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How To Add Meta Tags On Blogger HTML Page!

What is meta tags, why does it important? And how to add meta tags on your blogger HTML page? By reading this post, you will be cleared about those questions.

Meta tags are the tag section that describes your website to search engines. When search engines trying to read about your site they hit this meta section of your page first and shows whatever they found to your visitors on search pages.

If you do not add meta tags on your site HTML page then search engines will not have any details about your site to index with your site URL. Most popular search engines like Google, bing, yahoo, etc doesn’t like sites without meta information.

Search engines will ignore your site as much as possible if you don’t have a complete meta section for your web site on its HTML page.

Meta section could’ve include information like: site title, keywords, language, authors data, etc. but Description and Keyword Tags are most important to search engines. Meta tags could be found between <head> and </head> section.

Let’s see how to add meta tags to blogger:

Step 1: Go to your blogger Edit HTML page. Backup your old template before any customization!!

Step 2: Press Ctrl+F and find this bellow code/line on your HTML page.

<b:include data='blog' name='all-head-content'/>

Step 3: Now copy the bellow codes and past immediately bellow/after the above code. Customize red indicated sections with your won site description, keywords, and author name.

<meta content='DESCRIPTION' name='description'/>

<meta content='KEYWORDS' name='keywords'/>

<meta content='AUTHOR NAME' name='author'/>

Step 4: Preview your template, if everything is OK then Save your template.

Note: search engines could have take few hours or days to update your meta descriptions on search page.

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10 Must See SEO Tips For Beginners!

‘Search Engine Optimization’ The SEO_ is the most important blogging part to be strictly followed if you want success in your professional blogging career.

Many types of SEO rules are following out there by the web masters like On-page SEO, Off-page SEO, Black Hate SEO, Gray Hate SEO, White hate SEO etc . But the moral of the all SEO is to be in the list of search engines and get traffic/visitors from there. Gradually I’ll discuss about every types of SEO and how to apply their rules.

In this article I am pointing out some SEO tips that should be followed before you make your page online. This type of SEO rules are formally called On-page SEO. And this is a kind of a permanent SEO adjustment of your website or blog. you can’t change them anytime you want.

So you have to follow those tips very carefully!

1. Once more time re-check your blogs title, description. Its spellings, alignments etc. and make sure all your links are working fine and have no error page.

2. Do not use robot.txt for cowling your site as much as possible.

3. Must use some HTML static content in your site design.

4. Use meta tags for your site.

5. Use best match keywords to your site title on your meta keyword section. Try Google Adword keyword Research Tools to find best keywords.

6. Submit your site in search engine directories. Read their rules, terms and conditions carefully before submitting.

7. Make sure you have putted an ‘alt’ tag for every image.

8. Check your page loading time using Google webmaster Tool.

9. Do not use any short forms of keyword.

10. Do not use very small size fonts in your typing.

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7 Key Tips To Start As A Good Professional Blogger

Professional blogs means, quality blog. high traffic, best search engine visibility, regular and loyal visitors, and finally a very good revenue from that blog.

What is the difference between a normal blogger and a professional blogger? You should have noticed there are thousands of blogs out there. Some of them are normal or privet blogger who just blogging as a hobby.

But some of them are professional, they run their blogs for professional purpose like as a career or earn a good extra money.

Making a professional blog was never easy. But if you can follow some golden rules of blogging then nothing will stop you to be a professional blogger.

Here I have point out 7 key tips:

1. Chose a best topic for your blog: Never be in a hurry when you choosing your blog topic. Take your time, search internet, ask your friends, discuss with peoples about your primary topics. Ask yourself! What you know best and can share with people as they can got helped.

2. Check out the popularity of you topic: you should have some primary ideas or topics after first part. Now check out the public popularity of your topics. Find out which one is most popular and peoples are searching on internet.

3. Measure your skill on this topic: If you have found a topic, never forget to judge yourself how skilled you are o this topic. Learn more on this topic if possible.

4. How much search volume are generating on this topic: Finally come online, check out how much people are searching this topic everyday on Google, bing, or other search engine. This is important, if people don’t search for your topic, search engines will not offer your site for then and logically your blog will not be visited and you will not be profited.

5. Design: many people doesn’t care about this, but this is matter. Chose a simple, cool and light design for you blog. always remember that never chose any template that are so have and load slowly. This will irritate you visitors and makes them to never come back. Always ,make sure that your blog are loading fast , simple, user friendly and easy to navigate.

6. Quality content: this is the main key of your success. Always write extra ordinary and unique things in a better way. If needed, learn more about this. But never copy from others. And of course write consistently for your blog like at list 2 post in a week.

7. Marketing/ Advertising: this is as important as other subject. Advertise your blog in social medias like facebook, twitter, Google, Orkut, etc. use signature with your blog URL. Comment on other blogs. Tell people directly and ask them to visit your blog.

Finally never give up. There is always a way out! And never forget to ask me for any kind of relevant help. I am always ready to help you.

How To Add New Plug-In/Widget/Gadget To Blogger template

To make a blog user friendly, easy to navigate or just beautiful you can use thousands of cool blogger widget or gadget. You can show up any third party website content on your blog sidebar like photo slide show, blog list, flash video, social sharing options, news subscribe button etc. using a single blogger widget.

Blogger has some default widgets those will allow you to use some common features. Some of them could be already added in your blog template. If not, you can add a widgets from Google blogger widget store by following this direction..

Step 1: Log in to your blogger account using username and password. Once you logged in make sure that you are on your blogger Dashboard.

Step 2: Now navigate to the layout page and it will take you to the page where you can see, organize or manage your blogger blog page elements like widgets, scripts, etc. to add a new widget click on the following link indicating bellow.

Step 3: once you click on that link, a new window will pop-up/open. And take you to the blogger widget list page. Now find your widget or gadget by scrolling down the page and click add button.

Step 4: set preferences of your gadget or widget and hit save button. And finally Save new arrangements on your layout page.

Your page elements will be add to your page layout.

How to Add a Custom Blogger Widget/Gadget:

Except those widgets you have seen in blogger default widget list you can use any other custom third party blogger widget like Facebook/Twitter social plug-ins as like box, buttons, etc or self designed plug-ins using blogger HTML and Java Script widget.

The HTML and JavaScript widget can be found by clicking on "Add a Gadget" from the Blogger Layout screen(Step-2).

If you have done, you can see your new look of your blog by using preview option or opening up your blog link in a new browser tab.

Still confused? Let me handle your problem. Just leave your problem in the comment box bellow and I’ll get back to you immediately! Thank you.

5 Key Benefits of Using Blogger As your Blogging Platform

There are lots of blogging platforms like Blogger, WordPress, Tumblr, TypePed, Live Journal, Open diary, Xanga etc. Now the question is, why am I preferring you blogger to choose then others as your blogging platform?

Yes, by this article I’ll give you 5 best reasons to choose blogger as your blogging platform to start your first blog.

Free platform

Blogger.com is the only place where you can have all the features you need to start blogging at 100% free. By opening an account with blogger you should have your free blogspot domain name, 10GB+ Google hosting and off course a complete dashboard with every real time traffic data analytics of your blog.

Safe & Secure

I didn’t heard anything that someone has hacked Google ever or something like that. Did you?

May be not, because there is questions about the Google security services. In blogger you are more than safe and secure. Your blog and its contents are 100% safe with blogger until you share your password with someone else.

Very Easy Interface

Blogger have a very user friendly interface to navigate all the options and blogging functions. For a beginners I think there is no other platform that are easier than blogger. you can edit or customize your blog in most easiest way in blogger.

And blogger has already made their platform SEO friendly, that is why you don’t need to have professional skills about SEO to start blogging.

Customization

Blogger will allow you to have maximum customizations in your free blog There is no other platforms that allows customization as much blogger do. You will have the authority to customize almost everything that you have in blogger blog.

Powered by Google

The last thing is you are going to have business with Google. You will no have any question about any services they provide. Because still out their Google is the best. They have no bindings to provide more and most features to you.

I hope you have already got the massage, why are you going to open up your first blog with blogger.com!

Good luck and stay with us to have more suggestions to make yourself successful in blogging. Thank you.

How To Upload Custom Templates On Blogger

By opening a new blog with blogger you will be asked to choose a web template from their default directory or upload a custom template from your hard drive.

A web template is actually a pre-designed graphical web structure. A complete template comes with everything except your website contents and photos. anyone who have some knowledge about web design or programming can easily modify a web template. you can also make a new template using adobe or other programs.

Don't panic! if you don't have any idea about web design or template customization because you will get a lots of cool and beautiful customized template out their to free download or buy from internet.

So, however if you do have a custom template for your blog, here I am showing you how to upload a custom template on blogger.

Step 1: Sign in to your blogger account.

Step 2: Go to Template tab.

Click on Template

Step 3: Click Backup/Restore > Browse for you template > click Upload.

Click Restore

Click Browse & Upload

Step 4: Preview your template. if everything is all right then click Save Template.

Preview then Save

Please don't forget to ask me if you have any question or problem!

Thank you.

How To Create A Free Blog With Blogger.com

In my previous post I have explained what is blog, why blogging and why blogging with blogger.com? In this post I’ll show you how to create a free blog in blogger.com. all you need is just your Gmail account. By your Gmail account you are free to open a blogger account. Once you open up a blogger account than you can create multiple blog.

If you do have at least a basic concept of opening a Gmail account then it is almost no matter factor for you. Nothing completed here with account opening. But still there is something to think about before create a blog account.

Before you create your new blog, please make sure that you have confirmed about your blog topics/subject, picked up a suitable name/blog address according to your blog subject and your aim with this blog. it is very important to make sure to become a successful blogger. And off course ‘a successful blogger means a successful income’. If could be a successful blogger, you should be a successful earner in this sector.

Now see how to create blogger account:

1. Go to www.blogger.com

2. Sign in with your Gmail or create a new Gmail account.

3. Now you should be on blogger homepage. Click on New Blog Button fill up the form with your information.

4. Once you done opening a new blog then you’ll be redirected to Blogger Overview page.

5. Now you can click New post Button to post a new article on your blog.

Note: to change nay preferences of your blog, you can do it any time from left tabs of setting tab.

Why Blogging With Blogger.com

What is Blog?
Actually the name Blog was came from the word Web Log.The uses at that stage of blog was only to manage personal dairy. But gradually people started using it commercially. Now a day blogs are using to various commercial purpose like to publish news, information or personal and organizational website.

Why Blogging?

As I said, blogging platform has become commercial. people are making money with it. Here should be a question! How they are making money? Yes, there are lots of way to make money with a blog. But the basic is create a blog from any free or pro blog service provider like Blogger, WordPress etc.
Then start writing articles and share those on your newly created blog. after that people will come and visit your blog to read those articles. That’s it!

A lots of advertisers are looking for those type of blogs which one have visitors like yours. Now deal with advertiser, publish their ads with your articles and earn money from them.
In this case you are playing a role of marketing media and that is why you are making money. Hope, I was cleared enough to make you understood.

Why Blogging with Blogger?

There are so many providers who will give you chances to create a free blog with them and host your blog and contents for free. Here is some popular free blog hosting sites:

And 100+ like this.

Now the point is why with Blogger.com . the most common answer of this question should be because it’s a concern of Google.com. yes it is! But also there is some another major reasons to stat with blogger.com .

Blogger.com is only the site which one is providing the maximum free facilities that are needed to create and host a blog.
With a blogger account you will get 10 GB of free hosting space and a .blogspot.com domain (You can change this domain with your custom domain name anytime), a great collection of ready made templates to chose from, free real time analytics of your blog etc. and the only thing you need to open a blogger account is a Gmail account.
If you do have a Gmail account you may proceed to open an account and start blogging with blogger.com today.

See how to open a blogger account in my next article!

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