Aug 28 2007

Adding Blogger Meta Tags to the HTML

adding blogger meta tags html pic01This is a Hack for Blogger aka Blogspot Blogs.
In this tutorial I will guide you through the process of adding meta tags to the blogger htnl template.

Blogger Meta Tags

Here is how to set up Blogger Meta Tags
Note: Your Blogger will need to be in classic mode for this to work.

You will want to do this to increase the Search Engine Optimization of your Blogger, by default there are no Blogger Meta Tags include.

  • First we need to access the HTML and find your Blogger Title Tag
    Click… CUSTOMIZE / TEMPLATE / Edit HTML

  • Locate the following code, near the top.

    Code: 

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


  • The Blogger Meta Tags format should look like this:
    Code:
    <meta content='My blog description goes here' name='description'/><meta content='my blog,keywords,go here' name='keywords'/>

    Add these to Meta Tag lines directly under your blogger’s title tag.

  • The final result should look like this:
    Code:
    <title><data:blog.pagetitle/></title><meta content='My blog description goes here' name='description'/><meta content='my blog,keywords,go here' name='keywords'/>

    Save and check it with this free Web Page Analyser tool.

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  • thanks for sharing. really helpful.

  • Great...I was searching for the same from many days...Keep rocking.

  • Thanks for sharing. This is a very helpful tip. I can use this to improve my blogs hosted at Blogspot.

  • Building the meta tag for the particular post or site is very easy part, but in case the blog or site contains so much of posts or pages then it will becomes more lengthy work to do.

  • ameerhamza

    Error
    plz help me

    site
    freshware.blogspot.com

    error is this while saving
    We were unable to save your template

    Please correct the error below, and submit your template again.
    Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.
    XML error message: XML document structures must start and end within the same entity.

  • JD

    This usually means you have some bad code or a miss-type or you forgot to close ' a tag

  • I am using a meta tag creator to add tags to my Blogger and I am getting an error when I try to save it. "Blogger doesn't allow <title> is what I am getting. Where do I add these meta tags?</title>

  • Thank, easy to use

  • taimurislamkhan

    Not just adding the meta tag in the head section would solve your problems but you will need to seperate the home page meta tag and the post page meta tag. Or else these meta tags would mess all your search engine descriptions up ...

    Here is a solution i have made for all of bloggers .. till now most of you don't know this ..

    http://www.vnoma.com/2009/12/a...

    Try and i bet this will totally change your search engine rankings.

  • I am using a meta tag creator to add tags to my Blogger and I am getting an error when I try to save it. "Blogger doesn't allow <title> is what I am getting. Where do I add these meta tags? I am adding them to the page template page. Is there an area i need to paste this code between?</title>

  • You can put meta tags into blogger manually, make sure they go in between «Head» and «/Head»

  • Thanks for the tips. May we'll try for our next blog.

  • I was looking for it thanks..

  • RRj

    Thanks for your article.

  • Xtreme_blogger

    Thnx simple tip..

  • quick hits

    Nice one - certainly helps! However it would also be a good idea to switch the order in which the "title" tag diplays blog pages "blogpost title", "blogname" as all pages start with "blogname" by default. I found a workaround for custom blogs, but haven't found one for standard templates.

  • JD

    You are welcome Thiago,


    Google does not really pay too much attention to Keyword Meta tags (other search engines still do). Description tags should show up in a Google SERP as soon as the bot visits your page and Google updates the index.

  • Thiago

    Thanks for the tip! How long does it usually take for this effort to take place in Google search results?

  • JD

    Here are a few extra tips for you Dreamdriven....


    In regards to SEO for a chosen keyword.



    #1 - Make sure all your Meta Keywords are included in the body of your page!



    #2 - Make sure your Meta Description is under 150 characters



    Ohhh and in-case you mess with the Title tag... Its a good idea to keep it the same as the H1 Header on your page!



    Just some stuff that Google likes!



    Don't forget to fill in the tag info and not leave it in the copied over format :)

  • dreamdriven

    Thank you for making this so easy to do! I am so excited! I tried other suggestions for at least an hour, and I found your post and it took me 1 minute.


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