Putting a Tweet-this-quote link in blog posts

This article shows you how to apply a "tweet this" label to a specific quote in a blog-post, and how this works for your readers.

Finding the Web Property ID & tracking code for an existing Google Analytics profile

This article shows how to find the Google Analytics Web Property ID for a website that you have previously set up in Analytics.

Google's Help Forums

This article introduces Google's Help Forums: these are the main way of getting support for non-paid products. The forum for Blogger is particularly strong.

Setting up Google Analytics for your blog

This article shows how to add Google Analytics to your blog.

Showing readers your blog in the new Dynamic View templates

It's easy to let readers see your blog using the new dynamic views / templates.  But there are some consequences.

Using Google Analytics to get statistics about AdSense performance on your blog

This article is about how to set up your blog so it collects data about your AdSense performance, using Google Analytics.

Giving your subscribers a free file (eg an eBook) using Feedburner

This article shows how to make an eBook (or any file) available to your blog's subscribers with Feedburner's FeedFlare tool.   It's written for Blogger users, but most of the information applies to anyone using Feedburner.

Blocking specific AdSense advertisers from your site

You can stop ads from specific AdSense advertisers from appearing on your blog - provided you know the URL that those advertisers are using.

AdSense and the "Request-URI Too Large" error message: sometimes a work-around is good enough.

This article is about an error message that I sometimes see when logging into AdSense - and a way of thinking about browser problems that you might have with Blogger.

Get your posts right before you publish them to your RSS feed

This article is about the relationship between your RSS feed and the Publish button, and ways of using Blogger to reduce the chances of readers seeing something that you didn't want to publish yet.

Encourage new subscribers by enabling Feedburner's FeedCount button

This article is about how to add the FeedCount icon, which shows viewers how many subscribers your FeedBurner feed has, and lets them subscribe themselves.   The information is targeted at Blogger users, but most of it applies to anyone who uses Feedburner.

Send posts to Twitter with Feedburner's socialize service

This article is about using Feedburner's Socialize feature to ensure that all your blog posts are sent to Twitter.

Installing the ChipIn widget into your blog

This article is about setting up and installing a ChipIn widget.  It is targeted at Blogger users, but much of the information applies to any website.

Setting up AdSense for parked domains

This article is no longer current.   It was about setting up AdSense on a domain that you own, but are not using.

However this feature of AdSense was withdrawn in early 2012, so the feature is no longer available.

The information below was correct until then, but has not been update since.

Adding a subscribe-by-email option, using Feedburner

This article is about using Feedburner to give your blog a "subscribe by email" option.  It is targeted to Blogger users, but most of the information applies to any type of website.

Finding the URL of a picture stored in flickr

This article is about how to find the link (URL, web-address) of a photograph or picture that is stored in Flickr.

Showing a Google Custom-Map on your Blog

This article is about embedding custom maps made with Google maps into blogs made with Blogger.  However similar principles also apply to putting Google custom maps into other types of website.

Removing the attribtion gadget by commenting out the code

This article documents removing the attribution gadget from Blogger by commenting out the code for the widget.  This method no longer works (last tested 20 Sept 2010 - the gadget is automatically re-added to the bottom of the sidebar), but the technique may be useful in future.   

See the main article about removing the attribution gadget from blogs with Designer templates for background information about the topic, and for the most recent information about techniques that work.

Adding a Tweet button to your Blog

This article is about Twitter's tweet-this button, and how you can use it to let your readers tweet your posts.  

It's aimed at Google Blogger users, but most of it applies to other blogging (eg Wordpress, TypePad, etc) and website tools.

Planning changes to your blog - in private

This article is about how to make major changes to your blog with a minimum of disruption for your readers.