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This post contains affiliate links.  I believe most beginners ask a similar question to this "What's the difference between wordpress.com and wordpress.org?" WordPress.com WordPress.com is a fully hosted version of WordPress. here you are only concerned with creating your blog directly with looking for a third party host. with WordPress.com you don't have to pay for hosting, or manage a web server. Although it is free, commercial and filled with hassle free features which are free of cost, it comes with certain sets of limitations. • WordPress.com allocates 3GB of space to all blogs After that, you will have to pay for space at $19.95 per year for 5GB or $289.97 per year for 100GB. • You get stuck with a subdomain like yoursite.wordpress.com if you can't pay 17usd to buy a Custom domain from them. You can't purchase your domain from a third party site. definitely not encouraging. •WordPress display ads on their fully hosted version and ...

Starting a WordPress blog is amazingly simple, although it can also be a terrifying thought to those who are not geeky. It take just a few click away to build your online presence with WordPress and the process is very simple Note: Don't get confuse, see The difference between wordpress.com and wordpress.org. There are a few things you need before you start your new wordpress blog. 1. You need a domain name idea ( like blogtrovert.com ). Your domain matters a lot in building your online presence, thus, try as much a possible to choose the right domain. One that wouldn't lose value to you. 2. A web hosting account (Without this, you can't host your blog) 3. Your attention. Creating a WordPress blog doesn't take the whole day and there are a few things to learn in here that would aid your blog creation and make it faster.  WordPress is free but to use it, you need to pay for a domain and a hosting plan. A domain name roughly costs between $10 to $14.99 ...

Blogging can go a long way from being just a place to share your thoughts to being a place you earn some cash legitimately. Today, I bring to you Learn LinkFromBlog , you can access it and know if it suits your needs as a blogger and as a way to earn some extra money, through your blog. Recently, apart from advertising networks, paid reviews are one of the fastest and accessible way to monetize blogs. Earning money with review writing is a very good way to monetize your blog, if you are committed, you can earn faster than assumed. linkfromblog is an online money making platform that pays you to write legitimate reviews, survey or opinions of advertisers products and services. There are many options or ways to earn money. You can select what you want so far it fits your blogging. If you are after a make money quick scheme requiring little or no work, Linkfromblog is absolutely not for you because this site is one of those that encourages getting paid for what you do... You can...

Hey there, Happy Sunday to you! This is a Sunday exposure... It's happy blogging time, I hope you enjoy every bit of what you get in here... So, today, I'm going to be exposing something really cool and not so hard to implement... Do you run your blog with few affiliate linkings? and sometimes get bored of the long ugly affiliate link your readers get to see while they click a link on your blog? or you are so bothered that you wish you can hide your affiliate links so your readers don't bypass your links... Well, some readers are like that! "you can't refer me!". WordPress have got this plugging and you can Read about the best affiliate link cloaking Plugins For Wordpress ... Unlike wordpress, as you know, blogger interface is missing this and many trials to get an affiliate link cloaking widget have proved rather uneasy... I bet, I should call you lucky; because, it took me lots of findings to finally bump into a working affiliate link cl...

In this tutorial, we will be explaining how to replace the default blogger comment system to disqus comment system. Before we integrate disqus comment system let’s know what disqus is and how it can improve our user engagement. Disqus is a feature rich comment system used by many blogs and websites across the world. It provides access to easy moderation, advanced integration and administration. Disqus is spam free, SEO friendly and above all, it has a better look and feel compared to the default blogger comment system. It allows multiple replies to a comment. You can share your comments to social medias and make some cash through the links displayed. Below are the Steps to Guide you in Disqus comment system integration. First thing first, create an account with disqus.com, You have the option of signing up with your Facebook, Twitter or Google account. Once you have signed up, click on a continue link that appears. this will redirect you to the next page where you cl...

Mywapblog is one of the best mobile blog builder after Wapka. After 8years of being online, mywapblog bows out... Eailer this year, the company introduced and android application to ease blogging on their site only to announce shutting down months after... Arvind Gupta , the founder of the popular mobile blog hosting company, MyWapBlog.com will be shutting down its sevice forever. Arvind Gupta in a blog post said, there are cirumstances and situations way-out of their reach and these will lead to the shutting of the company, MyWapBlog. Well,  The founder hopes everyone understands with him,  but I doubt if that will be possible... Maybe selling the site off rather than closing it down would have been best because there are thousands of people about to lose some huge data!  I do hope something comes up before November 15th 2016...  Alternative to mywapblog are; Wapka.com Wapego.com Wapblog.me

Twitterfeed is shutting down soon to the dismare of bloggers and webmasters using its services to publish on their social media platforms...  Twitterfeed have been Working fine for me up till Date, but unfortunately I don't know why they have decided to shut such beauty down.  I emplore you to fine a quick alternative because come October 31st, 2016, you wouldn't be able to use it.  What happens to those using Twitterfeed?   When you visit Twitterfeed, it suggests Buffer and dlvr.it as its alternatives but below are other cool alternatives IFTTT Hootsuite feedburner socialize (works for twitter alone) 

A Gist is a snippet of code hosted by Github. it has all the benefits of a Github repository, but provides them to you in a most easy way. Public Gists are free to create and store on Github. They are likewise super easy. You can create a new Gist, add, modify, and delete files and code entirely in the browser. You don't need to install or download anything. last time I wrote about how you can add code snippets to your blogger blog posts using syntaxhighlighter . Today, I will be exposing to you how github works for blogger and other blogging platforms when it comes to adding code snippets. Below are the steps Sign up with github if you haven't, then Log in to site. Click the Gist link at the top of the screen or visit gist.github.com Fill out the file name Enter your supposed code Click Create Public Gist Note: The syntax highlighting auto- detects based on the extension of the file name that you enter, so be sure you add the appropriate level of detail. No...

Affiliate marketing is a very popular earning source for bloggers. Affiliate links are used to promote products and services which get promoters some commissions. Affiliate marketers go extra miles searching for newer methods to promote sales successfully. you make it big with affiliate marketing when you choose and promote the right product. Today I am going to share few good Affiliate Link Cloaking Plugins to simplify your marketing through your blog. Affiliate Link Cloaking Programs are available on WordPress directory as free plugins to mask your affiliate links. With these plugins, you can manage your affiliate links safely without being sanctioned. WHAT IS LINK CLOAKING? for those who don't know what link cloaking is; Link cloaking is a technique used to make long affiliate links shorter and more branded link. An example of an affiliate link before and after cloaking... Before Cloaking http://www.anaffliatesite.com/products/?product_id=84865&affiliate...

shout out to every blogger out there..   You are cute...  It's a lovely Sunday afternoon and I'd love to have a virtual chitchat with you, well, it's still a chitchat anyway, even though I type alone.  I've been blogging, you probably have been blogging, but you may just be new to blogging.  Blogging is a hobby, occupation or an habit...  well,  it shouldn't be an habit, because that wouldn't be a good habit...  If you blog full time, or part-time, you still need to learn how to manage your time so you don't go overboard because blogging can be really addictive especially when you enjoy what you are doing...  So,  how to you manage yourself so you don't get a hangover from blogging or get transformed to a procrastinator, (obviously you nor I want such).  First thing first, you need determination, and self assurance, you can draw a timetable and not make use of it. You can draw a plan and not put it to action.  Why?   Becau...

inviting  all your friends manually is something not so hard if you have few friends but when you have hundreds and up-to 5000 friends, then the manual invite becomes something not advisable. There actually is an auto invite code that works on your smart phone. I can't vouch for other smart phones but I sure can for an Android phone. You probably found yourself here because you have been looking for an auto invite code that works on your Android smartphone... The process isn't one hectic one and trust me it will get the job done without hitches but a few minutes of your time depending on your friends count. The more friends you have, the more time it takes to invite, but it won't take the whole day. whether it's a fan page or anything with an invite friends button on Facebook, this code, is capable of getting the job done. Here is What To Do   First thing first, open facebook with   GOOGLE CHROME Smartphone browser.  Note: must be Google Chrome brow...

Blogger is highly customizable unlike what you think...  Today, I'm going to let you know how you can add code parser to your blogger blog so you can easily parse your html codes without looking for a third party.  First thing first, Paste the following CSS code into your template skin by going to Templates> Customize> advance> add css .ht-newform { width: 400px !important; margin-left: 10px; nargin-right: 10px !important; } .ht-encoder { width: 400px !important; height: 180px !important; margin-left: 10%; margin-right: 10% !important; margin: 5px auto; padding: 2px 2px 2px 6px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 18px; color:#808080; border:1px solid #ccc; -webkit-border-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius: 4px; border-radius: 4px; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.247059) 0px 1px 3px inset, #f5f5f5 0px 1px 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.247059) 0px 1px 3px inset, #f5f5f5 0px 1px 0px; -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.2), 0 0 0 6px #...

Blogger is a beautiful place to blog in, not withstanding all the discouragements you may get from some bloggers who do not fancy blogger.  have you been looking for a way to add code snippet to blogger and you do not want to use the blockquote system?  Well worry no more because the best option is here for you...  How to Enable Adding Code snippet in Blogger 1. Back up your template.  2. Go to html in your template section  3. Search for </head>, copy the code below and paste into your Blogger's template file, right above </head> tag. <link href='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/2.1.382/styles/shCore.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'/> <link href='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/2.1.382/styles/shThemeDefault.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'/> <script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/2.1.382/scripts/shCore.js' type='text/javascript'/> <script src='http://alexgorbat...

Naturally, in the default blogger template, a comment link with the amounts of comments on a blog post appears in the homepage just below every post excerpt, as the case may be.  You can successfully, style and change the position or hide the link in your blog without affecting your blog design or view.  Customising or Hiding the comments link Before you begin doing this, back up your template "It's very important that you backup your template before you begin any customisation... Click on Template on your dashboard then click on html. Now search for the code below <span class='post-comment-link'>         <b:include cond='data:blog.pageType not in {&quot;item&quot;,&quot;static_page&quot;}                          and data:post.allowComments' data='post' name='comment_count_picker'/>      </span> This code appea...