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Scrolling through spammy comments, I've noticed this particular one:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SZCeX9V2BEI/AAAAAAAAIfQ/VW-m8GBxz2Y/s1600-h/anchor-hidden-spam-ridden-comment.PNG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SZCeX9V2BEI/AAAAAAAAIfQ/VW-m8GBxz2Y/s800/anchor-hidden-spam-ridden-comment.PNG\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWhat was that rectangle to the right? I mouse-overed it with \u003ca href\u003d\"https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843\"\u003eFireBug\u003c/a\u003e - it was link-infested:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SZCg40esRaI/AAAAAAAAIfY/sT0xiqMct6I/s1600-h/link-infested-block.PNG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SZCg40esRaI/AAAAAAAAIfY/sT0xiqMct6I/s800/link-infested-block.PNG\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOf course, when I turned off \u003cb\u003eHighlight Nofollow Links\u003c/b\u003e in \u003ca href\u003d\"https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/321\"\u003eSearchStatus\u003c/a\u003e, the comment looked perfectly ordinary:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SZCiWcVuEGI/AAAAAAAAIfg/igjKbLHPyQU/s1600-h/spammy-comment-looking-as-ordinary.PNG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SZCiWcVuEGI/AAAAAAAAIfg/igjKbLHPyQU/s800/spammy-comment-looking-as-ordinary.PNG\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003eBut how can it hurt me, if these links are nofollowed and even non-clickable?\u003c/b\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eThese links are hidden, thus subject to violating \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl\u003den\u0026amp;answer\u003d66353\"\u003eguidelines for Google-friendly sites\u003c/a\u003e, which can even result in automatic removal of your page from search index\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThese links slow down your page . The described above link-pack was 5kb - compared to 30kb original post. Take 6 commenters like that - and your page will load almost twice longer.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eIt can (needs more testing) change the keyword density of your site. (It's not caused by this particular comment, but two most popular keywords on that page are \"Viagra\" and \"Tramadol\", making 20% of page content. If you were an indexing robot - what would you think that page is about?)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ol\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow to fight it?\u003c/b\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt would be possible to make these anchors visible using CSS (for example, specifying padding and background color for \u003cb\u003e\u0026lt;a/\u0026gt;\u003c/b\u003e tags),  however, everyone who visits your page would see them - and even worse - will be able to accidentally click them - which is not exactly what we need. Instead, have Highlight Nofollow Links or similar feature turned on - and once a spammer is detected - fire at will.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eP.S.  \u003ca href\u003d\"https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843\"\u003eFireBug\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href\u003d\"https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/321\"\u003eSearchStatus\u003c/a\u003e are two great Firefox addons. No competent web developer/SEO can imagine his life without them.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis post was originally posted at \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/\"\u003eHome of the Cranked SEO\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/946428812470639584-6612413255099043171?l\u003dwww.cranked.me' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.cranked.me/feeds/6612413255099043171/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.cranked.me/2009/02/hidden-text-links-in-comments.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/946428812470639584/posts/default/6612413255099043171"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/946428812470639584/posts/default/6612413255099043171"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.cranked.me/2009/02/hidden-text-links-in-comments.html","title":"Hidden text links in comments"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cranked"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/12112672407202581161"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"01958181988464391374"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SZCeX9V2BEI/AAAAAAAAIfQ/VW-m8GBxz2Y/s72-c/anchor-hidden-spam-ridden-comment.PNG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946428812470639584.post-4692665789475645098"},"published":{"$t":"2008-11-13T14:37:00.019+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-12T12:58:13.931+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"blogger"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"seo"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"howtos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"blogging"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"optimization"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"google"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Duplicate title tags / meta descriptions: Google Webmaster Tools and Blogger blogs (fix-it manual included)"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Sometimes I receive very interesting e-mails or insightful comments like this: \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/2008/07/blogger-templates-and-xhtml-markup.html#c7051926467725606787\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eHave you found a solution to duplicate title tags/duplicate meta description issue?\u003c/a\u003e. I try to respond as extensive as possible at that moment, and often even dedicate posts to describe it in more detail.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSo today's post in dedicated to \u003cb\u003eBlogger generated \"Duplicate title tags/Duplicate meta descriptions\" warnings in Google Webmaster Tools.\u003c/b\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/2008/11/duplicate-title-tags-meta-descriptions.html#duplicate_title_tags_duplicate_meta_descriptions_how_to_fix\"\u003eI know how bad duplicate title tags and duplicate meta descriptions are, just give me \"fix it\" paragraph fast.\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat is \"Duplicate title tags\" or \"Duplicate meta descriptions\"?\u003c/h2\u003eSearch engines nowadays are smart. Very smart. However they are still what they are - machines. Sometimes they can't decide which exactly your page matches the search query the best - so they check everything that can give them more clue - titles of your pages, their meta keywords, meta descriptions - everything. However, if two your pages have the same title and same meta description, there is no such clue. That's the reason search engines consider duplicate meta descriptions/title tags as \"bad\", and can actually penalize you for that.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat is Google Webmaster Tools and how is it related to Duplicate title tags and Duplicate meta descriptions warning?\u003c/h2\u003eWe all know \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/\"\u003eGoogle Webmaster Tools\u003c/a\u003e. It is a great tool that gives you some insight on how your website is seen by Google (and can also give you some hints about up-to-date Page Rank of your pages (while toolbar rank is updated once in a couple of months, data in Google Webmaster Tools is more fresh, see \"Crawl stats\").\u003cbr /\u003eHowever, sometimes Google Webmaster Tools provide us with such an intimidating picture:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SRv6yo2SzgI/AAAAAAAAIRE/NrfqLJ97HHg/s1600-h/duplicate-title-tags-duplicate-meta-descriptions-warning-in-google-webmaster-tools-2.png\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"duplicate title tags/duplicate meta descriptions warning in google webmaster tools\" border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SRv6yo2SzgI/AAAAAAAAIRE/NrfqLJ97HHg/s400/duplicate-title-tags-duplicate-meta-descriptions-warning-in-google-webmaster-tools-2.png\" title\u003d\"duplicate title tags/duplicate meta descriptions warning in google webmaster tools\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Numbers in this image are photoshopped, since after applying everything I wrote in this guide I don't have any duplicate title tags/meta descriptions issues anymore)\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThese numbers can indeed be scary.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhy it happens?\u003c/h2\u003eBlogger has a bad habit to refer to comments through links like this: http://cranked.me/2008/07/blogger-templates-and-xhtml-markup.html?showComment\u003d1219419960000#c7051926467725606787. Thus Google threats links like these as separate pages (while it is actually simply a link to an anchor on your page). Actually, there are \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/2008/07/blogspot-cares-about-spammers-more-then.html\"\u003equite a few other SEO problems in Blogger\u003c/a\u003e as well (doesn't mean they can't be fixed though, we'll see it later :)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHow bad is it for SEO?\u003c/h2\u003eFor every comment you have in your blog, Google thinks there exists another page with the same title tag and meta description, thus Google might decide your site is not search-engine-friendly. (Since it's actually one page, these \"multiple\" pages in Google's eyes will also have the same content, which can lead to \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/2008/07/blogger-seo-tip-for-sunday-wrap-your.html\"\u003eduplicate content issue\u003c/a\u003e as well). Google Webmaster Tools doesn't show you any statistics about your pages that are considered 'duplicate content', however numbers of 'duplicate title tag issues' and 'duplicate meta description issues' might ring a bell and give you the general idea.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch2 id\u003d\"duplicate_title_tags_duplicate_meta_descriptions_how_to_fix\"\u003eOk, duplicate title tags/duplicate meta descriptions are really bad. How to fix it?\u003c/h2\u003eBasically, all we need to do to fix duplicate title tags and duplicate meta descriptions issue in Blogger is to hide links to comments in your posts from search engines. Content of the comments will still be in search engines because it is a part of your post page.\u003cbr /\u003eSo the fix is performed in three steps:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdit template\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eWrap blog archive widget\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eRemove or replace recent comments widget\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ol\u003e\u003ci\u003eNote: there is a small twist though: Google will still be able to dig some links to your comment pages from your comments feed (usually located at /feeds/comments/default).\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch3 id\u003d\"step1\"\u003eStep 1. Edit your blog template\u003c/h3\u003eWe need to hide the permalink to the comment from search engines:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SRw1KK8dNtI/AAAAAAAAIRk/b5RdxNGPsfs/s1600-h/interesting-and-motivating-silfiriels-comment-3.png\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SRw1KK8dNtI/AAAAAAAAIRk/b5RdxNGPsfs/s800/interesting-and-motivating-silfiriels-comment-3.png\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e(the link that says \u003ci\u003eAugust 22, 2008 5:46 PM\u003c/i\u003e). However, we would still like to be able to \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/2008/07/blogger-templates-and-xhtml-markup.html#c7051926467725606787\"\u003elink to the comment\u003c/a\u003e if needed, so the link should still be there for users.\u003cbr /\u003eI'm not a big fan of JavaScript because content generated by it cannot be used for SEO purposes, however this time we will use this weakness for our benefit.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSo, open your blog template (remember to previously save it). Tick \"Expand Widget Templates\" checkbox, and find this code in your template:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ccode\u003e\u0026lt;a expr:href\u003d'data:comment.url' title\u003d'comment permalink'\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026lt;data:comment.timestamp/\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026lt;/a\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/code\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt should look like this:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SZ2YpxcUVEI/AAAAAAAAIh0/jRAVdq_Gy_g/s1600-h/blogger-template-comment-footer-code-2.png\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SZ2YpxcUVEI/AAAAAAAAIh0/jRAVdq_Gy_g/s800/blogger-template-comment-footer-code-2.png\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eReplace it with the following code:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ccode\u003e\u0026lt;b:if cond\u003d'data:post.commentPagingRequired'\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026lt;a expr:href\u003d'data:comment.url' title\u003d'comment permalink'\u0026gt; \u0026lt;data.comment.timestamp/\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/a\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026lt;b:else/\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026lt;a expr:href\u003d'data:blog.url + \u0026amp;quot;#\u0026amp;quot; + data:comment.anchorName' title\u003d'comment permalink'\u0026gt; \u0026lt;data:comment.timestamp/\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/a\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026lt;/b:if\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/code\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSave the template and check how it looks. It should look the same as original, however now timestamps should link to comments by their anchor ID's, without confusing Google crawler with ?showcomment\u003d part. (In case multi-page comments are required, the long form will be used). \u003cbr /\u003eThe described trick works in all browsers that I know of.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch3 id\u003d\"step2\"\u003eStep 2. Wrap blog archive widget\u003c/h3\u003eBlog archive widget for Blogger is very nice, however it has a bad habit of generating long links Google doesn't understand. This leads to \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/2008/07/blogger-seo-tip-for-sunday-wrap-your.html\"\u003eduplicate content issues\u003c/a\u003e and duplicate title tags/meta descriptions. It is easy to fix, however: click the small wrench \u003cimg src\u003d\"http://img1.blogblog.com/img/icon18_wrench_allbkg.png\" /\u003e icon under your blog archive widget, and choose \u003cb\u003eflat list\u003c/b\u003e option in the settings window:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SRwk3m5y_0I/AAAAAAAAIRc/pWRk6Lbrth8/s1600-h/blogger-blog-archive-widget-configuration-page.png\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SRwk3m5y_0I/AAAAAAAAIRc/pWRk6Lbrth8/s800/blogger-blog-archive-widget-configuration-page.png\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003eDon't forget to press \u003cb\u003eSave\u003c/b\u003e button :)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch3 id\u003d\"step3\"\u003eStep 3. Remove recent comments widget\u003c/h3\u003eRecent comments widget is made by creating a feed widget with \u003cb\u003ehttp://\u003ci\u003e\u0026lt;yoursiteurl\u0026gt;\u003c/i\u003e/feeds/comments/default\u003c/b\u003e url as feed source. It is nifty to have, however it supplies search engines with links to your blog comments, what we try to avoid (because comment content goes to search engines' index with your post page anyway). Either remove the widget or use the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.bloggerbuster.com/2007/08/create-your-oen-recent-comments-widgets.html\"\u003ejavascript recent comments widget\u003c/a\u003e. (The javascript one, however, might slow down loading time of your sidebar a bit).\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAfter following instructions supplied here, Google Webmaster Tools will not bother you with the duplicate title tags/meta descriptions issue as there will be none (it takes time for Google to re-crawl all your site, so be patient, takes about 2-3 weeks). This will boost your search engine rankings a little bit since Google now thinks your site is \"Google friendly\" (and in fact it is).\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn the next post I'll describe how to teach Blogger to highlight your own comments with different color/style, so make sure you subscribe to my \u003ca href\u003d\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/Eterniel\"\u003erss feed\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eGood luck and enjoy your Google Webmaster Tools experience :)\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis post was originally posted at \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/\"\u003eHome of the Cranked SEO\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/946428812470639584-4692665789475645098?l\u003dwww.cranked.me' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.cranked.me/feeds/4692665789475645098/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.cranked.me/2008/11/duplicate-title-tags-meta-descriptions.html#comment-form","title":"30 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/946428812470639584/posts/default/4692665789475645098"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/946428812470639584/posts/default/4692665789475645098"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.cranked.me/2008/11/duplicate-title-tags-meta-descriptions.html","title":"Duplicate title tags / meta descriptions: Google Webmaster Tools and Blogger blogs (fix-it manual included)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cranked"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/12112672407202581161"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"01958181988464391374"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SRv6yo2SzgI/AAAAAAAAIRE/NrfqLJ97HHg/s72-c/duplicate-title-tags-duplicate-meta-descriptions-warning-in-google-webmaster-tools-2.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"30"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946428812470639584.post-362487998822480904"},"published":{"$t":"2008-10-17T18:43:00.000+02:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-10-17T19:24:18.714+02:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"bugs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"blogger"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"howtos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"changes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"blogging"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"How to redirect 404 www subdomains to your main site or Google Blogger got it 404 broken again"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ewarning: if you use Blogger for publishing, try to access your blog through its www. form - you may have this problem too\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWhen I came back from \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/2008/10/back-in-business.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003emy vacation\u003c/a\u003e, I was quite surprised to see that the www. form of my blog (\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.cranked.me/\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003ehttp://www.cranked.me/\u003c/a\u003e form of my blog is not getting redirected to my \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003ehttp://cranked.me/\u003c/a\u003e site, and instead I receive a \u003cb\u003eServer Not Found Error 404\u003c/b\u003e message: \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SPjCZsMp5jI/AAAAAAAAGmI/tLfNyb1ioz0/s1600-h/server-not-found-error-404-message.PNG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SPjCZsMp5jI/AAAAAAAAGmI/yHXml0cbOzI/s400-R/server-not-found-error-404-message.PNG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003eAmused, I ran to check all the CNAME, A, and even MX records in my DNS domain management interfaces. Everything was intact. \u003cb\u003eRedirect www.cranked.me to cranked.me\u003c/b\u003e checkbox in Blogger dashboard was checked as well.\u003cbr /\u003eAfter half an hour of scratching my head and trial-and-error approach I have found a way that worked:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eGo to your \u003cb\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://blogger.com/home\" rel\u003d\"nofollow\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eBlogger dashboard\u003c/a\u003e-\u0026gt;Settings-\u0026gt;Publishing\u003c/b\u003e and uncheck \u003cb\u003eRedirect  www.\u003c/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eyoursite.com\u003c/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  to \u003c/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eyoursite.com\u003c/i\u003e:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SPjF20foF2I/AAAAAAAAGmQ/eKRw3r4sybA/s1600-h/google-blogger-hosting-www-redirect-unchecked.PNG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SPjF20foF2I/AAAAAAAAGmQ/bwcS5UJLEWs/s800-R/google-blogger-hosting-www-redirect-unchecked.PNG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eSolve the CAPTCHA below and press \u003cb\u003eSAVE SETTINGS\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eNow, on the same page, check back \u003cb\u003eRedirect  www.\u003c/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eyoursite.com\u003c/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  to \u003c/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eyoursite.com\u003c/i\u003e checkbox:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SPjF49s7scI/AAAAAAAAGmY/YuyYzlH3oVc/s1600-h/google-blogger-hosting-www-redirect-checked.PNG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SPjF49s7scI/AAAAAAAAGmY/Q6qw2H_CGD8/s800-R/google-blogger-hosting-www-redirect-checked.PNG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eSolve the CAPTCHA below and press \u003cb\u003eSAVE SETTINGS\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eWait a couple of minutes and try to access your site/blog through it's \u003cb\u003ewww.\u003c/b\u003e form - it should work.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ol\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eExplanation? Google uses Name-based \u003ca href\u003d\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_hosting\" rel\u003d\"nofollow\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003evirtual hosting\u003c/a\u003e to host all sites. Somehow, maybe while updating Blogger engine, the setting of \u003cb\u003eRedirect  www.\u003c/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eyoursite.com\u003c/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  to \u003c/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eyoursite.com\u003c/i\u003e checkbox got messed up, and Blogger was no more redirecting the www- form of your blog to your main blog. This could cause a loss of some PageRank and problems with sites like \u003ca href\u003d\"http://alexa.com\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eAlexa\u003c/a\u003e or \u003ca href\u003d\"http://domaintools.com\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eDomaintools\u003c/a\u003e which often use www- form to access your website.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eLuckily, we got everything covered up :)\u003cbr /\u003eI also recommend you to subscribe to \u003ca href\u003d\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/Eterniel\"\u003emy RSS feed\u003c/a\u003e if you haven't done so yet, so you can always receive fresh SEO and webmaster updates from the constantly changing Internet world.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis post was originally posted at \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/\"\u003eHome of the Cranked SEO\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/946428812470639584-362487998822480904?l\u003dwww.cranked.me' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.cranked.me/feeds/362487998822480904/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.cranked.me/2008/10/how-to-redirect-404-www-subdomains-to.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/946428812470639584/posts/default/362487998822480904"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/946428812470639584/posts/default/362487998822480904"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.cranked.me/2008/10/how-to-redirect-404-www-subdomains-to.html","title":"How to redirect 404 www subdomains to your main site or Google Blogger got it 404 broken again"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cranked"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/12112672407202581161"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"01958181988464391374"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SPjCZsMp5jI/AAAAAAAAGmI/yHXml0cbOzI/s72-Rc/server-not-found-error-404-message.PNG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946428812470639584.post-4804102600313060183"},"published":{"$t":"2008-08-07T02:51:00.003+02:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-08-07T19:21:55.232+02:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"marketing"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"awesome"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"blogging"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Webmasters' tip learned from TypePad: Treat your visitors like your life depends on them"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"While developing FoxRecord, a need arose to test it on TypePad.\u003cbr /\u003e\"Sure thing!\". \u003ca target\u003d\"_blank\" href\u003d\"http://typepad.com/\"\u003ehttp://typepad.com/\u003c/a\u003e in \u003ca target\u003d\"_blank\" href\u003d\"http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2008/04/21/a-little-something-awesome-about-firefox-3/\"\u003eawesome bar\u003c/a\u003e and let's go.\u003cbr /\u003eTruth came crashing down unexpectedly. TypePad is a payed blogging service. \u003cbr /\u003eI mean, come on? Payed blogging service? When there are WordPress and BlogSpot out there?\u003cbr /\u003eWhatever. While I prefer \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/2008/04/reason-i-dont-shop-online.html\"\u003enot to shop online\u003c/a\u003e, TypePad offers a free 14-day trial - more then enough to test the embed widget api, and have a look at what TypePad has in its arsenal.\u003cbr /\u003eIf only my visa credit card wasn't gathering dust at home, while I tried this trick at work (please don't demote me, I did it on a lunch break, I swear).\u003cbr /\u003eSo, the result was \"oh well\".\u003cbr /\u003eUntil a few days later I receive this e-mail:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont color\u003d\"#000000\" face\u003d\"'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size\u003d\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWas it something we said?\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/font\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont color\u003d\"#000000\" face\u003d\"'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size\u003d\"2\"\u003eWe noticed that you started to register for a TypePad account, but didn’t complete it.\u003c/font\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont color\u003d\"#000000\" face\u003d\"'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size\u003d\"2\"\u003eMaybe the doorbell rang. Maybe you were late for a meeting.\u003c/font\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont color\u003d\"#000000\" face\u003d\"'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size\u003d\"2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOr maybe it was us.\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/font\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont color\u003d\"#000000\" face\u003d\"'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size\u003d\"2\"\u003eWhatever the reason, we want the chance to show you that we’re quite simply the best hosted blogging service on the market. Just follow this link and enter code \u003cb\u003eREG***\u003c/b\u003e for a special 10% discount and a 14-day free trial.\u003c/font\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont color\u003d\"#000000\" face\u003d\"'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size\u003d\"2\"\u003eWe hope to see you again soon.\u003c/font\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont color\u003d\"#000000\" face\u003d\"'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size\u003d\"2\"\u003eThe TypePad Team\u003c/font\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAnd on a sidebar:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003ctable align\u003d\"center\" bgcolor\u003d\"#ffffff\" border\u003d\"0\" cellpadding\u003d\"0\" cellspacing\u003d\"0\" width\u003d\"600\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\u003ctr valign\u003d\"top\"\u003e\u003ctd width\u003d\"160\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont color\u003d\"#006600\" face\u003d\"'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size\u003d\"2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy Choose TypePad?\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/font\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont color\u003d\"#000000\" face\u003d\"'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size\u003d\"2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesign\u003c/b\u003e: You'll \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.typepad.com/features/design.html\"\u003elook good\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/font\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont color\u003d\"#000000\" face\u003d\"'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size\u003d\"2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMobile Blogging\u003c/b\u003e: You can \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.typepad.com/features/mobile.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eblog on the go\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/font\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont color\u003d\"#000000\" face\u003d\"'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size\u003d\"2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSEO\u003c/b\u003e: You'll \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.typepad.com/features/seo.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003estand out\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/font\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont color\u003d\"#000000\" face\u003d\"'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size\u003d\"2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eConnect to Others\u003c/b\u003e: Be the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.typepad.com/features/community.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003ecenter of attention\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/font\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e         \u003ctd width\u003d\"10\"\u003e\u003cimg height\u003d\"1\" width\u003d\"10\" /\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003c/tbody\u003e\u003c/table\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWorking in corporate environments and using sites like LinkedIn, I receive plenty of e-mails per day. Yet I have never seen an e-mail written as good as this one.\u003cbr /\u003eWhy this e-mail message is good:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eTaking the blame and full responsibility. Right in the message subject.\u003c/b\u003e \u003cbr /\u003ePeople tend to be forgiving. Especially for something that you didn't do.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeing short and to the point.\u003c/b\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMost people are not amused by amount of graphics you put into your e-mail message. And a lot of people also value their time enough to send the message directly into trash if it looks like 3 pages of justified text, when they already know what this message will be about.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eOffering something (in this case, a discount).\u003c/b\u003e \u003cbr /\u003eWhile I consider tricks like \u003ci\u003e'If you register until midnight today, you will get a special discount, and also this, this and this'\u003c/i\u003e, at least they offer something in a non-annoying form to a visitor that could never be back. (Instead of selfish 'Please fill this 10 pages survey why you didn't like the product, and go the hell outa here, our robot will read it. One day.')\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eProviding links to immediate actions.\u003c/b\u003e \u003cbr /\u003e\"Check out our designs\", \"Check out how we will work to SEO your blog\" - everything a considering customer might want to check - everything is there, in the right sidebar of the message.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eAutomatic feedback.\u003c/b\u003e \u003cbr /\u003eAll links in the message go through a redirect - this way, if someone clicks on a link in the message, they know which exactly customer responded to their e-mail and which action did he took.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Unsubscribe\" link.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/b\u003eIf an automatically generated e-mail from services like this does not contain this sort of link - this is a first \"red\" signal. \u003cbr /\u003eIt takes one click to unsubscribe from this sort of e-mails from TypePad. Compare it to Photobucket:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eThere is an option to unsubscribe from Photobucket Newsletters in the Personal Information section of your Account Options. All other email from Photobucket cannot be disabled. Most email from Photobucket after the original registration of your account is in direct response to requests from you (account information, email address updates, etc.). The only way to remove\u003cbr /\u003eyour email address from the Photobucket site is to request that your account be deleted.\u003c/blockquote\u003eThe only feeling that I have after reading this Photobucket e-mail - I don't want to see photobucket ever again.\u003cbr /\u003eWhile after unsubscription from TypePad (to test how it works) I even felt sorry.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ol\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMorale: treat your visitors the way you want to be treated yourself. A kind e-mail from TypePad made me write this article linking to them. Outrageous behavior of photobucket made me setup \u003cstrike\u003ean auto-responder with two simple words: \"fuck you\" to all their e-mails\u003c/strike\u003e a filter to send every message from them directly to trash.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis post was originally posted at \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/\"\u003eHome of the Cranked SEO\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/946428812470639584-4804102600313060183?l\u003dwww.cranked.me' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.cranked.me/feeds/4804102600313060183/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.cranked.me/2008/08/webmasters-tip-learned-from-typepad.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/946428812470639584/posts/default/4804102600313060183"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/946428812470639584/posts/default/4804102600313060183"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.cranked.me/2008/08/webmasters-tip-learned-from-typepad.html","title":"Webmasters' tip learned from TypePad: Treat your visitors like your life depends on them"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cranked"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/12112672407202581161"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"01958181988464391374"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946428812470639584.post-2951050596495096327"},"published":{"$t":"2008-07-31T00:08:00.006+02:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-10-20T13:30:20.172+02:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"bugs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"seo"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"engineering"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"blogging"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Blogspot cares about spammers more then about regular users - vital things that Blogger lacks"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cdiv xmlns\u003d\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"\u003eDamn. Insomnia is not the best thing you can have on a weekday.\u003cbr /\u003eBut since I'm here, I might as well spend this time for something useful. Like, pondering about things that we currently have in Blogger that are useful only for splogs (like, \u003cb\u003eShow Link Fields\u003c/b\u003e option in \u003cb\u003eSettings-\u0026gt;Formatting\u003c/b\u003e) and things that would make Blogger experience not only pleasurable, but also more effective.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSo, here goes list of Blogger features that cry and beg to be implemented: \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbility to set meta keywords for every post page.\u003c/b\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbility to set (or automatically generate from content) meta description.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/b\u003eMeta keywords and meta description are very important for good indexing and more precise results for your pages from search engines. Right now, you actually can set these meta tags - using the trick that I described in \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/2008/07/how-to-optimize-your-blogger-post-page.html\"\u003ehow to optimize your blogger post page titles for search engines\u003c/a\u003e, adding \u003cb\u003e\u0026lt;meta name\u003d\"keywords\" content\u003d\"\u003ci\u003ekeywords, for, your, site\u003c/i\u003e\"\u0026gt;\u003c/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003e\u0026lt;meta name\u003d\"description\" content\u003d\"\u003ci\u003edescription for your site\u003c/i\u003e\" \u0026gt;\u003c/b\u003e under lines that start with \u003cb\u003e\u0026lt;title\u0026gt;\u003c/b\u003e - but this can only be done globally for the blog. While still giving a positive boost, it is not as good as it could be - you could specify keywords manually, and description could be automatically taken from the first paragraph of the post. Could be. If Blogger team wasn't too busy implementing \u003ca href\u003d\"http://buzz.blogger.com/2008/07/updates-and-fixes-for-july-18th.html\"\u003ecomment moderation in Malay\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eImage titles and alt text in editor\u0026nbsp; \u003c/b\u003e- \u003ca href\u003d\"http://draft.blogger.com/\"\u003eblogger in draft\u003c/a\u003e features a very nice picture upload interface, together with live picture size selection bar that appears under the picture if you click on it in editor. But if you are at least a bit familiar with SEO and have enabled \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer\u003d48367\"\u003eenhanced image search\u003c/a\u003e (you did enable it, didn't you? it's free and takes one click on a checkbox in \u003ca href\u003d\"http://draft.blogger.com/www.google.com/webmasters/tools\"\u003eGoogle Webmaster Tools\u003c/a\u003e) - then you will have to switch to Edit HTML mode and add image's alt and title parameter text by hand if you want your images to take advantages of Google Image search.\u003cbr /\u003eWhy title and alternate text for images is important - read in the next article.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle text for links\u0026nbsp; \u003c/b\u003e- the previous also applies for links. To specify link title you have to hack html - I don't mind it, I usually type my articles in raw html, yet switching from compose mode if you are there just to specify link title (including searching for the correct place afterwards) is just... too much of a hassle.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelated posts widget \u003c/b\u003e- is it that hard? Feed-based JavaScript solutions only slow the page down. Significantly. \u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-style-span\" style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAbility to set favicon.ico file\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003eAs an additional note from \u003ca href\u003d\"http://foxrecord.com/\"\u003ewidget developer\u003c/a\u003e, I would also like to point that Blogspot widget API doesn't work \u003ca href\u003d\"http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer\u003d53219\"\u003eas stated\u003c/a\u003e - \u003ci\u003ewidget.template\u003c/i\u003e form input field is simply ignored - rendering any attempt to fully utilize Blogger templating features absolutely useless - effectively pushing you into 'JavaScript only' field.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI try not to provide non-constructive critics. If I am ever challenged for my words - mark this - then I promise to implement or help implementing all the features listed in this post free of charge, even signing a non-disclosure agreement about parts of code that I might see.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e*Here should be a fancy ending phrase. Right now I can't think of any*\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis post was originally posted at \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/\"\u003eHome of the Cranked SEO\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/946428812470639584-2951050596495096327?l\u003dwww.cranked.me' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.cranked.me/feeds/2951050596495096327/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.cranked.me/2008/07/blogspot-cares-about-spammers-more-then.html#comment-form","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/946428812470639584/posts/default/2951050596495096327"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/946428812470639584/posts/default/2951050596495096327"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.cranked.me/2008/07/blogspot-cares-about-spammers-more-then.html","title":"Blogspot cares about spammers more then about regular users - vital things that Blogger lacks"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cranked"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/12112672407202581161"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"01958181988464391374"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946428812470639584.post-8009977801632089119"},"published":{"$t":"2008-07-26T02:06:00.006+02:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-07-27T16:53:00.386+02:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"seo"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"tips"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"blogging"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Blogger SEO tip for Sunday: wrap your archive list"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"SEO tip of the day: wrap your archive list.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eArchive lists are cool. They provide your readers with 'at-a-glance' idea about the content you have and can help your readers to choose your next article to read. There are cons though, and these cons are... huge.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIf your archive lists are generated on server-side (that is done in Blogger, Wordpress, and basically every blogging platform), and if you have archive list as a widget, \u003cb\u003eyour every page will contain the titles of your blog posts\u003c/b\u003e. Is that good or bad?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIf you are a smart guy and write extensive keyword-filled titles for your posts, that is great. You will appear in more search result pages, you have a bigger chance to be spotted for referring to the specific topic - writing good, extensive titles is a must-do for any good blogger. But. If you have an open blog archive in your blog template, then your link-baiting titles will appear \u003cb\u003eon your every page\u003c/b\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eRand Fishkin of \u003ca href\u003d\"http://seomoz.org/\"\u003eSEOmoz\u003c/a\u003e has written a great \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.seomoz.org/blog/how-to-solve-keyword-cannibalization\"\u003earticle about keyword cannibalization\u003c/a\u003e. While his article is great, Rand's illustrations are even more fabulous, they are a piece of art and SEO history. I can't help but to post it here - I will never be able to create such a ingenious illustration:  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"text-align: center; clear: both;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SIxpSYTyQvI/AAAAAAAAF8U/s3Ptg4mP28M/s1600-h/googlebot-confused.gif\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"border: 0pt none ; background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"confused googlebot illustration\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SIxpSYTyQvI/AAAAAAAAF8U/5Q3mbTzeik8/s800-R/googlebot-confused.gif\" style\u003d\"border: 0pt none ;\" title\u003d\"confused googlebot illustration\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003eIf you include an unwrapped blog archive into your template, your every post will contain your link-baiting keywords. This will NOT help you an overall better rank for a specified keyword. But this may give problems to Google's 'most relevant page' algorithm.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eTo check it, I have run an experiment. I have unwrapped the \"blog archive\" widget and let it run for quite some time, checking Google Analytics for \"inconsistencies\".    \u003cb\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/b\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe results?\u003c/b\u003e They didn't ask me to wait long. I have started to receive hits for 'gemcraft' keyword into my \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/2008/06/sonny-by-armorgames-guide-walkthrough_09.html\"\u003eSonny\u003c/a\u003e page instead of dedicated \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/2008/07/gemcraft-by-armorgames-walkthrough.html\"\u003eGemCraft\u003c/a\u003e page. And even one hit to my \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/2008/05/x-com-ufo-defense-or-ufo-enemy-unknown.html\"\u003eX-Com\u003c/a\u003e page by \"gemcraft walkthrough\" keyword.    \u003cb\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/b\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe reason?\u003c/b\u003e They all are about games. And they all contain the keyword-filled \"\u003ci\u003eGemCraft by ArmorGames - walkthrough, hints, tips and tricks\u003c/i\u003e\" phrase from unwrapped blog archive.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/b\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe solution?\u003c/b\u003e wrap your blog archive. Easy as that. This way, Google will have no problem deciding which of your pages is the most relevant for a specific keyword, and your visitors will be happy to receive exactly what they were looking for, instead of marking you as a \"evil spammer who used black-hat SEO technologies to fool Google into showing his (probably malware-ridden) content in response to valid keywords.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBe nice to your readers and visitors. Wrap your blog archive.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis post was originally posted at \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/\"\u003eHome of the Cranked SEO\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/946428812470639584-8009977801632089119?l\u003dwww.cranked.me' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.cranked.me/feeds/8009977801632089119/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.cranked.me/2008/07/blogger-seo-tip-for-sunday-wrap-your.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/946428812470639584/posts/default/8009977801632089119"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/946428812470639584/posts/default/8009977801632089119"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.cranked.me/2008/07/blogger-seo-tip-for-sunday-wrap-your.html","title":"Blogger SEO tip for Sunday: wrap your archive list"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cranked"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/12112672407202581161"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"01958181988464391374"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SIxpSYTyQvI/AAAAAAAAF8U/5Q3mbTzeik8/s72-Rc/googlebot-confused.gif","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});