Thursday, July 31, 2008

How to add blogger labels or categories on your Sidebar

Google has put Blogger out of beta, and along with this update comes many new features that we find great. One of these is the new labels, which let you organize your posts according to keywords. This works only if you?re using the new version of blogger.

In a way, these are like the Categories that are common with other blogging softwares. However, the interface that Blogger provides is more like a tagging system?something not so common with blogging softwares, but can be added as plugins. In particular, Technorati is a great site that uses tags to organize information on blog posts around the blogosphere.

Using blogger labels is quite simple. At the lower part of the post editor, you will see a text box where you can key in your desired keywords as labels. Separate each with a comma (you can use phrases or multiple-word keywords, too).


If you wish to select from a list of existing labels, just click the show all link.
When you publish, you will see the labels as tags under each post. When you click on any one, you will then be led to an archive of posts with that particular label.

You can also add a list of labels or Catogaries that you?ve used on your sidebar, so you can easily output an archive of posts with that label for readers to use.
To add the labels to the sidebar, simply go to layout, click add a page element. Then a pop-up window appears. Select LABELS and click SAVE TO BLOG. Your labels will then appear on your sidebar. Another Tool which does the same thing is Adding a Lable Cloud it helps to increase traffic on your blog

Now wasn't that easy! Please free to share comments!

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