1. Top Commentators Widget by BloggerPlugins - This excellent plugin has two versions. One for blogs having small number of comments and the second variant for blogs receiving lots of comments.
2. Translation Widget by BloggerPlugins - This one click install widget add multiple language translation support to your blogger blog.
3. Recent Post Widget by BloggerPlugins - This is highly customizable widget. You can set number of posts to display, post summary and it's length.
4. Recent Comments Widget by BloggerPlugins - A highly customizable widget. You can set the number of comments to display, author name, date and size of comment. You can also use CSS to gel it with your theme.
5. Label Cloud Plugin by phydeaux3 - This is one of the most popular label cloud generation plugin for blogger. You can customize various options after installing this plugin.
6. Archive Calendar Widget by PurpleMoggy - Very impressive archive calendar widget with customizable options.
7. Archive Calendar Widget by phydeaux3 - Another very popular archive calendar widget. Highly customizable for better browsing experience for the readers.
8. Recent Posts Widget by Feed2JS - This excellent plugin makes plugin installation and customization very easy. Just fill in the form and click the button to generate widget code.
9. Recent Comments Widgets by Blogger-Templates - Just fill in the options in the form and one click widget code generation. Excellent plugin which is highly customizable.
10. Picasa Web Albums Slideshow Widget by Blogger Templates Designs - A unique plugin to show photo slideshow from any picasa account. Ideal for personal blogs, photo blogs and web design blogs.
11. Search Form Widget by Blogger Templates Designs - If you want to add site search box in your blog's sidebar, install this plugin.
12. Google Talk Widget by Blogger Templates Designs - This plugin adds the Google Talk client to your blog so that your readers can directly converse with you.
13. Recent Comments Widget by Blogger Templates Designs - Yet another recent comments widget with customizable options and one-click install.
14. Sudoku Game Widget by Blogger Templates Designs - Want to add some interesting puzzle games for your visitors? Then install this plugin to integrate sudoku puzzle game in your blogger blog.
15. Google Translate Mini-Flags Widget by MadToMatoe - Very useful translation plugin powered by 'Google Translate'. One click install with multiple language translation facility.
16. Recent Comments Widgets by MadToMatoe - One more recent comments widget for blogger blogs. Again you can customize the number of recent comments to be displayed.
17. Reactions Mini-Poll Widget by ThemeLib - Want to host a poll on your blogger blog? Install this plugin and get customizable polls for your readers.
18. Alexa Traffic Widget by TechKnowl - Display your Alexa stats with this customizable widget.
19. Snow Flakes Widget by TechKnowl - Add a stunning snowfall effect in your blogger template in the festive season.
20. Popular Posts Widget by TechKnowl - A very simple popular posts plugin using Yahoo pipes to filter out popular posts on your blog.
21. Flash MP3 Player Widget by TechKnowl - This cool plugin allows you to embed flash mp3 player in your blogger blog. The player is very light with custom options.
22. Rating Widget by Outbrain - If you want to integrate rating system with your blogger posts, then this excellent plugin is the best choice. It has rating system plus related posts integration in same widget.
23. Multi-tab TOC Widget by Beautiful Beta - If you want to display multi-tab table of contents section in your blogger blog, then install this widget. Very popular among blogger users.
24. Tab View Widget by Hoctro - The coolest plugin showing tabbed posts with animated post excerpts. A must for your blog's sidebar.
25. Random/Rotating Banner Widget by FreeYaSoul - Very useful widget for displaying rotating banners in your blog's header. You can customize and can choose any number of headers.
26. Social Bookmarking Widget by Lasvak - This is perhaps the most easily installable bookmarking widget for blogger. Just copy and paste a single line of code in your blogger template and your bookmarking icons are ready.
27. Paypal Donation Widgets by Etienne - Integrate different types of paypal donation widget in your blogger blog with ease.
28. Podcating Plugin by Talkr - If you want to integrate podcasts to your blog, register for this service and get free podcasting plugin for your blogger blog.
29. What's Next? Section Widget by eblogtemplates - Integrate a Wordpress style 'What's Next' section below blogger posts with this excellent widget.
30. Twitter Profile Widget by BloggerBuster - Add your twitter profile and twitter updates with this useful plugin developed by Amanda Fazani.
31. Bookmarking Widget by SocioFluid - One of the best social bookmarking plugin for blogger. Big animated icons with one click installation.
7 Steps to Make Money Online With an Authority Blog (The BEST Way to Make Money Blogging)
By Jonathan D. Beebe
If you follow the steps below, and try your absolute BEST not to get distracted by other "shiny things" along the way, your site will not only gain a significant rise in traffic and readers (which means you make money online, especially in the long-term), but your blog/website will be well on it's way to becoming the next "authority" in your online field of choice.
STEP 1: Select a Field You're Interested In
The bottom line is, if you're going the "authority website" route, it's going to be hard to stay persistent with your efforts if you're not interested in the topic you're trying to pursue. A passion for your topic is highly recommended.
STEP 2: Stick to a Consistent, Do-Able Posting Schedule
Notice how I said "do-able"? Make sure you don't burn yourself out. Posting to your blog should only encompass about 20% of your efforts, so make sure you have a consistent schedule that you can keep up with. I prefer two posts a week (Monday and Thursdays).
STEP 3: Guest Post to Established Blogs *Regularly*
Guest posting is simply contacting the owner of another blog in your field and asking if you can contribute an article to their blog. They get high quality content, and you get a back-link to your blog.
If you do this to established blogs in your niche on a regular basis (I recommend weekly for best results, especially in the beginning), the benefits are almost unsurpassable. Not only do you get great links, but you normally get a surge in traffic and an increased likelihood of being approved as a guest blogger on that same blog in the future.
STEP 4: Social Bookmark Your Posts After Publishing
I personally find this process annoying, but I hear it's good for getting initial back-links to your posts and getting them "out there" in the beginning.
The *least* annoying way to take advantage of this is to use IMAutomator.com's free service. It's very easy and takes minimal time away from my other tasks, so I got in the habit of using it for my new blog posts (and my guest posts I submit to other blogs).
STEP 5: Take Advantage of Social Networks
You can do this whatever way you like, as long as you are not over-promoting your stuff or spamming in any way. I honestly don't put much weight on this, as the only social network I use for my online business is Twitter. I simply post a few tips a day (at the most), make some retweets, reply to a few others' tweets, and announce my blog posts.
That usually does it for me as far as social networking goes. You can obviously put more emphasis on this and leverage it however you want, but don't stress out about it too much.
STEP 6: BUILD YOUR EMAIL LIST
I can't stress this enough. If you want your blog or authority site to go anywhere anytime soon, especially amongst the growing competition of other websites out there, you need to be building your list to keep your visitors COMING BACK.
Your list serves as your blog's "insurance" because it's like taking a piece of your niche and saving it for yourself. But you have to treat your list right.
Not only will you increase your sales (as long as you treat your list right by providing them value on a regular basis, and the occasional promotion of a high quality product).
I recommend creating a short, free report that directly pertains to the subject matter of your blog. It doesn't have to be long, but it has to be useful and convenient. Just offer the report in exchange for a name and email address and you'll build your list as you drive traffic to your blog.
I personally use a squeeze page and drive traffic to it using article marketing and forum participation. In fact, all of my article marketing and forum participation efforts are ultimately to drive traffic to my squeeze pages. The high quality list subscribers will end up on my blog eventually anyway.
Guest blogging and social networking drives traffic to my actual blog.
STEP 7: STICK WITH IT***
All the advice I just gave you is useless if you give up eventually. Most people can do it... but only for a few weeks. Some people a few months but the fact is, MOST people give up on the whole thing before they're even able to see results.
HOWEVER, if you do take action on all 7 steps (or 6) on a regular basis, week-in and week-out, you'll start seeing results faster than you think! Stick with it for 6 months and you'll be surprised. Stick it out for ANOTHER 6 months and you'll be absolutely AMAZED.
The bottom line is: whether you decide to go the "authority blog/website" route (as I just described), or use another method when it comes to making money online, you HAVE to STICK WITH IT... and if you can manage that, just about anything will work (granted it's a legitimate method).
Good luck!
For more information on the best way to make money online, visit Jonathan Beebe's website for this and much more, including a FREE report that takes you step-by-step through the exact method he used to liberate himself from his day job... for good.
Get the report at his free make money online eBook website.
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How to Get a Blog Indexed by Yahoo! & Bing Painlessly & Nearly Instantly
By Ana Hoffman
Here is an easy and absolutely free trick you can use to get your new blog indexed by Yahoo and Bing.
Believe it or not, but these two search engine behemoths (and not just them) will almost instantly (sometimes within 48 hours or less) index your blog the second one of your visitors includes your blog RSS feed in their search engine specific account.
For instance, Yahoo will spider your RSS feed and blog when a visitor of yours will include your feed into their personal Yahoo account.
Once that happens, Yahoo will do this within 48 hours - an amazingly short time for such a fit, wouldn't you agree?
To top it off, this process doesn't cost you a penny.
You can further speed up the process by subscribing to your own feed in your My Yahoo! Account.
Before you do it, make sure you have the following 3 things lined up:
- an account with Yahoo! (duh...),
- your RSS feed URL,
- and a good amount of posts in your blog (after all, you do not want anybody to come to an empty blog).
Once you are ready, log into your account and immediately after you are logged in, look for an 'Add Content' button.
On the next page you will see a search box, to the right of which there will be a link titled 'Add RSS by URL'. I am sure you know what to do from here.
As a final step though, make sure your feed was added correctly.
You can do so by going to the front page of your account; your feed should be listed closer to the bottom of the page.
Wasn't this easy?
Now, you can do the same with Bing. The steps you will take will be almost identical to those above, so I won't bore you with repetition.
That's all there is to it!
Now every time you create a new blog, make sure you add the feed to both your Yahoo and Bing accounts for quick and painless, and best of all, free indexing.
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