Tips To Make Images SEO Friendly In Blogger Blogs

Search Engine Optimization(SEO) is the best way to increase traffic to your blog.Though you have many posts,without knowing the basic rules of SEO you cant get more traffic.Most of the new bloggers will be afraid of hearing this term SEO.Search Engine Optimization is nothing but maintaining quality,consiseness and clarity.
Coming to Image Optimization 20% of the daily searches are images.That means if you optimize images  properly then you can get more traffic from what you are getting now.

• Also Read:How To Increase Blog Traffic.

Frankly speaking as I always say blogger blogs are very poorly optimized than wordpress blogs.It doesn't mean that blogger blogs cant be optimized like wordpress blogs but you have to put some extra effort and need to be a pro in Blogspot.So lets get started with Image Optimization Tips and Tricks.

What are the Disadvantages of Blogger when coming to image optimization:

1. In Blogger there is no such plugin or widget using which you can give alt title tags for the images.
2. You cannot compress the image size automatically.
3. In Blogger blogs there is no way to crop images to fit the layout of the blog.

These are the major disadvantages of default blogger platform taking into consideration of Image Optimization.There are few other disadvantages which you will understand after reading the whole article.

In this article I will be explaining all the Tips using which you can make your images very much SEO friendly and you will be overcoming all the above disadvantages.

How To Make Images SEO Friendly in Blogger Blogs?

1.Resize Images Properly:

I see most of the newbies upload images directly without cropping the images.After uploading a image to blogger it will give you few options like Medium,Original,Large and X-Large.Always keep original size because if you use the other options like Medium or Large then image quality will be lost.

• The best tool I recommend you for cropping images online is cropp.me.
• For offline cropping and editing Adobe Photoshop is the best tool which I regularly use.

Note:Always remember that your image size should not be larger than the width of the post body.If your image is larger than the post body then the image will be hidden behind your widget or it may overlap with your widgets.By default it is recommended to keep the image size less than 580px.

2.Compress Images Before you Upload to Blogger:

Blog load time is one of the important factor.So to reduce the load time of the blog you have to upload images which are light weight.

If you upload any image to blogger by default blogger takes the original size of the image and it will have a huge impact on your blog load time.

So,first you have to compress images using Yahoo Smushit.

• I always see that Yahoo Smushit goes down and takes alot of time for uploading and downloading.
• The best alternate tool for smush.it is Puny.Png.I was using this tool since couple of weeks and has a great compression ratio.I personally feel this tool is far better than Yahoo Smushit.

3.Add Alt Title Tags for Images:

Alt Tag:If  your image goes down or becomes unavailable then the image space will be filled with this Alt Tag.

Title Tag:When you hover over a image.The keyword(s) appearing on the image is the Title Tag.

Alt Title tags play a very important role for better ranking of your images in Search Results.

After you upload a image to Blogger then go to HTML and Add A Alt and Title tag as follows.

When you upload an image then HTML code looks like the following

<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SoxppeH7x0/TNbfFpWlWFI/       AAAAA AAAAj4   /tzl_ZYIuES4/s1600/ATBSlider.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SoxppeH7x0/TNbfFpWlWFI/ AAA AAAAAA j4/tzl_ZYI uES4/ s200/ATBSlider.png" width="200" /></a>

You have to make the following changes to make it SEO friendly

 <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_So-xppeH7x0/TNbfFpWlWFI/ AAAAAAAAAj4/tzl_ZYIuES4/s1600 / ATBSlider.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img title="ATB Slider" alt="ATB Slider" border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_So-xppeH7x0/TNbfFpWlWFI/ AAAAAAAAAj4/tzl_ZYIuES4/s200/ATBSlider.png" width="200" /></a>

This is the manual method of adding Alt and Title tags.In my next post I will introduce a Script which automatically adds alt title tag for images.

4.Give proper names to Images:

I see most of them give image name as image1,image2 etc or 1,2,3 so on.But this is not the right way to optimize your images for better Search Engine Ranking.

You can see how the url of the image looks like.For example if you are explaining a post on Tiger and you will name it as image25.After uploading see the below link how your url looks like.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/ovUFOKRs_q0/Tmc_xBDJwwI/
AAAAAAAAE80/kL9_ck78C4c/s400/image25.png

Now image25 and Tiger are no where similar and you dont get any result for this on Search Engines.

So you have to name your picture as Tiger instead of image25 for better Search Engine Optimization.See how the url looks like after you replace the name with Tiger.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/ovUFOKRs_q0/Tmc_xBDJwwI/
AAAAAAAAE80/kL9_ck78C4c/s400/Tiger.png.

5.Avoid Giving Spaces for Images and Pictures names:

For example if you are writing a post on Making Money Online and you want to show a image that resembles Making Money Online.
Now you will give name as Making Money Online.But it is recommended to avoid spaces because these spaces are generally replaced by %20 and doesn't has any value when it comes to SEO.So, it is better to replace space with '-' or '+'.

Instead of Making Money Online name it as Make+Money+Online or Make-Money-Online. 

Conclusion: 

Most of the bloggers ignore optimizing images.If you dont optimize images properly then it will effect your blog load time and search engine ranking.It is wise to optimize each and every aspect of your blog to stay away from penalties of Google ( like Panda and Penguin).

Staree-Make Money Online By Sharing Pictures and Videos

I found a new way to Make Money Online just one week back using a platform called Staree.Staree allows users to post Photos and Videos from their Mobile Devices and Desktop,and share then on your Facebook and Twitter.

What is Staree?

Staree is owned by IZEA,who is already running few other platforms to make money online like Sponsored Tweets and Paid Blog Posts.Staree is all about Pictures ,Videos and making money out of them through Social Networking Sites.

How Can You Make Money From Staree/How It Works?

Well once you upload your pictures and share them through Facebook and Twitter. Advertisers pay Staree to place their ads with relevant pictures, and every time someone views you picture, you get paid.
I mostly see Google Ads being displayed beside the pictures and videos ,but there may be other advertisers as well who are advertising with Staree so it has a great potential to make money.

How Much Can you Earn?

This is always a big question how much we can earn from it.But its clear that it depends on how much friends and following you have on your social networks.If you have large number of friends and subscribers then the earning potential is very high.

For example yesterday I uploaded a picture on my staree account and shared it on my blogs facebook fanpage which has about 1700+ active followers.Just by sharing a picture my earning reached 0.21$ in one day(Sounds Huge Right?).

If you don't have a Fanpage then you can directly share it on your wall,groups ,pages ,Twitter etc . 

Check out My Earning Screenshot:

How To Signup/Register For Staree?

In the beta phase Staree was open only for celebrities and few people but now its open for all.Everyone can join staree with a simple signup by connecting your account with Facebook or Twitter.

• Signup Here.

Conclusion:

IZEA is one of the trusted communities,so need not worry whether it is legit or scam.Its 100% legit.I just started with staree and saw that it has very good potential to earn few bucks online for just what we normally do on Facebook and Twitter.

Also Read:

• 10 Best Ways To Make Money Online.

Skip Adf.ly,LinkBucks & Other Ads Automatically On Chrome and Firefox

Advertisements are not just limited to banners,pop ups,Surveys but also there is another form of annoying ads called Url Shortners.These Url Shortening services hide the actual link and lands on a page will full of ads.We don't get redirected to our desired page unless and until we wait for few seconds.

• If you want to know more about such services read:How To Earn Money By Shortening Urls.

Honesty speaking I don't encourage such kind of advertisements but most of the websites with free downloads of music,songs ,software etc use such kinds of ads which are very annoying.Though some people use plugins and extensions to block these ads still they fail to block such ads.So here I got a solution to bypass such ads keep reading.

How to Skip Ad.ly,Linkbucks & other Ads Automatically?

• Here we use a script called Redirection Helper which automatically skips these Annoying Ads.
• This script not only remove these annoying ads but also removes Ad Masks.

Steps To Install Redirection Helper Ads Remover Script:

Google Chrome Users:

1.If you are a Google Chrome User then you can directly install Redirection Helper to remove these ads.

• Install Redirection Helper From Here.

Mozilla Firefox Users:

1.Mozilla Firefox users first need to install GreaseMonkey Addon.

2.After installing GreaseMonkey Addon you can install Redirection Helper script to firefox browser.

Watch below video to see the Extension in Action:

Sites Which Are Automatically Redirected:

This script redirects the following sites automatically:

adf.ly
urlcash.net
linkbee.com
lnk.co
pushba.com

Sites In Which Ad Masks are Automatically Removed:

turboimagehost.com
imagevenue.com
imageporter.com
imagedunk.com
imageswitch.com
picleet.com
picturedip.com
pixhost.org

Update:Yet Another Way to Bypass Adf.ly Ads: 

• You can also use a script called Adf.ly Redir to bypass adf.ly ads on Google Chrome,Safari and Mozilla Firefox if Greasemonkey script is already installed on your browser.

Conclusion: 

I recommend every regular Internet user to install this script on their browser to get rid of these annoying ads while downloading.This saves a lot of time.

Cool Facebook Chat Tricks

After a huge collection of Facebook Tricks here we are with some more Facebook Chat Tricks.If you missed out previous Facebook Tricks follow the below links.

• Funny Facebook Tricks and Pranks.
• Cool Facebook Status Tricks.
• Facebook Tips Tricks and Updates 2012.

Check Who is Online being Offline:

It becomes difficult to check who is online when we are offline.But now there is a handy application using which you can check who are online by staying offline.
Application Used:Online Now.

Get Facebook Chat List On Your Desktop:

This is seperate application,Which is not connected to any browser. using this you can have a seperate windows on desktop for facebook chat.Download Gabtastik.

Use Different Text Styles In Facebook Chat:

Instead of using normal default text in facebook. Now you can use different text styles and impress your loved ones...!
Go to Name funky and select any of the text style you want from the there. Type your text in the top most box there and copy the text and use it in your chat box .
Have fun.

Add Dislike & Middle Finger Emoticon in Facebook Chat:

You can use funny symbols which you use in real life in Facebook chat.Check the below image to show Middle finger , Dislike emotions.

Create your own Pictures and Insert in Facebook Chat:

• How to Add/Insert Pictures in Facebook Chat.

Go Offline for a Particular Friend:

This is a recent Facebook Update by facebook.Instead of going offline to all the friends now you can go offline to a particular person whom you want to avoid to chat with.

Facebook Chat Smileys and Emotions:

Now you can directly insert chat emotions from your chat box.

Below is the full list of Facebook Chat Smileys and Emotions:

Add facebook chat side bar to your Mozilla Firefox Browser:

• Open mozilla firefox browser and press alt key .
• Select bookmarks and select "show all bookmarks "
• A box will open from that select unsorted bookmarks > organise >  new bookmark.

• Again a box will open in that type " facebookchat " in first boxand type "  http://www.facebook.com/presence/popout.php " in second box . click on load this bookmark >add.

• Now again press alt key > view > side bar > bookmarks>
• Now select facebook chat from the bookmarks in slide bar...that's it..done.

Use Text Upsidedown:

Just go to upsidedowntext and type your text in the input box and copy the text from there and paste in in your chat box and make your chating more intresting.

Chat On Facebook From Mobile:

Normaly there wont be any chat option for normaly mobile web browsers but using the apps liks ebuddy, Nimbuzz you can chat even from mobile.

If we missed out any let us know in your comments, we want to make a collection of all Facebook Chat Tricks.

Sai Charan

About the Guest Author:

Sai Charan a passionate blogger who enjoys writing articles on Computer Tricks,Facebook Tricks,Tech Updates etc.He is our Gold Star Contributor and co-author of AllTechBuzz.He Blogs at Tech Glitter.

Top 5 Best Android browsers 2012

There are many Android Browsers available today.Every new release claims that it is better than the other browsers.But what is the Best Android Browser?

I personally tested many of the Android Browsers and came to a conclusion about the Best Android Browser available is Dolphin Browser HD followed by Opera Mini,Boat Browser etc.

Default Browsers are always boring.In the case of Windows most of us go for Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera or any other Internet Browsers instead of using the default Internet explorer.
In the similar manner there are many alternatives of Android Browsers too. Through this article you will come to know about Top Android Browsers and their features so that you can select a best one from them for your purpose.

• Also Check:Top 10 Browsers For PC 2012.

Top 5 Android Browsers 2012:

1. Dolphin Browser HD:

Features :-

• Sonar – Using this feature you can search on Internet using voice search. This is one of the unique feature provided.
• Gesture - This is yet another innovative feature, Through this you can Say goodbye to typing and just Open your favourite websites with just the touch of your finger tip
• Addons – There are nearly 50 Addons available till now and still more to come. This is one among very few browsers that provide you Addons feature
• Speed Dial - You can visit any of your favourite websites with single touch.
• Tabbed browsing - This make your mobile browsing more easy and you can just switch to other tabs with great speed.
• Sidebars - Make the best of mobile interface via Dolphin Sidebar.

Number of 5 star reviews :- 427,591.
Current Version :- 8.2.2.
Compatible android version :- 2.0.1 and above versions
Average rating :- 4.7.
Memory size:- 3.1 MB

2. Opera mini:

Features:

• Saves data costs :- Reduce data costs by up to 90% by compressing the data.
• Fast :- As it compresses the data it will take less time for each page to load,resulting in lightening speed.
• Easy interface :- It provide you an easy interface so that you can access everything without any confusion.
• Tabbed browsing - This allows you to keep multiple pages open and switch between them instantly.
• Speed Dial - When you open an new tab all your favourite websites will be shown at once,you can access any site easily with this

Number of 5 Star reviews:- 192,837
Current version:- 7.0.3
compatible android version :- 1.5 and above version
Average rating :- 4.4
memory size:- 858 KB

3. Boat Browser:

Features:-

• Add-ons :- Add-ons always adds extra features to your browsing experience, there are few add-ons available and many on the way
• Voice Command and Voice Search :- You can operate your browser through this voice commands.
• Video & YouTube Video Support :- Supports AFP on Android 2.2 or above, you could watch the video in the browser as the desktop browser.
• Colourful theme options :- You can have any colourful theme that you wish
• Easy Download :- It also supports resume and download feature
• Powerful Bookmarks Management :- In this you can have a bookmarks folder,sync bookmarks with few other browsers,export/import bookmarks to SD card
• Speed dails and Tabs enabled.

Number of 5 star reviews :- 6,264
Current Version :- 3.3
compatible android version :- 2.1 and above versions
Average rating :- 4.4
memory size:- 2.0 MB

4. Sky fire:

Features:

• Skyfire Search :- Through this interesting search feature you can search instantly on Google, Facebook, Video Surf, Twitter and more.
• Facebook Like Button :- You need not to search for like button on any websites, using this ad it integrates a like button for every page.
• Facebook Quick View :- This feature view keeps your Facebook page loaded in the cloud for easy, one touch access to your news feed, profile, friends, inbox, events and places an all other facebook stuff.
• Flash Video :- Through its unique technology, it allows you to play thousands of flash videos all around the Internet.
• Tabs enabled.

Number of 5 star review :- 81,954
Current Version :- 4.1.0
compatible Android version :- 2.0 and above versions
Average rating :- 4.3
memory size:-1.6 MB

5. Maxthon Browser:

Features:

• Sync to the Cloud :- Your Bookmarks and favourite scan be imported/exported with desktop.
• Private browsing  :- We (boys) always have some spicy content to browse. If you private browsing it wont be included in the browsing history.
• Supports Theme/Skin :- This adds extra fun to your browsing experience.
• Download Manager :- You can explore many option in downloading like sorting, scheduling etc and manage downloads.
• Tab and Seed dials enabled :-
• Interesting Add-ons are available.

Number of 5 star review :- 24,079
Current Version :- 2.6.6
compatible android version :- 1.6 and above versions
Average rating :- 4.7
memory size:- 2.3 MB.

Which is Your Best Android Browser? 

Sai Charan

About the Guest Author:

Sai Charan a passionate blogger who enjoys writing articles on Computer Tricks,Facebook Tricks,Tech Updates etc.He is our Gold Star Contributor and co-author of AllTechBuzz.He Blogs at Tech Glitter.

10 Best Ways To Make Money From Your Blog

There are many legit ways to Make Money Online.One of the most profitable ways to Make Money Online is to build a quality blog and start monetizing it with ads which help you in Making money from your blog.
You can monetize your blog in many ways.You should choose the right way to monetize your blog or else you may fail to make a decent income from your blog.

10 Best Ways To Make Money From Your Blog:

1.Cost Per Click(CPC) or Pay Per Click Ads:

When talking about CPC or PPC ads the first thing that comes to mind is Google Adsense.They are the highest paying CPC advertising program.But everyone wont be that lucky to enjoy income from Adsense.There are many other alternatives for Adsense like Adbrite,Chitika etc which are similar to Google Adsense but pay a little less than Google Adsense.

2.Selling Ad Spaces On Your Blog:

You can make money from your blog by selling ad spaces on your blog.The best market place to sell your ads is Buy Sell Ads.But its very difficult to get approved for Buysellads.To get approved for buysellads or to get a sponsor to advertise on your blog you should build a quality blog with huge traffic.

• Advertise On This Blog.

3.Cost Per Mile Advertising:

If your blog has a huge traffic but you hardly get a click on your ads.In this case the Cost Per Click(CPC) advertising program fails for your blog.You have to go for Cost per mile advertising.In this kind of advertising the visitors need not click on ads,you will get paid even if the visitor makes an impression on the ad.You will get paid for every 1000 views or impressions.The best CPM ad networks from my experience are Context Web(Use this only if you have huge traffic from US and Canada),Smowtion ,Tribal Fusion ,Technorati Media etc.

4.Affiliate Marketing:

This is one of the most proven and widely used method to Make Money Online from a blog.Affiliate Marketing means you have to promote products on your blog and when one buys those products you will get commission for selling the products.The best network for to signup for Affiliate marketing is clickbank.

5.Text Link Ads:

I personally like text link ads as they do not occupy much ad space on your blog as other CPC and CPM ad networks does.Text link ads show ads within the text present on the blog.The best network for Text Link Ads is Infolinks.

6.Writing Product Reviews:

All you have to do is to select some products which are related to your blog niche and review those products on your blog and make money.The best place to get product reviews is Reviewme.

7.Selling your own Products:

If you are good at something then you can write a ebook and start selling the book on your blog.Many Pro Bloggers does the same thing like Darren Rowse.If the book goes viral then you can make huge profit.Not only ebooks but also you can sell some other your own products like softwares,webmaster tools etc.

8.Offering Services:

If you are an expert at something like Web Designing,Search Engine Optimization(SEO) , Programming etc then you can showcase your talent through your blog and start attracting customers and you can make money from the services you offer(Freelancing).

• Check out the services we offer.

9.Make Money From Donations:

Another way to make money from your blog is to publish tons of quality,free content and ask for donations.If visitors really get impressed with your content then they dont hesitate to make a small donation to support you.Wikipedia is the best example which is a non profit organisation and makes money from donations.

10.Membership Packages:

You can run a membership package on your blog so that only premium members will be able to view the paid content on your blog.This is some what complicated way to make money from your blog but if your blog has unique,high quality content then people will surely pay you for reading your content.

Conclusion:

The above listed are only few but most widely used ways to monetize your blog and make money from it.Now choose the best Monetizing method that suits your blog and make a decent earning for your efforts on your blog.

• Also Read:10 Best Ways To Make Money Online.

If I missed out any best way to make money from Blogs then share with us in your comments.