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Facebook like box is a great plugin that lets Facebook users to indirectly subscribe to your blogupdates via their Facebook accounts. Your website visitors will receive your blog updates on their Facebook Homepage. Before you add

the Facebook like box below blogger posts or on any part of your blog, you will need to create a Facebook Like Page by reading this tutorial,

• Create Facebook Like Page
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    You can see this box appearing below all my posts. This is a better area to place your like box than the sidebar because it isthe next thing your readers will see after having read your post. So this area can increase the number of your blog likes. Lets getto work then!

  Adding Facebook Like Box Below Blogger Posts

  1. Go To Blogger > Design > Edit HTML
  2. Backup your template
  3. Check the "Expand widget Templates" box
  4. Search for this,

  <data:post.body/>

  Just after it paste the code below,

  <iframe allowTransparency='true' frameborder='0' scrolling='no' src='http://www.facebook.com/plugins/likebox.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FMy-Blogger-Tricks%2F147104632016744&amp;width=590&amp;colorscheme=light&amp; show_faces=true&amp;stream=false&amp;header=false&amp;height=180' style='border:none; overflow:hidden; width:590px; height:180px;'/>

  
  Make this change please:
  • Replace the bolded blue text with your Facebook Like Page Link (Do not include http://)
  • In your Page URL replace all back slashes i.e ( / ) with %2F
  for example if your Like Page URL looks like this,
  
  then after replacing the back slashes with %2F it will look like this,

  www.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FMy-Blogger-Tricks%2F147104632016744

   
  •     To change the width, just adjust the value 590
  5.   Save your template and you are done!
  If you faced any problems just let me know. Peace and Blessings.   for more tricks visit : Click Here

 

Facebook social plugins are widely used online today. The most famous is the "like" button which is used by millions of webmasters to promote their sites. How many of these social plugins do you use on your blog? I'll

try to provide brief information about these great tools that might help you to achieve your online endeavors.

   

Activity Feed

The activity plugin displays the most important activity going on at your blog. Whether somebody has liked a post, commented on the Facebook comment box or shared the post with their friends on Facebook. If a user is logged into Facebook, the plugin will be personalized to highlight content from their friends. I would only recommend this plugin if you believe there is enough activity going on at your blog other wise it wont leave a good impression at the visitors.  

Comments

Comments plugin lets users to comment on your blog. A great feature of this social plugin is that when ever someone comments on your blog and leaves the "Post to Facebook" check box ticked, the comment appears on his Facebook activity feed with a link back to your blog and thus making increasing more links towards your blog. Also this comment box is extremely user friendly and is quite simple to understand.  You can add it to your blogger blogs by reading this tutorial: Facebook comments Box

Facepile

  The Facepile plugin shows the profile pictures of all the people who have liked your blog or have signed up for it. You just need to enter your blog URL and your plugin would be ready to go. This again helps only if your blog have enough likes and followers.      

Like Box

The Likebox plugin lets users to like your Facebook page from your website or blog. There is no need to visit the the page its self. Also, the box shows activity feed of your page at Facebook and makes it really easy for  the users to like your blog. Though there is a option to turn of the activity feeds and even the thumbnails. Its quite customizable. You can add it to your blogger blogs by reading this tutorial: Facebook Like box  

Like Button

Like button works somewhat like the "like box" but have a different purpose to serve. Its a more handy button and can be added to places like post headers and footers. Its just allows to like your respective post or your blog as a whole. Today, Facebook likes have become one of the determinants of your online success. Its a must to have plugin. You can add it to your blogger blogs by reading this tutorial: Like plus Send Button  

Live Stream

  Live stream plugin lets users to share comments and activity in real time on your blog. Live Stream works best when you are running a real-time event, like live streaming video for concerts, speeches, or web chats.      

Login Button

The Facebook Login button lets users login in your blog as the name suggest and in addition to this the users can see his friends pictures who are already part of your blog. The button can be customized in a way that you can set the number of rows for the pictures to be displayed.  

Recommendation

    This plugin features all the recommendations your blog has earned. Whether a particular post or the blog as a whole, the plugin would show that content as recommended by so and so.    

Send Button

The Send Button allows users to easily send content to their friends. People will have the option to send your URL in a message to their Facebook friends, to the group wall of one of their Facebook groups, and as an email to any email address. Though Facebook like button has a "Send" button too now so there is no as such need of this button. You can add it to your blogger blogs by reading this tutorial: Facebook Send Button    

Which one to choose?

Facebook social plugins are really one of the best out there as part of social tools available online. Its not necessary that you should use all of them to get online success. Instead work out your needs and then choose which ones you want. The most famous are Facebook like button / box, comments. We would like to know which of  these social plugins you use on your blog. Thanks   for more tricks visit : http://www.mmktricks.blogspot.com

You might have observed adsense adplacements below post title in most of the websites and blogs. This is the spot suggested by most of the experts to increase the Click Through Rate (CTR). Trying adsense in different spots is a good idea to find a best spot in terms of earning.

This post explains how to place adsense below post title in Blogger.

The tutorial will not be complicated if you 
understand it properly. Do keep a backup of your template before tweaking and breathe properly! 

1. Firstly, you need to encode your adsense code. Go to html encoder, paste your adsense code in the box, and click Encode. Copy the encoded codes.
2. Now go to Blogger Layout page – click Edit HTML – then check Expand Widget Templates.
   (Don’t forget to back-up your template)
   
3. Then Search(Ctrl+F) for
   

   <data:post.body/>

   and,
   
   • Blogs with Read More/Post Summaries hack:
     Paste that encoded adsense code just before the second occurrence of<data:post.body/> in your template.
   • Blogs without Read More/Post Summaries hack:
     Replace <data:post.body/> with the the following code:
     

     <b:if cond=‘data:blog.pageType == “item” ’>
     Your Encoded Adsense Code
     </b:if>
     <p><data:post.body/></p>

4. By default, the adsense ad in your post will be displayed above post body as shown below:
   
   If you want to bring together the adsense ad and post body together(as shown in the image below), you need to add the following extra codes in Step-3:
   

   <div style=“float:left;padding:5px;”>
   Your Encoded Adsense Code
   </div>

   

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