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6 Reasons why KDP is Better than Payhip for Authors

Are you struggling in deciding between KDP and Payhip for your book selling? The short answer for you is KDP. This article will tell you why KDP is more appropriate for a writer, ebook writers, than Payhip. Well, another reader may be asking "what is your position to say so?" No problem. I have experiences in using both for a long period so I have a good position to inform you about this. Defining KDP and Payhip KDP KDP, as you may have known, stands for Kindle Direct Publishing. It is the Amazon e-book self-publishing platform that was launched in November 2007. It helps independent publishers to publish and sell their e-books and paperbacks to the world. KDP does not publish and selll all submitted books, by the way. The submissions will be reviewed for at least 24-72 hours before they are decided whether to publish or not. All books published and sold with KDP are charged from $0.09 to $200.00, depends on the length, size, and type of the book. To put it ano...
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How to Add Google Analytics 4 to your Blog

This is how to add or connect Google Analytics 4 to your blog. Previously, I had posted an article about how to add Google Analytics tracking ID in UA format to your blog , assuming that you are using Blogger as your blogging platform, you can refer to that article if you have no idea of what is it about. As you know, at the time of this article posted, Blogger only accepts UA format property ID while Google Analytics has been updated to GA 4. The tracking ID format of this new Google Analytics is different to the former. So, what you can do to connect Google Analytics 4 to your blog is by creating a new GA 4 property and copying the tracking code (some lines of JavaScript) and putting it between the <head> and</head> tags in your blogger template. Using this way, you don’t need to add property ID in your blogger setting. If you had your blog connected to the old Google Analytics, you may be asking why you should use the new Google Analytics. It is important to co...
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How to cite a quote properly in APA and MLA styles

Correctly citing opinions or theories from other texts is one of the main foundations that determine the quality of a scientific article. Many novice writers are not aware of this and so they tend to overlook the importance of good citation procedures. Therefore, this article will discuss the importance of citing opinions or theories and how to write them properly and correctly. What are quotes and why are they important? Quotations are passages of text that are cited and used in other texts with the aim of providing a basis for ideas. Quotations are usually taken from texts that are relevant to the text being written. Quotations are one of the important elements in scientific writing. In scientific writing, a writer should not only parse his own opinion or ideas without relating them to the opinions of other writers who are also experts in the field he is writing about. A scientific writer needs to base his ideas, claims, or statements on other texts that are the sou...
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Create popup message using JQuery in 2 steps

Creating popup notifications in Blogger is very easy especially using JQuery. Simply by setting the appearance time ( setTimeout ) and the appearance script ( toggle ), you can display popup messages on your blog or website. This time, I want to share how to do it with you. However, since this tutorial is a basic tutorial, you will have to use all your creativity to create a beautiful popup notification. If you just want to quickly create a notification message without doing any coding, you can use the popup message generator we provide. What is a popup message or notification? A popup notification is a dialog box that appears on a floating web page, and is not part of the current page. The popup notification is the same as the dialog box that appears so you can choose between OK and Cancel. Of course, not all messages appear with buttons to click. You may only want to display text messages, pictures, and so on. Popup notifications, often referred to as toast notifications, serve ...
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Google AdSense Unofficial FAQs

One of the reasons why people choose blogging as a hobby is passive income. It is true that many people have made money from blogging, especially those who display ads on their blogs such as Google AdSense, MGID, Adsterra, and so on. So what are the best practices in blogging with ads? How to optimize blogs and ads? What must be done to get a blog accepted by an advertising network? The following are frequently asked questions and their answers. The answers to every question are based on our knowledge and experience of blogging. Which advertising network should I choose between AdSense, MGID and Adsterra? Each advertising network has advantages and disadvantages. AdSense is by far the most legit advertising network on the internet because Google's reputation is very good compared to other companies engaged in the same field. The downside of AdSense is the level of stringency it enforces that many bloggers find it difficult to meet the standards set by Google in...
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Should I start blogging fiction today?

One of the conditions for building a blog's reputation is publishing unique content. The term "unique content" includes the uniqueness of content both within a blog and from one blog to another. Most blogs contain non-fiction content such as tutorial blogs and so on. Believe me, what you are writing on your blog, has been and will be written by others on their blog. This means that nothing is truly unique in the world of non-fiction blogging. If you want to have truly unique blog content, one of the best ways is to write a fictional blog. The question is, are fiction blogs still in demand today? I wrote this article, on the sidelines of my waiting for the seemingly endless issue of Google indexation, to help you decide whether you should start a blog that contains fictional stories or not. Hopefully this article can do its job well. What is a fiction blog? As the name suggests, a fiction blog is a blog that contains fictional stories such...
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8 Tips for Travel Bloggers

Blogging, since several decades ago, has been used as an additional source of income for many people who have writing skills and a laptop with an internet connection. Although lately many bloggers have complained about the issue of indexing their blogs, there are still many people who choose blogging as an activity that generates passive income. Blogging itself is basically a hobby. Lucky for those who managed to monetize their blog traffic. As a hobby, blogging can take up a lot of time, energy, ideas, and of course, money. Therefore, for those who want to start blogging, need to realize that it is not an "easy" hobby even though it looks fun. Some types of blogs are also very resource consuming, for example, travel blogs. As you can see, my blog is a blog about the science of writing and blogging itself. I dedicate my time, energy, and money to share my knowledge and experience of writing and blogging, including a bit of web programming knowledge ne...
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How to make Lazy Loading Script with JQuery in 2 easy Steps

Looking to make lazy loading script using JQuery to faster your BlogSpot? The “trick” is to find the <img> tags in your blog and add loading attribute to it. You can either using native JavaScript of JQuery to add the attribute. Several JQuery plugins are also available on the internet but I guess that you want to make yours. As a reminder, Lazy Loading is a term given to an HTML attribute applied to images to prevent browsers rendering them before they are on the visible area. In other words, browsers will only render the images when the page scrolled until reaching the image tags. Therefore, it is also called on-demand loading. The function of this attribute is to optimize the page rendering that impacts your blog loading time; it becomes faster since the images are not rendered before they get into the visible area. Lazy loading script is also included in RemlinkJS which is useful to remove the hyperlink of the images ...
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How to Get Rid of Google Indexing Issues by Changing Blogger Template

Using certain templates can prevent Google from indexing your blog. To get rid of this issue, make sure to use any blogger templates that help Googlebot to crawl and index your blog. Most bloggers tend to pick modern-look and sophisticated template for their BlogSpot, but I recommend you to install SE Optimized ones. While it is not wise to mention what template should (or shouldn’t) be used, here is what you can do to determine whether to use (or not to use) a blogger template. Read also: Custom Robots.txt for SEO 1. Pick the Simplest Template “Simplest” is not a name of blogger theme. It is how a blogger theme looks like. By simplest, I mean, you need to pick a blogger template that contains not too many sophisticated features like fancy dropdown menus, too many social bookmarks, animations, mega menus, and shortcodes. A blogger template is enough to have one header, two top navigation bars, one sidebar, and one footer....
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