The Real Blogger Status

Most of us who publish a Blogger blog just setup a blog, and start . Some people already have a web site, and simply want to add a Blogger blog to the web site. Other people have two (or more) blogs, and want to display all blogs as one.

This is the question asked constantly. How do I get more traffic to my blog? Everybody would like lots of traffic. Duh. This is the part with lots of hard work. Put accurate, attractive, complete, relevant, and timely content into your blog. You start with the content . Get your friends to link to your blog, where your blog is relevant. Participate in forums, where your blog is relevant, and include the URL. Comment on other blogs, in relevant comments, and include the URL. When you have done all of the above, your blog will have some weight. Submit your blog to the search engines, for indexing. http://bloggerstatusforreal.blogspot.com/ 2006/07/publicising-your-blog.html Remember though, none of this happens overnight. Search engines can take months to index your blog fully. And even when indexed, don't expect for a search, to some key element in your blog, to give you an entry on the first page of the search hits. http://bloggerstatusforreal.blogspot.com/ 2006/08/patience.h...

for Blog*Spot being blocked by the Chinese Government . I'm afraid this problem comes from the Chinese government - it blocks all Blog*Spot pages from being shown within the country. If you'd like to purchase a hosting service from another company, though, you'll be able to continue publishing through Blogger and you'll be able to see your blog. Sorry about this, but unfortunately, there's not much we can do about it. From God's mouth, to your ears, folks. End of story. >> Top

In the process of setting up a new post in The Real Blogger Status, I encountered the archives language problem yet again. And I watched it come and go. Maybe you can too, though you will have to click on the pictures below, unless you have very good eyesight. Look for the red ellipses in the lower right corner of each picture. http://bloggerstatusforreal.blogspot.com/ 2007/06/you-have-to-speak-language.html http://bloggerstatusforreal.blogspot.com/ search/label/General%20Advice Now you see it ... ... Now you don't . >> Forum thread links: bX-*00038 >> Copy this tag: bX-*00038 >> Top

The Earth is a wonderful place, full of a melange of cultures and geographical regions. There's something here for everybody. But when you travel to a distant land, do you expect the residents there to acknowledge your presence, and to change their customs and language to suit your needs? If you were at home, would you expect to constantly adapt your customs and language, to accommodate every visitor from a distant land?

That's the old well known monolithic error , seen when you try to publish your blog to a Google Custom Domain , and possibly later too, when you try to setup the "www" alias of the blog to point to the root . This error is a symptom of several problems , it is not a problem in itself. You now have to research why the wizard isn't seeing the DNS addresses , that you hopefully just setup. In some cases, your DNS addresses may be incorrectly defined. Verify your DNS addresses , first. Then, proceed with the procedures below . In other cases, the problem is a bug in the Blogger database, or maybe in the "ghs.google.com" database itself. Or possibly, in the custom domain concept in general . A Problem With An Identified Service If the problem is with an identified Google Apps service, with the service explicitly showing up in an HTTP trace , simply disabling the service in question may provide a solution. The Google Sites service is a commonly see...

If you have a web site, or another interest that's discussed in a web forum, occasionally you may need help. And no matter what your problem is, if you look long enough, chances are that you'll find a forum where your problem will, or has been, discussed. That's the nature of the web. And if you find help in a web forum, it's possible that the forum posts may refer to a web site like PChuck's Network , or maybe The Real Blogger Status , for detailed instruction. And maybe you'll be so happy to have your problem solved that you'll post a link, to the web site where you found help, in your web site. Everybody benefits, in the long term, when you add a link to a web site where you found help. The other web site benefits from the inlink. You benefit, because you have a record of where you found help, should you need it again. And your readers may benefit, should they see the link, when they need help too. In the short term, though, the situation is ...