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Turn a Plain Jane blogspot into a Business Blog

Many people blog, most of them are NOT using a blog for business!

If you've heard of blogs, are interested in seeing what the buzz is about but have no clue Watch This Video

You want your Blogger Blog to show up at the top of Google so it'll make your phone ring?

Officially notify Google that you are a REAL webmaster, do this by following these steps:

So you Signed up for blogger and didn't tell Google you're a webmaster?

  1. Silly you. If you want something from Google, patronize Google's services: Get your blog a Google Site Map www.google.com/webmasters/tools/
  2. Get Google Site Tracking: www.google.com/analytics/
  3. List with Technorati, MAKE SURE YOU FILL OUT ALL THE KEYWORDS http://technorati.com/
  4. List the blog with Feedburner http://feedburner.google.com 
  5. Set up comment moderation
  6. Make sure YOU get all posts emailed to you
  7. Choose "Washed Denim" template
  8. Begin each post with H1 or H2 tag (in html not in compose)
  9. Do NOT title the blog your company name: Google ONLY cares about What you do and Where you do it Almost all of my blogs are Frederick This Service or Frederick That Service. I know you're proud of your name, trust me, no one cares who you are, they only care about finding service X in their location
  10. Sign up for Picasaweb for pictures and use pictures for every other post.
  11. Here's an extra tip thrown in for good measure: Remove the Followers widget- it's a brand new blog - who wants to come to a party if no one else is there?
What to do if you Accidentally deleted:
  • Your blog go here to contact us here.
  • Your Google Account? Google has a  Help Center and check out their Recovery Tool.
  • Robots marked my blog as spam! to get your blog restored is to click the 'Request Unlock Review' 
  • For answers to questions like this go here
For Google Site Maps in Webmaster Tools you'll need to know this:

/system/feeds/ 

That is the syntax required to 'ADD SITEMAP'

For Google Analytics add the url where it says: Add Website Profile»

You'll find this at the bottom of the page

For Feedburner you'll need to know this:

NAMEOFBLOG.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/
that is your feed syntax
Google Blog Search  indexes blogs by their site feed, so make sure that your site feed is turned on (Settings | Site Feed tab). If your blog isn't already listed in Google's Blog Search engine, you can submit it manually: http://blogsearch.google.com/ping 

I have some opinions on this next one:

Google wants to appear democratic. The last thing Google wants is to invite the antitrust zealots to scrutinize every line of code (they couldn't do that if they wanted to, but they'd sure squawk if they knew how many lines of code that is)

See Number Two on the other side of this page

How can I tell how many people have visited my blog? There are a number of sites that offer free services to help you track visits to your blog:


IF you want something from Google (like say a top spot in the search results?) I highly recommend you stick to Google Analytics for site tracking

There are dozens of ways you can promote your business blog... and you should use them BUT

Always, Always use Google's Tools First!

From the Google Help File:

 How do I promote my blog?

There are various ways to promote your blog and here are just a few:


  • Get other sites to link to your blog.
  • Google Blog Search  indexes blogs by their site feed, so make sure that your site feed is turned on (Settings | Site Feed tab). If your blog isn't already listed in Google's Blog Search engine, you can submit it manually: http://blogsearch.google.com/ping 
  • You can also join and actively participate in blog forums and social networks. 
  • More suggestions included in this Help Center article. 

Remember this Axiom: You WANT something from Google, patronize them. Ditto for Yahoo, but that's another post (and not from a Google Tool either! I'll use a Yahoo Page for that)

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David Bruce CEO of Frederick Web Promotions in Frederick Maryland
David Bruce
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Frederick Maryland
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