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Few days ago, I had been working on new blog. So I was searching for a cool new templates. During my search, I collected a list of 25 blog templates para Blogger. And as I love sharing (and the templates are free of cost any way). Here's the list of the 25 templates that I think they cover all the subjects and they are the best.
I also love your suggestions and like that you send me your templates, perhaps for my next article.

Posted by Omar Abid at 6:59 AM | 3 comments Links to this post    
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If you are a Firefox hacker or even a simple hacker you surely know what I'm going to talk about: The about: page on Firefox! If you are using Firefox (that don't works for other browsers), you can open up this page. You'll find just the firefox logo! This isn't all, some other links (also from the about: page) like contributors, licensing information and build configuration.



First let me list all (That I know, may be there's more) the about: pages

• about: (Main page, have nothing to do with it)
• about:credits (Those seems to be people contributing in the FireFox make of)
• about:license (The FireFox browser license)
• about:buildconfig (The build platform and compiler version)
• about:config (FireFox settings, you can tweak them, I'll explain how)
• about:mozilla (A Firefox easter egg! Discover it yourself)
• about:robots (A funny description about robots!)
• About kitchensink (Without :, hey that's online only)
  

All those page, you don't have what to do with them, only one! about:config, you can customize FireFox as you like with this page.
I'll give you a short example, if you want more check out this article.

Now let's more on to the simple example, it's something that always upset me when using Firefox. When I want to change some words on the URL bar, it selects it all and drive me crazy... you know just try your self, this blink or I don't know what, but really not intelligent.
A simple tweak in FireFox will resolve this problem.

First access the about:config page and you should see this screen; hey be careful, if you change something important Firefox may blow and stop running. So, tweak AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Ok the filter text box is so useful, type : browser.urlbar.clickselectsall
If it's in bold (so it's false) and when you click on the url bar, the url won't be selected; if it's true turn it to false and the bar url won't select all the url when you click.

Here you get it fixed!
Here's an article that shows more FireFox tweaks, but be careful and nice browsing.

Post Update:
The last 2 about: are from our intelligent reader Dievochka

Posted by Omar Abid at 6:53 AM | 3 comments Links to this post    
Labels: blogger, firefox, review, web 2.0

What's the best social website? Is it Digg, Stumble Upon, Reddit or MyBlogLog?
Yet, no one of this for just one simple reason: You need time to become popular!
Luckily, Twitter the new social website (In a short time, Twitter spreads the web), is the kind of social sites that don't need time!
You just become popular in few days.

Why Twitter?
Everyone is connected to Twitter, that mean if you send a message or nudge some one, he'll reply in few seconds. Be careful Twitter is addictive and you are about not to close the Firefox window!
Google Trends for websites shows clearly that twitter is breaking out comparing to other social websites.While Digg and Stumble Upon, did any real success (However SU still so much better than Digg, whose probably loosing popularity), Twitter, jumped from 100K daily unique to break the half millions daily. (And I bet now it's much more than half a million)

Twitter is like Facebook, it's growing rapidly, because the idea was nice and attracted many people. However, Pownce, another services (which is a copy of Twitter) failed!
Simply Twitter took the web in the field of "What are you doing now!" and now, there's no other service that can kick it out (Unless it's Google, and do a severe advertising spot for it!)
What's good on Twitter?
Addcitive! That's it, Twitter is totally addictive! If Digg users spends 20 minutes digging, Stumble Upon users spends 2 or 3 hours, then Twitter users are spending all the day!
You always need to update your status : I just awaken, I'm studying, to class, to I dona know what....

How to boost your Twitter?
Simply, Twitter makes you popular (OR) If you are popular you'll have many followers. But how can it be done?
Thus, you don't have to read ProBlogger long articles :p just here's the tips

• Follow 100 new person every day, don't open a page to follow a fellow! Just choose some one and click on 'Following or Followers' and then add rapidly. Like this page!
• Reply to others status, start conversations, be some what active
• Reply to others direct message and start building friends, it's the only way to become popular!
• Add your Twitter profile to your digg, SU, Reddit and other pages it's like doing profiles links exchanging (You can see I'm linking just here to Digg, Stumble Upon and Twitter)
  

What Can Twitter do?
Simply (Another time), bring readers and visitors, I got 60 followers from my first 3 hours using Twitter and more than 50 hits (or unique) on that day! So what If I continue for 100 other day? But this is really tiring, to chat and add users: Loose time!!
But as results are great, the more you are active, the more popular you become, in short time.
There's also a way to automaticlly promote your blog through Twitter, it's Twitterfeed, it'll automaticlly posts your blog articles on Twitter.
Nice no? So what do you wait, Start using Twitter and follow me :)

Posted by Omar Abid at 7:15 AM | 0 comments Links to this post    
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Many people asks me how to get ranked high or first on Google Search! Is it a matter of content, tags, keywords or page rank. The problem that you did all the needed optimization to get to the top! (As they read from other web masters)
But sadly, they don't succeed, that's simple: they have missed the reason 5! So they are on the bottom of Google search!


The main thing a Blogger or Webmaster should do is

• Optimize the title (With some keywords)
• Create the description Meta Tag
• Create the Keyword Meta Tag

This is for the page or the whole blog.
Now when you come up to the article, you have to do several other things

• Use bold, different keywords
• Link to external sites and internal pages
• Uses lists, numerated, bulled..
• Uses pictures and attribute the alt tag

But this always don't work! and you are on the bottom, ok that's good, have you watched at least how other sites are doing it? You sure missed to

• Add the Keyword and description Meta Tags and fill with the right keywords!
• The inbound links are few! So search for back links
• The page rank (of the page not the site) is low or don't exist, so wait, time also is important
• The domain or the page are not Keyworded! (I mean put keywords at least on the page URI, if in the domain, this is better!)

Reason #5, why you are on the bottom of Google!

The content, it's all about your content. If you put so much keywords, Google won't love your content, if you put little it'll be happy but: You have to put various related keywords that have the same meaning and be careful Google is more intelligent that you!
For example 'make money online' and 'earn money online' or 'make money by internet'... searcher will then, reach you from more than one keyword and that's what generate traffic!

Hang on there, you'll learn more about it!

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