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A. BLOGGING ADVICE / TIPS
All blogging advice in one place
[For specific tips, please see image, writing, SEO etc.]Sundry tips
- A small blog too can shine big!
- 5 quick blogging reminders
- 9 blogging myths: making fast buck, post once a day...
- Language blogging: what non-English blogs suffer from
- Importance of remaining focused
- Joint blogging can do wonders
- Learn from others but don't mindlessly copy their style
- Don't mindlessly apply blogging hacks
- Are you faking expertise on the blog? It might hurt.
- Review your own blog/ website in 10 minutes
- What makes big global blogs big?
- Guest blogging
- 6 blogging worries
- Wrong niche can ruin blogging prospects
- When it's better to quit blogging
- Blogging can reduce stress!
- Blog and live happily ever after!
- Blogging tips especially for 2017
- Blogging advice that you should ignore
B. CONTENT AND WRITING
Content quality- Quality of content matters a lot: how to maintain it
- What Google talks about website reputation, content quality etc: 1 2
- Google likes in-depth articles
- Displaying archived posts: 1 2
- Reviving old blog? Think of pros & cons
- Re-using old posts, linking back to them and an example of reviving old post
The writing craft
[Content display: Pl see 'Design' below.]- How and why of writing high quality content
- How to write dazzling posts
- Grab readers’ attention to your written word
- Catchy versus search-friendly post titles
- Why we should write for humans, not search engines
- Using Open Live Writer for writing blogs
- Disclose, disclaim, attribute when paid for writing or when using others' content
- Quoting others? Use proper quotes, don't plagiarize.
- Have short, long posts or series?
- Having pages, in addition to posts, on the blog
- How to write great headlines
C. VISUAL CONTENT ON BLOGS, WEBSITES, SOCIAL ACCOUNTS
Sundry image-related tips
- 3-part series on image aspects in detail: Technical aspects relating to images; Image sizes and other parameters; What to consider for images in blogs
- Png vs jpg for blogs
- Text inside images
- Infographics
- Best sizes of photos for social accounts (e.g. FB)
- Finding free legal images for blogging
- Free images from ITB: some symbols, graphics, monuments, Indian entities, veggies, etc
- Putting alt tag on images
- Free image tools; also see Canva Fotojet Gimp Pablo
- Selfies for blogs: 1 2
- Using phone camera effectively for blogging
- Putting maps on blogs
- Favicon
Video
D. BLOGGING PLATFORMS
Major free blogging platforms compared:1 2Why we recommend Blogger over Wordpress
LinkedIn as blogging platform
Facebook instant articles
Tumblr: a serious blogging platform?
Medium as a blogging platform
Making a free blog on Google/ Blogger
Blogger: its special features
Indian blogging platforms & communities
E. CREATING A BLOG
How to start a blog
Creating blog on Blogger/ Google
Checklist before starting a blog
Starting a video blog
Starting a beauty blog
F. BLOGGING BY NICHE/ SUBJECT
Beauty and fashion bloggingBusiness blogging: Why should businesses blog?
Video blog: how to start a video blog and make it great
Photoblogging
[Pl see 'Image' above for other image related tips.]
Travel blogging
Food blogging
- 9 things the food blogger must remember
- Making money from a food blog
- A comment on the Best Indian Food Blogs
Child blogging / blogging by the aged
- 13 reasons why you must teach your kid to blog
- Child blog: do's and don'ts
- Parents beware! Your children might be at grave risk online
- Blogging is so fulfilling in old age, and how!
G. WEB DESIGN
All posts relating to design, layout elementsLayout & design: do's and don'ts
- Standard blog layout ideas
- When a minimalist blog design looks great
- Best websites are clean and simple
- A website's attention map
- Check if your blog is too gaudy and colourful
- Why copying others' design might be bad
- Common design issues in Hindi blogs
- Some simple useful tips for a better design on Blogger
- Importance of keeping the best on top of the homepage
- Simple tips for an appealing blog
- Having pages, in addition to posts, on the blog
- Should you have a contact form on the blog?
Frills and elements
- How to put widgets/ gadgets on blog
- Most useful widgets for blogs
- New, useful widgets for Blogger blogs
- Featured post gadget on blogger
Favicon: the cute image for your blog or website - How to use labels/ tags effectively for great navigation
- Text display in blogs and websites matters a lot!
- Websites and blogs should care for text color
- Best fonts for websites
- Text in images: how much is too much?
Layout ideas for photoblogs: Pl see 'Niche blogging'> 'Photoblogging' above.]
H. WEB HOSTING, DOMAIN NAMES AND RELATED MATTERS
Importance of having a good web hostWhat to consider in selecting a web host
Best and cheapest website hosts
Give your blog an independent domain name
Giving proper URLs to Blogger posts
New domain names and https security on Blogger blogs: an update of 2015
Migrating a free blog to independent URL, host
Google domains: a 2014 update
.Blog domains: a 2013 update
I. ENGAGEMENT ON BLOGS
Using captcha to avoid comment spam
Avoiding trolls on blogs as well as social networks
Brands ignore consumers on social media: a study
Are Indian bloggers engaged enough?
Why you should put your email ID on the blog
How strong name and keywords help SEO
Optimize keywords effectively, correctly
Why we must NOT write for search engines
Giving proper URL, search terms to Blogger posts
Optimize keywords effectively, correctly
Why we must NOT write for search engines
Giving proper URL, search terms to Blogger posts
How fake SEO experts claim big, deliver naught
RankBrain: Google search update of 2016
What Google talks about website reputation, content quality etc: 1 2
10 quick tips for high blog authority
RankBrain: Google search update of 2016
What Google talks about website reputation, content quality etc: 1 2
10 quick tips for high blog authority
10 sure ways to grabs readers’ attention to your written word
Catchy versus search-friendly titles in blog posts
In-depth articles are liked by Google
Re-using old post by linking back to it
Having an omnichannel strategy for the brand
Catchy versus search-friendly titles in blog posts
In-depth articles are liked by Google
Re-using old post by linking back to it
Having an omnichannel strategy for the brand
K. MONEY MATTERS
All posts relating to money-making from bloggingWhy should businesses blog?
Brands ignore consumers on social media: a study
Brands should go omnichannel for optimal social media marketing
Are blogging relevant anymore?
L. QUICK AND EASY HTML TWEAKS FOR BLOGS
M. BEING LEGALLY CORRECT
Disclose, disclaim, attribute
Even copying titles is not ethical, it's not useful too
What to do when others steal content: copyright issues
Even copying titles is not ethical, it's not useful too
What to do when others steal content: copyright issues
N. REWARDS AND THREATS TO BLOGGERS
N. REWARDS AND THREATS TO BLOGGERS
News reports about bloggers rewarded, threatened, penalized, taxed, killed, ...
O. BLOGGING RELATED GENERAL TOPICS
Reviving old blog? Think of pros & cons
P. BLOGOSPHERE: INDIAN TRENDS, FACT-CHECK
Technorati blog survey 2011 Trends in Indian blogging: 2011
Where does Indian blogging stand: 2011
Observations on Indian blogs: 2013
How big is the blogosphere? 2014
Indiblogger survey of Indian blogosphere: 2014
What is there in Hindi blogosphere: 2014
Future of Indian English blogging: 2015
Indian blogs' main problems compared to others
Indian bloggers and their influence on brands
Indian bloggers' apathy towards money making
An impression about Indian blogs in 2016
Who does NOT blog in India
Blogging trends in 2016, 2017
Q. DIRECTORY COMPILATION, LISTINGS
FAQs on directory compilation
Broad considerations for including a blog in the Directory: 1 2
Directory compilation in initial years: 1 2
[Please also see 'Blogosphere' below for status of blogging in India, elsewhere.]
Broad considerations for including a blog in the Directory: 1 2
Directory compilation in initial years: 1 2
[Please also see 'Blogosphere' below for status of blogging in India, elsewhere.]
Current Directories and listings
- The Directory of Best Indian Blogs: alphabetical list category-wise list
- Platinum blogs list: cream-of-the-cream Indian blogs
- Directory of Best Hindi Blogs
- Hindi blog aggregators, web-magazines
- Best Indian forums
R. HINDI BLOGGING
Hindi blogosphere: observations in detail in 2012: 1 2How we compile Hindi directory: 2012
A take on directory compilation: 2013, 2016
What is there in Hindi blogosphere: 2014
Current Directory of Best Hindi Blogs
How big the Directory should be?
Hindi blog aggregators, web-magazines
How to make a blog (in Hindi)
Common design issues in Hindi blogs
Our journey from 2010 to 2016
S. OTHERS' BLOGGING ASSETS SHOWCASED
Showcased blogs: some fine blogs we discovered, some good blogs submitted to usInterviews (of prominent bloggers)
- Alka Gurha: blogger
- Baradwaj Rangan: film critic
- Shivya Nath: travel blogger
- Abhijit Bhaduri: HR expert
T. WEB SECURITY, SAFETY, PRIVACY
All tips and discussions on safety, privacy etcSpam
Trolls: how to avoid them
Trolling on Indian social media
Time to make your blog private?
Women safety through mobile app
Use of simple blogging by police: an example
Carelessness by Facebook chief; passwords hacked
Keeping your computer safe [Pl also visit 'child safety' below.]
Safe-keeping of web assets
- Your social accounts after death
- Backing up, export of Blogger blogs
- Backing up all Google assets/ data
- What if someone steals your content?
- Autosave: it can be an evil!
U. SOCIAL MEDIA
All posts on social media discussions, including tech updatesGovernments and social media
- How governments should use social media: a paper
- Indian government embraces social media: updates of 2014 2015
- Use of simple blogging by police: an example
- Terrorists use social media better than governments
- When Indian government banned porn in 2015
- Why should governments support blogging?
Blogging juxtaposed with social networks
- How blogging scores over social networking:1 2
- Are bloggers shifting to Facebook, Twitter?
- Why the blog should be integrated with social accounts?
- Social media darling moves to blogging
- Blogging on Facebook: instant articles
- Politicians' use of social media [Its use by Obama, Modi, Trump, Anna, etc; social media during elections, fake numbers etc]
- Auto-playing videos on social media
- Videos are the future social media format
- Use of hashtags on social media
- Best sizes of photos for social accounts
- Social media accounts after one's death
- Does banning porn by governments help? also: When Indian government banned porn in 2015
- Net neutrality: Indian regulator's stand . Facebook's stand on FreeBasics
- Is social media overtaking traditional media?
- Is social media becoming a mass communication tool in India?
- Use of social media by Americans: a survey
- How bad is global digital divide?
- Social media in conflict zone
- Abuse of social media for Muzaffarnagar violence
- Big social numbers could be unreal, useless!
- People hesitate rather than speak out on social media!
- FB reduces well-being... social media reduces urge for charity!
- Social media can cause depression among celebrities
- Social media overuse leading to eating disorders
- Is social media that bad for mental health?
V. FREE SOFTWARE, ONLINE TOOLS
ITB recommends free online IT tools and software that help bloggers in writing, image editing, making quick text banners for social media, learning HTML, and so on.Unless specifically mentioned, ITB has no commercial consideration for these recommendations.
W. INDIAN TOP BLOGS: WHAT WE DO; WHAT WE OFFER
About UsITB's commitment to quality, fairness: a reiteration
Do you have to submit your blog to ITB for directory etc?
Why not submit your blog for showcasing on ITB?
Quick blog review by ITB
