If you want to create a FREE blog on Blogspot (Blogger), then follow our complete step-by-step guide and start your blog today without spending a single penny. You will find here the most effective seo settings in blogger that boost ranking. It will help you find your blog on search engines. You will find some cool BlogSpot SEO tips which will help you to get better ranking. A step-by-step guide for how to start a blog, including domain names, ranking on Google and how to make money from blog.
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Step-1 Choose "SETTINGS"
- Choose "SETTINGS" from blogger dashboard
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| locate Setting in blogger dashboard |
Step-2 Give the Blog Title
Menu (Settings >> Basic)
Header (Basic >> Title)
- 'Title' here in the sense the name of your blog. The name by which people recognize your blog in search results.
- Click the Edit button next to the 'Title', now you can type the desired title.
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| click edit to modify your title |
- Give a suitable title. You can also modify the existing title.
- Use your primary keyword in title.
- Click the Save changes button.
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| add or edit the blog title |
Difference between Blog title and Post title
The blog title is different from the post's title. Blog title holds wholly for the blog, while post title is only meant for that particular post.
Step-3 Give the Blog Description
Menu (Settings >> Basic)
Header (Basic >> Description)
- Click the Edit button, next to the 'Description'.
- This description will appear under blog's title.
- Decide the major functional areas of your blog and include them in a good sentence form.
- Enter a short and brief detail about your blog. Include some relevant keywords.
- Give “Description” for blog/website around 500 characters.
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| make a suitable description for your blog |
- Once you make a suitable description, click Save changes .
Step-4 Blog Privacy - Add blog to listings and allow search engines to find your blog
Menu (Settings >> Basic)
Header (Basic >> Privacy)
List the blog
- A Listed blog may be linked to from Blogger.com, such as the Blogger home page and Next Blog. If you select "No" your blog will not appear in these places, but it will still be available on the Internet.
- To add your blog in google listings, Click Yes .
Include your blog in Google Blog Search
- If you select "Yes" we will include your blog in Google Blog Search.If you select "No", everyone can still view your blog but search engines will be instructed not to crawl it.
- Allow search engines to find your blog, Click Yes .
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| blog privacy settings |
- Click Save changes .
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Step-5 Blog URL
Menu (Settings >> Basic)
Header (Publishing >> Blog Address)
- Click the Edit button to rename the blog address.
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| create or edit blog url / address |
- Click the Save button to finalize the blog address.
- Tip: Use the primary keyword in blog address
Step-6 HTTPS Redirect
Menu (Settings >> Basic)
Header (HTTPS >> HTTPS Redirect)
- Google recommends HTTPS for fast ranking, secure payments and reliability. It activates the SSL Certificate.
- Select Yes
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| adds https with your url instead of http |
Step-7 Set Language for blog
Menu (Settings >> Language and Formatting)
Header (Language >> Language)
- Select your preferred language e.g. English from drop-down list.
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| select a language for your blog |
Step-8 Enable Transliteration
Menu (Settings >> Language and Formatting)
Header (Language >> Enable Transliteration)
- Adds a button to the toolbar for converting words from English to the selected language. (You may later change the language in the Post Editor).
- Select the other language from drop-down list.
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| it convert the words from english to another language |
Step-9 Select Time Zone
Menu (Settings >> Language and Formatting)
Header (Formatting >> Time Zone)
- Select your time zone, necessary otherwise post date timing may differ.
Step-10 Change Date Header Format
Menu (Settings >> Language and Formatting)
Header (Formatting >> Date Header Format)
- This is how the date will appear above your posts.
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| choose date header format |
Step-11 Meta Tags Description
Menu (Settings >> Search Preferences)
Header (Meta Tags >> Description)
- Look for "Search Preferences" in "Settings".
- Click Edit to modify or rewrite the meta description.
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| Click EDIT to create meta tags description |
- In google search, meta description came right under URL.
- Give “Description” around 150 characters maximum.
- Meta description should consist of relevant keywords.
- This should be a short and concise description of your blog overall.
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| type upto 150 characters for meta tag description |
- Click Save changes to finalize the meta tags description.
Step-12 Enable Search Description
Menu (Settings >> Search Preferences)
Header (Meta Tags >> Description)
- It allows you to write an individual summary description for each of your blog posts.
- For header "Enable search description", Click Yes to enable the Search Description field.
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| click yes to enable search description |
Step-13 Enable "Custom Robots Header Tags"
Menu (Settings >> Search Preferences)
Header (Crawlers and Indexing >> Custom Robots Header Tags)
- Click "Edit" for "Custom robots header tags"
- Choose "Yes" to enable custom robots header tags
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| custom robots header tags |
- A list will appear, choose the following options:
- For “Home page” choose “all” and “noodp”
- For “Archive and Search Pages” choose “noindex”
and “noodp”
- For “Default for Posts and Pages” choose “all”
and “noodp”
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| Custom robots header tags options - blog basic settings |
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