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Rich Pins For Pinterest



Rich Pins show metadata right on the Pin itself, giving Pinners a richer experience and increasing engagement. Information in a Rich Pin is independent of the Pin description, ensuring that important information is always tied to the Pin. There are 6 types of Rich Pins: app, article, movie, place, product and recipe Pins.

In other words people can Pin the picture on your website or they can Pin the details about your picture too.  Adding little tags to your data makes all the difference in search engines. Your website has everything but without helping out a search engine most of it can get lost.  This works for Pinterest too.

If you've completed the steps to on Twitter Cards That Work For Bloggers then you're only one or two lines away of code from getting Pinterest set up.

If you've verified your website already with Pinterest your only one line of code away from getting this done. If you haven't verified your website you'll have to do that first via your profile on Pinterest.

Go to your Pinterest and on the right hand side you'll see Edit Profile.
Window Pops Up and at the bottom you have an option to enter your website.  Once done you'll get a code that looks something like this.

<meta content='395e8062748c595216c500d8cc7c33a3' name='p:domain_verify'/> which you will need to also enter over </head>    (make note that the code given might only have this > at the end. It will need />)  Please don't directly use this code. Your own website will have it's own unique id number.  I'm just using mine as an example which are the numbers in BOLD.


So back to HTML. As always I suggest you backup. It only takes a few seconds.



Template = Edit HTML

Once in HTML you'll have to search for </head>
Click inside the HTML window and

 PC
Hold down ctrl, select F

Mac
Hold down command, select F


Just above </head>  enter

 <meta content='article' property='og:type'/>

 You'll have to include your verification code you got from Pinterest in the same area too. Now save!
Once saved you'll have to Validate your Rich Pins For Pinterest at  Validator Pinterest
If everything went well you should be done.  This is for the Article Pins.  I've yet to play around with the other options but when I do I will update it in this post.

I'm always here to help so if you need it I'm just one message away.

Bloggers Wanted



Looking For Bloggers to join together.  We all struggle on our own to be noticed and think how much easier it would be if we joined forces and helped one another. Wouldn't it be great to know that when you post something new that someone will read it and share it too?  

 Am doing a post about my favorite Bloggers with description and link. Will have a link to this post on my home page and am looking for other Bloggers who would like to do the same.  I am looking for no more then 19 other Bloggers.  No linking farms or anything like that. Just the people who live behind their computer and who love to post and would especially loved to be noticed.

 Who ever joins agrees to visit all other 19 websites on a regular basis.  If someone posts something new you agree to like it and share it.  Remember the same will be done for you. So that will be 19 visits and shares for you too.  Would be a great group to do guest posts too.

 So how much stronger would we be if there were 20 of us?

 To Apply You Must Agree To This

 Have a favorites page with links to everyone in the group

 Promise to visit everyone's website on a daily basis (ok I know daily can be impossible some days but willing to do the best you can)

 Agree to like and share posts from people in the group on a regular basis. You are not required to like more then one a day.

 Tag the people in your group when posting.  Please do not abuse and exceed more then one tagging a day.  Doesn't mean people in the group won't still share other posts but remember if everyone shares one a day that's already 19 other posts to share a day.

 Everyone has lives outside of their Blogs but hope everyone will make an effort to try and help one another. If you vanish for over a month with no warning and no one is able to reach you then we will have to look for someone new. If anything happens just message. Hopefully we'll be a group that wants to help one another.

 If you like we can make a small group via a social network to keep in touch. That can be decided after.

 Looking forward to making new friends.  If interested please contact me.


The Socially Awkward Bloggest

How To Get Followers Who Read?


Am I the only one struggling at trying to get people to look at my blog?  I know I'm new to the world of blogging but I had thought by this point I would of had at least one comment.  I have a need for feedback like so many other bloggers. I enjoy writing but at the same time I'd love to know if someone has at least read one of my posts.

I've tried Twitter and I've gotten a few followers on Twitter and some of my Tweets Retweeted, but still I'm feeling lost. Am I the only one who feels alone in this blogging world?  I can't possibly be the only one! 

So yes I admit I'm socially challenged in life and especially online.  I don't spend my Friday nights out but instead at home with my girls. My free time is spent running errands and  my weekends consist of what I'm doing with my girls. I own two cats who probably spend as much time as me on my laptop. My time blogging is normally spent on a cozy couch with my fuzzy socks.  Online I absolutely fail at being social. I've Tweeted in hopes of getting someone to at least take a peak at my website but haven't really gotten much from that.  

So are there any other socially Challenged Bloggers out there? Please tell me I'm not the only one!  You're welcomed to lie just to make me feel better.

So this post is for other bloggers like me. I'd love to meet and get to know others.  If you're socially challenged like me please let me know.

If you're feeling awkward and lost in this social media world like me, it just takes one comment to find a new friend.

I've created a new hashtag #awkwardbloggest

I don't want this hashtag to be used for a quick share. I want the hashtag to mean a commitment.


This hashtag means a commitment. If you hashtag your post with this then you are required to like and comment on 2 blogs (Include AB in your comment so the Bloggest knows who to follow) and follow 2 other bloggers. If a blogger comments and likes your tweet and follows you please follow them back. Most importantly visit their blog. A Blogger wants to be read. Read and you might end up making a new connection. If for what ever reason you don't want to follow a certain blogger who has followed you please take the time to inform the blogger. 

This isn't about making a hashtag popular it's the reason why I haven't asked anyone to retweet. It's truly a hope that we can somehow find one another.

Don't want to use a Hashtag? No problem.  Use this post. Comment on it with a link to your Blog. I know you'll at least get one new reader from me.

If you are feeling socially challenged, join and hopefully we will all find one another.

If you have any suggestions please do share. I'm open to all because I want a hashtag that works for all bloggers.

Happy Blogging!

Twitter Card For Blogger That Works!


Make Those Tweets Count By Making Those
Images Linked To Your Website



I've had a day of frustration trying to get the Twitter Summary Card to work for me on Blogger.  Everyone else get's to enter it with such ease but no it's a struggle for Blogger.  I tried many different codes and methods but something always didn't work!  

On the Twitter Website the code the provide is for one post.  I don't want it for one post! I want it to work for all my posts.  Plus their website alone is very vague on how to properly insert the code. 

In the end I found combining two separate codes finally had it working on my Blogger. I know each Blog is unique but I'll share what worked for me and if you had issues with it please message me and I'll try to find a way to resolve your issue. 

All the code I will be giving you will have to be inserted in your HTML.  I know the HTML area can be scary and like all websites suggest you are better off saving your template before moving on. So off we go to template.

xmlns:og='http://ogp.me/ns#'


So first step BACK UP! 
Next into the world of EDIT HTML

Right when you enter the HTML you'll be at the header. You should see this code xmlns used a few times. You'll have to enter this code to the end of that string.  

xmlns:og='http://ogp.me/ns#'

Make sure to add it before the greater than sign > This has to be at the end of your code.  Should look something like this.



xmlns:expr='http://www.google.com/2005/gml/expr' xmlns:og='http://ogp.me/ns#'>
  <head>

Hit save! Hopefully no errors.  If you do get any please make sure these are correctly placed exactly like mine ' >

You need to do a search in the HTML  Click somewhere in the HTML area and now do this which should bring up a search window.

PC
Hold down ctrl, select F

Mac
Hold down command, select F

Search </head>

 The big part of the code you will be entering will be just over </head>


<!-- Open Graph Meta Tags Plus Twitter Tag BEGIN -->
<meta expr:content='data:blog.pageName' property='og:title'/>
<b:if cond='data:blog.postImageThumbnailUrl'>
  <meta expr:content='data:blog.postImageThumbnailUrl' property='og:image'/>
</b:if>
<meta expr:content='data:blog.title' property='og:title'/>
<meta expr:content='data:blog.canonicalUrl' property='og:url'/>
<b:if cond='data:blog.metaDescription'>
  <meta expr:content='data:blog.metaDescription' property='og:description'/>
</b:if>
<meta content='summary_large_image' name='twitter:card'/> 
<meta content='@AwkwardBloggest' name='twitter:site'/> 
<meta expr:content='data:blog.homepageUrl' name='twitter:domain'/>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
<meta expr:content='data:blog.canonicalUrl' name='twitter:url'/>
<meta expr:content='data:blog.pageName' name='twitter:title'/>
<meta expr:content='data:blog.postImageUrl' name='twitter:image:src'/>
<b:else/>
<meta expr:content='data:blog.homepageUrl' name='twitter:url'/>
<meta expr:content='data:blog.pageTitle' name='twitter:title'/>
<meta content='Image URL' name='twitter:image:src'/>
</b:if>
<b:if cond='data:blog.metaDescription'>
<meta expr:content='data:blog.metaDescription' name='twitter:description'/>
</b:if>
<meta expr:content='data:blog.canonicalUrl' name='twitter:url'/>
<!-- Open Graph Meta Tags Plus Twitter Tag END -->

The read parts of this code are the only one's you'll have to change.
This one you will have to change to your own Twitter account one @AwkwardBloggest

 summary_large_image  This is the part of the code that caused all the extra work

With  summary_large_image  Your Tweet will look something like this:


If you remove_large_image and have it as just  summary  Your Tweet will look something like this:


You can always change your option when ever you like.  Now it's time to hit save and hope for the best! I hope you had no issues.  If everything saved with no issues you have one more thing to do. 

You'll have to go to Twitter Card Validator

Input a Url for one of your posts. For Example: URL To My Post I used On The Images
If Twitter Validated your url with no issues you're done.........well maybe.

This all depends on if your post template has a Description Area on the right hand side. The description area is where you enter the text you want to show up on your Tweet.




If you are missing this feature (which you should of had anyway for search engines) you need to go to Settings - Search Description 
Meta tags Description needs to be enable so select Edit 
In that area you should now write a description about your blog and save.  This will activate Search Descriptions in your post.




I tried to cover everything and I do hope in the end everything works for everyone. If you need any other tips for your Blogger I have a few posts Under HTML??? on my homepage.

Let me know if this worked for you. I love getting feedback.

I will be writing about adding these tags for Pinterest later this week.

I am disappointed that expand summary still needs to be applied to these.  This is only computers since for the app version of Twitter the Tweets are fully expanded.



Ticket To Flirt




We've all done this and I know I do it often. You see them on the street, coffee shop, grocery store, laundry mat, maybe even at the gym?  How often do you see them?  The girl with the pretty smile, or the guy with the gorgeous hair? He always gets up anytime someone needs a seat on the bus? She has the sweetest laugh or he always holds open the door.  She always helps in any way she can.  How many times have you crossed the path of someone you just wanted to say hi too but never have? We all do it.  See them and never say a word.

Well my challenge is to finally get people to make that first move.  Will it end in Happily Ever After? or The End Of The World?  We never know because we never try. We all have a fear of rejection but never think about how a simple compliment could make another person's day.  A compliment is a compliment and doesn't have to be more but it does open a door to other possibilities.  So my challenge is to get people to flirt!  Maybe flirt isn't the perfect word but it sounds cuter than Ticket to Compliment.  Just think of all those people who deserve to be noticed. A pretty smile or that person who always goes the extra mile. Also this is old school so you'll have to dust off those pens and put them to work. :)

Step One: - Print out your 3 Tickets to Flirt

 Step Two: - Write your contact info: Name - Phone Number Or Email

 Step Three: - Write Your Status. This Is Important. You Don't Have To Be Single          To Complement Someone.

 Step Four: - Find 3 People To Compliment.

 Step Five: - If You Don't Think You'll Be Able To Talk To The Them, Write It Down.



After you handout your tickets I'd love to know how it went.


Are you a lucky winner of a flirt?
Now it's your turn to follow steps 1-5









Com-pli-ment
noun
1. a polite expression of praise or admiration
"she paid me an enormous compliment" 


Com-ple-ment
noun
1. a thing that completes or brings to perfection
"the libretto proved a perfect complement to the music"

Mom's and Wine

An Entire Bottle Of Wine Fits In A 
Starbucks Trenta Cup?
Challenge Accepted.


I Do Yoga To Alleviate Stress
Just Kidding I Drink Wine



And Remember That Behind Every
Successful Women is a 
Basket of Laundry



If you Give A Mom A Cookie




Wine Is Win With An E On The End





It'd Be Cool If My Kids Could Make
Something I actually Want, Like 
A Bottle Of Wine
Out Of Macaroni And Glue




MotherHood:
Powered By Love
Fueled By Coffee
Sustained By Wine



Never Give Up

About Me



Hi I'm Delia Melo mother of two incredible girls that measure their happiness by how messy the home gets. Easy going mom who loves life and will take on any challenge that comes her way.  Recently dipped my toes into the dating world and wow is all I can say right now.  Online  am known as Numinousgirl. 


I can write about just anything and can babble for hours but when it comes to me I'm stumped.  I'm a mom of two beautiful girls that truly live within my heart.  I live for them.  Funny enough I never wanted kids.  I enjoyed my fun and carefree life and didn't want to ever feel tied down.  Luckily faith had better plans for my life because I was lucky enough to know the true meaning of Love.

I'm 42 now and single.  I actually took a peak into dating apps but I'm still hanging onto the dream of bumping carts at the grocery store with the right one for me.  I might try and give it a real try but am still hesitant.

I love life and all it has to offer. I believe each day is special and that we should all learn to live them. Each challenge can kick us down but it gives us strength and a new outlook at life. Accept the good, bad, happy, sad, scared, heartbroken, and everything else. Life will never be perfect it's how you live it that counts.

Now entering the world of blogging I thought I would write about all the silly things that happen in my life.  Looking at situations from a different side but right now that's a bit on the back burner because I love learning and well I've just entered the world of HTML.  I'm fascinated at how it all works and am instead am going to try and be a resource of helpful ways to improve your blog.

If you ever have any questions please don't ever hesitate to contact me via any of my social networks. You can easily email me at hurstdelia@gmail.com too.  

Happy reading and blogging and hopefully I'll be able to get to know some of you.
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