Blogging 101 ~ Lesson #11: Adding Google Analytics, Going Public, and Submitting to Search Engines

Google Analytics

Being able to study statistics about a blog’s readers helps blog owners evaluate the popularity of their content as well as the effectiveness of their promotional efforts.  Advertisers seeking blogs for ad placement or giveaways often want to know the

Blogging 101 ~ Lesson #10: Purchasing a Domain Name and Removing the Blogger Navbar

There are two optional items that many bloggers take advantage of when setting up their blog.  One is purchasing their own dot com domain name and the other is removing the Blogger Navbar from the top of the blog page.  In this lesson we will learn how to do both.

Blogging 101 ~ Lesson #9: Adding Informational Pages to Your Blog

In Simply Blogging 101 Lesson #2 we learned how to publish a page and the assignment was to write an “About Page” either about yourself, your blog or both.  We also learned in Lesson #3 how to publish a post.  Today’s assignment is to publish either a page or a post for each of the following:  About (if you haven’t

Blogging 101 ~ Lesson #7: Setting Up Your Blog's Navigational System

Now that you have finished lessons one thru six in the Simply Blogging 101 series, you are just about ready to start publishing the information you want to share with your future readers.  In order for those readers to navigate thru your site easily and find older posts of interest to them you need an easy way for them to navigate your blog.

Blogging 101 ~ Lesson #5: Edit the Template & Design Your Blog's Look Part 2

Since we used up our 30 minutes in Lesson #4 before we finished working our way thru all of the Blogger Template Designer options we will finish that up in the first part of this lesson.  Once again, find the Template Designer on your dashboard or in the Navbar at the top of your blog by clicking on design and then the designer link below the

Blogging 101 ~ Lesson #1: Sign Up and Set Up @ Blogger

At the end of this first thirty minute lesson in the Blogging 101 series, we will have set up a blog and will be able to write our first post if we choose to.  This is the easiest part of blogging.  As stated in the "About" page I am choosing to walk readers thru setting up a blog thru Blogger.com as it is designed with ease for the everyday blogger.  It is free and quick & easy to