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The "best" of the comments I'm never going to publish. Like many bloggers, I've noticed an increase in spam-comments over the last few months. And as a blog gets more popular, I guess it's naturally going to be found by more and more "comment marketers" (sic). Unluckily for them, I always moderate comments on my blogs. I even wrote a comments policy for Blogger-hints-and-tips to help me think through what I would and wouldn't publish. But occasionally I get the urge to reply to a comment-er, even though I'm never to approve their comments.   Here are a few recent gems (with embedded links removed). Don't call me "dear" Left on " Getting started with SEO, for Bloggers ": "hi dear, this is very informative info for a seo friendly work and helpful to writte a good blog.you explain it very well..good job dear...thanks for sharing informative info with us.....:)" Even without the embedded link, any comment that ca...

This Quick-tip is about how you can verify the website (or blog) associated with your Pinterest account - and solving a small problem with the meta-tag that Pinterest give you. Pinterest have recently announced Pinterest Web Analytics, which will show you " how many people have pinned content from your site, what content is most popular with pinners, and more. "   (From their announcement email. To register to Pinterest Web Analytics, you need to Get early access to Pinterest�s new look . Verify your website , using the tools listed here . After your website is verified, there will be an Analytics option on the top-right menu whenever you are using Pinterest . Verifying your blog with Pinterest: There is one slight twitch to the verification process:  As I've explained previously, Bloggers don't have access to load files to their site's root directory .   Instead we need to use the meta-tag option , currently on the bottom left of the box which opens when you cho...

This article introduces Google Webmaster central's first-steps-SEO cheatsheat, and explains how the points in it apply to Blogger. Google have produced a "first steps cheat sheet" for people who've got a blog or website, " but never gave search much thought ". They describe it as a "short how-to list with basic tips on search engine-friendly design". It lists things you can do which may " help Google and others better understand the content and increase your site�s visibility ". You can find it here . (It's a one-page PDF file). The Webmaster Central post where it was announced said to " read it, print it, share it, copy and distribute it " - so I'm going to tell you how the points listed apply to Blogger users. One caveat:   As I've explained previously, SEO (aka search engine-friendly design) is totally irrelevant for some bloggers .  Unless you know that being found in search-engines is important for your blog...

This QuickTip is about Google's March 2013 (spring for them) product retirements, and how they affect Blogger users. For a while, every time the season changes Google have announced a set of product retirements. This quarter's announcement is just out, and you can find it here . In short, the changes are: Apps Script will stop supporting GUI Builder and five UiApp widgets from September 16, 2013. CalDAV API only be available to whitelisted developers, from September 16, 2013. Us Google Calendar's API, instead. Google Building Maker will be retired on June 1 2013. Google Cloud Connect won't be available from April 30 (use Google Drive's desktop app instead). Google Reader stops working on July 1, 2013, Export your subscriptions and use another company's RSS feed-reader. (No recommendations given) The Google Voice App for Blackberry won't be supported from next week. (Use Google's HTML5 app with Blackberry version 6 and over instead.) The Search...

This Quick-tip is about some new help resources and options that Google has recently introduced for AdSense publishers - including ones who use AdSense through Blogger. If you put AdSense ads into your blog or website , you are known as a "publisher", because you "publish" materials where advertisements, placed by people known as advertisers, can be placed. Recently Google announced  a simplified, personalized contact options page for AdSense publishers , backed by an an email-based "help" service. This is a single source for many commonly used AdSense troubleshooting tools and articles, which often help you to resolve problems very quickly. Some troubleshooters lead to " issue-specific contact forms that generate emails to our team ". These are backed by automated tools, that help to fix problems very quickly. Google say that " The new contact options page, troubleshooters, and specialized contact forms are available to all publishers with...