Have you ever wanted to create a Google Toolbar button for your own website? Well it’s a pretty simple process that doesn’t take very long to complete. It can also help advertise your website if you submit it to Google. Let’s get started on creating a button.

1. You need to create an XML file, so open up notepad or whatever you prefer for making text files and paste this code in it.
   

   <custombuttons xmlns=”http://toolbar.google.com/custombuttons/”> <button> <title> Site Title </title> <description>Description of your site.</description> <site>URL of your site</site> <update>URL to your XML file</update> <feed refresh-interval=”1800″ refresh-onclick=”true”>URL to your feed.</feed> <icon mode=”base64″ type=”image/x-icon”>base 64 version of your favicon - not required but it looks nice if you use one.</icon> </button> </custombuttons

2. Replace the title, description, site, and update them with your website information. The feed is optional but should be included if you have RSS feeds available. The icon mode is the icon that will be in the toolbar, and there are two steps to this.
3. You need to go here and create a favicon and download it.
4. Then upload your favicon here and copy its output to the icon mode
5. Save as a .xml file
6. Now you need to upload your xml file to your site’s root folder.
7. Share your button with the address http://toolbar.google.com/buttons/add?url=THE LINK TO YOUR XML FILE

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