I have already written about Meta Tags which gives a clear concept of what are met tags and how can they help in Search Engine Optimization. A blogger contacted me asking how to add meta tags like meta keywords, description etc. to a blogger.com(blogspot) blog. Then I repented that I did not mention about adding meta tags in that post. However, in this post I will tell you step by step procedure of adding meta tags to a blogger.com/blogspot blog. I have also included illustrations where necessary. Hope you like this blog post. So without any further talks, let’s get started on our business.
Adding Meta Tags To Blogger(Blogspot)
1. Login to your Blogger.com account.
2. Click on ‘Layout’ and select ‘Edit HTML’ tab.
3. Search for the following code:
<b:include data=’blog’ name=’all-head-content’/>
4. Now place the following code just below <b:include data=’blog’ name=’all-head-content’/>
<meta content=’DESCRIPTION HERE‘ name=”description”/>
<meta content=’KEYWORDS HERE‘ name=”keywords”/>
<meta content=’AUTHOR NAME HERE‘ name=”author”/>
Now just change ext in red with your own text. ‘Keywords’ meta tag can have any number of keywords.
Analyzing Meta Tags
Adding meta tags to your website/blog is not enough. You should check if they are proper. Meta Tag Analyzer can be used for this purpose. I use web based meta tag analyzer from SEOCentro. It does not require you to register. Just fill your website URL and anti-spam code and you will be produced with a ‘Meta Tag Analysis Report‘ (see the image below).
You should have meta tags relevancy more than 90%. If it is not so, try changing your meta tags content. Please do not include many keywords as some search engines will ban your website. Also, do not repeat the keyword more than 3 times.
If everything works fine, you will see your meta description appear below your website title in search results. (see the image below)
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Hi Aditya,
I tried to add the metatags to my blog and I got the following error :
Open quote is expected for attribute “{1}” associated with an element type “content”.
Any idea?
Thank you in advance!
Eric Paquet, Spécialiste AdWords
Actually its very simple Eric Paquet just make sure u add a forward slash ”/” between ” and > so it should look like this ”/> by the end of each sentence..
Thankzz..
Hi Eric,
It is related to single quote and double quote mark issue (probably character set).
I got the same issue and resolved by changing as below.
Modified content:
Original content:
You can see the difference (Modified content, Original content) by zooming this page.
Hi, it was a useful tip to me and I try it. Sure 100% understanding. Thanks.
Can you add in one more thing. If let’s say I’d like to make my ads goes as a high pay per click or high pay ads from Adsense. I do get my key word if you have it which is content more high pay please let me know and show me where and how to put the keyword in my blogspot html. I will looks forward from you with your soonest reply. Thanks
You are a star! Worked like a dream. Thanks for the automatic generator it made it a whole lot simpler
I am Getting A Error
template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure that all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: The entity name must immediately follow the ‘&’ in the entity reference.
Hey there Aditya
Thanks very much for that article. I did as you said and hopefully it will make it easier for people to find my blog. It’s a witty blog about food, mood, and spirituality, with a little numerology and paranormal discussion thrown in, so hopefully everyone can come away with something. If you want to take a peek, it’s at http://rawawareness.blogspot.com
Thanks again! Keep up the good work!
Kimberly
Hi there,
Nice to find you paying a visit to this blog. Hope you enjoyed the content here. Impressed by your blog.. seriously! Great work!
I get this.
Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: Open quote is expected for attribute “{1}” associated with an element type “content”.
Just make sure that you are first copying and pasting the code in notepad
(to remove formatting) and then copying it from notepad and pasting it in
your blog code.
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