Wednesday, November 16, 2016

How to fix a dead link in Wikipedia?

Let us fix some dead links in Wikipedia.

What are Dead Links?

Links disappears, address changes, pages are getting modified everyday, some are even removed while new information are added. With so many things getting edited everyday dead links are formed innumerably. Dead links or the broken links are caused due to the removal of pages linked to or with the modification of the web page address.

How to fix dead links in Wikipedia?

When there is a provision that anyone can edit Wikipedia so there are numerous pages which are grounded with dead links. Though they are very easy to find. You can edit this dead links very easily if you wish to.
Check the Wikipedia dead links directory. You will find millions of pages which requires modifications. 
  • For an example I have taken 1873–74 in English football from the dead link directory of Wikipedia.

  • For easy way to find the dead links, check with CTRL+F .

Putting the cursor on the dead click text it even shows since when it is dead.
  • If we click on the click it clearly shows that the page has been removed or name changed.
  • Let us go to the Edit source. Before editing you must be logged in to Wikipedia. If you do not have the account then open the account right nowIt's Free. 

  • As we can see the link here which is dead then we can remove the link in order to remove the 404 error. So here we can simply remove the text which is within the bracket starting with http://www..
  • Check the minor edit box and you can even put a description of what you edited as there are real human moderators in Wikipedia, so before publishing they will check with all the editing work you specified. Save the page.

You can find the actual site of Report on Scotland Vs England match in search engines and edit it with the correct reference. For editing with correct reference click on <ref><ref/> in CITE YOUR SOURCES and put the correct URL in between <ref><ref/>. 
We can even put our site web address after editing the article in our niche topic. That will create an extremely valuable back-link from Wikipedia. You can build numerous backlink from Wikipedia and rank higher in Search Engines.
If you have any further questions about dead link and fixing dead link in Wikipedia then feel free to ask.





How to have numerous free backlink from Wikipedia(PR9)?

Earlier we have discussed How to get High Pr backlinks from YouTubeTwitter and Pinterest. Now we will check how to get the free backlink from Wikipedia which is a very reputable site.
If You have missed them then you can check with my earlier posts.

How about getting a free backlink from Wikipedia? Yeah I know it sounds great.
Though these links are no follow but you surely know how much massive traffic they get each month. The crawl bots of search engines will take your blog as a valuable one even if Wiki backlink passes no link juice to your blog and do not act as a catalyst to your ranking.

How to edit articles in Wikipedia?

If you have never edited any article in Wikipedia then SignUp and fill the form and it is 100% free.
Editing in Wikipedia is the simplest of things. Login to your account and find the article you want to edit. free backlink from wikipedia

When you will click on edit, you will be edit and add your own lines.
After you complete editing it, Click on SAVE. You will find it on the right top corner of the page.
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You need to provide a bit information about your edit. As I have done a minor edit and have added a line in the description.
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Save the page and You are done.



How to find dead links?free backlink from wikipedia

There are two simple steps to find the Dead links or citation required articles.

Step 1. You can find it directly from search engines.

Type site: wikipedia.org "article to be searched" "dead link"
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Here Garlic benefits is taken just as an example. From the Picture above we can see the wiki search results with dead links.

Step 2: Wikigrabber

It is the most useful site I have used to find any citation or dead link. It is so much user friendly that we can easily find the missing citations and dead links.
Grab a Look 
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I have used the keyword 'Backlink' and Wiki grabber provided me with a list of sites where citation is required as well as dead links are present.
First check on How to fix a dead link to easily understand the way of getting the back link from Wikipedia.

How to get the free backlink from Wikipedia?free backlink from wikipedia

After you have found the article which says that citation required then it becomes a valuable project to get our free backlink from Wikipedia. We can add information which can contribute to Wiki page and add our site link as references.
Remember there are actual moderators who will be checking your edited info as well as the link before they accept it. So always submit information which adds value to Wiki and make sure the article niche is related to your site.
Find the article which says citation  needed. 
CTRL+F to find the portions which requires citation.
Edit the Information and click EDIT the source.
Click on the <ref></ref>
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Put your web URL in between the <ref></ref>.
That's It.
If your info adds value then most of the times they are accepted by Wikipedia and hence you earn a valuable free back link from Wikipedia.



 

 






What is an RSS feed? How to submit WordPress RSS feed?

RSS feed was most popular thing for keeping track of our favorite websites. With any changes or updates from the blog we would get a notification about its update. We may use any web applications for our blog but WordPress RSS Feed is an automatic feature which we can enjoy without setting up our News Feed.

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What is an RSS Feed?wordpress rss feed

wordpress rss feedIn Today's world we are bound by many social networking sites as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest etc. So when we are interested in any particular blog then we may follow them in any social media and continuously get updated by them. But it is not necessary for blog owners to post each and every update in social medias. Then we may manually need to visit our favorite sites to get updated. There where comes the use of RSS Feed.
RSS stands for Really simple Syndication also known as news feed which automatically syndicates the blog contents in your followers mail boxes or other devices. With Rss feed you may get many social shares as tweets or shares and increase your blog's visibility.


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WordPress web application automatically have pre-installed RSS links to blog feeds and comments. You can easily activate your RSS Feed from Widget section and let your users follow you. But you need to use any feed reader for doing it. One of the most popular feed reader is FeedlyBy using this you can feed your updates in mail boxes of your followers or any other devices you wish. There are also other feed readers which you can out as INO readerFeedspot
RSS feeds are still popular and useful though you may not wish to set up your RSS feed for users as social media these days are very much powerful with millions of users. But as WordPress already offers you with your free RSS url then you should definitely submit it to RSS directories. Let us find out how to use WordPress RSS Feed and submit it to directories.

How to find your RSS Feed URL?wordpress rss feed

To find your blog's RSS feed URL simply type www.domainname.com/feed in search engines. You will be directed to your root directory where you will be able to find RSS Feed url.
To find it type CTRL+F and type RSS.
You will find a number of lines where RSS is mentioned. Your Url will be the one where it is mentioned RSS+XML
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From the above given example we can see :
 <atom:link href="http://www.frolicpost.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
Your RSS feed url will be stated in between the quotes. So for Frolic Post the RSS Feed URl is http://www.frolicpost.com/feed/
Now you can easily find out yours.

Why to submit RSS Feed to RSS directories?wordpress rss feed

Submitting our blogs RSS feed to directories will give us more exposure and hence more traffic. You will find a lot of high PR directories in search engines where you can submit your RSS blog feed. I have listed below very Rss Directories where you can submit your blog URL for free.
http://www.answers.com
https://www.blogcatalog.com/
www.feedage.com
http://www.topsiteswebdirectory.com/
http://www.blogflux.com/
Some of them will add your URL instantly while few others will put in it queue as there are many others like You and Me who wants to submit their RSS feed URL.
You can find a list of directories in http://www.toprankblog.com/rss-blog-directories/
Go and check them up for yourself.
For any related questions to WordPress RSS Feed ,we can chat below in the comment section :)







How to make money using Adsense from scratch?

The question is how to make money using Adsense ? In order to make money with adsense you need to have your blog or site with regular visitors where you can display adsense ads. Whenever your visitors click on the ads , You make money.
If your Adsense account is not yet approved then approve adsense account in less than an hour. As I have already discussed that you can use this approved account for your YouTube account instantly. If you wish to use this adsense account for your own blog then you must meet the Criteria of Google Adsense before you can put the code in your site.
Here I assume that you have already got your approved YouTube Adsense account and have followed the steps of Using Youtube adsense account for your blogAfter you have followed the steps mentioned in the post then you will get a Ad new unit. Here in this post am discussing about the process of how to place proper ad codes in your website to earn money from ad-sense after you have already named your new ad unit. 

How to make money Using Adsense?

How to make money using Adsense


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How to make an effective Ad Code?

New Ad unit

Starting here from creating new ad unit. As shown in the screen, create a new ad unit by clicking on it.

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We need to give it a name. It can be any name which will help you to recall your ad later. I personally prefer naming it as top, bottom, sidebar etc ads . As by the name only it gives me the idea that where I have placed this ad in my site.
How to make money using Adsense

Ad Size

After choosing the name next comes the choice of Ad Size. You can choose any of your ad size which suits in with your site.

How to make money using Adsense

Responsive Ad

The responsive ad will fit in whatever space is available. It can take any shape depending on the placement of the ad code. If placed in a sidebar it will either take the shape of large rectangle or a sky scrapper. If placed on the top it will be displayed as leader board ad. You do not have to worry about which shape will suit your ad space while choosing responsive ad. 

Leaderboard Ad

The next comes the Leaderboard whose dimension is already mentioned as 728*90. It is suited for the Top Page ad. Like below your website name.

Large Rectangle

As the name already says of its shape. It is best suited for side banner ads with a dimension of 336*280.

Large Mobile Banner

These days our sites should not only be compatible with desktop view but other gadgets as well. Mobile traffic is the most common organic traffic which you will get. So placing an ad with large mobile banner will be helpful.

Sky scrapper 

Am sure you have seen many ads which are placed on side banners which takes up the whole space available in the side bar section. You can also place such ads which will make your visitors see your ads more properly.

Ad Type

How to make money using Adsense

As the picture shows you can choose your ad type from three options. First one is text and display ads which is the most recommended one as you will have the display as well as its explanation from the text part. This kind of ad receives most number of clicks.
The second one is the display ads only which will not have the text part so your visitors will not understand what the ad is about .
The third one is the least recommended one as it will only have the text part and users always tend to click the ones which have good illustrations.

Ad Text Style


How to make money using Adsense

As you can see there are different ad text styles and you even create one giving your preferable name. Here you can change the color of background, text, border, title, url and even the font according to your choice.
Always choose ad style in such a way that it should blend with your site. Choosing neon colors can be catchy but it may make your site looks degraded. If your are having any only text blog then it is better to use soft colors. Anything like fashion blogs can have dark colors as it will blend well with the site.

Custom Channel

How to make money using Adsense
Custom channels helps us to track the performances of specific groups ad units. You can have up-to 500 custom channels. Custom channels are used when you are targeting the ads to advertisers. You can choose the ad sizes and colors and location of ads on your sites and advertisers will choose your site to display their ads through your custom channels. To know more about custom channels have a look at Custom channels from Google Support.

Back up Ads


How to make money using Adsense
Sometimes Google may show transparent or empty ads as they may lack in finding any targeted ads on your site. So for these empty ads you can choose whether blank space should be shown or some solid color should be displayed. You can also show ads from other URL's if you wish to with this back up ad option. You can also display any static image as your back up ad.
If no targeted ads are available for your page, Google will show a transparent space instead of ads. However, you can set up backup ads to display a color, image, HTML page, or ad server if Google isn't able to show targeted ads. This way, you can make sure that your advertising space is always being used effectively. ~ Google Support for backup ads

Save and Get Code

After all the choices you have made, next step is to generate the adsense code. By clicking save and get code a window will open with the ad code which you can select with a single click to put the code in your site.
How to make money using Adsense

Asynchronous and Synchronous

There are two types Ad codes the synchronous and Asynchronous.

Asynchronous

When you are using asynchronous code it have the benefit that your ad will never get in the way of your content. Even if you are having the problem of loading the ad , still users will be able to load your content.

Synchronous

When you are using synchronous Ad then until and unless your first ad is getting loaded the second ad will not be loaded. So it will eventually take up a longer loading time as it will load the ad sequentially.

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How to Place Ad Code in your site ?

Here comes the interesting feature as it will be the thing which will fetch you money. Have you ever checked your widget section which comes under the Appearance of your WordPress Dashboard.
How to make money using Adsense

 

When you will click on the Widget it will open a window where you will get numerous options as Most comments, Pages, Images, Meta , Search , Text etc.
How to make money using Adsense

You have to drag the TEXT to the right sidebar,footer or header or any where else where you want to place the ad. After you have dragged the text the following window will open.
How to make money using Adsense

 

In the content area you need to place the selected code of the adSave and close it and you are done.
Always place the ad in the page which receives regular traffic. As Adsense is likely to reject your application if your site is not getting any impression.

How to check if your ad is placed correctly?

After you have placed the ad, black ads will be shown which will not be visible to naked eye. So if you are doubtful if you have placed the ad correctly then open any page where you have placed the ad. CTRL+A and whole content will be selected. There you can see your ad boxes. If your page is showing the ad boxes type then your ad has been placed correctly.
It generally takes up to 2 days to receive a conformation email from google ad-sense. If your website does not comply with the guidelines of ad-sense then you will receive an explanation as why your application has been rejected.
If you having any further question as How to make money using adsense then feel free to comment.





How to use Adsense YouTube account for your blog

Once you have got your  Adsense YouTube account approved now you can use this same ad-sense account for your own blog. For this you need to create an Ad-sense account. It is recommended that you use one Gmail account for your YouTube channel as well as the ad-sense account.


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How to use AdSense YouTube account for your blog 

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  1. Login to your adsense account with your YouTube associated email ID.
  2. Go to Account settings.
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3. Go to Access and authorization on the left of the page.
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4. Put your website URL on 'I will show ads on' and click Submit.      
   Note: It should be www.yourwebsite.com and not .blogspot or .wordpress.com.
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5.Go to My ads tab.
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6. Click New ad unit. Give any name to the ad unitIt is a name by which you can find out the ad later on
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7. Save and Get Code.
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8. Put this code on your blog/website.
After placing the ad your site will be reviewed. Google adsense will approve your account if it meets their criteria for placing ads in blog. Blank ads will be displayed in your site while your site is being reviewed by Adsense. Once reviewed you will get a confirmation email of approval or an explanation that why the application is not accepted.
The Adsense YouTube account can be used in your Youtube channel without fulfilling any criteria. If you make great videos which are either entertaining or helpful tutorials then there are great scope for earning with your videos. If you are going to apply the YouTube adsense account generated code in your blog then check the criteria for approval of a domain by google adsense. 
If you have any queries regarding AdSense YouTube account approval then kindly drop a comment.


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Installing WordPress on GoDaddy

Let us first check the terms as domains, servers, hosting and many more to make it easier to understand as why to connect GoDaddy domain and hosting with WordPress.Installing WordPress on GoDaddy managed WordPress blogs are easy to setup and manage and we can have beautiful websites created with it.

WordPress

Wordpress is the most popular site for blogging and it has got more than 60 million websites. It is used by top 10 million websites which is more than 23.3% as updated in Wikipedia. WordPress has got many plugins and templates which makes it fun in developing the blog. You can fully customize your site while using wordpress.org.  It is a blogging software which is based on PHP and MySQL. . You can read more about wordpress ,it's features,plugins and history in Wikipedia. 

GoDaddy

GoDaddy is a domain registrar and web-hosting company. It serves over 12 million customers and employs more than 4000 people. GoDaddy is said to have more than 59 million domain names under management and it is an online provider for small businesses. You can get Godaddy domain and its hosting at a very reasonable price. GoDaddy is one of the WordPress hosting options with ease.

What is a Domain?

A domain name is like a street address of your house. Like your home is having a particular address on earth and domain name is a particular address on web. Example: www.yoursite.com . When anyone type your domain name on the web it will take you to your website. So without remembering numeric value of IP address anyone can easily type your domain name to reach your site which is way more easier to remember and that is how a domain works.
Your domain name and its associated IP address are stored in a common database along with every other domain and associated IP address that are accessible via the Internet.
A domain name has got two parts. A Top Level Domain and  Sub Level Domain.
Top Level DomainIt is the right part of the dot. The common top level domains are .com, .net, .org and many more.
Sub Level Domain : It is the portion of the domain which is located to left of the dot. For example in www.yoursite.com , yoursite is the sub level domain. 

What is an IP address?

Every individual computer, server , network on internet has got a unique string of numbers like 172.0.1.192 which is known as Internet Protocol or IP address in short. they help us to communicate between the devices over the internet.

What is a server?

A server is computer program which shares data and provides services to other computer programs. A web server is a computer program that serves requested HTML pages or files.

What is a hosting?

Just like a host of an event makes you aware of the programs and events out there in the same way a hosting service is an internet hosting service that allows individuals to make their websites accessible to the world wide web(www). You can find numerous web hosting companies and GoDaddy is one of them.

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Installing WordPress on GoDaddyinstalling wordpress on godaddy

For setting up a WordPress site with GoDaddy you need have your own domain purchased from Godaddy site and then you can follow the easy steps to set up wordpress in next 10 minutes.
  1. Go to GoDaddy Login and Sign in with your GoDaddy ID and Password.installing wordpress on godaddy
  2. Go to Hosting > Manage Your Hostinginstalling wordpress on godaddy
  3. Select your domain and go to setup. You will find Setup in place of Manage when you are first setting up  your WordPress with GoDaddy.installing wordpress on godaddy
  4. You will be transferred to cPanel, GoDaddy control panel.
  5. Go to Web applications > WordPressinstalling wordpress on godaddy
  6. Click on Install this application and fill out the form which pops up.installing wordpress on godaddy
  7. Installation may take up few minutes.
  8. After it is installed go to > My Applicationsinstalling wordpress on godaddy
  9. Click on www.yourwebsite.com/wp-admin/ linkinstalling wordpress on godaddy
  10. It will direct you to your WordPress Dashboard.
  11. Go to G0-Daddy quick setup where you will find GoDaddy Blog templates and select your themes and straight away start with your new website.
So, now we know how to setup GoDaddy managed WordPress blog and next you can create your own Godaddy email by Godaddy Email settings.