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Directory submissions will add authority to your sites!

How to publish a custom URL on Blogger!

This seems to be a frequent question on Google groups - therefore i thought i will write it down.

Log into your blogger account and click > settings > publishing > click on advanced settings and write your domain name - it should be http://www.yourdomainname.com and click save settings.

Then log into your DNS (Domain Name System) control panel and point your server to ghs.google.

"DNS server determines what site a given address takes you to. So far, you have a domain name but none of the servers on the internet know what to do with it yet. To take care of this, you need to create a CNAME record for your domain with the DNS, associating your domain with ghs.google.com."

For example - your registrar is yahoo small business - log into your account - click Domain Control panel > advanced DNS settings > click add record add www. and enter ghs.google.com - then click submit so that it looks like www.yourdomainname.com

1. In the Source field, enter only the sub domain you want to use. For example, if you designated www.mydomain.com as the address of your blog, enter www in the Source field.
2. Enter ghs.google.com in the Destination field.
3. Click Submit

The above 3 points are taken from blogger help - BUT this does not work properly - if you follow the above steps your domain will get a 404 error notice.

to circumvent that you need to modify your "A record" and point it to blog spot/blogger server

the blogger server is 72.14.207.191 - so if you modify your a record as above - it should point your domain to your blogger account.

Hope this helps!

Money Saving Idea's - Telephone!

Telephone - say no to 0870 numbers

Ever tried making calls to 0845 or 0870 numbers ( also called Revenue sharing numbers) - invariably you get billed upto 8 to 10p/ minute - even if you are complaining to say Sky or Aol - these so called National rate numbers are actually money making gimmicks by companies. So if you are put on hold for say 15 minutes - which is often the case - therefore, you end up paying £1.20 to £1.50 for being on hold.

These companies get a cut ( typically 2 -3 p/ min or more) out of the money they charge you say 8- 10 p/ minute - which pays for their employees, expensive elephone equipment and gives them a nice profit. And all this money comes out of your pocket. In my opinion, this is a rip off. After all you are complaining about their services and they are charging you !!! This is a double whammy !

So what can you do to avoid massive bills - you can be Net Savvy and search for alternate numbers - geographic numbers so that the calls are cheaper.


1. One way of doing that is to go to a web site - saynoto0870.com and doing a search for alternative numbers. This way you get geographic numbers which you can call and save you a bundle.

2. Be savvy and look for alternate numbers which companies like HSBC, Asda etc give on their credit card bills or any other official mail or their web sites - for calling from overseas - these numbers are usually geographic numbers and you can call them from Uk and save yourself a bundle. For eg. AOL gives this number +44 117 919 1100 when calling from overseas and 0844 499 5555 when calling from UK. Read here

3. If you do not get a geographic number by the above 2 methods - then you have to search the forums of saynoto0870.com to get the numbers and request them on the forum. This is a lengthy way to get the geographic numbers - and i recommend this to people who can wait.

4. Some companies give geographic numbers for sales - which can be used to connect to another department - thus avoiding Premium rate charges!


FACTS

1. British gas fined £5,000/- for keeping customers hanging on to Premium rate numbers. Read more here .

2. The Department for Work and Pensions, made £268,000 last year from 0845 hotlines to advise those on low incomes about benefit and winter fuel payments. Interesting !

3. Many compnaies boost their profit by letting customers wait on the premium rate numbers before answering - all at your expense !