How to integrate a Facebook Fan Box or a Google+ Plus Box in Blogger to increase Blog Traffic - The power of a Dedicated Social Media Profile Page

After I did the article on how to Embed Facebook Videos and Pictures in your website or blog as explained in my blog article entitled “How to share and embed Facebook Photos, Albums and Videos to Share and Promote your Content Online - Sharing is Caring”, many of my Blogger stablemates are interested in learning more about further integration of Facebook into their Blog.

If you have a Blogger Blog, you already know how to get more traffic by activating the Google+ Integration on your Blog and then adding the Google+ Followers and Google+ Follow Gadgets. If you don’t know then read the instructions in the helpful Google article “Grow your audience with the Google+ followers gadget”, published November 27, 2012, Blogger Buzz and then watch the video below:

This article is dedicated to integrating a Facebook Like Box into your Blogger page, allowing you to benefit from increased Traffic from Social Media Websites. So sit tight and pull out a KitKat, as that’s gonna be the hot candy for the Christmas 2013 thanks to Google Android 4.4 aka KitKat as explained in my Geezam blog article entitled “Google Android 4.4 is now KitKat as Nestle-Google Secret Deal makes Android the first Product Placement OS”!

Using Social Media to increase Blog Traffic – The Facebook Profile Page

It’s no secret that you can boost traffic to your blog by simply registering it with a Blog Search Engine or Blog Directory as listed in my blog article entitled “How to make US Dollars as Freelance Web Content or Blog Affiliate Writer Online in Jamaica using your Scotia VISA Debit Card or Credit Card”. Here’s the List of Blog Search Engine or Blog Directory to refresh your memory:

Search Engines for blogs

1.      Technorati’s blog directory

2.      Syndic8

3.      Digg

4.      Bloglines

5.      Google BlogSearch

6.      Best of the Web Blog Search

Blog Directories

1.      All Blogs

2.      Alltop.com

3.      Bigger Blogs  

4.      Blo.gs

5.      Blog Catalog

6.      Blog Digger  

7.      Blog Hints  

8.      Blog Pulse  

9.      Blog Search Engine  

10.  Blog Universe  

11.  Blogarama

12.  Blogarama  

13.  Blogflux  

14.  Bloggapedia  

15.  Blogged.com  

16.  Bloggeries  

17.  Bloggernity  

18.  Blogging Fusion  

19.  Blogio  

20.  Bloglines

21.  Bloglisting  

22.  EatonWeb Blog Directory  

23.  Globe of Blogs  

24.  Newsvine

25.  OnToplist.com

26.  ReadABlog

27.  Spillbean  

28.  Ultimate directory of British Blogs

Note here that Google is a general purpose Search Engine that searches the Internet via spiders that crawl through Databases every once in awhile. So Registering with a Blog Search Engine or Blog Directory and with Google’s Search Engine has a double whammy effect. Adding a Facebook Like Box ramps up traffic as:

1.      Visitors to your blog via Facebook can like your blog and subscribe to updates from your blog.

2.      You can get an idea of how many fans you REALLY have, as opposed to casual readers of your blog

3.      Increases Blog Traffic thanks to the built in readership of your blog

It’s a lot easier than sending email Newsletters as Jamaicans hardly read newspapers but they spend most of their time on Facebook as noted in my Geezam blog article entitled “Jamaica’s Low Net Penetration – Broadband Internet A Universal Right”

First, you have to get a profile Page for your blog. A personal Page is just a regular free Facebook page. A Profile Page comes chock full of Facebook Developer Tools that you can use to gauge Traffic to your Facebook page and also your blog as explained in  “Pages and Profiles are NOT the same”, viewed August 27 2013 by Lindsworth, published by Kerry Kimone, Kerry is Social.

A Profile Page is basically the same as a Fan Page that Facebook forces on you after you’ve hit 5000 likes, as you’re a famous personality. So getting a Profile Page, especially if you have a business or if you’re a Media Personality is important, as you have more analytical tools on your page that can tell you more granular details about your Facebook Traffic.

Once that’s done, then follow the steps to setting up a Facebook Like Box as detailed in “Add Facebook like/fan Box To Blogger Blog Easily”, published by Mohammad Ishtiaq, MyBlogger Tricks:

1.      Go to Facebook Developer Page

2.      Visiting your Facebook Profile page

3.      Copy and Paste your profile Page URL (Universal Resource Locator) into the section that says “Facebook Page URL”

4.      Set other parameters such as width, height and stream. Check the Preview that shows the updated appearance of the Like Box

5.      Click Get Code button when done.

6.      Copy the iframe code only.

7.      Log into your Blogger blog and go to Blogger Dashboard
Select Layout

8.      Click Add-A-Gadget link.

9.      Select HTML/Javascript gadget

10.  Paste the code in the content box.

11.  Preview your Blog to see hot it looks. If it needs adjusting, you may have to go back to step one and rebuild the Facebook Like Box to make it appear the way you wish

12.  Save and check the appearance of your blog

That’s it! Once you follow these simple steps, you can add both a Facebook Like Box and a Google+ Plus Box and thereby increase Social Media Engagement and Fans of your page.