How to Export Delicious Bookmarks and Import into Google Booksmarks?

Delicious is a popular social-bookmarking service launched by Yahoo. It is a favorite bookmarking service for many bloggers. Now Delicious is shutting down. Like me many bloggers have heavy number of bookmarks. Yahoo did not pay proper attention and finally ditched the service. 

Export From Delicious

However, there is glad news that Delicious is exiting and Xmarks staying alive. Now you can export your bookmarks as shown below:

Step One: Open your Delicious Account and Login

Step Two:

Settings -> Bookmarks ->: Export

Click and find out the Dlicious bookmark exporter page

Step Three: Click on the export button. Else you may also chose selective tags. Now your bookmarks are getting exported as HTML file.

Import in Internet Explorer

How to import in Google Bookmarks? Follow the steps shown below:

Step One: Select options:

File -> Import and Export -> Import

Step Two: Click on Next and select ‘Favorites’ on the next screen.

Step Three: Just click Next and choose the downloaded HTML file (exported from Delicious). Also choose the folder into which the HTML file needs to be imported and saved.

Step Four: Open your Google Bookmarks and you will find your favorite Delicious Bookmarks

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Google eBookstore launched with 3 Million Google eBooks

Like Amazon, Apple and Barnes & Nobles Google also entered into eBooks market and inaugurated eBookstore opened on Dec. 6, 2010. Many more online eBook sellers have joined hand with Google eBookstore. It is a giant step in ebooks retailing.


The Google brand has more than three million eBooks for sale and about 2.8 million royalty free eBooks are available on public domain for free distribution. It can be used at your laptops or notebooks or tablets or smart phones or e-readers.

Now the facility is available for US citizens. Soon it will be extended in Europe and Japan. Later the other international users will have access. In the meantime you can search and get lot many eBook titles free of cost from Google eBookstore.

Google Account Payments: Do you have Google Account Payment? If not create one now. Use Google check out feature.

How to access the Google eBookstore? Click Google eBookstore http://books.google.co.in/ebooks : You will find Google eBookstore home page.

Homepage: The homepage of the eBookstore will display titles under the heading 'Best of the Free.' You will also find categories like 'Fantacy', 'Thrillers' 'Romance' and so on.



Online Reading: Google eBooks can be read on any one of these readers  'Android', ' iPhone, iPad, iPad Touch' ' the Web' and 'Nook &Sony' readers. Click on an eBook to find information on the book, reviews from the web and users, view a sample from the book and make a purchase.


US Users Traveling Abroad: The US users planning to travel abroad can download and install the eBooks for reading during travel.

Distributed through Vendor. Google has also arranged to market eBooks through vendor outlets such as ‘ePub format’. The books and purchased and stored in a password protected private (Google) accounts.

Statistical Visitor HIT Counter from StatCounter.com

Statistical Visitor HIT Counter

Are you curious to install a statistical ‘HIT’ Counter to your blog in blogspot? If yes, there is a free yet dependable ‘Statistical HIT Counter’ invisible web tracker from (http://www.statcounter.com/).

You can configure the web stats to suit your requirements and install without much hassle. What you have to do is just insert the code generated by the Website on your web page or blog and you will get your HIT counter on your blog to analyze and monitor all your visitors to your blog in real-time! This user-friendly, reliable and fast loading service counter is offered free of cost. How amazing it is? 

Fast and reliable Widget

Fig. 1. Installation Options Menu (Source StatCounter on Blogger/Blogspot)

From the users’ feed backs it is clear that the widget provides accurate, real-time visitor statistics with detailed visitor tracking information and analysis. Installing StatCounter on Blogspot is really Childs play. I have installed the widgets in all my blogs Learn to Earn from Internet Home Business (http://blog-casts.blogspot.com/), Know Your Mantra (http://know-your-mantra.blogspot.com/) and Know Your English Skills (http://know-your-english-skills.blogspot.com/) So let me explain step-by-step instructions for anyone to install widget in his / her blog. 

 Step by Step Instructions

1) Just get yourself registered.
2) Now you start feeding information i.e. name of your blog or website, the URL of your blog or Website. Once you complete this step you will get menus showing installation options
3) I have included the screenshot obtained from http://blog.statcounter.com/2008/09/statcounter-on-bloggerblogspot/
4) Now let me explain how to install your StatCounter code on Blogspot.
5) Log on to your ‘Dashboard’. Choose your blog and choose Layout option.
6) Next choose Page Elements and then choose Add a Gadget
7) Under the scroller window showing basic gadgets, just choose HTML/Javascript widget
8) Leave the Title window blank. Proceed to paste the code generated from StatCounter http://www.stacounter.com. Verify and save.
9) You may reposition the widget at a comfortable location
10) Come out of the Add a Gadget and then from Page Element.
11) Now view your blog.
12) You will find your StatCounter at the designated location and it will now begin recording visitor information!

Source:
StatCounter on Blogger/Blogspot http://blog.statcounter.com/2008/09/statcounter-on-bloggerblogspot/

Five Star Rating Widget from Spotback

Spotback Rate Everything Widget

If you are curious to know about how your audience view and rate your blog or blog posts, then you can add spotback Rate Everything Widget (http://spotback.com/). Here is a post on ‘how to get the widget for your blogspot / wordpress blogs’. You might have seen such facilities in a few commercial services such as Amazon. Today the same rating facility is just few clicks away. How wonderful it is?

Rating tool lets your audience to rate your posts and there is instant feedback. There is a freedom to navigate your blog and identify the posts of interest.

Why You need this tool?

On Internet you may find humpty number of widgets on ‘five star’ rating. The Spotback Rating tool helps your audience discover your posts and add rating to them. No programming or coding knowledge required. It is a Childs play. You are able to install the widgets free of cost. You may find your rating and tagging history saved in your own personal profile and alerts you with statistics.

Spotback Widget code no: 35074

Just Register

To start with you have to register with spotback. After a cool login you may choose either ready-to-use-design from SpotBack widget gallery or you may use the editor to roll-your-own. You have freedom to add the desired element and to modify even CSS properties i.e. background images, font size and color, borders, labels, etc.

Step by step instruction:

1) Login using your User Id.
2) On spotback home page you will find a link ‘Get a Widget’ (http://spotback.com/widgets/intro). Now click the link.
3) You will find number of widget styles. Just choose the one you like. Later you may modify its font size and color, borders, labels, etc.
4) Once your selection is over you will get the code suitable for your blog categories i.e. blogspot classic, blogspot new and wordpress. Choose the right one for your template style.
5) There will be an ID number displayed along with the widget you have chosen. Just note the number.
6) You may both copy the code and integrate it using ‘edit html’ menu. If you are not comfortable there is an alternate method.
7) Alternatively go to your blog dashboard and reach the Template tab. Just click on ‘Page Elements’, then ‘Add a Page Element’.In the pop dialog box choose for ‘Html/JavaScript’. That screen will open an input form.
8) In the box labeled Title, just enter something or leave it blank. Copy the following code from your notepad:

9) Just replace the id number with the words marked in bold italics.
10) Click on Save Changes.
11) If all went well, you are back at the Page Element screen and your new widget is sitting at the top of your sidebar. Just drag and reposition the widget just below your blog post (main bar). That is all.
12) Now View your blog. Test your rating widget. Make sure they are working properly. If there are any bad links, just go back to your Page Element screen and edit it.