Blogger HTML Meta Description and Keywords Tags

Meta Keywords and Description Tags are really important in SEO, especialy when we want our blog / site to be listed within the search engines like google.

In this post you will learn which Meta Tags you will need and also where exactly to place them! Don't worry... it's not as difficult as you may think :)

By default Blogger Page Title is defined by:

<title><$BlogPageTitle$></title>

1. To make a big story to a short story... simply copy the Meta Tags code from the table below and optimise&change the title/keywors/description into your words.

<title><$BlogPageTitle$>Page Title of your Blogger</title>
<meta name="keywords" content="Keywords only, ok" />
<meta name="description" content="Short dicription about your blog" />

2. Find <title><$BlogPageTitle$></title> and delete it

4. Paste the new Blogger Meta Tags as seen on the picture below:












5. Finally save the template and you are done !

Also you can check out the post "Blogger XML Meta Description and Keywords" in case you are working on the Blogger XML Template. Have fun.

Blogger Permalink for a better SEO

Blogger Hack for better permalink SEO

The previous post was about a mod Blogger Meta Description - Keyword Tags, which would allow the search eangine to craw through your blog into more sections: Index, Posts, Archives. In this post you will get another simple blogger hack for better SEO !

Search engines like Google love keywords in Title and the URL, but in blogger the file name or the permalink of the post is based on the post Title you give/write. For example if the title is "Blogger Meta Description and Keywords Tags" then the link by default becomes to:

http://blogspot.com/blogger-meta-description-and-keywords.html - by removing any special characters.

You may think "well I am gonna write many keywords to the Title" but bear in mind that the title length is optimized/restricted to a curtain length - as well as - the Title would look too silly and too boring for the eye catching effect!

Here is a simple solution:

1) Give the post the title with the Keywords coming in first, so if you are writing a post on Blogger Hacks and Templates then make sure to include them in the first 5 words.

2) Publish the post then click edit post.

3) Now change the title to something a little more catchy and publish the post again !

NEVER STUFF THE TITLE WITH UNNECESSARY KEYWORD WHICH LAND YOU ON THE BAD BOOKS OF SEARCH ENGINE

Yep, that's all and you are done!

Avoiding the 5 Most Common SEO Mistakes

Since X, Y, and Z are so common, and the solutions to the problems are often the same, I decided to summarize the most common SEO mistakes, and their solutions, in this article. These SEO mistakes are:

1. using a non-standard title element
2. failing to optimize image markup
3. using spider-illegible JavaScript where legible code would do
4. failing to indicate the content hierarchy using header elements
5. poor grammar and spelling

Let's look at each of these problems in turn.

Using a Non-standard Title Element

First, let's define what we mean by a standard title element. Once that concept is clear, serious deviations from the standard will be obvious, and you'll find it easy to correct errors.

A standard title element should:

- include one or two of a web site's keywords
- include a reference to the page's fundamental content within the first three to five words (It's okay to include variations on one of the web site's keywords.)

The logic behind this definition is that spiders only really consider approximately the first 60 characters of a title element. Additionally, they're adept at identifying cases of keyword stuffing, which we'll look at later, and which should be avoided.

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Blogger XML Meta Description and Keywords Tags

Almost everyone knows how importance the Meta Keywords and Description Tags are in SEO, especialy when we want our blog to be catched from the search engines! There are a lot of Blogger Widgets out there but there is no widget for Meta Tags, is there!?

I did some reasearch about it and came up with some easy mods to optimize the Meta tags for Keywords, Description, Title and even customize for the Index page, post page and archive - nice huh!? Well let's get into it!

By default Blogger gives only the title which is:

<title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title>

That piece of code gives the output as the Title of your blog but it is not really enough to have a good 'catch' from the search engines! The mod is made out of 3 sectors: Index (main page), Item page (the individual post page) and Archives.

1. Copy the SEO Blogger Meta Tag Code from below and customize the words according to your Blog criterias before you paste it to the XML Blogger Template:

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "index"'><title><data:blog.title/> : Write some stuff about your blog here not too much since only 60 char robot can read</title>

<meta name='Description' content='Describe your blog here since this is what will be shown if your index page comes in a search' />

<meta name='Keywords' content='Key, Words, Here, Dont, go crazy, only, add, relavent, keyword' /><b:else/>

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "archive"'>

<title><data:blog.title/> : Write some stuff about your blog here not too much since only 60 char is all robot read</title><meta name='Description' content='Describe your blog here since this is what will be shown if your index page comes in a search' />

<meta name='Keywords' content='Add, some, more, key, word, here, but, keep, it, sane ' /><b:else/><b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'><title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title>

<meta name='Keywords' expr:content='data:blog.pageTitle' />
</b:if></b:if></b:if>

2. Log into your Blogger Account -> Template -> Edit HTML

3. Find <title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title> and delete it

4. Paste the new Blogger Meta Tags as seen on the picture below:












5. Finally save the template and you are done !

Also you can check out this post to Avoid making SEO Mistakes and let me know if this made any difference in your result ranking - thanks