Blogger is probably the easiest blogging platform for authors to use. Yet by default, Blogger powered blogs are not quite so friendly for blog readers.

Default templates, an awkward commenting system and Atom (rather than RSS) feeds can often make new readers feel a little uncomfortable.

In this post, I’ll offer you seven different methods you could use to make your own Blogger blogs more friendly for your readers, which in turn can help establish a more faithful readership.

1. Ensure your blog is easily recognizable

There are only a handful of default…

Static pages are a useful way of offering your readers information about your blog. Unlike Wordpress, Blogger does not feature the ability to create pages. This presents a problem for those using Blogger to publish their blogs as “about”, “contact” and even “archive” pages have become the norm among blogs and are often sought after by blog readers.

However, there is a way to work around this problem: by using a post as the basis for a page, you can create the sense of static pages in Blogger and link to…

In recent months, Blogger have added quite a few new features to the system: scheduled posts, Google Gadget integration and a dynamic blogroll are among the freshest and best upcoming features for this popular blogging platform.

So if you use Blogger to publish your blog, how can you keep updated with the latest news and discover new features as soon as they become available?

In this post, I’ll tell you about the sites I use and subscribe to in order to receive updates and news about Google blogger.

Official Blogger/Google resources

Blogger in Draft

Blogger…

There are many useful widgets and scripts which you could use to add interactivity to your Blogger powered blog. Ranging from lists of your most popular posts to a table of contents which loads above your posts, this article contains 20 of the most useful widgets and scripts you could install own blogs.

Easy Install Widgets

All of the widgets int his section can be added easily to your blog using widget installers.

Recent Posts

This widget will display a list of your most recent posts, with links to their relevant pages. This widget…

Social bookmarking services are a useful way to aggregate your content across the web and bring more awareness to your blog. Services such as Digg, Stumbleupon and Del.icio.us allow readers to bookmark posts of interest and offer a means for others to discover them too. In this post, I’ll explain how you can add bookmarking links to three popular social bookmarking sites beneath each of your posts in Blogger.

One of the best ways to encourage visitors to bookmark your best posts with these services is to add links to these…