Automatic Featured Posts Slider Widget for Blogger

Anyone with a blog wants readers to stay rather than move on. It's not selfish, but after someone reads one article, you really want them to read another, don't you? Isn't one of the tenets of SEO to keep people on your blog longer when they have a fighting chance in the rankings?

Now the question is, how do you get them to read a few more blog posts?

First, you don't know exactly what brought the reader to your website. Yes if you have google analytics and all that. But that is not the point. Yes, surfing GA all day and hoping someone will tell you to follow your blog won't help you.

The bottom line here is that you need to offer more on your blog. It is not enough to get traffic from search engines and other websites; You need to add something extra that entices visitors to stay longer.

How do you do that exactly?

Strategies to attract users to stay

Bloggers have used a variety of strategies to entice their readers to stick around. First, they load sidebars with widgets for things like popular posts . Of course, your readers are interested in other attention-grabbing posts on your blog. You may also be interested in these parts. After all, there is a surefire way to stay a reader.

Now, what if you want to highlight selected posts for example? Let's say your blog has been around for a few years and has produced some great content over that time that has received lots of shares, likes, +1s and comments. Don't want this type of message to appear? Unless your reader is specifically looking for this topic, it is highly unlikely that this gem will turn up unless you catch their eye.

Thanks, it is totally possible to add a post slider for bloggers. If you don't know how to do it yourself, this article is for you. Here is a great post widget to use on your blog

demo

How to Add a Featured Post Slider Widget to Blogger

1. Go to "Layout" > Click the "Add Gadget" link in the sidebar area and select the "HTML/JavaScript" gadget from the pop-up window.

2. Add the following code in the empty field:

Auto-selected post scrolling settings

• listURL - Replace "https://helplogger.blogspot.com/" with the blog URL
• FeaturedNum - Add the number of posts to display in the slider
• listbyLabel - If you want to display posts by category/label, e.g. a fashion label , then it is written as listbyLabel: "Fashion"
• featureSize - image size or pixel size
• Interval - The time in milliseconds it takes the chip to change position
• Autoplay - Change true to false if you don't want chips to change automatically.

3. After completing the settings, click "Save".

Now this code is for a slider widget, which means you can display it with images (if you have them) instead of a random list of selected posts, and you can also insert effects. You can also control the number of slides shown, because it wouldn't make sense to show your entire essay, would it?

Also, a slider widget adds a nice little image to your website. We all know how important visuals are in keeping people engaged, right?