Make Money with Smowtion

I recently joined a new site namely Smowtion. This is a new blog monetization opportunity for all new bloggers. I recommend every blogger to install this on their site. Not only the newbies, even sites that get very good traffic. Simply because, Smowtion pays every blogger per impression. Basically, it works with CPM, CPC and CPA ad types. All put together will lead to eCPM which is Effective Cost Per Mile.

There is no need to confuse with all the technical terms mentioned above. It just means you get paid for every 1000 impressions. In fact, the main advantage of this site is easy installation and once installed, you will find banner ads running in your site. More over, they offer PayPal as a mode of payment. This is another advantage when compared to Adbrite.

Some of the best features about this site includes revenue per page view. I mean every page view of your site counts. Since, every page view counts even the slightest amount of traffic that your blog gets will earn money for you. Secondly, the customer service is really very good. The service includes live chat, email, etc... Thirdly, they offer a referral plan where you earn 5% of the revenue earned by your referral for the first six months. Lastly, they have got a user friendly panel that will help you navigate easily throughout the site.

The site clearly says that it is compatible with Google and you may run these ads in parallel with your Google Adsense Ads. The only disadvantage with this site is that we cannot personalize the advertisements and this company is fairly in the new stage. Overall, I feel Smowtion seems like a very good opportunity for all new bloggers. Join now and start making money with your blog now.

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Recent Comments Widget For Blogger

One method to show off the power of your blog is by displaying the recent comments. I said to show off the power because only when you have some loyal readers, they will comment on your posts genuinely and by that way, you show the power of your blog. This post basically features on how to add recent comments widget for blogger blogs. There are 2 methods to include this widget to your blog. Both the methods are very simple and are explained below.

The first method is using the feed. Follow these simple steps to include this method of recent comments to your blog.
1. Login to your blogger account and navigate to "Layout>>Page Elements". Click on "Add a Gadget" and select "Feed". The picture below will explain you this step more clearly.

2. Paste the following code in the window that pops out.

http://YourBlogName.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default

Note: Replace "YourBlogName" with the URL name of your blog. Example: For my blog, it is "newbloggingtipz"
3. Select the "Save Changes" button and view your blog.

The second method is using the HTML code. Follow these simple steps to include this method of recent comments to your blog.

1. Login to your blogger account and navigate to "Layout>>Page Elements". Click on "Add a Gadget" and select "HTML/JavaScript". Take a preview of what I am saying below.2. Download this text document. Open the text file and copy the code in it and paste in the pop up window, that appeared in step one.

3. Scroll to the end of the code in it. Find the following line in that code.

src="http://YourBlogName.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default?

4. Replace the code highlighted in green with the URL name of your blog as explained in the previous method(Refer Step 2).

5. Select the "Save Changes" button and view your blog.

The first method will allow you to display only the comments and will show dates and other stuff while the second method will show all such details. Moreover, you can customize the way the comments are displayed in the second method if you know HTML to some extent while the first method offers no customization. So, enjoy this recent comments widget. See you later in the next post.

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Free Premium Blogger Templates - Zinmag Primus

In the recent past, many WordPress templates have been converted to blogger templates. Recently, I came across a beautiful blogger template called "Zinmag Primus Template". It is basically a three column, white professional template. This template has got a special feature of displaying the post summary in short with a description. Moreover, it is designed in such a way that those post summaries are displayed as slide shows rather than standard ones. Thus, it can be said that it shows your recent posts in slide show format to the readers.

Download Zinmag Primus Template For Free

The preview of the template is shown above. Even this theme was converted by Falcon Hive from WordPress to Blogger. The special features of this template includes two navigation bars, one features content section or in other words recent post section displayed as slide show and finally the four column footer. Apart from this, all the other features of a three column template are also available.

Also, it is compatible with Internet Explorer. This point is to be noted because many WP converted themes will have Java scripts embedded in them and these scripts will not work in IE while most of them will work in Mozilla. Thus, it is important to make sure that your template is compatible with all the browsers. This one satisfies both, so there is no problem. For further information and customization of this template, you may visit the following website - Blogger Styles.

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Add Related Posts To Blogger Blog

I recently came across few comments in my blog that the previous post about related posts was not working in few blogger blogs. Moreover, the previous "Related Posts Widget" displays all the related posts based on category and displayed the labels of each one of them but, the one in this post will only display the specified number of posts and will not show any labels. Take a preview of the final output.This post basically features an alternative method to show the related posts in your blog. Follow these simple steps to add this widget to your blog.

1. Navigate to "Layout>>Edit HTML" from your dashboard. Make a back up of your template before you do any changes in the template.
2. Search using "CTRL+F" for the following line:

</head>

3. Download this first text file. Open the text file and insert the following piece of code just before the above line.

4. Now, expand your template, that is, make sure that you have a tick mark in that "Expand Widget Template". Now, do a search using "CTRL+F" for the following line:

<data:post.body/>

5. Download this second text file. Open the text file and insert the following piece of code just after the above line.
6. Now, Save your template. Preview each of your posts separately. If you still have any problem in downloading the file or with the code, then please leave a comment.

UPDATE: Check the latest version here - Stylish Related Posts.

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Add Google Talk To Your Blog

I think everyone know, what is Google Talk? Google Talk is service that provides to send instant messages, make voice calls to PC's, transfer files, etc... People who sit for more hours in front of their PC's will like this widget especially blogs related to my niche(blogger tips, who need help in figuring out the correct HTML code). I say more hours with PC because, you include this widget basically to show that your online and any help required by the reader can be solved instantly through chat rather than leaving comments and other stuff.

This post basically features about including this widget to your blog. You just need to follow some simple steps in order to include this widget to your blog. Follow the steps as mentioned below:

1. As always, you need to back up your template before making any changes in the code. Navigate to "Layout>>Edit HTML" from your dashboard and download the template.

2. Now, Navigate to "Layout>>Page Elements" page. Click on "Add a Gadget" and select "HTML/JavaScript". Take a preview of what I am saying below.3. Paste the following piece of code in the window that pops out.

<iframe width="234" frameborder="0"
src="http://bit.ly/11fXeU"
height="350">
</iframe><p style="margin:-8px 0"><br /><center>

<a style="text-decoration:none;font-size:70%;" href="http://bit.ly/VYZga">Add to your blog</a></center></p>

4. Now, save your code and take a look at your blog.

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Add 125x125 Ad Spots To Your Blog

Presently, the best ad format for a blog is 125x125. You may check out great blogs like ProBlogger, BloggerBuster, etc... These people use 125x125 ad spaces mostly rather than any other ad format. These dimensions are very perfect to display text and banner ads attractively and more over, they remain in the side bar permanently and do not interfere much with the blog's content.

Follow these simple steps to include an Advertise Here banner as shown in my blog.
1. Create a post specifying the importance of advertising in your blog. This should include an approximate amount of page views per month in your blog. You may also include Google page rank, Alexa rank and other stuffs which you feel will convince the advertiser.
2. As always, you need to back up your template before making any changes in the code. Navigate to "Layout>>Edit HTML" from your dashboard and download the template there.
3. Now, Navigate to "Layout>>Page Elements" page. Click on "Add a Gadget" and select "HTML/JavaScript". Take a preview of what I am saying below.4. Paste the following piece of code in the box that appears.

<a href="YOUR BLOG DETAILS URL"><img border="0" width="125" src="http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/2389/advertisehere.gif" height="125"/></a>

5. Replace "YOUR BLOG DETAILS URL" with the post URL that you made in step one. That is it. Now, save your code and take a look at your blog.

You may use these banners too instead of the one used in my blog.
| Banner One | Banner Two | Banner Three |
Click on each of the links and view the banners. Note: To change the banner image, you need to change the URL pointing to the image and not the link pointing to your site. That is, replace following code:

src="http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/2389/advertisehere.gif"

with the following code for the "Banner One" link

src="http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/9649/advert125x125.png"

Look at the URL carefully, it has been changed. So, you just need to change the URL and nothing else is required. Come on bloggers!! Add this widget to your blog too and show the advertisers that your blog is worth advertising!!!

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