How to add google Ads within Blogger posts ?

Here are the four steps to quickly add Google ads inside your blog post.

1. Login to Google Adsense, select an ad format and Get the Ad code.

2. In the code, replace:

3. On template, click 'Expand Widgets', then select the HTML and paste it in a text file.
Now look for

4. Note that 'Adsense Code' refers to the code you got after doing step 2.

Thats it, you're done. You should see the Google Ads floating on left hand side with your content on right hand side.

Mumbai Blogger Meet Roundup

Hello Gang !

I just came from Mumbai Blogger's Meet organized by IndiBlogger sponsored by Microsoft Live Writer.
Here is a recollection of the moments spend at the meet:

It all started today at around 3.30 pm with Indiblogger's guys asking everyone to come infront and talk about his/her blog for a minute( Hall of Fame as they say)

Now, it doesnt makes sense for me to write what each blogger talked about, so please check the proceedings of blogger meet here.

What I liked the most about the meet was that I came to know about Microsoft's new product Windows live writer which is awesome for bloggers.

More on Windows Live Writer in my next post.

One more thing: This is the first post that I am publishing using Windows Live Editor.

So are you using Windows live editor, or did you attended Mumbai blogger's meet ?

Top Indian Bloggers gather at Bar Camp 3 Mumbai

Hello Gang ! Today I had a great experience at BarCamp3 held at Mumbai, India. I just came to know about it yesterday, so am sorry I couldnt post about it earlier !

So people, here I share my experiences about this awesome unconference @ BarCamp3 Mumbai:

I reached at S.J. School of Management ( SJSOM) at 10.00 am today morning. There was a huge gathering, almost 350+ people attending the same.

It all started with a brief introduction about what everyone was going to present over the next couple of hours.

As the people were giving brief intros, I met Mani and his friend Ashwin who came all the way from Chennai to attend this bar camp at Mumbai.

There were different threads( presentations) going in parallel. I would share my experiences about the threads that i attended..

The first session that i joined was on blogging by renowned indian blogger Rashmi Bansal, who talked about how she enjoyed blogging and how her hobby has made her famous in indian blogging arena !
Here i met Dhawal Shah who is coming up with his own starup Franchise2Win.

Next was the presentation by Ankesh. His was a fabulous presentation and he provided some great examples on how multiple authors can be good for a blog, about Seth Godin marketing strategies and about how he was working with 2 other guys and working on their 15th site !

Time to go for lunch people ! Its already 1.30 pm now ! Well the food was pretty good. We enjoyed it and hurried back to attend some startup demos.
It al started at around 1.45 with Burrp tv. Their idea was very innovative and presentation too good !
Next in pipeline was a presentation by Sheldon from Tasty Khana. He talked about how people can book their meal and table directly from his site and place an order as per their requirement to variuos restaurants. Well, i would say, it was a great concept and a tasty presentation on his behalf !

Aditya Mishra ( he seems multitalented ! After all he was one of the Planners) gave a presentation about how the Startup saturdays are coming along in Bangalore and how the same are being planned for Mumbai !

I also met Prabal Aggarwal who is a final yr MBA student and also blogs at Blog O Mania, Rohan Dighe from Social Web Factory which was launched a month back and had a talk about how his site is coming along.

I also met Sandeep Shetty from Directi ( Hey, thanks Directi for sponsoring barcamp !! ). He talked to me about how he is following Social Media Marketing, Web 2.0 and internet marketing !

Lastly I met a 2 cute looking gals: Meetu who writes reviews about latest movies on her blog and IdeaSmith from The Idea Smithy.

Finally, we wrapped up at 5.30 with the planners asking for feedback and how we felt being at barcamp.

I would without doubt say that these planners are doing an awesome job ! They are providing all bloggers a platform to connect and get involved in various activities like blogging, social networking, technology, startups et al ! Kudos to BarCamp Planners !!

Well, for those who have no clue about what BarCamp3 Mumbai was all about- do check out their website.

Overall it was a great time being at BarCamp3 Mumbai. Hope everyone enjoyed as much as I did ! Looking forward to next bar camp..

To end this post, I would ask: Did you attended the BarCamp3 ? If yes, How was your experience ? What did you took away from Barcamp ( apart from Freebies :) If you were among Presenters, what challenges did you faced, and if you were among presenters, what all did you learned ?

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FREE blog review for my readers- Part 1

Hello dear readers, As promised, here i am with my FREE review for two of the blogs. For rest I will provide the review in my next posts.

In this post, I have provided review of two blogs of 'Steve' and another one of 'The Judge'

Steve's Blog- My review
http://stopbreathingnow.org/

Layout/Design:
His is an aqua theme with three columns with content in middle. The header is for this site only but looks as if its a Banner !! I would suggest to use a header that goes along with Aqua theme. On left bar, we see blog search and on right Google search- i feel you can combine these two and better provide only 'Search' option instead of these two.

Content:
The site has pretty interesting things to read. Also, I noticed that there are very less comments left on this site. Now for this, he can end his post in such a way as to prompt the reader to comment him. That would make his blog more interesting :)

Advertisements:
Google Ads on right seem good, but i would say better blend these with your template. I mean change the background colour of your Ads to blend it with Aqua theme. Rest looks fine. Also I would advice you to remove Alexa rating as it displays 'No data'



The Judge Blog- My review
http://mediamorgue.blogspot.com/

Layout/Design:
The header seems very different showing foot ( goes very well with the name- media morgue). The gray and black colour scheme really looks fabulous. One thing i feel is you need to scroll down too much on the home page itself, so it would be great if you keep just 6-7 posts on main page.

Content:
Content is always the king and i feel this blog has pretty good and interesting posts related to media. To take an example, this post looks funny http://mediamorgue.blogspot.com/2008/01/meet-spartans-or-not-preferably-not.html
Now to make it more interesting, it could have ended like "So shall we meet the spartans ? Well see the clip and tell me what you think ? "

Advertisements:
I feel Google Ads can be taken advantage of and some ads on right hand side can be reduced.
Though Google Ads are present in posts but they are not noticeable. you can consider a 160X600 vertical banner on right side, which i feel would be a good use of google Ads.


So people, here I end my post with the review of two blogs. Please comment on how I did this review and if you would like to add some points for both these Guys, feel free to comments here. Thanks !!!

Get FREE blog review by giving your Advice

Hi Bloggers !!

I need your advice. Just spare a few minutes and comment below on my new template that I am planning to change to.


Here is the screen shot of how this blog will look like:

To get the complete look, here is the link:

http://ankitstheatreworld.blogspot.com/

Please comment below and advice me if this New template looks good OR my old one is better that this one.

I am quite skeptical about changing my template.

The whole idea is that i want to move from my current template to a more professional one where i can put all advertisements on right hand side and all content on left side.

Also, If you know a similar template that would look better than my new template, please give me its link.

Thanks !!! I will change my template probably by 20 Jan ( still to decide), so please spare some time if you read this.

( Depending on how many people give me comments/advice here, I will try to give a brief review about each of your blog/site, and i will give a blog review of atleast 5 blogs, so please leave your email/blog address while writing the comment )

I am done with FREE review and will be giving review for all those who left me their advice in my upcoming post. No FREE reviews after 21 jan 2008