Blogger Settings You Should Know - Blog like a Pro

Changing your default Blogger settings so you can Blog like a pro!

1.  Turn off Captcha.  Seriously, it makes me want to kill kittens.  And that's a bad thing.
Settings > Comments > Show Word Verification > No

For the love of god, please disable captcha!

2.  Add your blog/website link to your profile.
Dashboard > Edit Profile > Homepage URL > Enter your blog address
Dashboard > Edit Profile > Select Blogs to Display > Select your Blog

Make your homepage URL your blog

Select your blogs and they appear on your profile

3.  Get Adsense going.  Put an ad up, or two.  You might make a dollar, or not.

AdSense will make you rich in no time

4.  Add the followers widget somewhere on your page.

5.  Allow anyone to comment.
Settings > Comments > Who can Comment? > Anyone

Allow anon, it's important

6.  Turn off comment moderation
Settings > Comments > Comment Moderation > Never 

You can always delete comments later anyway...

7.  Let the world know
Settings > Basic > Add your blog to our listings > Yes
Settings > Basic > Let Search Engines find your Blog > Yes

Get your blog listed by search engines

8.  Get a real domain name
The cost is minimal to get a dot com for an entire year, $7.49 - $10.00
GoDaddy and Google are both top notch.  Get a real dot com for yourself.  Drop the "blogspot.com"
See my earlier post on GoDaddy deals ($7.49 domain name, and free private registration!)

 

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One year for only $7.49!

You can get off the www.XYZ.blogspot.com, for a whole year, for only $7.49.  There is no minimum purchase.  In other words, you need only purchase one year to get the discount.   

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It's really easy to register the domain name of your choice, and the discount is applicable to a .com address.  Unlike a lot of other specials that involve .us, .co, .info, .tv, or other random type domains - this one actually covers the popular .com type.

It's also really easy to transfer your blogspot.com address, so that it redirects to your new .com address.  Google has help pages on it, as does GoDaddy.  You can still use all the blogspot controls, widgets, and control panel too.  

You can also set it up to cover XYZ.com, without the typical www prefix.  (included in $7.49 purchase) 

You may notice that my blog is now located at:

www.stoneycase.com 

stoneycase.com 

stoneycase.blogspot.com  

Took me about 10 minutes to order and set it up.  

Minimal expense, and it gets you off blogspot domain name - which is a big benefit on search engines and directories.  Basically, you want to remove blogspot.com as quickly as possible.  I found my search engine ranking went up, as did my pageviews.  Plus it just looks cooler and more legit! 

Try it out!  Only $7.49 for one year.   
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