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Contents at a Glance (more detailed content at bottom of post)
Introduction
Part I: Introducing Google Blogger
Chapter 1: Choosing Blogger every bit Your Blogging Software
Chapter 2: Welcome to the Blogosphere
Chapter 3: Blogging Basics too Buzzwords
Part II: Using Google Blogger
Chapter 4: Getting Started amongst Blogger
Chapter 5: Setting Up Your Blog
Chapter 6: Writing too Publishing Blog Posts
Chapter 7: Enhancing Your Blog amongst Templates
Chapter 8: Adding Features too Functionality amongst Elements too Gadgets
Chapter 9: Managing Your Blog
Part III: Making Money amongst Blogger
Chapter 10: The Business of Blogging
Chapter 11: Maximizing Revenue amongst Google AdSense
Part IV: Growing Your Audience
Chapter 12: The Power of Networking too Relationship Building
Chapter 13: Boosting Your Search Engine Ranking
Part V: Extending Your Blog
Chapter 14: Growing or Downsizing Your Blog
Chapter 15: Blogging from Different Media
Chapter 16: Moving Beyond Blogger 7
Part VI: The Part of Tens
Chapter 17: Ten Useful Social Networking too Social Bookmarking Sites
Chapter 18: Ten Common Blogger Problems too Possible Solutions
Chapter 19: Ten Places to Find Free Blogger Themes too Templates
Glossary
Index
Table of Contents
Introduction
About Google Blogger For Dummies
Foolish Assumptions
Conventions Used inwards This Book
What You Don’t Have to Read
How This Book Is Organized
Part I: Introducing Google Blogger
Part II: Using Google Blogger
Part III: Making Money amongst Blogger
Part IV: Growing Your Audience
Part V: Extending Your Blog
Part VI: The Part of Tens
Glossary
Icons Used inwards This Book
Where to Go from Here
Part I: Introducing Google Blogger
Chapter 1: Choosing Blogger every bit Your Blogging Software
Introducing Blogger
Understanding the Google Connection
Debunking Blogger Myths
Discovering the Benefi ts of Blogger
It’s free!
It’s tardily to use
It has loads of features
It’s versatile
It’s fl exible
It tin assist you lot brand money
It exposes you lot to the spirit of community
Comparing Blogger to Other Blogging Software Options
Blogging amongst Blogger
The start steps
The correct tools
Chapter 2: Welcome to the Blogosphere
Starting a Blog
Joining the blogosphere
Knowing why people blog
Understanding the pros too cons of blogging
Establishing Goals for Your Blog
Choosing a Topic
Finding Blogs
Growing Your Blog
Making Money from Your Blog
The Secrets to Blogging Success
Chapter 3: Blogging Basics too Buzzwords
Picking a Template
Making a Home Page
Creating a Profile
Filling the Sidebar
Posting Content
Interacting amongst Comments
Publishing Backlinks
Using Labels
Adding a Footer
Archiving Content
Building Relationships amongst Links
Including Subscriptions too Feeds
Part II: Using Google Blogger
Chapter 4: Getting Started amongst Blogger
Taking Your First Steps into the Blogosphere
Creating a Google account
Choosing a domain name
Selecting a basic template
Joining the blogosphere
Getting Familiar amongst Blogger
Signing inwards to Blogger
Introducing the Blogger dashboard
Entering too publishing posts
Changing Blogger settings
Customizing your blog
Signing out of Blogger
Chapter 5: Setting Up Your Blog
Creating Your Profile
Adding data to your profile
Designing Your Home Page
Customizing Your Blog
Publishing, confi guring privacy, editing, too composing
Formatting posts, times, dates, too languages
Enabling comments too backlinks
Setting upwards archiving
Assigning permissions
Chapter 6: Writing too Publishing Blog Posts
Thinking Things Through
Coming upwards amongst titles
Considering search engine optimization
Creating a Blog Post
Saving amongst Auto Save
Creating a draft post
Adding Visual Interest
Formatting text too layout
Adding links to spider web log posts
Adding images
Administering Your Blog Posts
Allowing comments
Adding labels
Using the post service date-and-time feature
Revisiting Old Posts
Finding an archived post
Editing a post
Deleting a post
Chapter 7: Enhancing Your Blog amongst Templates
Reviewing Blogger Layouts
Choosing a Template
Templates versus headers
Personality
Color
Font
Columns too layout
Sidebar capacity too placement
Future blogging goals
Finding templates
Considering Types of Templates
Templates from Blogger
Free templates from tertiary parties
Premium templates from tertiary parties
Custom templates from tertiary parties
Changing a Template
Choosing a dissimilar Blogger template
Modifying the fonts too colors inwards your template
Switching to a custom template
Knowing what to create later you lot apply a third-party template
Chapter 8: Adding Features too Functionality
with Elements too Gadgets
Editing Basic Page Elements
Including a header
Modifying spider web log posts
Editing the About Me box
Choosing Gadgets
Providing a spider web log list
Inviting followers
Presenting a slideshow
Offering subscription links
Taking a Poll
Adding a List
Including a Link List
Adding a picture
Using AdSense
Including text
Using HTML/JavaScript
Setting upwards a feed
Listing labels
Setting upwards a newsreel
Sharing videos
Including the Blogger logo
Adding Third-Party Gadgets
Arranging Elements too Gadgets
Chapter 9: Managing Your Blog
Increasing Visibility too Accessibility
Inviting comments
Moderating comments
Pinging
Managing feeds too subscriptions
Adding More Features to Your Blog
Instant blogging amongst BlogThis!
Sending posts amongst BlogSend
Publishing posts amongst Mail-to-Blogger
Understanding basic HTML
Managing Performance
Tracking your stats
Choosing a statistic tracker
Deciding what to track
Part III: Making Money amongst Blogger
Chapter 10: The Business of Blogging
Making Money from Your Blog
Understanding monetization options
Examining the pros too cons of monetization options
Knowing what to hold off for inwards a monetization option
Choosing Blogger Monetization Options
Contextual link ads5
Text link ads
Impression-based ads
Affi liate ads
Merchandising too mini-malls
Feed ads
Direct ads
Sponsored reviews
Other monetization options
Chapter 11: Maximizing Revenue amongst Google AdSense
Making Sense of AdSense
Exploring the available ads
Finding your agency around Google AdSense
Understanding Google AdSense policies
Getting help
Registering amongst AdSense
Setting Up AdSense on Your Blog
Choosing an promotion format
Choosing the appropriate promotion size
Placing AdSense ads on your blog
Adding AdSense ads betwixt spider web log posts
Confi guring AdSense for Feeds
Getting Paid
Tracking Your Success
Part IV: Growing Your Audience
Chapter 12: The Power of Networking too Relationship Building
Submitting Your Blog to Search Engines
Yahoo!
MSN Live Search
Technorati
Navigating the Social Web
Building a spider web log community
Commenting on other blogs
Tracking back
Introducing Social Networking
Promoting your spider web log past times using social networking
Checking out pop social networking sites
Understanding Social Bookmarking
Promoting your spider web log past times using social bookmarking
Following the rules
Getting to know the pop social bookmarking sites
Microblogging for Blog Traffic
Plurk
Chapter 13: Boosting Your Search Engine Ranking
Understanding Search Engine Optimization
Driving traffi c to your blog
Using keyword analysis
Boosting popularity past times using links
Using SEO to Increase Your Search Engine Ranking
Using SEO tips too tricks
Hurting your ranking past times making uncomplicated mistakes
Checking Your Page Rank too Links
Part V: Extending Your Blog
Chapter 14: Growing or Downsizing Your Blog
Adding too Deleting Blogs
Adding a blog
Deleting a blog
Canceling a Blogger account
Setting Up Multiuser Team Blogs
Adding squad members
Establishing the spider web log administrator too permissions
Joining too leaving squad blogs
Chapter 15: Blogging from Different Media
Blogging on the Go: Mobile Blogging
Podcasting amongst Audio
Making the illustration for podcasts
Ensuring that you lot receive got the correct podcasting tools
Creating too publishing a podcast
Podcasting amongst Video
Using vlogging equipment
Creating a vlog amongst Blogger
Chapter 16: Moving Beyond Blogger
Using Your Own Domain
Obtaining a domain from Blogger
Buying a domain from a tertiary party
Using a Third-Party Host
Publishing via FTP
Getting Help
Blogger Help
Blogger Buzz
Blogger Help Group
BloggerHelp channel on YouTube
Blogger Buster
Part VI: The Part of Tens
Chapter 17: Ten Useful Social Networking too Social Bookmarking Sites
Friendster
BlogHer
Orkut
Furl
Slashdot
Newsvine
Magnolia
Kirtsy
Propeller
Chapter 18: Ten Common Blogger Problems too Possible Solutions
You Have Trouble Signing In to Your Blogger Account
Username problems
Password problems
Browser problems
You Cannot Access Your Blogger Account
You Discover the Case of the Disappearing Blog
Your Blog Is Identifi ed As Spam
You Don’t’ Know Why Changes Aren’t Being Published
You Have Profi le Problems
Your Text Formatting Buttons Are Missing
Your Post Labels Are Missing
You See Strange Characters, Blank Pages, or Undecipherable Code
You Have a Floating Sidebar
Chapter 19: Ten Places to Find Free Blogger Themes too Templates
eBlogTemplates
BTemplates
BlogFlux
BloggerBuster
Pyzam
All Blog Tools
Blogger-Templates.Blogspot
JackBook
BlogCrowds
BloggerBlogTemplates