tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245506231840521742024-03-04T22:33:17.808-08:00thepowerguidesthepowerguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09043772925488690607noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624550623184052174.post-84951171855506739632009-03-10T17:47:00.000-07:002009-03-10T17:59:26.632-07:00Free Birthday GiftAs you or may not know I also run a site called The People History and I have created a number of A4 size posters which are ideal for a Birthday Present, Anniversary Gift or reunion hand out. Below is an example from 50 years ago in 1959. You can print it or save it to your computer and print it from there. The Years created so far are 1929, 1934, 1939, 1949, 1950, 1954, 19551958, 1959, 1961, thepowerguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09043772925488690607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624550623184052174.post-1243989448024720282008-11-20T05:53:00.000-08:002008-11-20T06:13:19.240-08:00UpdateMajor update with over 120 blogs deleted who have not posted in the last 60 days If you know of any blogs we do not have included please use the form at the end of that guide to request inclusion on our bloggers list which means they will be added to our latest posts widgetThis service is free with no advertising and no data collection and is a service for bloggers to keep up with fellow bloggersthepowerguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09043772925488690607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624550623184052174.post-89448822418175646312008-11-10T18:59:00.000-08:002008-11-10T19:17:41.810-08:00Wood, Corn and Pellet Burners Some time ago Callie posted on her blog about our latest way to save on this winters fuel bills Cumberland Pellet Stove, We were so pleased with it we bought a second stove ( It is an old converted barn with 3 floors and insulation does not exist ) . So now they are both installed and the joy of having a warm home all rooms is a joy and I am sure we will save plenty on our gas bill ( One thepowerguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09043772925488690607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624550623184052174.post-54460025747370966632008-08-04T18:10:00.000-07:002008-08-04T18:25:29.838-07:00Blogger In Draft1stQuestion : What Is Blogger In DraftAnswer : It is where Google tries out new features before making them available in full blown bloggerQuestion : How do you get to or Use Blogger In DraftAnswer : Just choose blogger in draft and do your blogging in that environmentQuestion : Will my blog get messed upAnswer : I would guess that the chances are good everything will work fineI thought I would thepowerguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09043772925488690607noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624550623184052174.post-11655309425905647702008-07-07T16:34:00.000-07:002008-07-07T16:55:33.923-07:00About Meetup Horse Lovers and More For The Real World Click on the Graphic To See More detailsBloggers who have a specific interest can now meet like minded local bloggers to share a coffee or just interact in the real world.I came across this today and did some checking for some of the communities The Power Guides Covers For examples below are maps they have for Horse Lovers MeetupsHorse Lovers1,843 Members 41 citiesBird Watchers MeetupsBird thepowerguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09043772925488690607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624550623184052174.post-24200763670792169952008-06-22T06:54:00.000-07:002008-06-22T07:02:34.767-07:00Warning For WordPress BloggersHi all you WordPress Bloggers just a check you might want to do if you run a Wordpress Blog To Check your blog is not hackedSearch Google for something the name of your blog or distinct description from your blogClick on your blog from Google Search resultsAnd Check it goes to your blogIf you have been hacked it may well redirect to a "mega search" site or another site which could be even thepowerguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09043772925488690607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624550623184052174.post-20250436773952896362008-06-20T14:50:00.000-07:002008-06-20T14:55:31.919-07:00Set This Guest Book Up For BloggersI created this as I thought it would be pretty cool to share .I have created this to share with the great family of Horse BloggersBut is also ideal forBirdwatchers, Artists, Fishermen, Fashion and Clothes, Food and Cooking etcGet 1 person to create it ( Find It on Slide )then get others in your community to host a copy as well , great way to share within a community. PS I set it up for verify tothepowerguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09043772925488690607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624550623184052174.post-66293574047029445642008-06-01T15:42:00.000-07:002008-06-01T15:51:48.183-07:00Changes To The Way You Can Use InternetThis blog post tries to explain some of the implications for YOUR internet access following the passing of the Cope Act , these are my own opinions and I would be quite happy to be corrected if I have got it wrong.To give it it's full title Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhancement Act (Cope Act) 2006.Congress passes the Cope Act by 321-101 votes.What Is the Communications Opportunitythepowerguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09043772925488690607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624550623184052174.post-31392831520424552622008-05-27T10:33:00.000-07:002008-05-27T11:16:40.768-07:00Adsense and Privacy Policy Important ReadImportant ---- Important Changes to AdSense Terms & ConditionsPrivacy Policy Must now be implemented if running AdsenseOn February 26th Google implemented a new set ofAdSense terms & conditions and program policies.Most times I suspect like most other small publishers I just hit the yes to accept button and thought no more about it.This latest T's & C's are much more important becausethepowerguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09043772925488690607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624550623184052174.post-73880756885601115832008-05-21T05:02:00.000-07:002008-05-21T03:47:27.447-07:00Google Presentation Tool Using On Your BlogA quick guide to how to use Google Presentation to provide easy to show content on your blog, The first presentation provides an overview of what it can achieve , the second presentation is a practical use I used on another blog. One more great advantage to this Software is that if you wish to add or edit a slide you do not have to change the code on your page.Below is an example of using thepowerguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09043772925488690607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624550623184052174.post-13331536201345603702008-05-10T13:46:00.000-07:002008-05-10T13:50:51.603-07:00Removed Equine Mine Horse AddsDue to the very large number of Equine Now Horse Adds the blog has been removed from The Power Guides Horse Bloggers ListingsIf you wish to keep up with horses for sale below is the Linkhttp://www.equinenow.com/horses.htmThis goes with our overall concept that no blog or RSS feed should dominate our latest posts widget.PS we have also added an additional 30 new horse blogs over the last 2 thepowerguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09043772925488690607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624550623184052174.post-12643090501464197242008-04-04T16:24:00.000-07:002008-04-04T16:25:38.247-07:00Being realistic about visitor numbersThe Internet and websites and blogs is still growing exponentially so being realistic on how many visitors your blog or site will attract is a fact of life below are some of the factors that come into play.Age of website, blog or pageThe search engines are inundated with websites and blogs trying to make a fast buck and one of the many ways they deal with it is by looking how long the page has thepowerguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09043772925488690607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624550623184052174.post-80731504711323909582008-04-04T15:58:00.000-07:002008-04-04T16:03:26.409-07:00Google The King Of The InternetGoogle is still the undisputed king of Search and with many of the companies they have purchased and the additions to the portfolio are becoming the Undisputed King Of The InternetGoogle Search still the best search ( sometimes takes a while to catch up with spammers but does do eventually )Google News ( To search local news but honestly seems to be lacking many great sources ) maybe should be thepowerguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09043772925488690607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624550623184052174.post-72318647592971677442008-03-28T06:29:00.000-07:002008-03-28T07:41:31.831-07:00Money From Affiliate Marketing On Your BlogI have referred in a few posts to affiliate marketing and thought I would explain how it works best for bloggers.Additional Ways To Earn Money From Your Blog Include Affiliate MarketingDone correctly it can provide a great additional source of income.Most bloggers if they do become involved in an affiliate agreement just sign up with an affiliate company and add a few banners in the side bar , thepowerguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09043772925488690607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624550623184052174.post-60590222435430078552008-03-27T13:06:00.000-07:002008-03-27T15:54:17.955-07:00Contextual Advertising How Does It Work ?How to monetize a blog like The Power Guides BlogThe Power Guides Blog is a purely informational blog and at some time after putting many hours of work into providing free information , most bloggers would like to make some money for all their hard work .So What are the options for Contextual Advertising1 Contextual AdvertisingTo most webmasters who run websites the most obvious one that comes tothepowerguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09043772925488690607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624550623184052174.post-65619114052276943412008-03-26T08:31:00.001-07:002008-05-21T03:46:32.361-07:00Google Docs Presentation SoftwareUsing Google Docs PresentationI thought this might be interesting for some of those in the blogging community .I have used this on a project of mine where I wanted to include a number of old war time posters in a single easy to run application and to add a small amount of text for each slide you can find my attempt at the end of this post.It could be useful for a blogger who wanted to create a thepowerguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09043772925488690607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624550623184052174.post-23273940488226985952008-03-26T08:10:00.000-07:002008-03-26T07:04:04.834-07:00So How Much Can You Realy Expect To Earn From Your BlogSeparating the Myths from the realities of earnings from your blogFacts, Fiction, Dreams and Everything In Between on Expectations of earning big money from your blog ( I will quantify that by saying big money ranges from enough to live on upwards )So You Have A Blog and Want To Get Rich QuicklyIs It Going To Happen Sorry To Disappoint you in 90% of cases NON , NO and "In Your Dreams"So what thepowerguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09043772925488690607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624550623184052174.post-14458204553735057332008-03-26T01:29:00.000-07:002008-03-26T04:24:48.820-07:00Using Your Own Reader Feed to display latest postsOne of the weaknesses of Google Blogger is no easy widget in the templates to display your latest 10 posts .You can place the archiving widget in your sidebar but the problem is options are limited and once chosen often can show to many or to few posts.There are a number of widgets available out there and I will go through just a few.1 My Favorite just put your own feed through Google Reader makethepowerguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09043772925488690607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624550623184052174.post-75873742522398478712008-03-25T19:42:00.001-07:002008-03-25T19:54:25.602-07:00Changing Feeder Settings To Not Give It All AwayThis post is just to explain about one of the settings in the Feeds Settings and to stop giving everything away without visitors ever coming to your blog and just using a feed reader to view your post .This is a difficult call but I have changed the settings on my Feeder SettingsGo To Settings >>>>> Feeder and change from full to short if you want to do this.I may well turn it back on later to thepowerguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09043772925488690607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624550623184052174.post-64978170886135134502008-03-25T08:55:00.000-07:002008-03-25T19:54:47.032-07:00Working Together As BloggersOne of the things I have noticed over the past few months is that the professional bloggers ( those who make a living from blogging ) not all sectors is this possible but some are.They have specific things they do which the ordinary blogger does not.1. Quote each others blogs with links embedded in the post2. They will often review a subject and put links to 2 or 3 other bloggers posts related tothepowerguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09043772925488690607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624550623184052174.post-84247075190070978902008-03-24T09:13:00.000-07:002008-03-24T11:33:08.256-07:00Simple Way To Gain More Page ViewsSo far I have concentrated on gaining new visitors , but we can also gain more page views and if we have advertising a better chance of our visitors clicking an advert.When we create a post generally the post is about something we have knowledge about and often we may have posted some more but different information about that subject in an earlier post.There are two distinct advantage to thepowerguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09043772925488690607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624550623184052174.post-46877632830534010092008-03-23T11:26:00.000-07:002008-03-23T08:22:38.925-07:00Other Forms Of Blog Promotion To Gain TrafficI have touched on using Stats Tools to gain more trafficBlog Rolls To Gain More TrafficLatest Posts Widgets to gain more trafficSo I thought I would include some of the other ways to promote your blog,I have listed them in no particular order but all are important and they are all freejust a question of spending time and effortGaining Traffic through involvement in Forums1. The most used forms ofthepowerguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09043772925488690607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624550623184052174.post-11967851319191170322008-03-23T06:27:00.000-07:002008-03-23T07:44:12.683-07:00Self Promotion Never HurtsI am an avid believer that your success in blogging and adding a wider audience is based on your participation in the blogging community.It is not just about you writing great posts about your own specific area of knowledge but taking the time and effort to read and comment on other bloggers posts.So today I wanted to talk about first can be best I am going to use my Food and Cooking latest thepowerguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09043772925488690607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624550623184052174.post-55713624499821927942008-03-22T05:13:00.000-07:002008-03-22T05:44:19.877-07:00Why Blog Name and Post Title ImportantWhat's In A TitleI was thinking about this today while I was working through some new blogs to add and it struck me The Blog Name, and The Post Title are your advertising slogan for that wonderful post you may have spent an hour writing.I will take some examples of Good Blog Names and Post Titles to try and explainThe Blog Name : In The GardenThe Post Title : Yucca, Another Good Plant for thepowerguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09043772925488690607noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624550623184052174.post-20059955800516634682008-03-21T07:20:00.000-07:002008-03-21T07:23:27.632-07:00Search Tools For Your Blog That Earn MoneyEach Blogger Blog comes with the default search in the top left hand corner on the Blogger toolbar ( most people miss it and does not get used that much )Graphic belowThe Best AlternativeIf you have an Adsense account it is easy to create a Google search box to search your blog and even better you can earn money with it , ( Graphic Below ). I am a great believer in this as an option because it thepowerguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09043772925488690607noreply@blogger.com0