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styca:
Another great post @naijatechguy.

Very informative and I just got few ideas from you.

Another channel is building relationship with other bloggers. Build up goodwill with theM and watch as they advertise you and your blog.

I amgoing to implement some of this ideas.

. Thanks for the contribution.

BiafranBushBoy:
Bro please, check out this site for me. the two niche I covered, are they relevant to each other??..

Epp

where's the url

Kingstel:
Mehn...I was looking for one key point you missed, but you nailed it.
Lemme just add: Be consistent.

See amazing stories you have NEVER read before @ www.vineck.com

True

Cheap:
Thanks NaijaTechGuy
Please, my blog is all about Nigerian education news. How can i get huge traffic? My blog url is http://www.nigeriaschoolsupdate..com
Thanks

get a domain name. Then use the above listed options

Cc Lalasticlala

Source : http://www.naijatechguy.com/2016/12/top-8-ways-bloggers-can-get-extra.html

Getting traffic is one of the basic things that keeps bloggers going. I'll outline the best ways to get extra traffic to your blog.


Submitting Your Site To Facebook Free Basics

Facebook free basics provides free access to websites for users around the world. It's available in some countries. To expand your reach and audience getting your site into free basics is something you should definitely try out.

Requirements

Little Javascript On Your Blog

Logo To Represent Your Blog

Your Blog Must Have A Responsive Mobile View.

If there's a lot of Javascript on your site you won't be accepted into the program . Freebasics may not give you massive traffic at first but on the long run you'll be glad you submitted your site.  Freebasics gives me an Extra  10,000 views weekly. To apply for Free Basics  go to
 https://developers.facebook.com/docs/internet-org


Submitting Your Site To Bing News

To get more traffic, joining the Bing news service would really be helpful. As it should be getting into the news service is a little bit difficult . Considering the fact that Bing is owned by Microsoft and it acts as the main search engine for Windows powered devices and gadgets. It'll give you a considerable audience in the Microsoft Community.

In order to be accepted,  your site has to have original content and make it stand out from other websites. The site must look like an Authority on its niche. Multi Niche blogs are hardly accepted because most people running those kind of blogs are those that plagiarize other people's content.

Requirements

A Microsoft Account

Your Site Must Be Submitted To Bing Webmaster Tools

Working Full RSS Feed

Many Unique Articles  (at least 70% of your posts should be unique)


Go to  http://pubhub.bing.com to apply



Submitting Site To Apple News

If you're looking to increase traffic from the United States, then Apple news comes in very handy. Although I had issues with applying for this, I would be approved soon as I have already fixed the minor errors in my application.

Apple news runs on all iOS devices around the world, think of how many people you can reach out to. Some blogger friends of mine get like  3000+ views daily from it.  Joining Apple News Has a few things that you'll need. 

Requirements

1.  iOS Account
2. Transparent Logo
3. Working RSS Feed
4. Neatly Organized Articles
5. Working RSS Feeds

You don't need an iPhone to create an iOS account. You can create it online too on its page.
Go to https://developer.apple.com/news-publisher/ to apply.


Submitting Your Site To Google News

Google news is the most difficult to get into as Google has strict guidelines. I've tried more than 6 times getting into this but I wasn't accepted. I think it'll work when I switch to WordPress or find out more on how to make my blogger powered site to get approved. To the best of my knowledge there are a few requirements.

Requirements

1. Google Account
2. Google News Sitemap
3. Submit Site To Webmaster Tools
4. Working RSS Feed
5. Your Site Must Have Different Categories
6. Original Content Only

Just search for  "apply for Google news"  to get the link.


Writing For HelpAReporter(HARO)

Many top sites like The New York Times , CNN, BBC and even Forbes use Haro to source for opinions from different people, especially bloggers.  When you join HARO responding to a query can get you featured on a  top ranking foreign website. I've been featured more than 4 times on a foreign website owned by Verizon (a top service provider in the US) . While it boosts your reputation,  it also boosts traffic as well.

You'll receive questions  3 Times Daily so you can respond to the ones you can.

Head Over To HelpAReporter.com to submit your site.  Sign up as a source.


Writing For Other Websites

Guest posts also boost traffic. I write for top Nigerian Sites Naij and Pulse. I get a lot of traffic from their sites too. You can consider contacting top sites that cover your niche as well and writing for them.


Posting To Google Plus Communities

Most Bloggers forget about Google Plus Communities. Believe me  10+ Google plus shares is better than a 100 Facebook likes. In fact one of my posts with Over 90,000 views had just  10 Google plus shares, apart from the SEO I applied to the post, the shares did a lot of work.

In order not to look like a spammer. Don't just post links on the Google plus community pages.

Write a short summary about the post then add your link. Google Plus Communities are more interactive than Facebook groups and are also made up of many smart people so link baits will hardly work.


Posting On Reddit

Getting to the front page of reddit will give you Roughly 60,000 views. It's very difficult but you just have to keep trying till you get to its front page. Being an active member of the community helps. I've been a member of reddit since 2014.

Reddit's sections are called sub reddits. Find the sub reddit that suits your post then drop the post and the link. Of course you have to sign up first.


If you can get all the stuffs above work well for you,  you're looking at roughly 250,000 views monthly.  Did I miss anything? Let me know in the comments.

benny4wax:
Please, i need an expert to help create or redesign a blog for me. Just tell me how much it will cost. Thanks.

Contact me on Whatsapp +2348134375481. I can help you with the redesigning if it's a blogger blog.

Hmm..

Check this post here - it should help you fix your charging issue - http://www.naijatechguy.com/2016/06/10-reasons-why-your-smartphone-may-be.html

Edunwa302:
Please how do i downgrade my android tab from bb imei number back to my original android imei , I have tried using mobile uncle after sending the command successfully yet the imei didn't change.
Glo sent me SMS few days ago notifying me that my bbos7 won't be working on their platform henceforth that i use upgrade my device to bb10 or any android device to use my unfinished data. I am still having 2gb plus unused data pls I'm alone on this?

You should have changed your imei since.. Check the pack your phone came with. Then use Chamelephon to change your imei.

Jadeite:
Please,do you know how to drive traffic to a blog

Yes.. There are many ways but I'll highlight the top 10 ways in a post tomorrow. Cheers

IamProfessorval:
Good, but even your own site needs re-editing.

Your adverts are too big and many, therefore making your real posts hard to see..

Charity begins at home

I don't have a single ad on my blog. I don't know where you saw the ads.

abuayman:
Hmmm, I am planning to start my own blog too. Lemme learn some things from here.

Thanks Op

uwc

200dexter:
How can I remove the captcha and word verification from my comments ?

try changing your comment box. Install intensedebate or disqus.

Source - http://www.naijatechguy.com/2016/12/instagram-hits-another-milestone-600.html

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Instagram's strategy to beat Snapchat at its own game seems to be working. The Facebook-owned social network centered on photos has announced Last week that it has more than 600 million users.

The last 100 million of those have signed up in the past six months, which is quite impressive because it took them nine months to go from 400 million to 500 million. So Instagram's user growth is really improving, and I think that's where the Snapchatifiying strategy probably helped.

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Snapchat Fans Reaction

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Instagram Users Right


Instagram has been adding a whole lot of new features in the past few months, even some that weren't really inspired by Snapchat. It went from a place to share and look at photos and videos to something that can be called a standalone social network that lets you post and see photos and videos, but also disappearing media, Stories and even Live Video. Oh, and just some days ago it added a function that lets you save posts for later

Source : http://www.naijatechguy.com/2016/12/10-common-blog-design-mistakes-bloggers.html

Designing a blog is fun and interesting if you know how to use HTML, CSS and Javascript but sometimes you may get carried away by the different sets of codes you could play with and end up messing your blog. Here's a list of common design mistakes bloggers often make.


1. Constantly Changing Templates / Themes

This is the most common mistake bloggers make. Today your blog looks like CNN the next day it looks like Yahoo. I've been guilty of this previously but I stopped. If you're doing this I won't judge you. Sometimes you come across a template you'd think would look great on your blog but you don't know the reason why the person is using it. Have the mind that your design is always better

The main reason you should stop changing templates constantly is for the sake of your readers and followers. When a user is accustomed to a particular format of your site, they'll find it difficult to navigate through the new one.  I once used a template for almost a month, then I was getting like 2000+ views daily. The exact moment I changed the template my page views dropped to less than 1,500. I decided to revert to the previous one and my views got back to normal.


2. Adding Too Many Plug-ins or Widgets

As much as it's fun to add various functionalities to your blog, most times the plug ins we have ruin user experience making you lose a lot of readers. Sometimes I come across a new blogger's blog and see widgets like  : Blogroll, Flickr Images, Weather Widget and a lot of very irrelevant widgets. These things make the blog look like an online definition of an unorganized zoo / cattle ranch. For heaven's sake, if that plug in is not needed. Take it off your blog.


3.Not Submitting A Sitemap

This is common among most newbie bloggers who have little knowledge of how a website works. All they do is keep posting hoping that some magic happens and they get indexed by Google. Sure, it's quite possible only your home page may get indexed but what about other pages on your blog?.

Sitemaps help search engines know when to add your latest posts to their index. It also organizes your website search results in a proper manner.


4. Using Another Blog's Template / Theme

Some bloggers have have the habit of using another blog's design. There are more than  a hundred blogs using NaijaLoaded's template, some others are using the template with ogbongeblog. You may never actually be the first to use a template but you can add some modifications that make it unique to you so your readers can know the difference when they're on your site.


5. Using A Slow Template / Theme

People these days tend to have the patience of a fruit fly. They just get in and get out almost immediately. 98% of most visitors (especially new ones) wouldn't wait for a site that takes more than 10 seconds to load. Although most times, the sites load time may depend on the location of your server, but most websites using a US server should load fast on any connection if the template is good.

Try to minimizing the Javascript on your blog.


6.Using A Color That Hurts The Eyes Of Readers

Most people don't like bright colors when it comes to websites because it really affects the eyes. Nobody will like to strain his/her eyes reading your content If it's the color scheme you choose is too bright. Dark shades of red , blue or green should be okay.


7. Using A Complex Template
It's quite common for bloggers to use a complex template and think it's easy to navigate without realizing that the fact  you created something makes it easier for you to navigate. If visitors of your blog find it difficult to navigate through pages on your blog, then you're certainly on the path to failure.


8.Too Many Pop Ups And Redirects

Some ad networks give bloggers the extra functionality of adding pop up ads on their blog . Generally, these ads tend to have a better conversion rate and may give  high earnings but most bloggers don't know the huge damage these ad networks are doing to the reputation of their blog.

These ad networks just give bloggers the opportunity to gamble with their traffic, loosing their audience so that they'll gain more cash from the ad network.

No user likes a blog with too many pop ups and redirects. It can get really annoying.


9.Having content that is difficult to scan.

Having a big block of uninterrupted text will scare off most of your readers. Most people don't read unless absolutely necessary (they scan) . We're less patient these days so we all want information quick and to the point so if you make it hard for them to read your content, expect them never to return again.

Use headings or subtitles, and use short paragraphs to make your content easy on the eyes .


10. Using CAPTCHA or word verifications

Captcha a.k.a those jumbled words you have to type in correctly before your comment gets through. This is one of the most annoying features that most bloggers forget to remove. It’s time consuming and quite frustrating.

Imagine when a visitor spends his/her precious time typing a comment and then a stupid hard-to-read CAPTCHA comes up.

I understand that it helps fight spamming but it's not worth ruining your blogs user experience.



Summary

It’s not bad to be creative, but don’t overdo it. Keep you layout structure and design simple and organized.

Forget about all the fancy technologies you may come across because they do more harm than good. Always consider what’s best for your readers - it’s the best way to make them stay longer on your blog.

myleadmsn:
You forgot to add Samsung phones that were recently recalled due to explosions

From the best of my knowledge, I don't think the Note 7 killed anyone. It injured some people certainly but not killing them.

realGURU:
@ NaijaTechGuy , my niche is physics tutorials , see my blog and tell what you think about it www.physicslectures.info

I think you should expand your blog a bit . Don't limit it to just physics .You could create a blog in the education niche . Once the education blog gets popular you link to the physics blog for those who wish to learn physics.

The niche is unique but the chances of the blog getting a good rank is very low .Education will be better.

Rainmaker69:
You left out the most important thing- VERIFY FACTS BEFORE GOING LIVE!
Use your brain to ask questions before rushing to post junk from Pluto.

true talk

sod09:
9. i fell into gutter while pressing phone, my friends were just laffing.
i hated myself that moment

Reminds me of when I had to kick my phone in mid air into the grass nearby so it won't fall inside the gutter...Phone of 72k..parts no even dey Naija..I for enter one chance that day ..phone that I was meant to review.

Atoos:
Omo.....I'm presently reading this while walking on the road....

Lol...bros you're on your own oh..

miqos02:
na lie dey sell pass, nigerians love liars

gistsstack:
I'm not taking a shot at anybody, but I must say this..NAIJ has the most misleading and click bait headlines.

It's basically part of the strategy getting more views, though I don't see anything wrong with Naij. Some bloggers like being too dramatic. Posts with headlines like - See the poorest men in Nigeria- No 7 will shock you ..

histemple:
The scenario in No. 3 got me cracked up big time. Extremely comic.

..some bloggers are like that nah..

twosquare:
I will check out IntenseDebate again but Disqus loads slower than expected; reason it is not one of my top priorities. I don't know if they have improved on that sha....but the comment system of Jetpack looks cool enough.

Intensedebate loads very fast

Source : http://www.naijatechguy.com/2016/12/8-horrifying-moments-smartphones-have.html

Our phones have become our ultimate companions. It's really heartbreaking to see when people lose their lives because of the use of smartphones. Most tech enthusiasts have imagined a future when robots turn against humans and become our ultimate overlords and enslaving the entire human race but there's something they haven't really analyzed.


Our smartphones who are the supposed predecessors of these advanced A.I powered robots have allegedly caused havoc and a large number of deaths. This leaves us with the question :


Are Smartphones Not Becoming Overlords Controlling How We Think And Behave ?


The list here shows 8 horrifying moments smartphones have caused the death of people. Sorry I Couldn't Place A Link To The Videos please check the source.


1. 3 Children Drown While Their Mum Plays with her phone

This case is very pathetic because we all know that one of the basic things that children need from their parents is protection.

In Irving, Texas, in 2015, Patricia Allen went to her apartment complex’s swimming pool along with three of her five children (ages 9, 10, and 11). It was reported that both she and her husband knew that the children couldn’t swim , but her husband told her that the children could swim well enough to be in the pool. Tragically, all three children drowned. Witnesses stated that Allen was right by the pool, but she was looking down at her phone the entire time. She began to panic when she realized that she couldn’t find her children.

Officer James McClellan of the Irving Police Department recounted the witnesses’ story to reporters: “They walked up to the pool and saw the mother sitting on the edge of the pool , looking outward toward the deeper end area of the pool and also observed that the water was still and calm, and no flapping or splashing or bubbles in the water. It was at that point that the mother stepped out.”

Those children could have been alive today if their mum wasn’t so preoccupied with her smartphone.

2. Smartphone Explodes Killing Man In India

In 2010, Gopal Gujjar of India was in his field, herding his cattle and making a call on his Nokia mobile phone as he'd done plenty of times before . when the phone exploded while he was holding it to his ear, killing him. When investigators arrived, they found Gujjar lying in the field with pieces of his phone strewn about his face and body and severe burns and injuries to his ear, head, neck, and shoulders. Nokia has had problems with counterfeit batteries causing their phones to explode.

Regrettably, other fatalities have been caused by exploding phones. Such deaths have been reported in China and Nepal. Representatives from each of the phone companies involved reported investigating these bizarre deaths and are doing as much research as possible to prevent more from happening in the future.


3. Girl Dies In Search Of The Ultimate Selfie
Who would have thought that a simple Selfie could get her killed


Anna Ursu, a beautiful 18-year-old girl from Bucharest, Romania, would serve as a severe warning to these dire consequences. In May 2015, Ursu, like many people her age, was engrossed by her phone’s front-facing camera, trying to get the perfect selfie. Anna and her friend decided to go to a train yard to take some photos. One of them suggested that they climb atop a train car and take pictures there. Ursu’s friend said that things were going well until Ursu grabbed a wire on top of the train while trying to snap a selfie; the wire was live and extremely high voltage. Ursu was immediately electrocuted. The voltage was so powerful that she burst into flames.

The girl was quickly transported to Bucharest Burns Hospital in hopes to save her life, but her injuries were too severe. Anisia Iliescu, a doctor at the hospital’s emergency department, told reporters that it was impossible to save Ursu because of her physical state. “Her whole body was burned ,” Iliescu said.

4.Man Falls Of Cliff While Pressing His Smartphone

We all are guilty of texting and walking in our homes, lecture halls or even at the mall. While walking and looking down at our phone, we’ve all probably bumped into someone or something, but most times , we manage to take our eyes away from our phones long enough to be aware of what’s around us.
Unfortunately for Joshua Burwell, he didn’t look away from his phone soon enough.

On Christmas Day 2015, Burwell went to San Diego’s scenic Sunset Cliffs, a popular spot for tourists and locals alike to view the sunset. Many people go there hoping to grab the perfect photo for Instagram and garner as many likes as possible.

Burwell was no different than the many others there, but he was so glued to his phone that he didn’t realize he’d already passed the safe area of the cliff. He kept walking until he stepped right over the edge and fell 18 meters (60 ft). People nearby heard someone crying out for help, and eventually, a group made a dangerous descent down the cliffside and reached him. Sadly, he died at the scene .

Witnesses said that they saw Burwell walking toward the cliff while looking down at his phone and simply falling over the edge. “[He] wasn’t watching where he was walking; he was looking down at the device in his hands,” said lifeguard Bill Bender.


5.Girl Hit And Dragged By Speeding Car When Playing Pokémon Go

Tanami Nayler, 22, had gone out to play the augmented reality game Pokémon Go when she was hit by a car and dragged more than 70 metres down the road and killed in Melbourne, Australia.

Police said her phone was in her pocket at the time after her and a friend had just finished scouring the streets to catch Pokemon characters on Friday night.
She was hit by a stolen Toyota Corolla before the driver allegedly sped away through a red light and later crashed into a tree and a telegraph pole.
Detective Inspector Stuart McGregor described the tragedy as 'an absolute waste of life'.

He said: "All she did was just walk across the pedestrian crossing, legally, and [she] has unfortunately paid with her life because of someone else's behaviour.
"It's fair to say that this is probably one of the lowest acts I think you can commit on the road. To me it's just despicable."
"Unfortunately, we've seen the worst of humanity where the driver has got out and just run away," he continued.
"No attempt to assist, no attempt to concern themselves with the welfare of the person he has hit."
Miss Nayler, from Sydney, was believed to have arrived in Melbourne the night before to visit a friend. It's quite a pity . She was so beautiful.

6.Toddler Is Run Over By SUV While Mum Checks Phone

Surveillance cameras had captured a slow-moving S.U.V. hitting a 2-year-old girl who veered into its path. Her mother, trailing behind on a street in a provincial Chinese city, had been glued to her phone and appeared not to notice that the vehicle had started moving. By the time an ambulance arrived, the girl had died.

This happened in Yueyang, in the southern province of Hun and it led to an outpouring of anger on Chinese social media about the dangers of being obsessed with one’s phone.

“Heart-wrenching!” the Shandong provincial prosecutor’s office wrote on Weibo, China’s version of Twitter. “Put down your phone. Save the children!”
The death of Tutu, as the girl was identified in Chinese news reports, is just the latest example of how “distracted walking” can threaten public safety.

7. Woman Distracted By Smartphone Hit And Killed In Russia

A pedestrian, who was standing on tram tracks in Russia, suddenly looked up but had no time to react or jump out of the way.

She was rushed to hospital in Moscow but died soon afterwards.

The tram had emerged from under a railway bridge and the female driver appeared to see the woman late before trying in vain to stop.
Footage from the cab shows the driver opening the door to get out of the tram to help the woman.
The pedestrian was waiting to cross busy Rusakovskaya Street but was paying more attention to her mobile and was unaware she was standing in the path of a tram, which ran on tracks.


8. Woman Runs Into Burning House To Save Her Phone

Wendy Rybolt of Bartonville, Illinois, was in the unfortunate position of having her home catch fire while both she and her teen daughter were in the home. Luckily, they were both able to get out with no injury as flames scorched everything around them. Then Rybolt realized that she’d left her phone inside her home, so she ran back inside to retrieve it. She couldn’t escape the fire a second time.


A responding police officer tried to save her , but the smoke was too great for him to get very far into the house, and he had to be hospitalized for smoke inhalation. When firefighters arrived, they, too, attempted to go in to save her, but by that time, the flames were too great, and they had to give up the effort until the fire was extinguished. An autopsy showed that Rybolt died from massive smoke inhalation.

Chief Brian Fengel of the Bartonville Police Department remarked:
Material things can be replaced. You never want to go back in to retrieve anything. In this, there was heavy smoke. Carbon monoxide will get you, and you may not even know it.

Some deaths here happened due to carelessness while others were unforseen. As good as our smartphones may be, they are also dangerous.

Bigajeff:
On point, techy

Thanks bro

AnodaIT:
so?

What's your problem?

Source - http://www.naijatechguy.com/2016/12/4-things-bloggers-should-learn-from.html