Stop Google from Tracking your Searches

Stop Google from tracking your searches and remain totally anonymous while you search anything on the Google search engine. I don't know about you but I don't like anyone to track my every move or collect data now or in the future.

Follow these simple instructions to stop this from happening to you.

• Go to www.google.com/psearch to sign in to your account.
• Click on the Search History page and pick some days on the calendar to see every search made since you created your Google account.
• Select the Clear Search History button, check off items that you wish to remove, and then click the Clear History button.
• To prevent Google from collecting this data in the future, select items such as Web, Images, and News that you don't want to collect data, then press the Pause button.

I found this information at Cool Tech Check and thought it to be very interesting and wanted to share this with my readers.

Convert to a 3 Column Template

I now have a 3 column template thanks to bizwhiz at Tips for New Bloggers: Three Columns Minima Template. He has provided very clear instructions for converting from the 2 column to the 3 column template.

This is something I have wanted to do for some time now but I didn't want to make a mistake, bizwhiz makes it all very simple with HTML code you can copy and paste right from his site.

As you know when making any changes to your template you should always remember to backup your template। I find it is also very useful to look at Preview before Saving Template changes, you can always Clear Edits and start all over if things don't look right to you.

After following all of bizwhiz instructions I noticed that I had my profile on both sidebars and I was hesitant to save template changes, no problem with that as the profile is just another one of your Page Elements. So after saving the changes you have made to your template you will need to go into the Layout of your blog and click on the edit profile and remove it from the new sidebar and you're all set to go.

This post was my way of giving a SHOUT OUT to a fellow blogger for sharing all his knowledge and information with us. Remember to do the same after visiting his site!!

Take a look at bizwhiz Profile, he has much more to offer.

Create more Page Elements on your Layout for Header or Footer

• Go to the dashboard
  
• Click on blog Layout
  
• Click on Edit HTML below Layout
• Scroll down almost to the bottom of template
• Look for these two areas (header-wrapper and main-wrapper)
• When you see the showaddelement, all you need to do is change the NO to a YES
• Save Changes and you will have more Page Elements on the Header/Footer of your blog

This method is great for adding a Google AdSense Banner in the Header/Footer area or for adding a sticky post at the top or bottom of your blog.