2014-04-25

Blogger has now become more friendly with its new updated features. Blogger now finally introduced most awaited SEO features for Google hosted blogspot blog. Blogger team is trying to get closer to its biggest competitor Wordpress. Now you have no need to hack template for adding meta tags. You can easily add meta description, meta tag to not only for your Blog homepage but also for individual posts or static pages even.

 Must Read : Add Meta Tags on Blogger

Meta Descrption

Meta description is an HTML or XML element which describes the web page to search engine's crawler. In other words it tells the information about your web page to search engine's crawler so that search engine can provide your web page in search results on proper place. It also shows in the search results page so that the user could also know that what kind of page it is actually

Add Meta Description

Login to New Blogger Dashboard.

Make a new post in post editor, if you see the Search Description at right menu bar then there is no need to add the the following code in template.

If you don't see the Search Description option in menu bar then go to Template /  Edit HTML.

Download the full template before making any changes in it.( More Info) 

Search for <b:skin><![CDATA[ code tag in blogger template.

Now paste following code just above it.

<b:if cond='data:blog.metaDescription != ""'> <meta expr:content='data:blog.metaDescription' name='description'/> </b:if>

Next save the template

NOTE:You can also paste the above stated conditional tag just below <head> tag under your template as well.

Add Meta Description On Your Blog



Go to Settings / Search preferences, Under Meta tag / Description, click "Edit" and select "Yes" , Now write a meta description about your blog in space provide.

Add Meta Description On Posts

While writing a new post in blogger post editor then you will find a new option called "Search Description" under "Post Settings", where you can add a short description of your individual post.

That's it,you're all done.

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Now just wait for few days and then see your blog posts on search result page,you'll definitely look a change there which will also help you to not only improve your blog seo but also to drive traffic towards your blog.Stay with us for more such updates by subscribing us.

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