Are you bemused by blogs? Eager to become a blogger?
Google Blogger For Dummies can help you start blogging sooner than you think.
More than 14 million people are promoting a business, connecting with family and friends, and sharing opinions with Google Blogger. This book helps you start a Blogger account, create content, build an audience, make money from your blog, and more, all without learning to program. You?ll be able to: Learn the parts of a blog, what Blogger does, and how to choose goals and blog topics Choose a domain name, learn to use the dashboard, pick a template, and configure settings Dress up your blog with themes and find out where to get plenty of free ones Learn blogging etiquette and some secrets for long-term success Make money from your blog with Google Adsense, contextual and text link ads, and merchandising with CafePress Set up multi-user blogs or branch into mobile blogging, podcasting, or video blogging Take advantage of social networking sites and learn simple search engine optimization techniques Maintain your blog with tools like Blog This! and Quick Edit Moderate comments effectively, track your stats, and more
Google Blogger is a great choice for beginning bloggers, and Google Blogger For Dummies gives you the know-how to venture confidently into the blogosphere.
User review
Quite Helpful
This book was easy to use and had simple instructions to get a blog started. I was up and running within a couple of days of reading.
User review
Great Reference for Blogger
I've had my blog up and running for a couple of weeks and decided to get this book to help fill in some gaps in what I had learned on my own. I was not disappointed.
It is easy to just take a chapter at a time and you can skip around as needed. It is a great reference book. I have a Kindle and started to buy that version, but decided to go with the hardcopy. This was a good call as I have highlighted and dog-eared a lot of the pages so I can easily flip to sections I need to reference.
While you can learn a lot about Blogger online, I find it helpful on my eyes to get away from the computer screen every now and then and read a `real` book. Also, there aren't many books exclusively devoted to Blogger (like this one)so this was also a real plus.
One of the ways the book helped me the most, was in creating a unique domain name for my blog. I wanted to have a url that didn't have the .blogspot.com at the end of it. The author walked me through the steps and it took all of 5 minutes! This alone saved me a lot of time and was worth the price of the book. [,,.]
Good luck with your blogging!
User review
not too technical
thanks! i like this book,,. it is `readable` and not so technical.
i am still reading but looks like i will become a more knowledgeable `blogger`.
thanks.
BC
User review
Everything you need to know
This book has just about everything you need to know about blogging. I think most people will want to keep it as a reference book, and that is its value IMO. Be aware, though, that the book includes much hype--over and over again--about Google Blogger, itself.
User review
Excellent resource for both novice and pro!
First Line: So you made the decision to start a blog.
This is a decision that thousands, if not millions, of people have made. If Google Blogger is the blogging platform chosen, how much help isGunelius' book? A lot!
From Part I where the author describes Blogger's features and compares it to other blogging software, Gunelius takes the reader step-by-step through opening a Google account, starting a blog, choosing a template, writing and publishing blog posts-- everything a beginning blogger should know.
From the basics, she moves on to covering how to monetize a blog, blogging from different media such as podcasting and mobile phones, how to use social media such as Twitter to network and build a community, and how to obtain your own domain. There's even a section for troubleshooting problems. Everything is written in clear, concise language and easy to follow instructions.
People who have been blogging for a while may wonder if Google Blogger for Dummies contains anything worthwhile for them. My answer would be yes. For example, I had questions about obtaining my own domain, just what does `bounce rate` mean, and how to increase my search engine ranking. This book answered all those questions and many others. This book is for everyone using Blogger, both novice and pro.
