This surely looks like a much better approach for faster indexing of your blog posts and this will also help Google webmasters tools to better organize your sitemap pages into smaller parts which are easy to index and crawl thus saving processing time. The same update is applied to Blogger Sitemap.xml file where each sub-page will now consist of only 150 links, previously 500 URLS were grouped per page.
UPDATE: Blogger Sitemap Generator - Version 2016 Just released!
You are seeing this error or difference of sitemap data inside your webmasters search console account because you have submitted multiple custom sitemaps to Google either using our Sitemap Generator tool or using a custom sitemap submission method using atom feeds. This sitemaps are located at atom.xml. The screenshot below shows the
In the screen shot above you can observe that the submitted urls are 151 while the indexed urls are 496. The Indexed links are greater than submitted links because webmasters tool is showing you the old cached indexed count of blogger sitemap where the sitemap contained a maximum of 500 links. The indexed data is thus an old cached count while the submitted data shows the refreshed Link count after Blogger updated sitemaps.
Blogger introduced Dynamic Sitemaps for all blogspot blogs from January 2015 onwards. Now you can excess all your sitemap data from a single sitemap.xml file as shared below:
Your sitemap.xml file is hosted at this location:
http://Your-Blog.blogspot.com/sitemap.xml
Our Blog Parent sitemap is hosted under this link:
http://www.mybloggertricks.com/sitemap.xml
All you need to do is to delete the custom atom.xml sitemaps and instead submit sitemap.xml as the only sitemap inside your webmasters account. Follow these steps:
1. Go To Webmasters Tools > Crawl > Sitemaps
2. Delete all your old sitemaps which uses the atom.xml Feed structure
3. Next submit the dynamic sitemap.xml as the only sitemap
4. That's it!
This single parent sitemap will automatically update its sub-pages and submit your new posts to Google index. If you click the sitemap link you can easily see how many sub-pages does the sitemap contain. This is a better and standard way to create sitemaps and widely followed for wordpress blogs as well.This parent sitemap is divided into sub-pages each containing a total of 150 links per page. Since we have published around 1435 posts so far therefore the total number of our sitemap pages are thus 10 where each sitemap contains 150 links. It is basic math i.e. 10 x 150 = 1500
It takes around 24 hours for all links to get indexed.
If you have already submitted the dynamic sitemap months ago but still see a difference in your submitted/indexed data then you just need to resubmit the sitemap so that Google may fetch all newly submitted links.
After resubmitting our sitemap the index data got back to normal:
I hope this clarifies all your answers and help you guys troubleshoot this technical SEO problem that you were facing recently. Let me know if I could be of any further assistance. Feel free to post your questions in the comment box below. Wishing a great weekend buddies. Peace and blessings! =)
The time for people who can not afford high expensive webhosting costs has just arrived after 365 days! HostGator Black Friday / Cyber Monday Sales have officially started now with Flash sales as high as 80%. It is once in a year opportunity for bloggers to get huge discount deals on premium services. Being a consistent customer of HostGator services for the past 6 years, we receive exclusive discounts each year to share with our loyal readers so that they may get a considerable discount on all webhosting packages that they purchase. These sales will start from 27th Nov and will last till 30th Nov, 2015. This year we have received two types of special discount coupons from HostGator. One set of coupons offer a 65% Straight OFF whilst other set of Coupons are based on Flash Sales that will last only for ONE HOUR at different time interval. These flash sales are a straight 80% Discount! Domains will cost as less as $2.99 for .net and .com TLDs.
UPDATE: The Sale ended but you can still get a straight 25%-30% discount using the coupon "mbtblogdiscount"
The count down timer below will last till the end of the Black Friday Sale. You only have limited time to make up your mind and start your online business dreams today.
Before you make a purchase please read the article by clicking the link below to fully understand the importance of webhosting for your professional blogging and webmaster career online. This opportunity comes only once a year and only serious bloggers make productive use of it.
You can also read the following articles to better understand why we consider hostgator as the best choice of webmasters and why have we hosted all our 7 sites on hostgator:
I strongly recommend that you read the following article for in-depth analysis:
Just remember these points while choosing a plan:
We are using baby plan currently. Google often considers sites which are registered for few months or ONE year as spammy therefore in order to make sure you have an SEO edge and your site is considered as E-A-T (Expert, Authoritative, Trustworthy), do register for no less than 3 years. This will give you a better discount as well as favor in SEO rankings later.
Follow these steps to make sure you get maximum saving on the package you purchase:
1 Go To Hostgator Welcome Page
2 Click the Get started Now! button followed by Choose A Plan button on next page.
3 Choose your Plan and hit the button (Up to 30% OFF) under it!
4 You will see two options:
5 Next choose your Plan and fill the forms. Make sure you select the 36 months cycle which means 3 years:
6 Enter your Billing Info. You can pay both with a credit card or paypal. I did with Paypal.
7 In the "Additional Services" section uncheck all options because none is that useful.
8 Finally Comes the discount coupon section. Copy the Coupon codes that we have shared below and paste it inside this box and click validate.
9 In the Review Order Details section, confirm that the discount is applied. If you see a discount field then congratulations you have done all steps correctly!
10 Finally hit the "Checkout" button to make your payment with a healthy discount! =)
Note: In the above picture I have used the 25% discount coupon of mbtblogdiscount but the coupons I am sharing below are as high as 65-80%!
You can grab any of these coupons based on their expiry date. These coupons will work full day and you can apply them anytime during that specific Sale day. Note that the timings are in US standard Time. I have mentioned the Indo-Pak Standard Times also.
All Sales Follow this time:
US Time: 12:00 am till 11:59 pm CST
India Time: 11:30 am till 11:29 pm
Pakistan Time: 11:00 am till 10:59 pm
Sale Day: 27th November / Apply Now!
Coupon Code: BF2015 Expired
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Below you have the full FLASH SALE schedule. Each of these flash sales will only last ONE HOUR so if you really want a bigger discount of 80% OFF then try your luck during these times:
Note: All times are give in US standard Time. Use World Clock by following this targeted link for Indo-PAK times.
If you need help or advice with regard to anything we discussed above or need any support with any technical side then please feel confident to post your questions in the comment box below. I would love to offer my full support 24/7. Signing up for webhosting was the best decision we made back in the year 2009 and this is one reason which blessed us with a Full Time Office and the first registered Company of Pro Bloggers in the country (i.e. STCnetwork). All praise be to God.
I wish the best of luck with all your future endeavors and pray that you succeed with all your online dreams and ambitions. May the best be yours. Peace and blessings buddies! =)
Update:
We just published Exclusive HostGator Black Friday 80% discount Coupons. Sale ends in 3 Days. It is once in a year opportunity. Grab your hosting now!
Domain hosting means that you are simply purchasing a custom URL with TLD extensions like .com .net or .org etc. which will mask .blogspot.com. It costs around $10-$12 a year to buy a domain from blogger itself. With this option you only get a free email ID such as admin@yourblog.com. You can not upload files in your hosting nor can you create sub-domains. You are limited to Blogger Dashboard only.
Web hosting in layman terms is simply buying a storage space for your website online, just like a folder online. Your files will be stored in secured hard disks owned by the web hosting company. Like all our files of services page, tools and Forum are stored with our web host. When you buy webhosting you also get a free domain with it. You can choose to use your existing domain or buy a new one. You can upload JavaScript/CSS, PDF files, Videos, Audios, almost anything on your web host and each file will get your branded URL. For example we have stored our ebook " Pro blogger Secrets Revealed" on the subdomain "Downloads":
http://downloads.mybloggertricks.com/ProBlogger Secrets Revealed.pdf
Webhosting gives you wings!
You can create almost anything using the software found in your webhost control Panel (Cpanel). We are using HostGator which gives us the power to create the following list of cool tools or websites.
Without it you are an unknown identity, without a brand name!
Because buying a custom domain means your first step towards serious online business! No sponsor or Ad network like buysellads will ever advertise on a free blog containing a free domain (.blogspot.com). Sponsors always look for professional bloggers who could give better promotion to their products. AdSense also gives more preference to sites with Custom domains. This gives you a big marketing edge.
Second free domains have less reputation in blogosphere, as a result people will rarely subscribe to your blog nor will choose to link your content or share your content in social media, as a result you loose several precious backlinks to rank you higher in SERPs. Thus you will suffer a lot when it comes to better blog marketing and blog SEO.
You can not host or transfer Blogger's Content Management System (CMS) anywhere else i.e the dashboard that helps you control your blog settings and publish posts. But you can surely host your Blogger Blog's Domain name and subdomains at Hostgator. You can surely upload files to your account and share it on your blog.
In our case we manage our blog from "www.blogger.com" but we manage all its subdomains and files (i.e. Our Forum, Contact page, Service Page) at "portal.hostgator.com/login"
You can not host Blogger CMS system anywhere but you can surely host it's content (i.e. Posts & comments) on a web host if you choose to download all its files from
Once you have download your blog, you can then transfer it to a new Blogging platform like Wordpress using your Web host. But first read this
Transferring or migrating your blog equals shifting your house from one place to another.
Every Serious Webmaster needs it!
90% Blogger users purchase only custom domain instead of web hosting because they think that web hosting is a lot expensive and they can't afford it. They also live in a misconception that why buy hosting when Blogger provides it for free i.e. You can upload images, videos for free on Picasa web album.
Its true that blogger blogs are hosted for free but with just custom domain hosting you are sacrificing a great investment. This is what you can not do with domain hosting:
Less than McDonalds Big Mac!
It costs you less than $7/month or just $80/year! Imagine you waste more than $100-$200 per month on your stomach and accessories, a small budget can build your entire future career. I have shared some discount Coupon codes that you can use to get up to 25% discount on your hosting plan.
Within next few hours I will share 80% Discount coupons for Black Friday deals which is the best time to purchase webhosting with almost no investment at all.
Update: We just published the 80% Black Friday Discount Coupons! Grab it now!
Those with serious will to start their blogging careers will make use of this Black Friday and those who still think they don't need webhosting, they are missing a better online future and SEO boost.
Only experience can tell. You can only tell whether an Apple tastes good or not unless you had taken a bite. After having taken several bites for over 6 years, we can strongly recommend HostGator without doubts as the best choice of bloggers across all CMS platforms. Whether you are a Blogger or Wordpress user, HostGator is the name that hosts all celeb blogs, small or big. It has thus become the webhosting tycoon online after having hosted over 9,000,000 domains!
We hosted MyBloggerTricks with HostGator on 10th August, 2009 using the Hatchling Plan. Since then we never stopped launching new sites each year. We have a total of 7 sites hosted at hostGator at this moment. It is the mother that takes care of our sites and protects our data from infiltrators.
Web hosting will give a professional touch to your blog. It gives you a brand name and look. People will be more willing to share your content on social media and link back to your pages. Your reputation would increase threefold in blogosphere. The more backlinks you receive the better your Search engine ranking.
Google considers free domains mostly as spam and so do Sponsors. After purchasing a custom domain with a storage space, your blog will be trusted more as E-A-T (Expert, Authoritative and Trustworthy) . Your chances of getting accepted by AdSense and buysellads will increase tremendously as long as you continue producing High Quality content. It is simply a Win-Win decision.
Files are uploaded on your web hosting drive using a FTP client. I recommend Filezilla. Using it is extremely simple and you can find several tutorials on it online. It is a simple drag and drop tool. Transferring files from your computer to your web hosting was never that simple before. All it needs is a username and password after which your computer gets a direct access to your online files on your webhost directory.
As long as you ask questions, you will never find yourself in confusion. Each year I emphasize greatly on our readers to make up a better decision and start taking their online careers seriously. Some understand the logic behind these posts and react immediately. We have always found such readers living a happy career online with lucrative income. Those who try to compete online with free tools and services are often those who end up there online careers the earliest.
My best wishes are with all of you and I wish the coming Black Friday Deals starting from this (Friday to Monday) may help you in reshaping your online endeavors. Peace and blessings buddies. =)
Google never wanted you to read all of this ebook if it had not been leaked in chunks in recent years. This ebook is basically a training guide for agents Google hires to research the web and rate websites/blogs based on the guidelines Google proposed to them. So this ebook is never intended for publishers like you and I but we are fortunate that Google finally made it public and we can use it to get immense SEO knowledge from it.
It answers all the confusions revolving around the web on how Google ranks content, how its penalty algorithms like Google Panda and Penguin works and how exactly does Google identifies a Low Quality content from a High Quality content. After reading it you will be able to figure out all the mistakes you had been making that caused you consistent loss in search traffic.
This is the most important part of this ebook and the soul of it. Here you will find examples of sites that Google considers to fall in the category of Pages which are Low Quality, Lowest Quality, High Quality and Highest Quality. The Page Quality Rating scale is all that you need to understand.
In page#58 Google discusses the Top Three most important (Page Quality) PQ considerations which you must read.
What do you do on your mobile smartphone? :)
Google answers it here through an image:
Here the book discusses Mobile users, Mobile Queries and Mobile results. More and more people are preferring mobiles over desktop devices for searching and this is one reason why you must make sure your blog design is fluid and responsive. We have written a detailed tutorial series on this for BlogSpot blogs which you can read:
You can surely skip this part if you want. Here the book discusses. Here the rating is done by focusing on mobile users by deciding how helpful and satisfying a certain search result is for the mobile user and whether or not it meets his needs.
You can skip this part if you want. The Evaluation Platform is the system raters will use to acquire and rate websites. Only Authorized users can access it through this page.
No worries!
If those 160 pages are giving you a headache then I strongly recommend that you at least read the following pages and view the Image illustrations in each example:
According to this book a High quality rating requires at least one of the following Characteristics:
Does your blog qualify for any one of the above mentioned PQ requirements? Even your About Us, Contact Us Pages help you rank higher! How regularly you update and maintain your blog also counts a lot. This book is a must read and I strongly recommend that you read it the sooner possible and act upon the advices given.
Indeed this ebook is all that we as publishers needed to better understand what exactly Google wants from us? It is surely no less than a treasure for bloggers and small web publishers.
I have started making some monetization changes by changing the locations of Ad slots to make sure they do not interfere with Main Content (MC) of my site and have placed all ads inside the Supplementary Content (SC) which includes your blog header/sidebar/footer. I will see how it effects our monthly stats and revenue.
I will keep you updated with several new interesting tips and will discuss some tutorials to help you improve the Page Quality of blog posts.
Let me know how any new discovery that may come across you after reading this ebook and share it with everyone here in the comments section so that we may all learn further from it. Did you now find the answer for your low search ranking? Do share it openly without hesitation! :)
Before:
After:
Follow these easy steps:
1 Go to Blogger > Template > Backup your template
2 Click Edit HTML
3 Search for this layout tag
<data:post.timestamp/>
4 The above code will appear twice. Once for mobile view and once for desktop view. Replace it twice with this layout tag:
<i class='fa fa-clock-o'/><data:post.dateHeader/>
Note: The yellow highlighted code will show a clock Icon next to the date, if you don't want this FontAwesome icon then simply remove the yellow code.
5 Save your template and you are almost done!
6 Next go to Settings > Language and Formatting > Formatting
From the drop down menu next to the Date Header Format select the first option i.e. Nov 21, 2015:
You can choose any formatting of your choice, the last two options are also good. In our case we chose the format: Nov 21, 2015
7 Click the "Save Settings" button and you are all done!
What we did was a simple solution to the existing problems faced with Post Date formatting. In our JSON tutorial we will adopt a JavaScript technique to give more advance control over the structure of Date. With that tutorial you will be able to style Month, Day and Year elements separately using CSS classes. The current solution is the easiest way for non-techy users. I hope this helps most in better displaying the Publish Timestamp on their blog posts. Do ask me any question you may have.
Peace and blessings buddies :)
How wonderful does it feels to hold your baby girl for the first time in your arms while she smiles at you! It was the best experience of my life ever! Your brother is finally a father to a little princess from heavens Alhamdulillah and gifted with the most beautiful responsibility of raising a kid. We named her "Ifza" meaning "Protective Angel" so her official name thus becomes "Ifza Mustafa". Ifza is an Arabic name having a synonym 'Hifza', so people often confuse the names because of the same syllable sounds. Since I take the blogosphere community as part of my life, let me introduce this soon-to-be baby blogger with all of you!
Ifza was born this month on 5th November, 2015 at "Aga Khan Hospital", Karachi. She weighed about 3.6 KG at the time of her birth which equals approximately 8 Pounds. MashAllah she was the most healthiest kid born that day in Aga khan, after all she is a Pathan kid. :0
Just today I had her hair's cut. Her head is much cleaner now and fully bald. :D Will share the new photos very soon.
Ifza has given us a tough time throughout her mother's 9 months and 10 days of pregnancy and if she is reading this post after some 9-10 years inshAllah then she must know that she barely lets me sleep at night! She sleeps during day time but it takes me hours to calm her down at night. Surely nurturing and feeding a kid requires a lot of hard work not just only for the mother but also for the father. Since a week both Ifza and her mother are at my mother-in-laws house and I am so much at peace now! I am so thankful to God that I can finally take out some time to write this post! =p
Yes of course why not! But first she will be a Lady Doctor inshAllah!
God is surely the best planner and with our trust in Him, I pray to be a great affectionate father and to provide her with the best love and compassion she needs. After having seen how much intense hard work is done by a Lady Gynecologist and nurses inside a hospital, my respect for them have increased three fold. No doubt cure (Shifa) is in God's hand but medical science is the major resource (Waseela) to it provided by God Himself.
I am a Computer Engineer and blogger by profession but I always wished to study medicine and serve the humanity. This dream will be fulfilled by my little baby girl one day inshAllah.
My community unfortunately lacks lady doctors and women here rarely gets a chance to complete their studies after primary education. The major reason behind this is illiteracy, early marriage and not understanding the Islamic rights of a woman in its true essence.
Woman has a great place in Islam and she is the mother, daughter, wife and sister who makes up a family. My sisters and I am educated today thanks to my parents who are educated themselves. My eldest sister is an assistant Dentist in California, USA and she is still supported by my parents with her academic goals in life.
Ifza will inshAllah lead the row and will become amongst the very few Lady M.B.B.S doctors in my tribe. By the time she gets 10 years of age, I will teach her how to blog and will mentor her on how to share her knowledge with the world outside. Blogs on medicine educate millions of people online to better take care of their health. This is one reason why I respect blogging so much. It's the only diary where you share nothing but knowledge!
Do share your prayers so that by the time Ifza gets at least 10 years old, she could read all your comments and know how much people loved her here! :)
Do not forget to share the cutest photo of your newly born baby in the comments box below by using the shortcode below:
[img src="Insert your Baby Photo Link here" width="50%" /]
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Every YouTube Thumbnail has the following URL structure:
http://img.youtube.com/vi/VIDEO ID/IMAGE NUMBER.jpg
I once uploaded a Facebook Timeline video to my YouTube channel. This video is located at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcw10SeE_VQ
Where tcw10SeE_VQ is the video ID. This is the exact same URL structure for all videos on YouTube.
YouTube Data API stores around 4 thumbnails for each video. 3 small and one large. The thumbnails stored for the above video are located at:
http://img.youtube.com/vi/tcw10SeE_VQ/0.jpg
1st largest Full size Default thumbnail Image with dimensions 480 x 360 (pixels)
http://img.youtube.com/vi/tcw10SeE_VQ/1.jpg
2nd Small thumbnail Image with dimensions 120 x 90 (pixels)
http://img.youtube.com/vi/tcw10SeE_VQ/2.jpg
3rd Small Default thumbnail Image with dimensions 120 x 90 (pixels)
http://img.youtube.com/vi/tcw10SeE_VQ/3.jpg
4rth Small thumbnail Image with dimensions 120 x 90 (pixels)
Now lets suppose you want to publish a video post and you want to display the thumbnail Image of your YouTube video as the featured Image of your blog post in a SEO friendly manner. For this all you need to do is to use the following image code:
<img src=http://img.youtube.com/vi/VIDEO ID/0.jpg width="400px" alt="Image Description"/>
For simplicity we have only discussed the static method of embedding thumbnail images in blog posts but in our next tutorial we will discuss a JavaScript technique to extract YouTube Video Images dynamically from the blogger JSON feed and will display Video thumbnails automatically next to each post containing a video Iframe.
At present we are only sharing the technique for YouTube videos but if you guys would love to know how to extract Dailymotion or Vimeo video Thumbnails thumbnails also then let me know so that I may share those scripts with all of you.
Stay tuned for the next part which involves some interesting yet easy JavaScript programming. Peace and blessing buddies! :)
"a visual image such as a chart or diagram used to represent information or data"
Company designs should be kept identical at all times without any major changes because after all keeping your identity same at all times is the whole concept behind a business logo. We have made slight changes to the web domain and email domain address. We simply replaced the blog domain address with company website URL inside the new design. We also changed NETWORK to lowercase and made the blue color a little brighter rest all things are kept the same.
The cards are printed at both sides, matt laminated and match the size of a credit card 310g2. Went through 3 + 2 color printing with dye cutting. Its designed by keeping MBT's parent design in mind, utilizing the same blue and black color combination. The front of the card contains details about the network administration, logo and some contact details whilst the back contains my favorite quote i.e. "I blog for living"
We printed a total of 1000 copies this time:
Our previous design:
As a business, every single time you reach out a customer, whether through an invoice, contract or offer � you�re saying something about who you are. Letterheads leave your trademark on all documentations and business correspondence that takes place. Thus a unique form of marketing that further boosts your authenticity and credibility in the eyes of customers.
Letterheads can be used for both offline and online correspondences. You can print anything inside them using a inkjet or laser printers just like you do on any A4 size paper.
We have kept the design both comprehensive and yet simple in concept. The header consists of the company logo and office address while the footer contains the company web address. We have also inserted a large faded logo inside the center-left of the paper to make things more eye catching.
These letterheads will also be used as certificates in our coming workshops and conferences. The paper consists of a thick layer of 150 g2 matt paper with tri color printing
How important do you think are letterheads for a business and have you planned designing VC and letterheads for your blog? If yes then do share the design with us by using the following shortcode inside comments:
[img src="Insert your Image Link here" width="50%" /]
Our Cards and Letterheads are designed and printed by Waqas Haider from Al - Rehman Enterprises. Waqas is a great friend and an excellent designer without doubts. I would recommend his services to anyone home or abroad.
Do give us your feedback on this latest development and let us know what could be done to make the cards even more better. Peace and blessings buddies! =>
