However
meta tags and meta descriptions can be inserted into your Blogger
template (Blogspot template) to good effect.
What
are Meta Tags?
What are Meta Tags?
These are HTML tags that provide additional information about your blog that is unseen by visitors but available to search engines. There are two main kinds of meta tags. The description meta tags are used to provide a short summary of the page content. This summary is not visible to the visitors but is used by search engines to find you blog more easily.
The keywords meta tags are used to show keywords related to your blog. Keywords have been mis used in the past, so most search engines ignore the keywords. Some still use them so it doesnt hurt to throw in some keyword for your blog's meta tags.
While adding meta tags in your blogger blog, it is important to separate the meta tags for your blog's home page from meta tags for individual posts. You dont want your home page and your individual posts being referred to by search engines with the same description. This would result in reduced traffic rather than increased.
Caution: Before editing your blog, it is always important to back up by downloading the full template to your computer.
Adding Meta tags
How
to Add Meta Tags to a Blogger Blogspot Blog Home Page
1. Login to Blogger if not already logged in
2. Navigate to Design > Edit HTML
3. Back up your template as a precaution by downloading full template to your computer.4. Check the Expand Widget Templates box
5. Find these lines which will be near the top of your template:
<head>
<b:include data='blog' name='all-head-content'/><title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title>
2. Navigate to Design > Edit HTML
3. Back up your template as a precaution by downloading full template to your computer.4. Check the Expand Widget Templates box
5. Find these lines which will be near the top of your template:
<head><b:include data='blog' name='all-head-content'/><title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title>
6. Paste the following code immediately below <title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title>
<meta
content='Place
your blog description here'
name='description'/>
<meta content='
<meta content='Place
your blog keywords here(separated by
commas)'
name='keywords'/>
</b:if>
name='keywords'/>
</b:if>
<meta content='
name='keywords'/>
</b:if>
7. Enter your blog description between the single quote marks under description. Maximum 150 characters
8. Enter the keywords of your blog between the single quote marks under keywords. Ensure you separate each keyword or keyword phrase by a comma. Make sure your keywords do not exceed 200 characters
9. Save your template
How to add Meta Tags to a Blogger Blogspot Blog Individual Post
1. Follow steps 1 to 4 as for adding meta tags to the Home Page
2. Add the following in the
<head> section of your Blogger template. Enter this code below the Home Page code above you have just entered:
<meta content='keywords pertaining to your post' name='keywords'/><meta content='crafted description of your post' name='description'/></b:if>
3. Add your post URL, keywords and description. To find the URL of your post navigate to the post's page and copy the link showing in the address bar of your browser including the http:// prefix
4. Click on the Save Template button
5. To check your description you can use the view source in your browser once you have navigated to the post page or a meta tag analyzer
4. Click on the Save Template button
5. To check your description you can use the view source in your browser once you have navigated to the post page or a meta tag analyzer
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