ADD YOUR BLOG TO GOOGLE AND YAHOO

New  blogs that are created in blogger are automatically verified in webmaster tools(You will need to use the same google account for both your blog and webmaster tools) If your blog does not appear on the webmaster dashboard click Add a Site. Your site will be added and verified automatically.However, older blogs are not automatically verified, and should be verified using met tag method

LET US SEE HOW TO ADD A BLOG AND ITS SITEMAP TO BOTH GOOGLE AND YAHOO.

Sign into google.webmaster Tools with your google account.

Click Add a Site and type your complete URL and click continue. 

In VERIFY OWNERSHIP page your site URL will be shown.Select verification method as ‘by meta tag’

You will be provided a code and instructions to copy and paste the code into your homepage below the <head> section.

Paste the code and click “verify”.

SUBMITTING SITEMAP 

In webmaster Tools go to dashboard.Click Site configuration and then sitemaps .

Here click submit a sitemap and in the resultant box add the following after your site URL/atom.xml?overby=updated.

In the dashboard your sitemap status will be show a green tick mark.

Submitting to Yahoo

Sigh in with your Yahoo id. and go to Yahoo.site explorer

Here add your blog URL and click “Add my site”.

In Yahoo site explorer select my sites and click on Authentication.

Choose to authenticate the site through “by adding a meta tag to my home page”You will be provided a code to be copied and pasted in your home page between <head> and <body> section. After pasting click “Ready to authenticate”.

Again in yahoo site explorer choose feeds.

Here add after your site URL/atom.xml or URL/feeds/posts/default and choose “web site feed” and click “add feed”

Technorati Tags: site feed,google webmaster tools,yahoo site explorer,submitting blog,submitting sitemap

Raghu Natrajan

HOW TO BURN FEED THROUGH FEEDBURNER

Technorati Tags: RSS,feedburner

The Method of distributing online content is often called a web feed and the technical format that makes it possible is called RSS,which stands for Really Simple Syndication/Rich Site Summary.RSS  is based on XML.RSS feeds can be viewed as plain text files.Another well known choice is Atom.Feedburner,through SmartFeed services, makes any feed format readable on any subscriber device.
Let see how to enable burning the feeds of your blog.
Go to http://Feedburner.com- Login with your google account id.

Now enter your blog url at the box where it asks you to type blog address and click NEXT

The next screen will ask you to identify your blog address and click NEXT.Note down the feed address for Atom/RSS,it will be useful afterwards.(This address will be useful when submitting to google(through webmaster tools) or Yahoo site explorer)

Give your feed title and note down the feed address and click NEXT.

Skip ‘Want to dress it up a little’
One more thing to do:Go to Blogger.com. In the dashboard click the settings tab of your blog.
Go to “Archiving” and select ‘yes’ to enable post pages.
Go to “site feed” select ‘Full’ to Allow Blog feeds.Type your feed address in ‘post feed redirect URL’
Raghu Natrajan.

BEAWARE OF "SUCIDE PITS"

It is understandable that millions of people have ambitions, desires and wishes to have their own business. Countless millions of people are in jobs, they do not really like, nor get any satisfaction from. Financially, what they get is enough only for month to month existence, but cannot build up real wealth. It is a constant struggle to make ends meet, frustrations are commonplace as people have little control over their own lives.


Don't we all deserve the freedom, the riches, that the owners of successful businesses enjoy?

What is easy to forget is that, usually, those business have been built with a lot of blood, sweat and tears. Running a business is very hard work; running a successful business is even harder. Those who have succeeded have usually had a vision, taken calculated risks, researched, worked long hours, and have learnt from inevitable setbacks and mistakes. They have learnt about their market sector, how to run a business, marketing, finance, and the law as it affects them in their business. Although what you may now see is a big business in glossy corporate offices, you can be sure it was originally built from hard graft.
Aah, you may be thinking, that was before the internet. Anyone can do it now!Sorry to disappoint you, but having a successful internet business requires hard work too; it involves an awful lot of learning, maybe years together.
Does all that put you off having your own business?

Does that all seem too much like hard work?

Do you want the benefits without the hassle?

If you answer "YES" to any of those questions, then you are prime fodder for the Get Rich Quick Schemes :

Welcome To The Internet Danger Zone

Once you start turning your attention to earning money online, you will soon be bombarded with hundreds, thousands, of "opportunities". You will see promises of millions of dollars, thousands of people paying you $20 into your Paypal account for the rest of your life; instant businesses with no physical work.

Now, stop and think about it. Be honest with yourself. How realistic are all of those claims? While each of them is possible, how sustainable are they really?

Many newcomers to the world of internet business should be aware of scams, which is good. There are scams around; many of them.

But the biggest danger is not these deliberate scams, but greed to make tons of money without really knowing the nitty gritty about it,coupled with bad management. The fact is,it is easy to set up a business online.It would be advisable for people to do so, who have idea, how to run a business, plan for business success, manage finances etc.

N.Raghu