6 SEO CHEATS FOR BLOGGER

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’ve heard that content is king while social media is queen. Then I asked, “Where does Search Engine Optimization (SEO) fall?” Most writers are often tempted to try out their hands on Google’s free blogging platform, Blogger.

One thing I discovered about Blogger is that it isn’t really easy to optimize your blog for the search engines. Most blog posts and eBooks about optimizing Blogger for seo concerns some template editing. This is one of the advantages WordPress has over Google blogger. With WordPress, search engine optimizations just require putting a few plugins in place. I recommend that, if you really want to make the best out of your blogging journey, you should migrate to WordPress. You can get a good hosting with Bluehost. Note that I am not affiliated to them in any way, I just have that knowledge that they’re very good and cost effective, about $3.95 dollars a month.

I don’t plan to disappoint my blogspot readers so I’ll share with you some seo tips for Google blogger. If you or your friends need to create a blog but don’t know how, I recommend you check out this post on  how to create a free blog!

SEO TIPS FOR GOOGLE BLOGGER

SEO can be said to be in two categories, on-page and off-page seo. On-page earch encine optimization has to do with your quality content, keyword density. I’d like to emphasize that your design may bring visitors to your blog, but it is quality content that’ll bring them back for more. Off-page seo may include the nature of your blog’s template. 

SO, WHICH SEO TIPS DO I NEED FOR MY BLOG?

check for keywords in your Permalink

1.       Format your post “Permalinks”: when creating your blog posts,by your right-hand side. You’ll see a list of tabs . among these include a tab, “Permalink”. This is the URL or link to your post when published. You always have the option of using auto- generated Permalinks or choosing yours manually. It is always nice to insert a few keywords in the permalink. Note however, that inserting much keywords will make the link look spammy. This is not good for seo either.

   2. Format your post titles: a study of serach engine rankings show that they really consider your post titles. Moreover, visitors see your post titles when they use search engines. It is very good to use moderate keywords in your post tiles without making them look spammy. A look at search engine results show that the blog title is always followed by the title of the blog post. Here is how to fix this. 

Go to Blogger- template- edit HTML. If using windows use Ctrl F to open the search bar. Copy the code below and enter

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

            Now  replace it with

         <b:if cond= 'data:blog.pageType == &quot;index&quot;'>

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

         <b:else/>

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

</b:if>

Now the individual pages will have post title itself.

3.        Optimize your post images for seo : WordPress automatically takes care of this but with Blogger, you’ll have to do it manually. That is, including Alt and title texts for your images. This is to enable visitors who for one reason may not be able to view your images, know what your image is about. You can add the Alternate and title texts by highlighting your uploaded image in your post editor. You’ll see a button that says “properties”. Click on it and than add your alt and title texts.

One very important thing I always avoid is post images  to my blog without re-sizing or compressing them. Images can be very heavy and so increase your page loading time. I avoid this by using TinyPng to reduce the image sizes and this has proven to be very helpful. It only takes a very patient visitor to wait for a site that loads for more than 10 seconds.

optimize your images for seo

4.       Use good blog titles and description: blogger allows you to give your blog a title and description. When a visitor uses a search engine to pull up your site, he first sees the title and description. It is a good idea to make sure you have some keywords here. For example, if your blog is about fashion, your blog title could be “FashionTips”. You could say in your description that you give great tips to dress in the latest fashion trends.

Using keywords that visitors search for, in your title and description, give visitors the idea that they’ve come to the right place. Be sure that your blog is visible to the search engines. 

use good blog titles and description

5.       Use a custom URL: an SEO optimized custom URL should have these three qualities

·         Should be short

·         Contain some keywords

·         Should be easy to recall

Using a custom URL with these qualities helps you develop a brand, a unique voice in this noisy world. It helps make your business stand out.

6.       Use meta-tags: this is a short description that blogger also allows you to insert in your blog. It is quite important, to locate it, simply go to Settings> search preferences>meta tags.

Be careful with your blog’s settings and make sure you have knowledge of what you want to edit to avoid unpleasant effects to your blog.

use meta-tags

I strongly believe that if you apply these simple tips to your blog, there'll be change in your traffic. Give yourself some time.

                OVER TO YOU

Hope this post was easy and straight to the point? Hope you enjoyed it?

Ø  What are some other seo tips you used on your blog?

Ø  Do you have trouble implementing any of these tips?

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