Gadget Maniac

You have been blogging for years.You have done all the hard work on your blog.But now you are unable to run your blog.I have seen many people who quit blogging without cashing in their blog.If  you are unable to  provide some time to your blog,it is better to sell it rather than leaving it as it is.Do you want your blog dead?May be your blog was a matter of pride and passion for you sometime back.It is better to handover to some responsible blogger.There are lots of market places to sell your blog that I will be discussing in this post. But first,I want to clear a misconception among some newbie bloggers.When people start blogging,they got really excited after reading some stories like-how I sold my blog for $10,000 after 4 months of  blogging etc.They are all professional bloggers.They have been blogging for years.It will take some time for your blog to reach such a value.Coming back to the topic,there are lots of sites where you can list your blog for  sale.Some ...

Every new blogger struggles to find out answer to one important question-How often should I update my blog?There can's be an exact answer to this because if you will ask this question to 10 bloggers you know,they will all answer differently.So what should you do? 1.Experiment- One thing you can do is to experiment with your posting frequency.Different blogs have different readers and moreover the writing style of me and you is different.You don't know what your readers may like.They might want you to update your blog daily,every two or three days.So,better experiment with updating frequency and analyze the results. 2.Blogging Niche- This is a parameter on which your posting frequency depends.If you are running a tech blog that provides tech news,gadget reviews etc. then I would recommend to post atleast 5 posts a week.However if you are in SEO niche then 2 or three posts a week will work.In short,publish at-least 3 posts a week no matter whatever niche you are in. 3....

First of all,Happy New Year to all the readers.May this year brings lots to happiness and all your wishes come true. Beginning of the year is also crucial for every blogger.It is the time for every blogger to review his blog and making new goals for upcoming year.We have set some goals for this blog also. Google Page Rank 3- Currently we don't have any page rank.When we were on blogspot.we have PR1 but we were new to blogging and lost page rank while migrating to custom domain.We are hoping Gadget Maniac will have Google PR3 by the end of 2013.For this we are planning to do lots of guest posts.Guest posting is by the far the most effective way to gain valuable links and traffic for your blog.Commenting is also a useful way to get links. Below 80,000 Alexa Rank- Some bloggers might not care about alexa ranking.But yet it is the most accurate parameter after PR to compare two blogs.Cueently our blog ranking is aroung 800K but hopefully it will be under 80K by the end of this year....

I don’t know how many blogs are there because their number is increasing continuously. More than 200,000 blogs are being created everyday. Every third person I meet is having a blog. Why do people blog? I think there are two possible reasons for it. Either people love blogging that is they are passionate about it or they love money and want to earn money blogging. I am just trying to differentiate between these two kinds of bloggers- Blogging for money- We all know you can earn decent money by blogging. There are number of ways which can help you to earn from your blog. Adsense of course the most widely used source to monetize your blog. Affiliate marketing through your blog can earn you even more if you are good at it and know how to be a successful affiliate. But there is no easy money here. Some people think that they can earn by setting up a blog, put ads on it and copy content from other blogs. Most of the people who set up blog just for the s...

All those people who are having a blog know how fascinating and additive blogging is. As far as I am concerned I started this blog just 2 months ago and now I am so addicted to it that I spend about 5-6 hours daily surfing internet to find some topic, do some research on it and come out with something that my readers enjoy reading. I decided to figure out why blogging is so addictive. 1. Increases your circle -Blogging is definitely the best way to come in contact with new people. It increases your circle. Everyday new people come to your blog, they read it and sometimes appreciate it by commenting (everyone likes to be praised).You get to know new bloggers and their tactics, so everyday your network is expanding. That is one of the reasons you get addicted to it like Facebook. 2. Money is in the game -Money is also in the game my friend. If you can attract people to your blog then you can make some money with it. MORE PEOPLE MORE MONEY as simple...

Guest Posting has now become a trend today’s blogging scenario. Most of the bloggers allow guest posting. For those of my readers who don’t know about guest blogging, in guest blogging you publish your articles on other blogs. Now you might be thinking what is the benefit of consuming your valuable time to write for other blogs while you can publish it on your own blog also. Guest Blogging is beneficial both for the blog owner and the guest blogger. Let me tell you how- Benefits for Blog Owners-Now why blog owners accept guest posts on their blog? There are a number of reasons for that. 1. The blog owners get fresh content. Since everyone has his own style of writing, the readers will also love something different. 2. There is some time to relax for blog owners since their blog is updated by guest blogging. 3. Blog is updated with quality post. Because based upon the quality of the post the readers decide whether to visit guest blogger’s site or...

About 20% of all traffic on www comes from social sites. And for personal blogs this percentage is even larger, so if your blog is missing social buttons then you might be missing heavy traffic. Floating social buttons not only improve the look of your blog but also drive huge traffic. Apart from working on traffic and search engine optimization (SEO), there’s a need to integrate your blog with popular social networking platforms. A floating share buttons (social bookmarking) widget by the right of every page is just one of the gadgets you must add to your blog if you intend to get free traffic from facebook and twitter. So I am going to tell you how to add floating social buttons on your blogger. Don’t worry you don’t have to edit HTML of your blog for that. Having a floating share buttons widget makes it even easier for your blog visitors to share your blog posts they find interesting. The floating sidebar sharing widget comes with the most popu...

I was looking for commentluv plugin for Gadget Maniac. Fortunately, I found this on Basic Blog Tips .You must have seen commentluv on many blogs while commenting on them. For those who don’t know about commentluv it is a plugin which allows users to leave a link of their last post.So it drives traffic for the commenters also. That it encourages users to comment on blogs. You must have tired of traditional commenting system of blogger. If you want to install commentluv then the procedure is quite simple. First you need to get an account with intense debate . After this you will be asked to enter your site for which you want intense debate commenting system. After adding your site you will be asked to choose the method. There are two methods to install intense debate-1.Widget 2.Template. I recommend you to go for template method because it takes less time on loading. Template Method -1.Go to intense debate and choose template method. There are two...

There are more than 30 million websites on internet and about 200000 websites are created everyday.So you must know the techniques to drive visitors to your blog since a blog’s value is determined by visitors and visitors are necessary to sustain a blog.Driving traffic to your blog is not that difficult if do the basics right.Bloggers spend a considerable time on searching ways to drive traffic.Driving traffic can be a little difficult for the newbie.So,have a look on these techniques that will help you to gain traffic- 1. Write unique and valuable content-Content is king. It is the content by which visitors determine the quality of your blog. It is recommended to write your own and unique content. So blog about something you are crazy and provide quality. Never copy and paste from other blogs. Google, Yahoo and other search engines spend millions of dollars to catch copycats. You won’t get traffic from search engines if you copy and paste from o...

I usually encounter with a lot of blogger who are using Google blogger services and are unhappy with it. Well, their main problem is they have already done a lot of work on their blogspot blog and can’t afford to start right from the scratch on wordpress. Which one is better among blogger or wordpress is a bit controversial and will always remain a topic of discussion for blogger. But if you are unhappy with blogger services and wants to move over to wordpress, then no problem. It is possible.All it takes is just 7 simple steps and all your blogger posts and comments are on wordpress. Install a WordPress.org blog. In your WordPress Admin go to Tools – Import. Click “Blogger” and on the pop-up click “Install Now”. Click “Authorize” to tell Blogger to let WordPress access your account. This will transfer you to a Google Account page. Click on “Grant Access”. You will see the posts and comments on your Blogger blog....

If you are a blogger then you know the importance of social media sites. Sites like Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Digg(and a lot more) are the primary source of traffic for any blog.It is necessary for a blogger to remain active on these sites. In this post I just want to discuss which site is better for bloggers-Facebook or Twitter.So lets try to find out. Now the first thing is how many twitter followers do you have? 1000, 2000, 3000 or may be more. And to how many of them you communicate? 100,150,200 or may be less. Now on Facebook most of the people are having around 400-500 friends and communicate to most of them. This is where the whole story lies. People are generally of the view-

A lot of people do blogging today. According to a study about 175000 blogs are created everyday.So its very difficult to make your blog stand alone in this huge world of world wide web. You must have good knowledge on how to guide your blog to success. So I decided to mention some sites that will step by step guide you how to proceed with your blog.  Problogger.net -It is the father of all blogging tips blogs. You will find everything you need to know about blogging.A lot to learn from this blog for newbies as well as pros. A lot of handy tips and tools. Bloggingtips.com - A very nice site. You will get useful tips on how to use social media to bring traffic. How SEO work? How you can optimize your site for search engines. You will get to know affiliate marketing in depth. This blog is updated daily with new tips. A lot to learn.

If you are love blogging and have a blog of your own then you understand the value of social media buttons on your blog posts.So I was just looking for some nice social media buttons for my blog.While surfing I found this website.You can get all social media buttons here and the interesting thing is you don’t have to edit HTML coding of your blogs. The website is sharethis.com .Basically this website is for sharing blogposts but it also provides the social media buttons to website owners and you don’t even need to signup to this site to add social buttons to your blog and give your blog a new refreshing look. Here are 3 simple steps to get awesome looking buttons to your blog-

Most of the people today are having a blog.Some do blogging to gain online reputation,for some people it is an hobby and some are doing to earn money.whatever may be the reason blogging is quite fun.Apart from having your own site there are some other sites that pay you to write for them.Good thing is that all of these sites are well established and huge visitors.So if you write for them then you are likely to get many views and appreciation.have a look at the top 5 sites that pay you to blog- 1. Hubpages- Another great site for great writers. Probably the best available. In this you will get a hubpage like yourname.hubpages.com.You won’t get directly paid by hubpages.They have tie up with adsense, eBay, Amazon. You can choose whatever you like and your revenue will be generated from these sites.You can’t publish already published articles here. JOIN HUBPAGES 2.Triond- Triond is a very good site if your writing skills are good and you know how to promote.They pay very good amount.Fo...

A lot of people are just crazy about blogging. Every third person I meet is having his own blog.Some have their own blog while some use free services like blogger.com, wordpress.com. But the journey to become a successful blogger is not easy. It takes time, hard work, strategies to make your blog a popular one. I would like to give some tips to become a successful blogger. 1. Just have one blog- It is important that you have just one blog. If you are having more than one blog then none of your blog will have the readers. Just have one blog, give your complete dedication, time to this one. 2. Blog topic -Blog about something for which you are passionate. You must have good knowledge about the topics of your blog. 3. Write original content- This is the most important tip. Write original content. Don’t copy and paste from other blogs. Google spend millions of dollars to catch copycats. You won’t get readers for your copied content. 

Blogging today has become a passion for many people.Some people are having their own blog while some use services such as triond.If you are having your own blog then you must want to know how you can improve your blog's alexa ranking.First of all,who don't know about Alexa let me tell you that Alexa is a services that provides the rank for all the websites depending upon the website traffic,unique visitor.Its ranking is based on the Alexa toolbar.Alexa toolbar is installed in the browser and it tracks the visitors.It is a valuable tool to estimate the value of any website.Some people say it is accurate other are of opposite opinion.But it is considered good to have good Alexa ranking.Obviously Google page rank and seo moz rank are more accurate to rate any website.