Google's Web Search vs. Your Site Search

Do you ever notice that when you generate HTML/JavaScript code for the Google Search Box and for Your Site Search that the little black dot always stays on the Google Web Search instead of Your Site Search?

Well, if you would like that little black dot to stay on your site instead of on the Web for your Google Search Box, I will explain how simple it is to change. Go to your HTML/Java Script code for the Google Search Box, scroll down until you see 'Search the Web'. Delete the the word 'checked' (shown in red in image below) that is in front of 'value' for searching the Web, now add the word 'checked' in front of your 'value'(shown in blue).

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This way your visitors will search from within your site for their information and will also have the option to click on the Web for further searching if need be.

I have often wondered how to do this and while I was visiting one of MyBlogLog community members, I noticed that her Google Search box had the dot stay on her site for search. I wanted it to work that way for me too, so I wrote her a private message through MyBlogLog and she answered me right away. I want to give credit where credit is due, so I thank you for all your help and quick response to my question. I would also like to invite others to give her a visit at WEB 2.0 DIRECTORY: EXAMPLES AND USEFUL SITES.

MyBlogLog Branded Community as my Social Media Network

Branding MyBlogLog as one of my social media networks has given me the statistical information about

• Where my readers came from
  
• What my readers viewed
  
• What readers clicked

All this for free, you can also see more statistical information if you have a paid membership.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with MyBlogLog, it is a rapidly growing community of other bloggers that you can interact with by joining their community and also adding them as a contact to your own community.... You will be able to communicate with other bloggers publicly or privately. I personally have found many helpful and informative sites here and I'm sure you will also. You can read what Ian at Blog Bullet has to say in his review of MyBlogLog.

Kevin from Theory.Isthereason wrote a great post explaining all about Building Your Blog's Community Using MyBlogLog. I really liked what David Temple, one of my SEO contacts will tell you, If you ain't on MyBlogLog you ain't anywhere.

If you are new to blogging or just hearing about MyBlogLog, take some time to look over the different communities or contacts I have right here on my blog. This will give you an idea of where to start building your community. Ian at Blog Bullet also wrote this tutorial l think you will find helpful in getting started. I Just Joined MyBlogLog-Now What well, Ian will walk you through step-by-step.

When you click on their avatar or website, you will be taken to blogs they author. Here you will see in the right hand corner Tools and below that an icon to Add them as a contact or Join their community. They will receive a message letting them know you have added them as a contact or joined their community and vise-versa you will receive messages as others join your community and add you as a contact. I am forewarning you this may become addictive! :)

After reading Link Building as Relationship Building you will understand why I want to build relationships with all my readers and I will only promote sites to you that I think are offering value to others in the blogosphere. I could go on and on about all my wonderful MBL contacts but it's your turn to create your own blogging community.

News Articles about MyBlogLog

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