Adding Google sitemap to blogger.com blog account

 blog.comYou can now add Google sitemap to your blogger.com account and increase your chances of being indexed in Google search engine result. You can add a Sitemap to your account to give Google more information about the pages in your site to help Google crawl them more effectively.

Step # 1: Login to sitemap account

At the top of screen you will see option to add site. Just paste URL of your blog (for example http://cyberciti.blogspot.com/)

Click on Ok button. Next you will get confirmation message. Your site has been added to your account.

Step # 2: Now you need to verify your ownership of blog to view detailed statistics. Click on verify link. Google offers two methods of verification. You can either upload an HTML file with a name we specify (which is not possible with Google Blogger account), or you can add a META tag to your site's index file. Adding META tag via template code is possible so just select Add a META tag from drop down menu:

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It will generate code for you, copy the meta tag and paste it into your blogger.com template section).

Step # 3: Go to your blogger.com and login to your account. Goto your blog > Click on Template
Paste the META tag code after section:

Click on Save Template changes button

Click on Republish Index only button > Wait for few seconds so that your blog being published successfully.

Step # 4: Now goto sitemap account and click the box that read as follows:

I've added the META tag in the home page of http://cyberciti.blogspot.com/. Click on Verify button.

Step # 5: Now your site is added to sitemap account and verification is done. Next you need to add actual sitemap url. Since blogger.com account don’t allow you to create a text file or anything else you need to add your site feed (ATOM xml) file as a site map. Click on add a sitemap link:

Step # 6: You can add a Sitemap to your account to provide Google additional information about about your blog. Google will process your Sitemap and provide information on any errors in the Sitemaps tab as well your sitemap will be downloaded everyday to index your blog fast.
Select type as : Add General Web sitemap

Now you need to add Atom 0.3 feeds. Generally, you would use this format only if your site already has a syndication feed and this is the only way to add sitemap to your blogger.com account.

Paste url of your Atom feed: For example http://cyberciti.blogspot.com/atom.xml and click on Add Web sitemap:

Update: If you are using a new blogger beta system, use http://yourblogname.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/full as a feed url.

You will get confirmation:
You have added a Sitemap to http://cyberciti.blogspot.com/. Reports may take several hours to update. Thank you for your patience!

And you are done and your blog will be now index very fast (depend upon your posting and content).

How to Connect Twitter with Facebook

   I usually try to stay away from articles like this because I make the mistake of assuming that everyone MUST already know how to connect Twitter with Facebook, as if everyone reads the same information all the time. Needless to say I know this has been written probably a thousand times before, I decided to write it for my site because I have friends and family that constantly ask me how to connect their Facebook with Twitter.

There are probably people that are new to Facebook or Twitter reading this article and there are probably even a few people reading this aticle that don’t even understand what I mean when I say “Connect Facebook to Twitter”.

By connecting your Facebook and Twitter accounts you can do your status updates right in Twitter and have them appear on your Facebook account without worrying about posting updates on your Facebook account as well, pretty convenient huh?

                                  

Twitter makes injecting your Twitter status updates into Facebook very easy with a convenient application or “app“, for use with Facebook.

The Twitter Facebook app to combine your status updates into one by using your Twitter account is not some strange third party software that you have to install. It’s something as simple as logging into your Facebook account or clicking on the Twitter Facebook application link below which will take you right to the application page on Facebook.
Getting your Facebook and Twitter account is as simple as two easy steps, well three if you count clicking on my Twitter Facebook application link to get over to the proper Facebook application area.

Connect your Twitter and Facebook account

Step 1: Clicky Clicky Linky Linky

Click this link to access the Twitter Facebook application

Step 2: Give permission

Twitter is going to ask you for permission to grant access from Facebook to grab your tweets (status updates) and make them visible on your Facebook wall. You can always revoke this access by removing the application by editing your applications in Facebook.

Step 3: Login to Twitter

Ok your almost outta here and ready to start doing status updates from one place, Twitter. Please note that using this application does not stop you from being able to do status updates on Facebook, if your a status update addict get your fill tweeting and posting status updates on Facebook.

That’s it! You did it, you can now send Twitter messages from your Blackberry phone with Uber Twitter or use just about any cell phone to post tweets while your on the go and party hard knowing your friends see your status updates about the shots you just did with some strange guy. Oh yeah you might want to read some of my Twitter Safety tips if you are either new to Twitter or use cell applications to tweet, there’s actually some decent info in there.

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How to Make Gmail My Homepage...........?

Gmail is a simple, powerful email program used by millions of people worldwide. It is often easier to set Gmail's website to your computer's homepage than to frequently navigate to it. The process is simple, though not the same for all web browsers.

               Firefox

1. Open the Firefox web browser, and navigate to Gmail's website; a link is in the Resources section below.
2. Click the "Tools" link at the top of the web browser window. Click "Options" to open the pop-up options box.
3. Click the "General" tab, if it is not already selected. The first option in the "General" tab is "Startup." Select "Show my Homepage" from the "When Firefox Starts" drop-down menu.
4. Type Gmail's web address into the "Homepage" box, or click the "Use Current Pages" button. Click the "Okay" button to commit the changes to the browser's memory.

    5.Close and restart Firefox to confirm that the changes were made and that the             homepage is Google's Gmail.

                           

                               INTERNET EXPLORER

1. Open the Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser, and navigate to Gmail's website; check the Resources section below for a link to Gmail.
2. Click the "Tools" drop-down link from the toolbar on the right-hand side. Select the "Internet Options" link at the bottom of the menu.
3. Select the "General" tab if it's not already chosen. In the "Home page" box, type Gmail's web address, or click the "Use Current" button. Click "Apply" to make the changes and "Okay" to close the "Internet Options" box.
4. Close the web browser, and restart it to check that the changes were applied and that Gmail is the homepage.

                            Google Chrome

1. Open the Google Chrome web browser and navigate to Gmail's website; check the Resources section for the Gmail link.
2. Click the "Customize and Control Google Chrome" button on the navigation bar. The button looks like a wrench. Select the "Options" link from the drop-down menu.
3. Select the "Basics" tab if it's not already chosen. Select "Open the home page" option from the "Startup" section. Choose "Open this page" from the "Home page" section, and type Gmail's web address in the box.
4. Click the "Close" button to apply the changes, and restart the web browser to check that the changes were applied.