The Google Map guys have done it again. You can now get driving directions via the API. That is just way to cool. Check out the Maps API Blog.
This will make for a lot of great new features for many sites. I have great ideas on using it. Just wish I had the time to play with it more.
As I continue to set up this Blog I realized I needed to submit my site map, but how?
I didn't find any immediate resources, just pieces here and there. In the end I submitted the ATOM.xml document which seemed to work. This was done by adding http://eyeongoogle.blogspot.com/atom.xml as the site map verification.
In my humble opinion blogger should produce as robots.txt file with the new sitemap autodiscovery syntax. Add that to the feature list.
Also, I had to add the verify-v1 Meta tag directly in to the HTML template as well. Again should be a feature of Blogger.
Google has announce they have acquired FeedBurner. That will be a huge addition for context aware advertising.
Being a FeedBurner subscribe I have noticed they have been slow in get ads into the feeds. I guess this explains why. Congratulations to Feedburner. There has to be some big celebrations going on in the Windy City today!
Plus we will get better integration of FeedBurner in to our Blogger blogs, I am sure.
So I spent a little time tweaking my Blogger template today. I did three things.
I changed the Template, a little lighter in color easier of the eyes, so I think.
I added my del.icio.us links, with the Google label. If you are Google Junkie and want to add me to your del.icio.us Network, feel free. A lot going on with Google, the more eyes watching the better.
I changed how AdSense is included in the the template. I did the ad set ups in my AdSense account and added channels. I then used the HTML/Javascript element to include it in the side bar. For the top and bottom of the template I had to edit the HTML. Not to bad pretty straight forward template so the right place to paste was easy to find.
Thanks for reading and have a great day.
I created the Blog on the 5/30/07. At that time I added my Analytics tracking code. I still have nothing in my reports.
Analytics did verify the and stated it was waiting for data for the next 2 days. I now says data is being collected, so hopefully we will have reports soon. Then I will know if I am blog for my own entertainment, or if someone else is at least found it.
Take care
