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Diablo Responsive Blogger Template

Posted: 26 Jan 2014 06:30 PM PST




Diablo Responsive Blogger Template:

Release Date: January 25, 2014
Theme Type: 2 Column, Magazine
Designer: Naveed Iqbal


After a long break of 3 months, We're here with a Responsive template. Diablo is a bright and crisp 2 column Responsive template. Diablo is a lightweight flexible theme with attractive splash of colors. We've worked hard to place trending posts, nav-bar, featured area and social buttons all together. Diablo is a responsive template that works great on High resolution desktop and mobile devices such as iPhone, Android, iPad Blackberry and mini phones. We've added some of best fonts in Diablo theme to look a bit more attractive. Date widget can be seen on top right of the header.



Thanks for appreciating our hard work. We're hoping to receive more for this Responsive blogger template. Grab 'Diablo Responsive template' for only $10.

How To Increase Your Page Views And Get More Blog Traffic

Posted: 26 Jan 2014 07:13 AM PST

Nowadays, Blogging is on demand. Every business website has started blogging to bring more traffic to their websites.
As like others we also want more traffic to our website, don't we? We all would love to see our Google Analytics accounts filled with a high number of visits, right?
Of course, we all want successful blogs having an effective content. For some, having a high number of page views is critical – especially if you're looking forward to make money with advertising or Google AdSense.
In this article, I'll give you a variety of actions that you can apply to your own blog. When you start blogging, your main focus is to generate great content and get noticed.
But let's know about page views first.

What are page views?

Page views are considered as the hits which your own page or blog will receive once visited by the users. More the visitors view your posts; more will be the increment in your page views.

Five Stages Of Effective Blogging

Effective Content

I know you've heard this a million times that "Content is King". When new bloggers start creating their content for the first time, their blog looks small and they have a less number of subjects to write about. But as time goes on and they start capitalizing on the subjects, gather some great content their blog begins to grow.
However, if you're thinking to start a blog – write 10 to 15 great articles first before you publish your blog. When you start promoting your blog readers will have something to see and will find something new to read.
Unfortunately, we didn't do hard work and without effective content we post our blogs and wait for the blog to become popular. If there's no content to share – your blog will not consider as meaningful. When you have over 50 good articles, your blog will start becoming popular and you'll have some great audience and readers that will share your posts.
Visit sites like: Twitter, Yahoo Answers and read other blogs to see where people are having problems. Then start planning to write the articles that are related to their problems. Content that solves problems is always in demand. Look at the number of self-help forums and blogs that are very successful.
For making a good improved blog content from the start is the best way to come into the limelight.

Contribution


How are your levels of contribution these days? Do you give more of yourself? Successful bloggers and business owners' contribute a lot more and offer more value. As a blogger, you need to contribute a lot more too.
There are a variety of ways to contribute. You can:
  • Create videos.
  • Host interviews with successful people.
  • Create pod-casts.
  • Create an eBook and give away for free.
  • Write guest posts on certain blogs.
  • Provide a content-rich newsletter.
  • Develop a series of tutorials that provide great value to the reader.
Outstanding contribution provides: creditability; high quality service and further opportunities. Blogging is a long-term vehicle. This is not a "get-rich" scheme. It is a slow process but yet very effective.

Community

 
Successful people value their communities. A community is where people share and contribute: ideas; values; skills and beliefs. Businesses rely on their communities and networks to keep their business going. Serving your community is the most empowering way of becoming successful. The more value you add to your contribution and community – the stronger your blog will become.

Focus on lowering your bounce rate

A low bounce rate is a sign of a good blog. If I bounce a ball against a wall you'll notice that the ball doesn't stay on the wall for long. The same principle is applied to your blog pages. If I click on your blog page and don't click on anything else – I've bounced off your blog. In essence, your goal is to attain my interest. A good bounce is about 25%-30%.
Make your home page like the front page of a magazine. Make it simple and yet effective. Include relevant things there and neglect the unnecessary part. You can also take the help of a magazine. Pick up a magazine and look at the front cover and see what grabs your attention? Apply the same concept on your home page as well. Moreover, you can use features like Facebook Like Button and Like Box on your home page to bring more visitors to your website.

Why should I stay on your blog?

The only thing I care about is: "If you can help me with my problems?" If you can help me with a problem I am more likely to stay. This is why the top bloggers succeed. Egos can destroy you if you're a blogger. Focus on what's important – the reader!
Now after creating a meaningful blog post let's focus on other parameter.

How to increase your page views

1 – Create "pillar content"

Pillar content is informative that attracts most of the readers. Pillars keep buildings from falling to the ground and the same principle applies to blogging. Pillar content should have all in and out information that's packed full of useful hints and tips. Usually the pillar content is over 1000 words and has lots of great value. In addition, pillar content is referred as link worthy. You want to make your blog as resourceful. Your aim is to encourage your readers to visit frequently your posts.
Focus on developing a resource for your blog that has useful information and provides the reader with answers to their problems.

2 – Interlink your posts

Wikipedia, the Internet's most popular encyclopedia uses internal links constantly and consistently. Good referencing is an excellent method of obtaining more page views.
When you create a new article, review your previous articles and find out what content is relevant. The beauty of Wikipedia is that it constantly interlinks information. If you're trying to increase your search engine ranking for a certain article, try to interlink your content together.
Google loves natural linking. You have the distant advantage of interlinking of your posts together and using key phrases rich anchor text.
Remember to strike a balance when interlinking your posts. Avoid applying too many links in your article – otherwise your reader will become distracted from the other original article.

3- Create a list post of your best blog articles

This is an easy method to round up a variety of articles that you feel are relevant to your reader. List posts also provide opportunities for your readers to click through further on your blog. Plus this method allows you to showcase some of your classic posts.

4 – Add a Sitemap

Usability is so important. You must install a sitemap plug-in. I suggest using the PS Auto Sitemap. It's easy to install. You may have a monthly archive in your blog sidebar – it's not user friendly – all it tells me how many articles you've created in a month. Blog readers are lazy. Help your blog readers out. You must be more concise.
A sitemap is the index of your website. A good site map is displayed in logical order to make it easier for you. Google loves Sitemaps too. The search engines can crawl your content faster and it's a win-win situation for everyone.

5 – Use Relevant Categories

If you're going to display links in the sidebar use categories, because it's relevancy that your readers want. Don't make the reader think! Thinking requires effort. Usability is crucial. A good blogger or web designer understands the importance of usability.
Relevant categories will provide clarity – not only for the readers but for you also. You must focus on making a streamline blog where articles can be linked. Categories are excellent for readers, because they can search for relevant criteria in one area.

6 – Give away something

To create a successful online presence we must contribute. Create something for free. Don't even expect an email address back. You're a new blogger and you're unknown to the rest of the world. It's going to take some time to come into the limelight. However, if you create an e-book for free and begin some heavy promotion, chances are you'll become noticed, if the e-book is well written.
An eBook doesn't require any hardcore design skills. This can be easily created in Microsoft Word. No need to use Quark Express or Adobe InDesign. Creating a successful reputation takes time to build. Giving anyway some freebies is a great way to promote your blog and traffic.

7 – Develop a series of articles

Just like a soap opera, each episode continues from the previous one and in proper sequence. Consider developing a variety of articles that become a series. If you'd made a 10,000 word article that could be ideally broken down into segments – break it down. A three or five part series will also give your readers an opportunity to subscribe to your RSS feed. Provide cliff hangers to your blog series articles and give your readers a reason to return.

8 – End with related articles

You've created an excellent post. You've engaged the reader and they've left a comment. You'll always find that some readers want to know more about a certain subject. Help is at hand. Install the Yet Another Related Posts Plugin for WordPress – this handy plugin displays relevant links at the bottom of your article.

9 – Create an FAQ page

Every industry has its jargon and especially the Internet. Do you think your readers know what an RSS feed is? Create information that educates your readers. Plus interlink those jargon terms to a glossary.
Some readers won't be familiar with terms like: PHP; conversion rate; bounce rate; SEO; Google Page Rank or PPC. A glossary can be an easy method to educate your readers.

10 – Display your popular articles

There are a variety of methods of displaying popular articles. You can use an: image slider or you can display popular articles in your sidebar. However, you choose to focus on highlighting great information for your readers.

11- Use excerpts

On your home page of your blog, avoid placing huge streams of text on your blog. You want readers to click further into your site. Remember your home page is like the front page of a magazine.
Usability is vital for a successful blog and to generate page views. Apply the above techniques to your blog today.
Hope, this article will help you and give you a clear idea to create a successful blog post. Keep sharing this post and let bloggers grow successfully. Feel free to share your comments below. I will appreciate your feedback.

Blogger or WordPress, Which is better?

Posted: 26 Jan 2014 07:11 AM PST

There are many free blogging platforms but only two have won every one's heart. People always love that platform for blogging which provides all the features for free of cost; you got it right I am talking about wordpress and blogger. Usually every new blogger create their website with either wordpress or Google's blogger and there is a huge competition between these two. So let's see a brief comparison of both and decide yourself which is best for you to start with. There may be different reasons to start blogging and choosing best among these two also depends upon the reason for which you want to start blogging. Here I will cover both of them one by one so let's start with blogger:

BLOGGER

Google owns blogger and hence applies its policies to it. One of the biggest advantages with blogger is that you'll take hardly 10 minutes to setup a blog with Blogspot.com account. It is very easy to use and maintain. If you are done with setting your blogger account you can start posting immediately. Let's discuss some points about blogger as a blogging platform one by one:
  •  With blogger it is really too easy to maintain account. You can easily add new pages and post. It is very easy to switch to different designs using any of the given templates and layouts.
  •  Domain name with blogger account is always like "yourblogname.blogspot.in" by default (depending upon your country '.in' will be changed). But blogger gives you to choose your own domain name for $10 per year and connect your blogger account with your personalized domain name. The biggest advantage of this is you do not need to bother about hosting cost.
  •  No coding is needed. Blogger supports almost all features that a simple blog should have. If you have an account with blogger then you do not need to be from technical background. At present blogger supports many templates and you can use different layouts to customize those templates.
  •  Awesome gadgets are offered by blogger as their free features to all blogger account. You can easily add gadgets like news, weather reports, currency converter, videos, slideshow, search box etc by a single click. You can place these gadgets where ever you want in your blog by changing their position by customizing layouts. If you smartly arrange these gadgets, you will succeed to create a good blog without paying anything. You can add your own gadget if you have the code of that gadget.
  •  AdSense Integration is very easy with blogger because both are owned by same company. So those who want to start blogging to earn some money they can opt for blogger as it gives you by default option of AdSense to start with. You can integrate AdSense directly from your blog and after activation of AdSense you can show ads and make money online. You can use your blog to promote affiliate products to third party to simply make money. Through Amazon affiliate program blogger itself allows to generate affiliate revenue.
  •  With blogger account Google own all your data. If Google finds you for anything that is violating its policies than it can shut your account down without any notification. You would be aware of this fact if you have ever heard about "Google slap".
These were some points about blogger as a blogging platform. If you want a personal blog and want to share your experiences with friends and relative then blogger is perfect for you. If you want to share your knowledge with your friends and you post very rarely then blogger should be your choice. You can earn money from blogger without spending even a single dollar. So design your own blog, customize it according to your need, use gadgets and enjoy amazing blogging experience with blogger.

WORDPRESS

Now let's discuss about other blogging platform which is also most popular. WordPress it is well known as CMS (content management system). It is open source and hence offers you fully customization. You should not be confused with wordpress.org and wordpress.com. Both are owned by same owner but wordpress.com is something like blogger it offers you free hosting and domain name (yourwebsitename.wordpress.com). WordPress.org is official site of the wordpress project and we will discuss about the same. You can download latest version of wordpress from wordpress.org and can start your website and blog with a domain and server that you own. Let's have some look on what wordpress offers us:
  • WordPress is absolutely free. All you need is hosting plan from a hosting company and a domain name. WordPress also offers single click installation if you're hosting plan includes cpanel. With cpanel you can do a one-click installation, upgrade and removal of your WordPress platform.
  •  As you purchase your personalized domain name so it will be like "yoursitename.com". If you are planning to have a business website, professional website or you need a functional website to sell your products then your domain name should represent an authority and personalized domain names are best option for the same.
  •  Wordpress removes all limitations and is open source so if you are coding expert then it is best for you. You can make wordpress do whatever you want to. It offers thousands of themes for almost all niches. You can go for premium wordpress themes if you need to setup highly professional blog.
  •  Supports thousands of plugins and gadgets. You can easily install and activate any plugin as per your need. Plugins do additional functions that you want to be added in your website. It makes your websites really functional and helps visitors in many ways. For example with wordpress plugin you can add a feature to comment from your Facebook account directly. Installation of plugin requires a single click. It's that much easy to add and use a plugin and you can uninstall them whenever you want to.
  •  You can also integrate adsense account with your wordpress site after activation from Google. If your blog is powered with wordpress then you can customize it in a better way and make it search engine friendly. With default installation you need a couple of plugins and even a better theme to really maximize the Adsense potential. With WordPress on your own domain you can ping as many blog directories as you want, and start getting more traffic so can increase your earnings.
  •  You own your own domain name and have your own hosting so you own your content and you have complete ownership and copyright of content. You do not need to bother that someone can shut your account any time without informing you.
Now it's your turn to decide best for you. First think about the purpose for which you want to blog and start a website then choose a platform. With wordpress I can make you sure that you will never be back. You will love wordpress for what it offers you. Share if you liked this post and please put your points in comment about which is best among these two?

5 Free Metro UI Templates to Create Windows 8 Metro Style Websites

Posted: 26 Jan 2014 07:10 AM PST

By now, I'm sure you must have seen the amazing Metro style look of Windows 8. If anything appeals me most about Windows 8, it's their Metro UI. There are many Windows based websites, which are adopting Metro UI templates, which gives similar look and feel like Windows 8. There are many paid and free Metro UI templates out there in the market. If you are a Windows 8 fan, this article is for you.
Planning to start a new Website and looking for Windows 8 Metro style templates?Here are some free templates and frameworks available on the web that allows you to build awesome Windows 8 metro interface like website in minutes.

Free Windows 8 Metro UI Website Templates:

Metro UI CSS
metro ui css 5 Free Metro UI Templates to Create Windows 8 Metro Style Websites
Metro UI CSS by Sergey Pimenov is a free responsive website framework to build metro user interface websites quickly, it uses LESS CSS and is cross-browser compatible. This framework is designed by adapting the guidelines of Microsoft which includes layouts, typography, components and over 300 icons similar to Windows 8.
In its components you will get live tiles, navigation, sidebar, page controls, form controls, accordion, button sets, rating, progress bar, carousel, list view, slider and notice and replies etc. Metro UI CSS is a complete solution to build Metro style websites. Download it here.
BootMetro
bootmetro 5 Free Metro UI Templates to Create Windows 8 Metro Style Websites
BootMetro by aozora is a template for Twitter Bootstrap, you can use this template along with bootstrap so you get the advanced features of Twitter Bootstrap and at the same time you can change the look of your website to Windows 8.
BootMetro comes up with some advanced components such as metro layouts, panorama, pivot, metro style progress bars, determinate as well as indeterminate, ring, metro styled date picker, flip view and toast notifications etc. it also uses NiceScroll that supports touch screen. Get it here.
Metro-Bootstrap
metro bootstrap 5 Free Metro UI Templates to Create Windows 8 Metro Style Websites
Metro-Bootstrap by TalksLab is another cool similar free theme as BootMetro for Twitter Bootstrap which uses LESS styles. It has some components such as tiles, buttons, navigation, alerts, popovers, alerts, badges and thumbnails etc. that makes your website look like Windows 8.
Download your copy of Metro Bootstrap over here.
Metro UI Template by Thomas
Metro UI Template by Thomas 5 Free Metro UI Templates to Create Windows 8 Metro Style Websites
Metro UI Template by Thomas is an awesome Metro UI framework to create Windows 8 like website in minutes. This template is featured with live tiles, slideshows, animations and most importantly it comes up with built-in compressing system to load the website quickly.
This template automatically detects if it is opened from mobile and adjusts itself to mobile friendly view. The author has also provided some themes so that you can customize the look and feel of your website. This one is not a free template, you have to donate some bucks and then you will be allowed to download Metro UI Template. Check out for more details and download it here.
Metro UI HTML Template
Metro UI HTML Template 5 Free Metro UI Templates to Create Windows 8 Metro Style Websites
Metro UI HTML Template designed by TechGyo is a simple and clean Windows 8 metro style theme to create simple personal websites, business sites, presentation and portfolio etc. Metro UI HTML template is built using html, jquery and an animation library called GSAP. This template has 6 colorful buttons and each button loads the respective pages without reloading the site. Metro UI HTML Template is cross-browser compatible and easy to customize the way you want, download your copy of Metro UI HTML template over here.
These are some of the Windows 8 metro UI templates, which you can download for free. Go ahead, and windowized your website look. If you know other free Metro UI templates, do let me know via comments.
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