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Earn Money Online By Working for Google

Earn money online by working for Google is simple and easy because you do not invest any money at all. You will get a free job to work on your flexible time and day. All you work will be done from home so you do not worry about traveling anywhere else. Working from home has been popular in the last few years when the Internet market booming in Western countries as well as Asian countries. Consumers buy thing on the Internet instead of going to the stores because of its convenience and ease. So, your job is to promote these stores and earn money from valid clicks that consumers click from your websites. You will earn up to $10.00 or more per valid click so you can make thousands of dollars a month easily.

Thousands of webmasters quit their daytime jobs to work full time only when they earn enough money online. They prefer to work for themselves instead of working for somebody else, and have their boss look on their back all the time. Working on the Internet has been famous in America and other countries. You can read our resources and other articles to learn more about making money on line. You do not need to be expert in web design or development to work from home. All you need is the patience and diligent mind of work to continue work while learn. The more you work online is the better and more you will learn from your failure. You will succeed if you try hard enough by working for Google.

does not require you to have a diploma or any certificates or degree. You can work on Google at anytime and any place you like. You will never loose anything when working online, except your time. There is no fee to start your job. There are many millionaires on the Internet who started out as you. They have not have any experience as you now. What they had is the patience to work for low extra monthly income, then move up with big money. What they had is to learn from their failure and work to learn. They work hard and they work smart to earn what they have right now. You can work and learn as them and you may be more successful than them. You can be a billionaire by working on net.

How to make money online is the question that all of us want to know. There is no secret for making online money. You will get free tips of how to earn online money. Some webmasters sell out their secrets for some money. You can buy these tips to learn of making Internet income. I have not bought any books but I spend my time in searching for good tips and apply them myself. I think the webmasters combine their knowledge and other resources to create a book and sell it out. So, their labor can charge money when they sell their books out. Anyway, you should take an action now by working online for Google and start making money in your free time. You should not wait any longer. Your opportunity is awaited.

Below are the steps you need to do:

  • Sign up for Google AdSense program
  • Create a blog and/or a website to promote these AdSense ads
  • Post some articles on your blog and/or websites
  • Post your articles on Social Bookmarking sites
  • Promote your blog and/or websites as many as possible
  • Start making money

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Google analytics now supported in blogger

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Blogger has now announced its support for Google analytics. If you are not familiar with goggle analytics then i short terms i will say it is Google service which allows you to keep track of you traffic. If you asking yourself the question that blogger already have “Stats” to keep track of traffic, believe me analytics is much more advanced and much more informative regarding the traffic your blog’s getting.

So this feature is already added up in the lately launched Dynamic views but i don’t know about custom blogger templates. To find out for your custom template search this code, if its present then this feature is already added up in your template ,if not you have do a bit of editing stuff with the template.
<b:include name='google-analytics' data='blog'/>
How to install this feature’s code if it is not available in your custom template
If this feature is not available in your custom blogger template,then follow these steps to enable it.
Go to your blogger's template code and check the box “Expand widget template”. Now search(CTRL+F) for this code.
<b:includable id='comments'
Above this code and this code
<b:includable id='google-analytics' var='blog'>
  <b:if cond='data:blog.analyticsAccountNumber'>
    <script type='text/javascript'>
      var _gaq = _gaq || [];
      _gaq.push(['_setAccount', '<data:blog.analyticsAccountNumber/>']);
      _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
      (function() {
        var ga = document.createElement('script');
        ga.type = 'text/javascript';
        ga.async = true;
        ga.src = (document.location.protocol == 'https:' ?
                  'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
        var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
        s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
      })();
    </script>
  </b:if>
</b:includable>
Now find </body> using CTRL+F and add this code above it.
<b:include name='google-analytics' data='blog'/>
Save your template and you’re done. But you still need to get your analytics website profile ID. So see steps below to get that.
How to get Google analytics ID and installing it in blogger
For using this feature you need is a Google Analytics account and an already created website profile.
Setting up an analytics account is easy. To create a Website profile just click “Add a profile” and fill the necessary details and your profile will be created.
After creating a profile you have to find a profile ID like this UA-12576351-4 . After getting the ID go to
1. For new interface -  “Setting of your blog >>OTHER>>GOOGLE ANALYTICS.
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2. For old interface - “Settings>>BASIC>>Google Analytics account number.

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Save the settings and you’re done.

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How to create zebra style comments

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Hello everyone, sorry for not posting for a while. Actually i’m working on a really cool template for blogger with really amazing never before seen features in blogger which include cropping thumbnail for post, infinite scroll like facebook, and more. So overall the next theme is going to be really cool and full of striking features.
So now getting back to this post as the name suggests, this tutorials explains how to create a simple zebra type alternative colored comments in just three steps.
First go to your template code and check the box “Expand widgets template”. Then follow the steps below to get a zebra look.
1. After doing the above steps find(CTRL+F) this code:-
<b:loop values='data:post.comments' var='comment'>
below it paste this code
<div class='zebra'>
2. The code you found in step one is the staring tag of a loop, So for every starting tag in HTML there is an ending tag. For step one code the ending tag is like this
</b:loop>
This code you have to find by scrolling a bit down approximately 30-35 (I‘m taking my template as example) lines below. Remember you have to find first occurrence of this code. After finding place this code just above it.
</div>
3. Now search for </head> tag and place this code above it.
<script src='http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.6.4.min.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script type='text/javascript'><!--//--><![CDATA[//><!--
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#comments-block .zebra:even").css({
    'background':'#eeeeee',
    'padding':'1px 10px'
});
$("#comments-block .zebra:odd").css({
    'background':'#dddddd',
    'padding':'1px 10px'
});
});
//--><!]]></script>
The code marked bold are color codes which you can change likewise to get your own zebra look.
Remember I am supposing that Jquery is not installed on your template, if it is installed then you don’t need to include the script with a link in the above code.
Save the template and you’re done.

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Why Blogger is A Great Blogging Platform for Beginners

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While creating a new blog, a beginner is often which blogging platform to choose. Albeit there are a variety of blogging platforms like
weebly, wordpress.com, tumblr, blog.com but indeed Blogger or what we commonly call as blogspot does stand out and is considered by many as a perfect platform to gets your hands wet with blogging. Let us examine few reasons as to why Blogger which is offered by Google is recommended. Ease of Use
In case you are new to blogging, you would want a platform which will allow you to blog and be creative without having to spend months learning coding and figuring out how basic things work. Blogger offers a wonderful easy to use platform which you can use to blog, you don't need to code, you don't need to perform even html, css thereby making it so simple that even a 10-12 year old kid can use this.
Unique Designs and Templates
There are literally hundred of thousands of blogger templates available online which include both free ones and premium ones. Choosing a good looking clean template will give a fresh look to your blog. A blogger template can be easily uploaded via your Blogger dashboard. Nowadays you can find even niche specific templates so for example if you own an entertainment blog can opt for a flashy looking colorful template however if you have a blog in tech niche for example conference calling or mobile phones for that matter, you can opt for a sleek looking template which doesn't look too loud and flashy.
URL Freedom
With blogger either you can go with .blogspot.com in case you are starting out or you can buy a domain name and host it on blogger without having to buy a costly web hosting service or you can even migrate form .blogspot.com to a custom domain of your choice too since its look way more professional.
Widgets
The widgets which Blogger offers include twitter feeds or news feeds to calendar and live traffic widgets, there is plenty to choose from but you need to realise that too many widgets may slow down your blog too.
Monetization
Some of the blogging platforms like wordpress.com and blog.com don't allow proper monetization like adsense etc while in Blogger, you are free to use Adsense, Affiliates or CPA offers whatever you like.

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5 Things I Hate From A Blog / Website

 

HATE, it might sounds cruel condemning other people's works. Here I’m referring to certain elements that a blog includes beyond the essential in its design. Nevertheless few of these elements have been personally developed and that are not considered as a mistake, mostly I disclose them as such annoying by the way. And I have come across 5 deadly distractions that make me leaving those websites.

 things I hate from a blog

 

1. Embedded / background music


Hey stop this sound! I really mean it. Sound playing on websites can be disturbing, and often there is no option to disable this noise. Noise? It may be a melody to your ears, but to me, it’s just noise especially if there is no useful need for the music. Without the control to turn it off, I would simply leave your blog, sorry.

I know it's easy to block embedded audio like we react to ads and pop-ups. Do you expect me to turn my speakers off?. However I wouldn't discourage an interactive experience from any website or blog, just let me be the judge if I want some media start playing right away during the page loads. I would exclude a website which commonly promotes music album or songs. So, It's ok to include music clips on this kind of websites, but give me the choice to listen.


2. Pop-up windows


One question, Why do so many people have pop-up blocker enabled?. Because most of us hate pop-up windows!. I am really got bothered by pop-ups that appear as early as I begin reading an article. The biggest drawback with pop-ups is that they take my focus away from the browser window. In most cases, it distracts me from the content of the website by dragging my eyes off the content. So are they actually useful features?.

Aside from accessibility, they also present general usability issues. I agree in such event, pop-ups will do its functions for a reader. Therefore we need designing them in a way that it behaves only when the reader has have sufficient time to gain access our content.


3. Flash / Slider


In this day and age, I'm looking for websites that load quickly to find information. Whereas flash animation undoubtedly enhances a website presentation and gives modern look to it. Therefore good looking website can also be a bonus and factor behind my revisit. BTW this flashing element, sometimes, would take longer than usual to load. As a potential reader, it loses me.

That's about a flash website. Lets moving on a blog that integrate live action with a slider. The slider itself occupies most of the space in top section. So the article has been pushed down and asked me to scroll down even to see the post title. Except for photoblogs and profile page, why don't they just depend on text displaying most recent and popular posts?.


4. Animated / motion


Back in the days people use scrolling text, marquees, and constantly running animations. Sure, they might be using it to get the visitor’s attention, but since moving elements have an overpowering effect on my vision, it’s just going to become an annoyance; Nothing more than a distraction. And nowadays I've noticed twitter bird flying around on many blogs. So this looping animation might be cute within few seconds but after that it becomes awfully annoying. I'm often reluctant from visiting back if many unnecessary animations on your blog.


5. Horizontal scroll bar


There’s something very awkward about scrolling to the left and right. It's not natural for me to scroll sideways. It seems like I'm holding a small torchlight when reading in the dark. Although most web designers, I believe, have tried to avoid this situation for readers such as reducing small amount of pixels from main fixed grid, it's hard to compromise with various screen resolutions in the market. Unless they approach their designs with fluidity concept in mind.


Of course, there are other ways around to use those elements without distracting our readers. I hope you enjoyed this post.

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Setting up robots.txt on Blogger

Blogger now allows custom robots.txt, this is very useful because we can set the visibility of our articles on search engines, we can determine whether the article will be indexed by search engines or not.

By default, every blog that uses the Blogger platform will have a robots.txt as follows:

User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
Disallow:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /search
Allow: /

Sitemap: http://www.example.com/feeds/posts/default?orderby=updated

And has the following explanations:


Mediapartners-Google is a robot from Google Adsense, leave it as is because if you mistakenly change that than the ads served will not fit with your content.

The next line is for all the robots and marked with an asterisk (*). On the default configuration, it is clear that the label of our blog is not indexed Disallow: /search.

Keep in mind that a slash (/) is as your homepage, so for example if you want the label to get indexed, do not just fill up with a slash like this Disallow: / because that would be you do not allow the robot tracing your blog, but it should like the example below:

User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
Disallow:

User-agent: *
Disallow:
Allow: /

Sitemap: http://www.example.com/feeds/posts/default?orderby=updated

With the configuration as above then all of the articles and the label will be indexed. And to block a robot for particular page (I take the example of my FAQ page) you can simply write as follows:

User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
Disallow:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /p/faq.html
Allow: /

Sitemap: http://www.example.com/feeds/posts/default?orderby=updated

Update: To resolve the pagination problems on blogspot after we remove the Disallow: /search than we can use the following configuration to block the pagination page:

User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
Disallow:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /search?updated-min=
Disallow: /search?updated-max=
Disallow: /search/label/*?updated-min=
Disallow: /search/label/*?updated-max=
Allow: /

Sitemap: http://www.example.com/feeds/posts/default?orderby=updated

After the changes, make sure everything is fit like what we want by visiting www.example.com/robots.txt. Replace the Example.com with your domain name.

Warning! Use with caution. Incorrect use of these features can result in your blog being ignored by search engines.

Note: Last updated on March 5, 2013.

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Best PayPal Alternatives for Indians

Best PayPal Alternatives for Indians

PayPal has been one of the most convenient online transaction systems for Indians who are working as a blogger, web designer, internet marketer and freelancers on internet to earn money.

Although the RBI issue with PayPal is completely justified and I agree that if RBI has some problem with PayPal it is must be concerned directly with our country’s economic policies.

Paypal alternatives for indians

Paypal alternatives for indians

So, what can we do now once PayPal is down?

Well you can get the money into your bank account once you receive funds on PayPal within 7 days and then purchase from your debit card which means you are spending in rupees and not in dollars then.
I was wondering what could be the other ways to somehow remove the need for PayPal and then I came upon these 5 best alternatives of PayPal for Indians.

Best PayPal Alternatives for Indian Bloggers, Marketers and Web Designers

2checkout.com

2checkout.com has been on the internet for more than 10 years now and has been providing a fast and flexible payment option for every online e-commerce website.
It basically lets you buy on other websites that support 2checkout with your PayPal balance. It acts like your online debit card. It is fast and one of the best alternatives to PayPal for Indian Consumers.
You won’t be able to buy with 2checkout on eBay because eBay has its own Online Payment Manager called PaisaPay.

Alertpay

Alertpay is a popular online transaction service but it is not readily accepted by shopping websites. It is a growing eCurrency website and has interest in many countries.
You cannot buy products online with Alertpay funds since there are not too many shopping websites that has Alertpay as a payment option but if you want to withdraw funds directly to your bank account then Alterpay services are inevitable.
Alertpay directly pays in your bank account without any hassles and the tax is low too.
It has the potential to become a great alternative to PayPal but for that most of online shopping websites like Amazon, eBay etc. must treat it as a good payment option
 .

Google Checkout

Google checkout is one of the safest and most secure alternatives to PayPal. If you can trust anything blindfolded with your money it is Google Checkout.
Google Checkout is relatively a new service and that is the reason why many people ignore it. It searches products for you so that you don’t have to roam around searching for products and then check whether the website supports Google Checkout.

You can buy with your credit card or debit card on Google Checkout.
Google has kept a directory of all the e-commerce websites that support their payment system. Let’s say you wanted to buy a mobile phone, you search for it using the model number.
Now, Google would search all the stores and show you related products. From here you can easily choose the product you want and then buy it, simple right?

PayMate

The best feature offered by PayMate is that it doesn’t require the account holder to open a merchant service with a bank. Although its services are limited to only a few country looking from a sellers’ point of view but you can buy with it if you are from India.
PayMate is fast, secure and reliable alternative to PayPal.

PaisaPay

This online payment system doesn’t work with every shopping portal only with eBay. As you know, eBay is the biggest e-commerce website on Internet with products from every field.
You can electronics, lifestyle, home and office products all at one place and that what makes PaisaPay a true alternative to PayPal for Indian Users.
For using PaisaPay you would need a bank account and debit card.
Since PayPal has stopped users from buying products online, you can transfer the PayPal funds to your bank and then buy on eBay using PaisaPay.


Xoom.com
Xoom.com is another very good online payment processor that enables you to send money from any country to India. It accepts all sorts of Master Cards, VISA Debit Cards etc.
It is a life saver for anyone who runs an online business and was earlier using PayPal as the payment processor. With Xoom.com the client can send money directly to your bank account thus making the transaction quite simple.
You can add this payment processor to your online business and accept funds right at your doorstep because they offer check by courier service.
Please share with us if you liked this list of PayPal Alternatives for Indian Users.

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New stylish related posts widget

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Today I’m gonna share the stylish Related posts widget that I created for the premium type free template MoonLight.
As you can see in the image above the widget provides a gallery view of posts related through labels. On hovering the mouse on the image the title of that post appears
Installation
1. Go to the template code and check the box “Expand Widget template”. Find (Ctrl+F) code  ]]></b:skin>. Now paste this code above it.

/* Related Posts Widget
----------------------------------------------- */
ul#related-posts{
    font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif !important;
    font-size:10px !important;
    list-style: none !important;
    margin: 20px 0 !important;
    padding: 0 !important;
    text-transform: none !important;
}
ul#related-posts li{
    float: left !important;
    height: auto !important;
    margin:0 15px !important;
    padding: 2px 1px 4px !important;
}
*html ul#related-posts li{
    margin:0 13px !important;
}
ul#related-posts li a {
    -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) !important;
    border: 2px solid #FFFFFF !important;
    display: block !important;
    height: 72px !important;
    position: relative !important;
    width: 72px !important;
}
ul#related-posts li a {
    color: #474C51 !important;
    text-decoration: none !important;
    text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #FFFFFF !important;
}
ul#related-posts li .overlay {
    height: 66px !important;
    line-height: 14px !important;
    padding:6px 0 0 6px !important;
    position: absolute !important;
    width: 66px !important;
    z-index: 10 !important;
}
ul#related-posts li a:hover .overlay {
    background: #fff !important;
    display: block !important;
    opacity:0.9 !important;
}
ul#related-posts li img {
    bottom: 0 !important;
    padding:0px !important;
}
ul#related-posts li a:hover {
    -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25) !important;


2. Now find this code

<b:includable id='backlinks' var='post'>

and replace it with

<b:includable id='RelatedPosts' var='post'>
<!--remove--><b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var defaultnoimage=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijc3n5uYiwzzBveSVqYuXarfSkKl9ilVL8EbVQhX2TgChcDgs7KvADR-JE6ycU2lR1GXcGvjPFqpOWpYJYE3sybmJb3z1Y_vaRAUM5z9fUT7AA1OHLkH8mfNrqz-ek4Xxjzx2L70R5budX/&quot;;
var maxresults=6;

</script>
<script src='http://f.cl.ly/items/0w31321a473E2G0m3S2U/related_post_with_hover.js' type='text/javascript'/>
        <b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'>
             <b:if cond='data:label.isLast != &quot;true&quot;'>
        </b:if>
<script expr:src='&quot;/feeds/posts/default/-/&quot; + data:label.name + &quot;?alt=json-in-script&amp;callback=related_results_labels_thumbs&amp;max-results=6&quot;' type='text/javascript'/>
         </b:loop>
<script type='text/javascript'>
removeRelatedDuplicates_thumbs();
printRelatedLabels_thumbs(&quot;<data:post.url/>&quot;);
</script>
</b:if> <!--remove-->
<div style='clear:both'/>
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='backlinks' var='post'> 


This widget is customized to show 6 related posts and appears only on the post page.To change these customization see the instructions at the bottom of this post.
3. Now the last step, find any one of these four codes

    <div class='post-footer'>         OR
<div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'>
        OR
<div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'>
        OR
<div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'>

and place this code just after any one of the above four codes

<b:include data='post' name='RelatedPosts'/>

Customizations
1. How to display the related posts on every page and not only on the post pages ?
Just remove the two lines starting with <!-- remove --> from Step 2. These line are

<!-- remove --><b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
and
<!-- remove --></b:if>

2. How to change the number of posts to be displayed in the widget?
You can adjust the maximum number of related posts being displayed by editing this line in the Step 2 code.

var maxresults=5;

3. To change the default thumbnail image, you can edit this line of code in Step 2

defaultnoimage=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijc3n5uYiwzzBveSVqYuXarfSkKl9ilVL8EbVQhX2TgChcDgs7KvADR-JE6ycU2lR1GXcGvjPFqpOWpYJYE3sybmJb3z1Y_vaRAUM5z9fUT7AA1OHLkH8mfNrqz-ek4Xxjzx2L70R5budX/&quot;;