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This is modified Arthemia Premium Blogger Template from ThemeLib with function for adding meta description on homepage, and every post, and show related posts below post content.
In order related posts function to run, you must create label for every post. Related post function will search label for every post, then will show post that have same label below post content.
I added some modification to make this template more SEO friendly.

1. Title tags
Title tags use post title so it's more relevant with the content.

2. Meta description
Meta description describe post content. Most of search engine use meta description to find relevant content. This help your blog better rank in search engine result.

3. Post Tag
Use H1 in post title it have more relevant with search engine, and SEO friendly.




Download modified Arthemia template.

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When we search about Google adsense account disabled, seems like it happened to many people, and most reason are invalid click activity, either by user or someone else.
I got these experiences about twice.  Google email me that my account is disabled because of invalid click activity.  I didn't clicked to my Adsense account by myself, neither by my friend or my colleague.  I manage my blog myself.  I also never ask my friends to click on my Adsense.  With those reasons, Google still reject my appeal.
If this happens, what should we do?.

1. Try to send appeal form
When your adsense account is disabled, Google gives you a chance to send objection through appeal form.  If you're lucky, your account will be reactivated.  But, seems most of them were rejected.  I have send appeal form, and Google rejected my reasons.

2. Create new Adsense account
If you still want to deal with Google Adsense, create new Gmail account, then using your other website (not your previous website that appear invalid click activity), try to create new Adsense account with your new Gmail account.

3. Join others ads network
There are Adsense alternatives that can be your revenue.  Among all alternatives, Chitika, and Infolinks look like the best.  Chitika can give revenue almost closed to Adsense.  Infolinks gives the most click propability because of its in text ads, and the revenue is not so bad.

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This statement is quoted from Adsense help about Adsense implementation policies.

What special ad implementations are permitted by Adsense policies?

Generally, altering the behavior or targeting of AdSense ad code is prohibited. However, publishers are permitted to use scripts which allow users to close the ad unit by clicking on a box. Also, to allow scrolling, publishers may place ads in a static frame while the primary content of the site is in a secondary frame.
Some examples of unacceptable modifications include:
  • Placing Google ads in a "floating box" in which ads scroll, hover, or expand over the webpage
  • Adding irrelevant keywords (hidden or visible) to alter the targeting of the ads
  • Using IFRAMEs with keywords to alter the content or language of the ads

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Floating top bar ads is an ads in the box that will be always on the top of your blog post until it is closed.  For implementation with adsense, I suppose you toread Google policy about Adsense implementation policy.
1. Login to Blogger.  Got to your blog --> Design --> Edit HTML.
2. Place the script below at position after <head> dan before </head>.  Don't forget to escape this html code so it can be implemented in blogger.

&lt;style type=&quot;text/css&quot;&gt;
#topbar{
position:absolute;
border: 1px solid black;
padding: 2px;
background-color: lightyellow;
width: 338px;
visibility: hidden;
z-index: 100;
}
&lt;/style&gt;
&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;
/***********************************************
* Floating Top Bar script- &#65533; Dynamic Drive (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* Sliding routine by Roy Whittle (http://www.javascript-fx.com/)
* This notice must stay intact for legal use.
* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/
var persistclose=0 //set to 0 or 1. 1 means once the bar is manually closed, it will remain closed for browser session
var startX = 320 //set x offset of bar in pixels
var startY = 5 //set y offset of bar in pixels
var verticalpos=&quot;fromtop&quot; //enter &quot;fromtop&quot; or &quot;frombottom&quot;
function iecompattest(){
return (document.compatMode &amp;&amp; document.compatMode!=&quot;BackCompat&quot;)? document.documentElement : document.body
}
function get_cookie(Name) {
var search = Name + &quot;=&quot;
var returnvalue = &quot;&quot;;
if (document.cookie.length &gt; 0) {
offset = document.cookie.indexOf(search)
if (offset != -1) {
offset += search.length
end = document.cookie.indexOf(&quot;;&quot;, offset);
if (end == -1) end = document.cookie.length;
returnvalue=unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, end))
}
}
return returnvalue;
}
function closebar(){
if (persistclose)
document.cookie=&quot;remainclosed=1&quot;
document.getElementById(&quot;topbar&quot;).style.visibility=&quot;hidden&quot;
}
function staticbar(){
barheight=document.getElementById(&quot;topbar&quot;).offsetHeight
var ns = (navigator.appName.indexOf(&quot;Netscape&quot;) != -1) || window.opera;
var d = document;
function ml(id){
var el=d.getElementById(id);
if (!persistclose || persistclose &amp;&amp; get_cookie(&quot;remainclosed&quot;)==&quot;&quot;)
el.style.visibility=&quot;visible&quot;
if(d.layers)el.style=el;
el.sP=function(x,y){this.style.left=x+&quot;px&quot;;this.style.top=y+&quot;px&quot;;};
el.x = startX;
if (verticalpos==&quot;fromtop&quot;)
el.y = startY;
else{
el.y = ns ? pageYOffset + innerHeight : iecompattest().scrollTop + iecompattest().clientHeight;
el.y -= startY;
}
return el;
}
window.stayTopLeft=function(){
if (verticalpos==&quot;fromtop&quot;){
var pY = ns ? pageYOffset : iecompattest().scrollTop;
ftlObj.y += (pY + startY - ftlObj.y)/8;
}
else{
var pY = ns ? pageYOffset + innerHeight - barheight: iecompattest().scrollTop + iecompattest().clientHeight - barheight;
ftlObj.y += (pY - startY - ftlObj.y)/8;
}
ftlObj.sP(ftlObj.x, ftlObj.y);
setTimeout(&quot;stayTopLeft()&quot;, 10);
}
ftlObj = ml(&quot;topbar&quot;);
stayTopLeft();
}
if (window.addEventListener)
window.addEventListener(&quot;load&quot;, staticbar, false)
else if (window.attachEvent)
window.attachEvent(&quot;onload&quot;, staticbar)
else if (document.getElementById)
window.onload=staticbar
&lt;/script&gt;
3. Save Template
4. Click Layout
5. Click Add Gadget
6. Choose HTML/JavaScript
7. Place script below
<div id="topbar">
<a href="" onClick="closebar(); return false"><img src=" http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/ww298/trimulyawan/close.gif " border="0" /></a>
---- Paste your adsense here ----
</div>
8. Save

Source: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/

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I just tried to change my another blogger blog to dofollow.  As internet today spirit is learn and share, let me see the effect of this change.
To change your blogger blog to dofollow, go Design ---> Edit HTML.  Tick Expand Widget Templates.  Find code below,

'data:comment.authorUrl' rel='nofollow'
just delete  rel='nofollow' so the final code will be like this,
'data:comment.authorUrl'
If the result is positive, I will apply this setting to all my blogs.  Just try to comment in my blog, www.dailyconfig.com, and you will get automatic backlink.

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Sometime you want to redirect url from older blog using blogger to a new domain hosted on other hosting provider.
To create redirect page in blogger, go to Design ---> Edit HTML. Find code like this,

<b:skin><![CDATA[/*
Place this code below before that code.
<b:if cond='data:blog.url == "OLDER-BLOGGER-POST-URL"'>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=NEW-REDIRECT-URL" />
</b:if>
Change OLDER-BLOGGER-POST-URL with complete blogger post url, change NEW-REDIRECT-URL with your new blog post url. You can change 0 with any number to change refresh time in second.

Example your older url is http://www.ipnetconfig.com/2010/04/installing-junos-olive-in-vmware.html and new url is http://www.dailyconfig.com/2010/04/installing-junos-olive-in-vmware.html, the you write code in your blogger template like this,

<b:if cond='data:blog.url == "http://www.ipnetconfig.com/2010/04/installing-junos-olive-in-vmware.html"'>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=http://www.dailyconfig.com/2010/04/installing-junos-olive-in-vmware.html" />
</b:if>

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What people want with their blogs?. Seems like most of them want their blogs are search engine friendly, making money with Adsense, and simple to manage.
Many people have created plugins for doing those functions, and you can use them to make your blogs SEO friendly, simple to monetize, etc. Most of those plugins are free.
Among of plugins, I have a list of plugins that can do functions I mention above.
1. Platinum SEO Pack

Platinum SEO Plugin is the ultimate wordpress SEO solution.Platinum SEO Plugin offers all the features of All in One SEO plugin plus more. For example, you can add index, noindex, follow or nofollow, noodp, noydir meta tags to any post/page.If you wish, you can do away with the universal title format that the plugin offers for any post or page.

Read more: http://techblissonline.com/platinum-seo-pack/#ixzz18zNEj76P

2. All in One Webmaster
If you are a webmaster you probably heard of Google Webmaster Tool. Both Yahoo and Bing have their own versions called Yahoo SiteExplorer and Bing Webmaster Central. With them you can check how your site is indexed (Webmaster Tool), get detailed statistics (Analytics Tool), earn money (Google AdSense) and more.

3. Google XML Sitemaps
This plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo and Ask.com to better index your blog. With such a sitemap, it's much easier for the crawlers to see the complete structure of your site and retrieve it more efficiently. The plugin supports all kinds of WordPress generated pages as well as custom URLs. Additionally it notifies all major search engines every time you create a post about the new content.

4. Quick Adsense and Post Layout
These plugins make insert adsense to Worpress blog easy.

5. Infolinks Official Plugin
If you monetize your wordpress blog with Infolinks, this plugin make it easy to insert the code.

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As your phone is often carried than your pc, it's good to have essential software, that can do basic functions in your phone.  It can find information from Google using phone browser, play games, or others function when you need.
I have a list of essential applications for Symbian phone that not for complex function, but basic function when needed.
1. Opera Mobile
Even when you are mobile, you sometimes need find information.  With Opera Mobile, you can open internet just like you are in your PC.

2. TTPod
The best music player for Symbian I ever try.  It has great sound quality, playlist creation, customized skin, and equalizer function.  TTPod gives the best sound experience in your Symbian phone.

3. CoreCodec CorePlayer
CorePlayer is the almost complete movie player for Symbian phone.

4. NiceCalc
NiceCalc has complete calculator function.

5. Filao Solitaire Pack
Complete solitaire pack for Symbian, Filao Solitaire Pack gives can accompany you when you're alone or waiting for.

6. EA Tetris
Legendary games for PC, EA Tetris is good games for your brain.

7. LCG X-plore
LCG X-plore is file explorer with many function.  It can open zip, and rar file.

8. Ludimate Sensible Sudoku
Good games for your brain, Ludimate Sensible Sudoku is also suitable for killing time.

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Infolinks is rolling out another cool feature to help publishers, to better monetize their sites. This is publisher chance to increase monthly earnings. Infolinks Related Tags feature is now available to all Infolinks publishers.
The Related Tags use the Infolinks smart algorithm to find the best keywords on your site and display them as informational tags within a cloud on your website’s content. The Related Tags function similar to our standard In Text ads, so when a visitor hovers over the tags, an Infolinks ad bubble appears, and when they click on the ad you get paid.


Infolinks recent metrics study shows that adding these Related Tags to your site can increase your In Text revenues significantly. On average, monthly earnings increased by 30%; that’s not pocket change! And if you position the Related Tags higher on your site you’re likely to earn even more.
How to use it?
Once you have the Infolinks script integrated on your page, adding related tags is quick and easy. Just cut and paste the following HTML tag, where you want the related tags cloud to appear. The tags placement is set by the location of the HTML tag on your page.
<input type="hidden" name="IL_RELATED_TAGS" value="1"/>

Source: http://blog.infolinks.com/2010/08/17/increase-your-earnings-with-related-tags/

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Infolinks is an in text ads. It can be alternative for Google Adsense, with high revenue, if you can maximize it.
Compare with Google Adsense, Infolinks has high possibility clicked by reader, cause their in text ads is similar with website hyperlink, and their contextual ads is high related with content. To maximize revenue, you need to opmtimize Infolinks. This maximization can be created through Advanced Integration Wizard. These are some customization to maximize Infolinks.

Here are some tips to optimize Infolinks’ In Text ads across your sites which can easily maximize your revenues:
Single/Double UnderlineYou can set the highlighted links on your pages to have a single or double underline. The most common method of highlighting the links for in-text ads is with a double underline. The double underline links are unique and as such, they send a clear message to your website’s visitors: these links are In Text ads.
Link ColorYou can set the link color to better suit your pages. The color of the In Text links should stand out from the text just enough to clearly present the link as an advertisement, but not too much, avoiding interruption to smooth reading.
Links per Page – Usually the In Text Advertising algorithm optimizes the number of highlighted links in accordance with your page’s content. It is recommended to set the max number of links per page and to get the feeling of it on your website pages. You can always reduce it later on until you feel it is perfectly optimized.



On/off Text – You can use the On/Off HTML comment tags to determine whether a specific section in your page should or should not include the Infolinks links. Add the Infolinks code to as many sections and pages of your website as possible, to maximize your earnings.

Add more websites – You can add more websites and manage a multi website account. By adding more websites to your Infolinks account you create more impressions, more ads and more earnings.


Crown your Content King – By adding more quality content which is interesting and relevant, you will attract more traffic and improve the CPC of your ads. Having up to date, relevant, and fresh content will increase impressions, CPC, and CTR.
Some simple tweaking of your Infolinks account can go a long way to boosting revenues – try it yourself!

Use single dotted line - This based on my experience.  Using single dotted line give more CTR, and improve your Infolinks revenue, compare with double line.