

3. Select HTML/Java Script

4. Paste the code below into the box and save. There's no need for a title.



<!--SideBar Floating Share Buttons Code Start-->

<style>

#pageshare {position:fixed; bottom:15%; right:10px; float:left; border: 1px solid black; border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px;background-color:#eff3fa;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;-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="Share This With Your Friends">
<div class='sbutton' id='gb'><script src="http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"></script><fb:like layout="box_count" show_faces="false" font=""></fb:like></div>
<div class='sbutton' id='rt'><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" >Tweet</a><script src='http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js' type="text/javascript"></script></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 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='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><br/><div style="clear: both;font-size: 9px;text-align:center;"><a href="http://yourseogenius.blogspot.com"><font clor="black">[Get This]<font></font></font></a></div></div>


<!--SideBar Floating Share Buttons Code End-->


5. Save the widget and preview your blog.

If you already have a google plus button above or below your posts, the one in the widget might not appear. It seems you can't have two +1 buttons on a page.

If you're using a dark template, you can try out the code below if you don't quite like the first one:



<!--SideBar Floating Share Buttons Code Start-->

<style>

#pageshare {position:fixed; bottom:15%; right:10px; float:left; border: 1px solid black; border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px;background-color:#000000;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;-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="Share This With Your Friends">
<div class='sbutton' id='gb'><script src="http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"></script><fb:like layout="box_count" show_faces="false" font=""></fb:like></div>
<div class='sbutton' id='rt'><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" >Tweet</a><script src='http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js' type="text/javascript"></script></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 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='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><br/><div style="clear: both;font-size: 9px;text-align:center;"><a href="http://yourseogenius.blogspot.com/p/get-tips.html"><font clor="black">[Get This]<font></font></font></a></div></div>


<!--SideBar Floating Share Buttons Code End-->


These floating sidebar share buttons will surely make you get more facebook likes. Share this post if you find it helpful.

Hiding Recent Activities (Wall posts, Comments, New Friends) On Facebook

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Facebook added some upgrades recently that came with lots of privacy options but most people find it hard getting used to the new facebook settings. Posting comments on people's status updates and posting on your friend's wall leaves a trail on your wall and this makes it easy for others to track your facebook activities. Do you feel like hiding your posts on friends' wall and comments on people's status updates from your girlfriend prying eyes? Or you just want to keep your parent's nose off your facebook business? Maybe you're someone who loves being discreet and want to hide your facebook activities from stalkers on your friends list.

The screenshot above shows exactly what I wrote on others wall and my comments on their updates. Facebook also shows all your friending activities by default but you have total control on which information you share on your wall. Hiding your recent activities on facebook ensures your privacy and some people already know just how to get this done. The steps below are for those who are yet to get used to the new facebook privacy options.

To hide your comments, wall posts, friending activities, facebook likes and other recent activities, click the remove button right beside the post as shown below:


Select Hide all comment activity and confirm your option by clicking Hide all:

This hides all existing comment activities and future ones. The same goes for wall posts, facebook likes and friending activities too. The screenshot below shows just how to hide friending activities from your wall:


Just click remove (the tiny X button) on any post you wish to hide and select hide allto hide all posts similar to it.


In case you want to undo the changes you made and show your recent activities again, click on Edit Options at the bottom of your wall.


This box that pops up shows a list of posts you've hidden from your wall news feed.


Just click the remove button (X) to unhide any wall story you intend to show. Though this hides recent activities from your wall, it's not guaranteed that it's gonna hide it from your friend's news feed also but at least, no one gets to track you by just visiting your facebook wall. Consider sharing this post with your facebook friends if you find it helpful. 

Free PHP Proxy Sites : How to unblock blocked sites at school ?

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Below are free php proxy sites you can use to unblock facebook, youtube, myspace and other sites blocked by your school, network operator or employyer. They were all tested to be working as at the time of posting them.


http://smile.proxyssl.info [Czech]

http://pro.all.lc/ [Germany]

http://www.proxyforplay.com [US]

http://yourownproxy.cz.cc [UK]

http://www.0proxy.info [Germany]

http://yourownproxy.com [US]

http://www.zmienip.pl [France]

http://www.bypass.mw {US}

http://www.howtounblock.org [US]

http://www.privatehide.info [US]

http://changemyip.cz.cc [UK]

http://www.davidbm.com [Singapore]

http://www.proox.tk [Cyprus]

http://www.proxsite.us [US] 

SEO Isn’t As Important As It Used To Be

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SEO Isn’t As Important As It Used To Be

Social media plays a big role in this situation. People are now used to getting recommendations through Social media sites like FacebookTwitter etc. Many people have now also become experienced in using the web and can cut through search results to get the best content, regardless of all the best keywords you have put in.
Search engines are also becoming clever, so they send traffic to the sites with best content.
keep reading to know why search engine optimization is less important now, what is the alternative/solution, and even when it still is important.
1. Facebook
Now many people don’t even use google to find good content, what they do instead is ask their friends and groups on Facebook for recommendations.These recommendations are also trusted by people, as their friends are the source of it, rather than some pattern of a search engine. And according to the new research, Facebook boasts more than 500 Million active users, so you can get the idea how important Facebook has become for people.
What You Should Do
Facebook can bring in a lot of traffic to your site and you should definitely use it as a medium of this kind. The first thing you should do is placing a “Like” button on your site, so visitors can share it with their friends if they wish. Secondly, make a page or group of your company or website and get people to join it. Thirdly, you can also advertise on Facebook if you want.
But please stay away from spamming using Facebook!
2. Social Bookmarking or Social Networking
Many people also use social bookmarking and news sites. These sites are now becoming an important source of getting information of your choice and interest.
People with very defined interests and an account on social bookmarking and news sites usually head over to these sites when they want to find some information. Tagging and inbuilt search function has enabled users to find almost anything. The fact that other people have already liked the content and saved it for later, makes the content even more trustworthy and good.
What You Should Do
Simply add social bookmarking links to your website. This would let people save (and promote) your pages. You should also set up accounts on the major social bookmarking sites like Digg, Reddit, Delicious, StumbleUpon, and any other sites that are specific to your niche. But remember to share and promote good and relevant content from your website as well as elsewhere; otherwise you will look like a spam account.
3. Better Search Engine Tactics
Search engines are getting smarter day by day. So this means that the SEO strategies that worked awesomely some months ago, aren’t going to work as awesomely now.
The more smart the search engines, the less effective the on-site SEO tactics. But search engines would obviously recognize good content so you should not expect much traffic without good content. When it comes to off-site strategies, they do work but search engines are aware of some of the strategies that are used to make sites look more popular.
What You Should Do
Well this one is quite obvious: have good, relevant and quality content on your website. Stop focusing on keywords, just focus on the quality. Provide the content that will be useful for your visitors. Search engines would pick the best content that is out there — so make sure it your your content.
4. Blog Roundups
Blogs for every niche are present. These blogs usually post roundups of content from different sources online. These roundups are a great way of finding content related to a specific topic without wasting your time in going through search results.
Again, people like these kinds of posts is because of the feeling that someone has already liked this content and thought it worthy of being shared.
What You Should Do
You can do two thing. First, if you have a blog, you can do a roundup with resources from your own site and other sites. Roundups mostly get bookmarked and shared even months after they have been made.
Second, make content that can be included in these types of posts. Then contact bloggers that write about your topic and make sure they know your site. Being featured in roundups can bring in a lot of traffic to your site for months.
5. Twitter
People usually find it easier to ask their followers for recommendations for content regarding some topic than searching for it. The reason is that you get much better and already-liked-by-a-human results. People usually have more Twitter followers than they have friends on other social networking sites, so they get information quite quickly and easily.
Twitter is used for everything — from breaking news to research. Trending topics tell us the latest trends around the world and hashtags let us focus on specific topics.
What You Should Do
Businesses with Twitter accounts can interact with their customers and get to know about the latest happenings in their industry. You should also follow relevant hashtags and answer questions of users. Your followers will get the information you tweet to them and if they find that information useful, they will surely promote it by retweeting it.
6. People Already Have Particular Favorite Sites
Because internet has become an important part of people’s life, they usually know which sites to head to for certain things. For instance, if people want to get a book, they will directly go to Amazon instead of using the search engine.
What You Should Do
Find all the big sites in your niche and try to get your content featured on them. You can always put ads on them to bring people in to your website. You can also try being an associate of these big sites. For example, if you sell something you can try becoming an Amazon Associate to sell via their website.
7. Searchers Are More Experienced Now
Internet users are more experienced searchers now. They know exactly what to write to get best results. Searchers mostly use very specific search terms and still get thousands of relevant results. This makes SEO even more tough to do as you never know what people are going to type in to find something.
What You Should Do
Again, this one boils down to good quality and relevant content. Stop trying to fool the search engines and simply try to provide the best content on your website. Search engine traffic is getting smaller and even a part of that small traffic goes to big sites. as they have more incoming links and referrals. But still you should pay attention to what people search for to get to your site. And if some tern gets you more traffic than the other, you should definitely make more content around it.
8. Newsletters, Newsgroups and Mailing Lists
Newsletters and mailing lists have always been a very famos methods to bring in more traffic to your site. But this might not make subscribers come to your site. Newsgroups such as Yahoo Groups, Google Groups and About forums can also bring in traffic — but only if you know how to use them to get the most out of them.
What You Should Do
Newsletters and mailing lists can be used to remind your subscribers that your site exists. If they like your content, they can also forward your mail and in return you will get more exposure and obviously, visitors. You can get the most out of Yahoo Groups, Google Groups and About forums etc by getting involved in the discussions there. Don’t spam or post ads there, as it will annoy other users and destroy your reputation. Once you are involved your website will get more traffic — through the URL to your site in your signature.
Times When SEO Still Matters
All what has been said above is not to indicate that search engines have become totally useless. Many industries and niches can get a lot of new traffic from search engines.
SEO can prove to be very beneficial for informational websites. Well this again comes down to quality of content, the better the content the more traffic they get from search engines and the better placement too. Other optimizations like alt tags on images etc can help ameliorate your placement even more.
People, obviously, still use search engines for finding content.
One more type of sites that can benefit a lot from SEO are those which provide information on things people won’t be comfortable discussing with others. If people can’t discuss some topic with their friends on Facebook or Twitter, they will surely head to search engines!
Conclusion
You can bring in a large amount traffic to your website only if you know what techniques to use. Keep in mind that not every technique works for every wensite, so choose your stategies and tactics wisely and then watch the traffic increase.
But one thing is clear, your site is of no worth unless you get traffic. What is the use of a website when no one can find you?

10 new features of iOS 5

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iOS 5 was unveiled in June at the Worldwide Developers Conference and since then it has constantly been in news. It was just launched on October 12 and now everyone is quite interested in its new features and updates such as revamped notifications, over-the-air updates, iMessages and quicker access to the phone’s camera etc. According to Apple, iOS 5 boasts “over 200 new features.”

apple ios 5 feaures

According to All Things D, while unveiling the iOS 5, former Apple CEO Steve Jobs said: “If the hardware is the brain and the sinew of our products, the software is their soul.”
So today we have a list of 10 things you need to know about iOS 5. Check it out:
Over-The-Air Updates


Now after buying a brand new iOS 5 device, you don’t need to synch it using a PC. According to Engadget, Forstall said: “You can now setup and activate your device right on the device and you are ready to go. It’s that easy”. And when you have to update the software, you still won’t need a PC, as you can now download the latest software releases over-the-air. Easy and simple. You would also have the ability to backup and restore your iDevices through Apple’s iCloud.


Revamped Notifications


A new notification system has been introduced which is really awesome. Now you would no longer be interrupted by the pop-ups about missed calls, voicemails, texts, push notifications, stock and weather updates, as this great new system gathers notices and saves them in a discreet menu at the top of the screen (just like Android notifications). Then you can simply access this Notification Center with a single swipe.


Updated Safari Broswer


The Safari web browser app has been updated. It now boasts some really good features that make it even more easy to use, such as tabbed browsing and quicker and smoother switching between windows. One more great feature is the Safari Reader, which will only display relevant content of a webpage and would strip out all other excess content. You can now also save content for reading later with Safari’s Reading List feature. Synching these lists across browsers is also possible.


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iMessages



iMessages is a potential text message-killer as it is Apple’s take on BBM. It can be thought of as a BlackBerry Messenger for iDevices! Using it you will be able to share share texts, photos and videos etc with other iOS users. According to Wired :
“You can see when the message has been delivered or read. You can tell when someone starts typing. iMessages are pushed to all your devices, so if you start a conversation on your iPad and later pick up on your iPhone, you can see the entire conversation to date. Support for 3G and WiFi, and everything is encrypted and sent over the air.”
Faster Camera Access



It is extremely annoying when you want to take a picture quickly but you can’t because your iPhone screen is locked! Now this thing has been taken care of — thanks to the new camera shortcut that be all the time present on the lock screen. Using that shortcut you would be able to take pictures without even unlocking the screen and accessing the camera app. You can even capture a photo through the Volume Up button.
Inside the Camera app, you can pinch-to-zoom, and do some simple editing like crop, rotate, reduce red-eye, single-click enhancement.


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Revamped Mail


Mail in iOS 5 will boast rich-text formtting like bold, underline, indentation; draggable addresses; message flagging; improved security and more. And you can also sync your Mail accounts across all your devices running iOS 5 using iCloud!


ios5 features




Other Features



Another great new option for iPad is the split-keyboard. Now you can hold the tablet with both hands and type with your thumbs.
Another amazing tool is the inbuilt Dictionary that allows you to look up words simply by highlighting a word and then clicking “define” to pull up the Dictionary app.


apple iphone games




More Social Games


The Game Center app is now more social than ever. Now you have the ability of sharing your own member photo, comparing yourself against friends using achievement points, view friends of friends, recommended friends, and recommended games etc. Game Center in iOS 5 also boasts support for turn-based games, built in the OS.


Newsstand


Now you can stay updated with all the news from around the world, thanks to the Newsstand app. It is a hub for all your newspaper and magazine subscriptions, and it would download every new release automatically.


Find My Friends



Find My Friends is a new social app that is similar to Foursquare, but it lets users to share their locations in real-time, and also lats you control when and with whom you are sharing. This app will be available for iDevices running iOS 5.
According to the app’s description:
Find My Friends allows you to easily location your friends and family from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Install this free app on your iOS 5 device and sign in with the Apple ID you use with iCloud. Adding a friend is easy – just send a request to see their location. Once your friend accepts using the Find My Friends app, you will then be able to see that friend’s location on a map. You can also choose to share your location for a limited period of time with a group of friends. Use Find My Friends to keep track of your traveling companions when you’re on a vacation. Or to see if the kids are home from school. Or to find the friends you’re meeting for dinner.

Most Used Google Adsense Alternatives

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Since 18 June 2003, Google AdSense has become the foremost choice of every internet entrepreneur who is making money from online business.  Google AdSense has become the best pay-per-click advertising program which generates higher revenues for the publishers (as long as they abide to its terms and conditions) than any other PPC advertising service generates. So a publisher asks a question (one who is not accepted by AdSense or being accepted), is Google AdSense the only PPC advertising service, which generates a lot of revenue? The answer to this query is surely a big NO! There are lot more PPC advertising services which generate reasonable revenue, not as high as Google AdSense does but surely they are good choice besides AdSense.
ADBRITE is a good alternative to AdSense; as it requires an easy sign up process and accepts almost every publisher who applies with a decent site with good content agreeing to their terms. It lets its users to withdraw as minimum as 5$ with publisher getting 75% revenue on per click.
BIDVERTISER is another PPC program, which allows user to generate revenue by displaying targeted image and text ads. It allows it users to withdraw 10$ (minimum) via PayPal but let user to display only one ad per webpage.
CLICKSOR has emerged as new choice for publishers and advertisers, works almost same like AdSense’s CTR and CPM ratio criteria for generating revenues. It allows an ease of adding as many domains and websites like AdSense and a payout of 20$ as minimum via PayPal.
INFOLINKS is the best option for the websites which have lot of text content in it. As being only a text targeted ads service, it lets its user not only add a text / link unit ad but also target the various keywords in the content posted on the site. It pays at 50$ via Payoneer master card or PayPal.
GUMGUM ad service program targets the image content posted on the website and the ads appear as a hover on the image posted so more chances of being clicked upon via browsing the site. Best choice for photography and wallpapers sites, allowing to withdraw 50$ for minimum via PayPal.
ADHITZ another PPC ad service program which lets user to display image ads on their site with citing all the details regarding revenue generated at every click. Allowing to withdraw as low as 25$ via AlertPy or PayPal.
YAHOO Ads, just a copy of Google AdSense and an effective PPC program which pays a good amount and offers many yahoo advertising solutions and more effective for US residents.
KONTERA is more effective with website having lot of text ads as it targets specific keywords to display ads in a pop up window, allows to withdraw 50$ for minimum.
PIXAZZA ads are mostly for the website having lot of graphics posted on them as they display ads on the images posted. Allowing a minimum payout of10$, so a smart choice for photo bloggers.
EXITJUNCTION allows both targeted displaying of ads as well as a referral program, which allows one to earn from your referral’s earning. It gives 100% revenue to publishers generated from ads.

Google Adsense alternatives.

Google Now Use Twitter Facebook And Site Speed To Help Rank Your Blog

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Google originally made its name by using a Page rank system based on links throughout the web to return relevant search results to users.Although there were many search engines available before Google the page rank system simply returned better results to users.Page Rank (Googles Internal Page Rank Not So Much Toolbar Page Rank, a long story) is still the major factor in how search results are delivered and things like Back links and anchor text are still the major players and always will be.However over the years Google have added lots of other factors in how they return their search results, they claim there is over 200 components used to deliver the results we see.A couple of noticeable more recent additions to this are Social Media and Site Speed.


Social Media

Google now use sites like Facebook and Twitter in the ranking.





Danny Sullivan Article Mentioned in the video - Search Engine Land



Site Speed

The load time of your blog also has an effect in the search results, at the moment it is only a very small effect.



But page speed is important in many other ways also, people stay on faster loading sites longer and view more pages.People are more likely to return to fast blogs and the whole experience is better.Over the last 6 months i have made Spice Up Your Blog twice as fast as it was and have seen the benefits.

You can analyze the speed of your blog using the Google Page Speed Tool.

Keep up to date by Subscribing to Google Webmaster Tools On YouTube, Matt Cutts adds videos frequently and you will also get the chance to ask send your own questions, make sure to Check out more of our Blogger SEO posts.

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