Here we are are making use of the default blogger post and comment feeds.So this his Recent comments /Recent post widget can incorporate only the latest 5 results.
To start with ,Go to Layout and select page element
Choose suitable location for your widget and click on add a gadget/element. Now select feeds and as shown below and enter your feed URL . If you are using Blogger , then most probably it would be like this : http://www.yoururl.blogspot.com/atom.xml.

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Today I will show how you can optimize images(image SEO) for search engines like Google,Yahoo etc.  .This is explained with reference to Google Blogger blog, but Wordpress users may also use this if you don’t have plugins installed.

1. Name images correctly : Most important part of the image seo is to name the images correctly. The above image is named as 123.jpg instead of dollar-sign.jpg ,and this would harm the search engine positions of the image for the keyword “dollar sign”  . So make sure that you included targeted keyword while naming each image . (more…)

Nofollow is an HTML attribute given as instruction to search engine crawlers ,not to crawl the hyperlinks specified by the nofollow tags. So if are inserting a nofollow tag after a hyperlink , then the target will not carry any value for that link in search engine positions . They are widely used by blogs and forums to avoid spam comments and posts for getting backlinks.
Similarly in Blogger , the comment section is nofollow by default .You can add or remove nofollow from blogger comments by changing its value in blogger template . Removing nofollow will invite more people to comment on your blog and also more fame in webmaster forums. (more…)

On the desktop, you can rename the My Computer, My Network Places, My Documents, and
Internet Explorer icons. Assuming you see these icons on your desktop, right−click them, and then click Rename. Other icons, like the Recycle Bin, aren’t so easy. No Rename command is available for them.

Now to Rename Recycle in Windows,
Go to start menu and select RUN . Enter regedit and open Windows Registry editor . In HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT , search for Recycle Bins ’s CLSID(Class ID) , 645FF040−5081−101B−9F08−00AA002F954E . (more…)

Adding Read more in Blogger posts is pretty difficult compared to Wordpress . Since we don’t have a more tag on Blogger, we need to implement a template hack for getting this done.

Open Edit HTML from blogger Layout section and expand widget templates .
Copy this JavaScript code and paste it before </head> in your Blogger template code . Now , press Cntrl+F and search for <p><data:post.body/></p> . The block of codes found near to the above line usually looks as shown below . (more…)

Providing RSS/Email subscription in Blogger blog is the easiest way to keep in touch with the users . Users are alerted by email when the blog contents are updated . As far i have seen , Feedburner and Feedblitz are the major players in RSS/Email subscription services . Here in this example , i am using Feedburner.com .

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People using Blogger blogs can show up to 3 Adsense ads in between posts .Make sure that ads are not placed below post title as they are against adsense TOS .
Here’s how you can do this ,
From dashboard , open the target blog’s layout and click on edit for Blog Posts . A new window will open as shown below.
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Steps for the windows installation of Apache HTTP web server 2.2.10 . Go to download Apache from official website : http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi .
Here you will find out the latest version ( i am using version 2.2.0) . Get Win32 binary installer ( apache_2.2.10-win32-x86-no_ssl.msi) .

Once you have clicked on the executable, a screen should come up that looks like this. Go ahead and click on next .

Of course you plan to abide be the license agreement, so click on I accept…. and click on next. (more…)

Essential Internet Explorer 8 Shortcuts .

ALT+RIGHT ARROW : Takes you to the next page .
SHIFT+CLICK : Open a hyperlink in in new window
BACKSPACE : Used in IE8 to go to previous page
ALT+HOME : Shortcut to go home page
SHIFT+F10 : Used to show shortcut menu for a hyperlink
CTRL+C : Shortcut for copy in internet explorer 8
CTRL+V : Shortcut for paste in internet explorer 8
TAB :Move forward through different boxes and controls items on opened web page. (more…)

Its essential tactic to show related Posts in Blogger , to improve usage statics and page views . If a definite number of related articles are shown at the bottom of each posts,there is chance for the reader to click on those links and head over to the next page . Related posts widget on Blogger depends on how you name your post labels .

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