Mar 3, 2008
Frequently Asked Questions
• What is BlogUpp service?Add the widget to your blog
• How does it work?
• How to match widget and blog language?
• How the widget chooses which blog to promote?
• How does Cross-Posting work?
• What is content discovery toolbar?
• Is BlogUpp AdSense safe?
• What Blogger.com gadget does?Get to know it better
• What "Add to Blogger" button stands for?
• How to add the widget to my blog?
• How to add BlogUpp to WordPress blogs?
• How to add BlogUpp to Tumblr blogs?
• How long does it take to approve a submitted blog?Advertising with BlogUpp
• How to update blog thumbnail?
• Can I customize the widget?
• Do I get access to BlogUpp stats?
• Can I see a demo of the service?
• How does BlogUpp compare versus other services?
• Can I get extra-promotion?
• What benefits do I get as a Premium?
• How can I pay for Premium blog promotion?
• I've seen your badge on blogs. How do I get one?
• How often the blogs in the widget change?
• I was directed to a removed blog. Why is that?
• RSS related errors. How to fix them?
• How do I update my feed URL?
• Does BlogUpp offer business advertising?BlogUpp Blog Directory
• Where is my ad advertised?
• Will ads be shown on any inappropriate blogs?
• Do I get any kind of ad stats?
• Are there any limitations to ads?
• What is BlogUpp Blog Directory?Generic Questions
• Which blogs are listed in the directory?
• What makes a blog Top 100?
• Why can't I find my blog in the directory?
• What is a blog?
• What is RSS?
• How do I find readers for my blog?
• Who created BlogUpp?
• What about […], what if […]?
Q: What is BlogUpp service?
Blog success is directly dependent on its readers and blog awareness. Normally getting all that requires lots of efforts, as well as time - and BlogUpp aims to bring it easily and efficiently. It works simple: you feature community blogs, and all of them promote your blog, mutually and effortlessly. Besides supporting bloggers help each other, it's a way to discover and connect other great blogs.Q: How does it work?
BlogUpp offers 4 distribution channels of free blog promotion at once - media distribution widget, social web cross-posting, content discovery toolbar, and selected blog directory. No sign-up needed.
BlogUpp builds awareness by sharing latest blog posts within the widget across entire blogger community, as well as via social web and its blog directory, along with the snapshot of promoted blog (to build recognition), non-obtrusively and interactively. To get started just enter the blog address at blogupp.com, and get a unique widget-code to paste in the sidebar of your blog. For each 10 blogs your widget features, your blog is promoted to 9 readers in the widget on other blogs - free. Installed widget also enables the other distribution channels work for your blog.Q: How to match widget and blog language?
Every submitted blog is reviewed individually, for quality and other terms-enforcedconsiderations. As indicator of the approval status is the color of widget bar with BlogUpp logo. So that grey color stands for pending, blue - for approved, and red - for denied.
Tip: Although we do review blogs regularly, you might speed up your blog approval by leaving a relevant comment on this blog, liking us on Facebook or following on Twitter.
Find out more about it in "We do no magic" and "Sometimes less is more".
We take care of that. Newly submitted blogs display in the widget only default content, which is mainly in English. While each submission is reviewed for approval it gets assigned to an appropriate language, so that (for instance) English blogs are mutually promoting English ones only, and Spanish blogs, respectively - Spanish ones. Additionally to that, approved non-English blogs may occasionally display premium blogs in English and default content.Q: How the widget chooses which blog to promote?
Blog promotion in the widget is not random - a combination of targeting levels are applied. First off it's user behavior based. There are taken into consideration what other blogs your readers are visiting through the widget, as well as other community readers' activity.Q: How does Cross-Posting work?
Besides being matched by language and reader behavior, geo-targeting is applied too. In this context, for instance, there are identified and served appropriately English blogs addressing blog readers from USA, European users and the Asian audience.
Several levels of content quality also ensure that blogs mutually promote similar quality ones, in the best interest of blog's readership.
BlogUpp widget position in your blog determines the engagement of your readers with the widget, which is also matched with other community blogs' widget engagement. So it's important to note -the better the widget position, the better blog promotion results you get in return.
Cross-Posting enables notify social networking friends each time a new blog post is published. Once the feature is enabled, BlogUpp distributes your blog to Facebook and Twitter profiles automatically and regularly.Q: What is content discovery toolbar?
A note will be posted into your Facebook feed including the title of the post, the link, an extract from the post, and blog thumbnail. Same with Twitter, apart from blog thumbnail. Find out more about it in this tutorial.
Tips on how to publish a blog to a Facebook page are provided in this blog post.
Content discovery toolbar is a great way to discover and explore blogs seamlessly. The toolbar shows up automatically upon clicking in the widget, accessing any external link via blog directoryor social networks shares. It also offers the possibility to rate blogs, share and comment on each specific blog. Find out more about it in this blog post.Q: Is BlogUpp AdSense safe?
Blog promotion is a common vital practice for any blogger, and BlogUpp offers a decent blog service in that sense. Simple as that, we do no magic.Q: What Blogger.com gadget does?
Unlike paid-to-click (PTC) and paid-to-surf services, BlogUpp doesn't credit participating sites for clicks nor incentivize readers to click and visit blogs; we rather provide every participating blog opportunities to deserve reader's attention, by sharing blog mini-copies to other blogs' audiences. It promotes authentic blogs by respecting and relying on the same principles as Google AdSense itself does.
Which means in the end that online users landing on a blog via BlogUpp widget, blog directory, or blog discover toolbar - are readers naturally interested in blogger's message broadcasted across BlogUpp content distribution network.
Here are Google's official suggestions on how to promote blogs; they include, among others, adding a blogroll, linking other blogs and submit to blog directories - which BlogUpp already does, interactively and all-in-one.
We enjoy making things simple. Our gadget featured on Blogger.com is a super easy way for you to get started with BlogUpp.Q: What "Add to Blogger" button stands for?
Now that you've added the widget - it's only pending for us to curate the blog, and make sure it meets community's terms of service. We love to promote blogs that:
• offer quality and original content;
• have the gadget in the upper part of the blog (ideally above the fold);
• have at least 5 authentic blog posts, and are updated.
Note: a blue widget bar means you've been approved.
As an all-in-one blog promotion solution, BlogUpp offers more than an interactive content distribution widget. Upon their approval blogs get distributed via:
• the widget installed on other community blogs,
• content discover toolbar, and
• selected blog directory.
Cross-posting to Facebook and Twitter is optional. But when enabled it increases your chances of being discovered, and on top of that - you get bonus points! Learn more.
Possible gadget issues and solutions:
• When the preview is missing, Adblock Plus (or alike) interferes. Simply white-list or disable it;
• When the URL is reported as invalid - it could also be due to no blog posts and/or titles (empty RSS).
While submitting your blog at blogupp.com - *blogspot.com blogs are recognized automatically and an "Add to Blogger" button shows up, allowing to add the widget in just a few clicks.Q: How to add the widget to my blog?
In addition to that, we've prepared gadgets/plugins that can be added to the following platforms just by clicking the corresponding link:
• Blogger.com gadget
• iGoogle gadget
• WordPress.org plugin
An alternative to "Add to Blogger" feature for *blogspot.com blogs is following these steps:Q: How to add BlogUpp to WordPress blogs?
1. While on blogupp.com:
• Enter your blog URL, press enter and wait a moment for your widget-code to show up;
• Copy your widget-code to clipboard.
2. Log in into Blogger.com with your ID.
• Select "Layout", and spot an upper position in the sidebar;
• Click "Add a Gadget" and select "HTML/JavaScript";
• Paste BlogUpp widget-code in "Content" section of the new element, and save;
• Preview and save your design changes. Done!
Similarly to *blogspot.com - the procedure is more-or-less the same for other blog platforms, i.e. just add a new HTML element to the upper part of the sidebar, and paste your BlogUpp widget code in it.
For blogs hosted at WordPress.com the widget-code should be added as a new Text/HTML widget. Since WordPress.com allows only static widgets - bloggers need to refresh the browser cache to retrieve widget approval status (one-time action). Find out more about WordPress.com in this tutorial.Q: How to add BlogUpp to Tumblr blogs?
You could help WordPress team decide on enabling the interactive widget for better user experience. Simply drop a line via this link. Thank you in advance for that!
For blogs using WordPress.org our specialized BlogUpp plugin will help. Alternatively, the widget can be added to WordPress.org blogs on custom domains just by dragging a new Text/HTML widget in your blog's sidebar, and inserting into it the short iFrame widget-code provided at blogupp.com
Adding the widget to a Tumblr blog requires just a bit of HTML knowledge. Here are the steps:Q: How long does it take to approve a submitted blog?
• While in your "Dashboard" click "Customize" link to show up the customization toolbar;
• Click on "Theme", and then "Use custom HTML" button to show the HTML (if not displayed);
• In the HTML locate the "sidebar" div (i.e. <div id="sidebar"> or alike) using browser's search;
• Paste your widget-code where you want it displayed in the sidebar of your blog;
• Click "Update preview" button, and then "Save". That's it!
Normally we do review and approve new blog submissions within 1 business day.Q: How to update blog thumbnail?
Tip: You might speed up your blog approval by leaving a relevant comment on this blog, liking us on Facebook or following on Twitter.
If there's a delay, we strongly advise you to consider the rules; in short:
• Content quality,
• Widget position, and
• Sufficiency of content are the decisive ones.
• Additional notes for Asian bloggers.
Besides, in case you placed the widget not on blog's home page - then the delay might be due to the fact that we haven't noticed it, since we check home pages only. It is recommended in such cases to send us a short note either via email or Twitter and we'll re-consider.
Approval status can change after activation too; these factors might influence it:
• being unethical, by hiding the widget or placing it too low;
• abusing of voting, and cheating in general;
• using tools that generate fake traffic, which leads to waste of community impressions.
It's simply common sense that guides us.
Find out more about it in this blog post and terms announcement post.
You can easily force BlogUpp update the image of your promoted blog in real-time. Just visit blogupp.com, re-submit your blog URL - and you are done.Q: Can I customize the widget?
Note that the amount of traffic your blog gets through BlogUpp depends on how your blog thumbnail looks, besides the content itself. You are in control here, so be creative and you'll enjoy the results.
Find out more about it in thumbnail update tutorial.
Yes, BlogUpp widget may be used in various sizes and layouts. After specifying a blog's address at blogupp.com and pressing enter, there becomes visible the one-click option to choose between:Q: Do I get access to BlogUpp stats?
• Vertical layout (default), which fits in the sidebars of most blog templates;
• Horizontal layout, for wider sidebars;
• 1-blog widget, showing only 1 blog at a time, i.e. half-sized.
A 2-blog widget works better for your blog promotion, by generating more impressions for you. At the same time - a 2-blog widget ensures that at least 1 shown impression is of a blog, whereas the 2nd could be of a sponsored ad.
Find out more about it in BlogUpp customization tutorial.
Stats are available through OpenID authentication, allowing bloggers access their BlogUpp statssimply by specifying blog URL. In stats page bloggers can also buy additional impressions forPremium extra-promotion. It is important to note the following:Q: Can I see a demo of the service?
• Reporting is not real-time, statistics are refreshed on a daily basis;
• BlogUpp visits could be also monitored via your preferred Analytics service, by inquiring referrers section for adv.blogupp.com or blogupp.com;
• BlogUpp stats might differ from other analytics. Anti-fraud measures exclude repeated page views to avoid impression-waste;
• Apparently low serving is determined by multilevel blog targeting, i.e. interests and blog activity matching.
Find out more about it in BlogUpp OpenID tutorial.
Sure, you can find BlogUpp demo on YouTube and many other video-sharing communities. Alternatively, you can see BlogUpp video pitch.Q: How does BlogUpp compare versus other services?
We've got an analysis of BlogUpp and some other popular services in a feature comparison blog post. Have a look at it to find out some interesting facts.Q: Can I get extra-promotion?
You can and you are most welcome to. Premium blog promotion is available for a modest charge. Simply access BlogUpp stats page to find available 3 preset impression packages, with progressive discounts customized to your blogging sub-community (i.e. English, Spanish, etc).Q: What benefits do I get as a Premium?
Once extra-impressions are acquired, the blogger becomes a Premium and benefits of extra-options (read bellow for details).
The service is free by default. As you buy extra-impressions you get much higher exposure for your blog, and more chances to reach new blog readers. Here are just a few advantages listed:Q: How can I pay for Premium blog promotion?
• Premium blogs are promoted with a higher priority;
• No ads are displayed in the widget of Premium blogs during the campaign;
• Custom blog thumbnails can be used to promote blogs more creatively;
• High priority support and special consideration for all issues related to Premium blogs;
• More targeting choices are offered, to either broaden the blog exposure or make it more specific (e.g. geo-targeting) - as per blogger's preference.
As a Premium you basically benefit of much higher results at a more than reasonable price.
Premium blog promotion packages can be easily acquired through PayPal, Moneybookers andWebMoney. For customized Premium packages and discounts, please visit your analytics panel(requires OpenID authentication).Q: I've seen your badge on blogs. How do I get one?
Payments are processed within 1 business day and extra impressions become visible in analytics panel under "Extra / Premium impressions". Please note that accessing BlogUpp analytics requires the blog be approved.
Thanks for asking. The badge is an easy way to improve your blog rank, since it allows blog readers vote for your blog. Simply copy the badge code and link it to your blog as instructed.Q: How often the blogs in the widget change?
Each impression displayed while promoting a blog is really valued. Repeated page refreshes won't change in the widget the blogs or advertiser ad, to protect you and the community from impressions-waste. However, the widget shows different blogs as you surf through the blog, by reading different pages or posts.Q: I was directed to a removed blog. Why is that?
It also minimizes artificial accumulation of impressions, thus making the sharing fair and simple.
For some reasons, either blog owners or blog platform managing team delete certain blogs. They continue being promoted within the widget because their impressions balance is positive (i.e. as part of reciprocal web promotion, participating blogs accumulate impressions with each displayed widget). They'll stop automatically being promoted as soon as their balance gets consumed.Q: RSS related errors. How to fix them?
You can contribute by reporting such blogs via our dedicated toolbar button, and we'll manually stop promoting inactive subjects. We encourage you as well to let us know of any blogs with questionable content, in your best interests and community's.
Twitter, comment or contact us from home page with just the link of that blog, and we'll take action promptly. Thank you in advance.
Usually blog platforms automatically configure and enable blog feeds, so that blog readers can follow blogs via RSS updates. This is how to check whether blog feeds are enabled: while looking at your blog - the RSS icon within your web browser should be activated; clicking on it should lead to the list of your recent blog posts.Q: How do I update my feed URL?
If the RSS icon not be enabled - then you should be able to find in your blogging control panel options to enable feeds. Here's how to do that for *blogspot.com blogs:
• Login to blogger.com and click on "Settings" link;
• While in "Settings" screen look for "Site Feed" tab and select it;
• Make sure that in "Allow Blog Feeds" there is selected a value other than "none".
Alternatively, enabling RSS could be done manually by adding a line of code in the header of the blog, referring the RSS feeds of the blog. Find out more about it in RSS feeds tutorial.
It's very simple - just re-enter your blog address at blogupp.com and that's it. BlogUpp will re-check your RSS URL (in case it changed), and will retrieve your recent blog post.Q: Does BlogUpp offer business advertising?
In case your blog has feed auto-discovery configured for more than 1 RSS feed, please be advised to drop us a line with specification of the feed preferred to be promoted across our blog network.
Yes. BlogUpp is a media distribution network and blog marketing service provided for free to the global community of bloggers. Interested advertisers are welcome to visit BlogUpp advertisingpage to get started easily. Note that CPM, CPC and CPD options are available. Payments are accepted through PayPal, Moneybookers and WebMoney.Q: Where is my ad advertised?
Advertiser ads are delivered targeted via a content-rich blog widget, which delivers updated blogging content to bloggers community and their blog readers. BlogUpp advertisers are alsofeatured in blog directory across all its pages, at no charge.Q: Will ads be shown on any inappropriate blogs?
The 10 to 9 widget blog promotion ratio leaves BlogUpp 1 impression out of each 10, which is used for advertising and Premium extra-promotion acquired by bloggers. Advertisers are able to choose among different targeting options that best meet their business marketing needs.
As a dynamic social network BlogUpp serves an international community of opinion-shaping bloggers and engaged readers.
No. We understand that protection of brands is crucial. Which is why we manually review each participating blog and don't allow those of an adult nature into the community, blogs that promote illegal content/activities (such as warez), or any other blogs that could be deemed inappropriate.Q: Do I get any kind of ad stats?
Yes. Normally we provide stats for clicks and impressions, which are updated every 24 hours. Advertisers benefit of access to a custom Google DoubleClick panel for comprehensive reporting and advanced targeting options. Alternatively, BlogUpp visits could be monitored via your preferred Analytics service, by inquiring referrers section for adv.blogupp.com or blogupp.com.Q: Are there any limitations to ads?
Yes. Bloggers are our partners as well, and to maintain a high quality of our community we do not allow ads that promote sites falling into the following categories:Q: What is BlogUpp Blog Directory?
• Adult content;
• Illegal content and activities;
• Excessive violence;
• Gambling;
• Scam websites and alike.
BlogUpp Directory is the blog catalog of BlogUpp blogger community. The directory is meant toshow at a glance what's new and hot in the blogosphere, help discover great blogs, and of course give your blogs the extra-exposure.Q: Which blogs are listed in the directory?
The directory also allows us be transparent with our partners and advertisers, to demonstrate that BlogUpp serves a community of quality blogs only.
Blogs get listed in the directory through automated blog submission soon after BlogUpp widget is added on blog, and the blog gets approved. Blogs get listed on directory front pages each time a new blog post is written. Blogs are scanned for new postings only if the widget is present and fully visible on blog.Q: What makes a blog Top 100?
http://www.blogupp.com/directory/blog/BLOG-URL stores your permanent blog page in the directory, where BLOG-URL is your blog address without http:// prefix.
There are many factors that favor blogs appear in BlogUpp Directory Top 100. There are taken into account, among others, how often a blog is visited through BlogUpp widget, as well as how many readers it actually has. It means in fact that we favor the blogs with interesting content and creative/clickable layouts.Q: Why can't I find my blog in the directory?
You are in control of your blog thumbnail, so be creative and you'll enjoy the results.
Should your blog meet the conditions listed here, and still not appear in directory search results - then it's only because the blog is not yet among top blogs. Note however that the widget is the main tool in promoting your blog, along with content discovery toolbar, and Facebook/Twitter cross-posting.Q: What is a blog?
Tip: http://www.blogupp.com/directory/blog/BLOG-URL stores your permanent blog page in the directory, where BLOG-URL is your blog address without http:// prefix.
A blog is a different type of website, which allows to express yourself and connect like-minded people. Blogs are a lot easier to maintain, making it possible practically for everyone to start and write one, easy and free. Blogger.com and WordPress.com are just some of the blogging services that offer to register, host and maintain blogs - completely free of charge. For a short demo on how easy it is to get a blog up and running, check out this blogger tutorial. For more information, please consider this step-by-step tour, or blogs in plain English video.Q: What is RSS?
RSS is a web feed that helps stay updated with blog entries and anything new in an exceptionally time-saving manner. Web feeds benefit publishers by letting them syndicate content automatically, at the same time allowing readers aggregate favorite feeds from many sites into one place.Q: How do I find readers for my blog?
For more information, please watch RSS in plain English video.
The success of a blog is indeed determined by the amount of interested readers it has. It is essential to do a couple of simple procedures for your blog marketing, aimed at attracting readers. Great content of course matters the most; nevertheless it needs to be brought to readers' attention, and here are some of the ways that help:Q: Who created BlogUpp?
• Get BlogUpp widget for your blog promotion, and get automatically listed in the blog directory;
• Do a keyword research to help readers find your blog easily through search engines;
• Submit your blog to other blog directories, as well as RSS submission sites;
• Keep your blog updated with fresh content;
• Use social media to spread the word about your blog;
• Network with other bloggers by commenting on related blogs;
• Participate in blogger forums and various discussions of your interest.
Valer and Vitalie created the service, determined to support true bloggers in delivering their message to the world, easy and efficiently. Blog curation is an important part of the process, and it is handled by in-house staff. If you'd like to say "Hi", please use the same "support" link in the menu above. Thank you!Q: What about […], what if […]?
If your question is not answered above, please feel free to contact us via "support" link in the menu above, and you'll be assisted soon. Alternatively, you could get in touch with us via Facebook orTwitter.
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