How To Add Push Notifications To Blogger Blogs For Free

by Mr Larry on January 11, 2019 in blogging tips, how-to

Push Notification has gain prominence since it was integrated into most web browsers, the reason for this isn't far fetched because its makes it very easy for any user of a given website to subscribe to the notification of the website without providing an email. It also helps in getting more reading of a website to have a quick notification of all the latest updates of the website. choosing a push notification over a mail list might be the best option for any blog or website to reach out to millions of users very easily and fast.

I introduce to you Onesignal.com , a platform that can provide push notification to all your reader for free. It has very user-friendly interface which will make the integration of the widget work seamless without any problem.

With Safari, Chrome and Firefox browsers providing support for web push, the reach of web push notifications is immense. Since users don’t need to give their email id or other contact details and they also have the ability to unsubscribe from receiving notification easily whenever they want, the opt-ins for web push notifications are higher than emails.

Why You Should Use Onesignal Push Notifications Service

It is a free service.
HTTPS/SSL not required but recommended.
It offers detailed reporting tools.
It supports unlimited subscribers and notifications.
It provides marketing tools including A/B testing, segment targeting, variable-substitution, localization, drip marketing, and conversion tracking.
It provides a single UI and API to deliver messages across iOS, Android, Amazon Fire, Windows Phone, Chrome Apps, Amazon Alexa, Safari, Chrome Web and Firefox.

Also Read: How To Place Adsense Ads In Middle of The Post in Blogger Template

How To Add Onesignal Web Push Notifications To Blogger

Sign up for an account at OneSignal.com
Click “Add a New App”, enter your blog name and click “Create”.
Select “Website Push” from the platforms options and click “Next”.
Select “Chrome & Mozilla Firefox” from the browsers options and click “Next”.
Enter your blog url, icon url and click “Save”.
Select ‘Website Push” as your target SDK and take note of the displayed appid.
Open the installation doc link in another tab. The doc is where you will see the code to place on your blog.
Enter your Onesignal appid in the code.
Copy and paste the code in the head section of your Blogger blog html.
View your blog on Chrome browser (another tab/window if currently using Chrome browser) and subscribe to the push notifications.
Go back to your Onesignal dashboard and click “done” to complete the set up.