I was looking for information on adding a google analytics website and linking it to blogger. But most of the help I found were mentioning menu items which I was not able to find on that site. So I thought I write this so that you will find latest changes here.

Steps to add a webiste or an app to account in blogger are as follows:

Login to Google Analytics website
https://www.google.com/analytics

Click on Admin link available on top bar.

Select the Account for which you want to add the new website. If you have not created any account then select Create New Account available in search dropdown and create a new account.

If you wanted to add a new website and app click on Create new property available in property dropdown. First select the tab Website or Mobile App then enter all required details like url and click on get tracking id.

Thats it!!

You can create multiple views if you want to create a report for subset of your website data.

Now if you want to add it to your website under property > Tracking info > Tracking javascript code is available. You need to add it to your website templates so that it will appear in all pages.

If you are using blogger then just need to enter tracking id at following setting location.

Go to your blog settings, click on Other section under settings. Under Google Analytics, Analytics Web Property ID  enter google analytics tracking code for your blog.
If you are using blogger classing template then you need to add the javascript code directly to the template.

Let me know if you any queries regarding this.

Do you have youtube channel? These are the tips to make your youtube videos popular.

Optimize title, description and tags

Optimize the title of your video. Use popular keywords and very detailed descriptions for each video. use proper tags for your video.

Use good thumbnail

use good thumbnail for your video. Use custom thumbnail rather than default one. thumbnail should indicate the content of your video, should be attractive and unique one.

Add call to action

Add call to action request at the end of your video ask users to subscribe to your channel, like your video, comment on your video and watch more videos.

Get more subscribers

 Try to get more get more subscribers. More subscribers will help your channel videos to get more regular views.

Produce quality videos

Be consistent.Produce more quality and useful videos.Video should be short and crisp. be creative and authentic.

Create a supporting blog

Create supporting blog in that blogs you can write articles related to those videos.

Use social networks

post in social network like facebook twitter etc.

Use google adwords

Use google adwords to get more people. By providing ad in google ad words you can get few more subscribers. But remember you must have good content/monetizing strategy to retain & recover the money spent.

Participate and responsive

Reply to comments. Post video as response and allow to post video response. Comments on others video.

Categorize videos

Categorize your videos properly. Create playlist for your video.Add generic tags and specific tags both.
 ping your video to different search engines

If you are interested to read more about youtube channel related books then also visit Amazon.com / Amazon.in

Nowadays lot of smartphones/tablets comes with hd, full hd or 2k display. When mobile device display are getting filled with more number of pixels, can laptops be remain behind?No right. So even laptops are getting full hd and 4k displays.

Laptops with 4k display has many advantages. Text will appear more sharper, images will look better. 4k laptops are also future proof.

4k display will have 4 times the number of pixels than a full HD screen. More graphics power is required to show content on 4k display and it also requires more battery power. It will drain more battery than full hd display.In windows icons everything will look smaller with standard setting you need to increase the display scaling to ensure that all content and menu items are visible properly in windows. To handle the graphics processing required for the display discrete graphics card like NVIDEA Geforce or AMD are must for a 4K laptop.(At present)
Also to stream 4k video content from Internet more bandwidth is required. We may lot of buffering messages.4K laptops are bit expensive than lower resolution ones.

If you are looking for laptops at lower budget, more battery than full HD laptop is your best choice. But keep in mind that 4K screens will look far better.

Still using a 4k laptop gives better experience than laptops with lower resolutions. Let's check few 4k laptops available now at lower prices.

Selected 4K Laptops from Bestbuy.com (US)

Dell - Inspiron 15.6" 4K Ultra HD Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i7 - 12GB Memory - 1TB Hard Drive - Silver

Toshiba - Satellite 15.6" Laptop - Intel Core i7 - 12GB Memory - 1TB Hard Drive - Satin Gold

4K Laptops at Amazon.com

4K Laptops in Amazon.com (US)

During my recent trip I got a chance to visit Red Fort in Delhi. I have tried to capture the beauty of Red Fort using Nikon 3200 DSLR Camera. (Amazon.in / Amazon.com) This historically important Lal Qila  fort was built around 357 years ago (1948) and designed by Ustad Ahmed Lahauri , a Persian architect who was also chief architect of the Taj Mahal.

These are tips to select best laptops available in market.

Tip 1: Buy laptops from reputed brand

Keep in mind that all reputed brands design, develop and market laptops based on their previous experiences. They will usually have budget, middle, gaming and premium range laptops. Select the series depending on your requirement.
E.g in Dell they have inspiron (middle), alienware(gaming) and xps(premium) series.
Good service, quality and support is always guaranteed from them.

Tip 2: Prefer laptops with good screen resolution(4K recommended)

Prefer laptops with 4K or Full HD screen. More resolution then text and images will be sharper. Now lot of laptops comes with 4K display are available. Buy them if your budget permits or go for at least Full HD screen.

Tip 3: Prefer more RAM

More RAM means laptop can handle multitasking and memory intensive apps easily. minimum 8GB ram is recommended. Expandable memory slot is better than on board memory.
16GB is advisable if you are using it for video editing.

Tip 4: Select CPU properly

Prefer i7 than i5 than i3. Even in i7 there are dual core and quad core versions. Prefer i7 quad core processor if you want to use it for video editing.

Tip 5: Select bigger screen size

Prefer laptops with minimum screen size 13.3". 15.6" screen is optimum. 17" laptops will be huge not portable. 13.3" screen is good for laptops where portability is priority. But 15.6" inch laptops also can be carried easily in backpack. 11 or 12" laptop screen will be very small, not recommended

Tip 6: selection of SSD or HDD

Laptops with SSD storage will be faster but currently it is costlier than HDD storage. HDD storage is cheaper. If your budget permits SSD is recommended than HDD.

Tip 7: Ensure that all required connectors are available

USB, Ethernet, HDMI, audio, SD card reader etc connectors are recommended.

Tip 8: Prefer laptop with discrete graphics card over on board graphics.

If you are a gamer and want to play high end games then go for discrete graphics card for better performance.

Few selected laptops from Amazon.com US

http://astore.amazon.com/vismayakart-20

Please watch below video to get my favorite laptops in 2015 and tips to select best laptops.

  Are you running one or more youtube channels? or want to upload videos to youtube? A predictable video structure will help to make your YouTube channel well organized and also your subscribers will get more familiar with your channel brand identity.

Video structure

In this article let us discuss about one of th possible YouTube video structure. You can customize the structure as per your channel requirements.

Channel Logo

If your channel has a brand identity it is better to show channel logo for 2 to 4 secs. It can have subtle animation and background music to get more attention. Keep it simple.

Subsection title

If your channel videos can be categorized in to different subsections then it would help to have subsection title logo. E.g you have a tv channel then for each different show can have separate sub section logo and group them in to individual playlists.

Similarly if you have stock market related channel then you can have subsection like Technical Analysis Tutorial, Fundamental Analysis tutorial etc. Even limit this title for 2 to 4 secs, use subtle animation to make it more effective.

Introduction/Teaser

In this section of video you can explain about content of the video, what viewers can expect etc. This is a opportunity to increase viewer retention.

Video Title

Display the video title, subtle animation or transition will add more effect. Let the title be unique and search engine friendly. You can use adwords keyword planner to find keywords to be included so that more users will find your video.

Video content

This is the core part of the video. Make sure that it is short, crisp and without any dull moments. Keep it short. It is recommended to limit the video duration within 4 mins. Unless you believe that viewers will watch your long video, don't make it long. Entertainment videos like movies, serials or education videos can be lengthier, but still viewers will spend more time to watch these kind of videos.

Use proper video camera, microphone and editing software to get good quality video with audio. Keep every seconds of your video interesting and informative. Use proper animations rather than static photo or text.

Check this video description for recommended camera, microphone and editing software list.

Call for Action

At the end of the video request users to subscribe to your channel, like your video, share the video on social networks and comment on your video. Also you can add links or video links of related videos from your channel. This part of the video will help you to increase traffic/subscribers to your channel.

Create a template for your videos in your video editing software and reuse them. It will save lot of your time and you can put more effort to create valuable content. If you have templates for channel logo, subsection title, video title and call for action then you just need to modify, video title, add introduction/teaser and video content.

You can enhance your video template at regular interval to give refreshing look to it. Say yearly once.

This video structure applicable for not only YouTube, any other video sharing sites.

Advantages

Advantages of having a template and following proper video structure are as follows

• You can reduce video time creation time
• Channel will be more organized.
• It will help users to find all related videos easily.
• Increases your channel's brand recognition.
• Increases user retention.
• Your video will be more enjoyable due to its well organized structure.

To summarize having a proper video structure and creating reusable templates will help you to save time, channel will be more organized and let you focus on content.