We already had enough conversation about BlogSpot or WordPress and for one reason I don’t like BlogSpot much is because of the limitation of optimizing it for the search engine. There are many BlogSpot SEO guides that you will find on The Internet, and many of them are related to template editing and all, but in WordPress, plugins make it easier to optimize your blog.
Anyhow, I’m not here to disappoint my BlogSpot friends. Instead, I will be sharing some cool BlogSpot SEO tips which will help you to get better ranking. Blog-Spot being a free Blogging platform, it’s always a preferred platform to start Blogging and learn the basics.
If you or a friend need step by step guide to creating a Blog, You can refer below link to him/her: How to create a free blog on BlogSpot.
Google Blogger is free and easy to use the web publishing tool. Many bloggers initially use Blogger and then Migrate to WordPress complaining about the lack of official templates, post SEO friendliness, plugins, etc., We have already discussed this in our previous post with the little effort we can make Blogger posts SEO friendly and an effective free medium for online business. So here I have collected some search engine optimization (SEO) tips for Blogspot blogs arranged in no order.
BlogSpot SEO: Useful Tips and Tricks
When we talk about SEO, the very first thing which you need to keep in mind is: We can control on site and off-site SEO. On-Page SEO is covered by you which includes article quality, how well it’s optimized for Keyword, and meta value for that article.
No need, to feel lost with above SEO terminologies, as below mentioned guide will help you to learn and make your Blogger blog more search engine friendly.
- Keyword research for Beginners
- OnPage optimization for every Blogger
Format Blogger post URL link
Permalink plays a great role in the search engine ranking of your post. There are a few rules which everyone should follow for Blogspot permalinks:
- Keep the number of characters in the post title to 50
- Remove Stop Words from the permalink (Ex: A, An, The)
While writing a blog post, you have the option to edit the permalink. Simply use it to edit your permalink and remove the stop words. A good idea is just to use Keywords in your permalink. (Don’t make it look spammy).
While writing the blog post, you get the option in your right panel to keep it automatic permalink or manual permalink. Simply select manual permalink and edit it according to your wish. Check this screenshot for example:
Maintain the keyword density
Keyword density is an important aspect for better ranking. Too less will lead to less ranking and stuffing your Keyword will lead to over-optimization. I usually maintain a ratio of 2%/post along with LSI keywords.
Though, you can pick keyword density for your Blogpost SEO, account to one which works for you. Publish articles in relevance to post title and include necessary keywords in the post.
Never stuff keywords to manipulate search engines. But after finish writing, you can analyze the whole post to find out suitable locations where the keywords can be safely inserted without distracting readers. You can also use Frase which helps you in content optimization.
Blogspot proper labels and related posts
Labels in BlogSpot adds to the keyword density of the post. Labels should be widened rather than putting them into the single narrow category. I will explain this point by example.
Consider a situation when you are posting about Google Chrome and putting them into label Windows software or browser. Here you will miss keywords like Chrome browser, Google Chrome, etc. which would otherwise add to the keyword density of the whole post.
Labels also affect related posts widgets in Blogger. And if there are so many posts tagged with similar labels, it would affect the arrangement of articles in related posts.
Format Blogger post title
When we talk about BlogSpot SEO, post title plays a major role. Blogger post title is usually followed by a home page title. Have a look at the image shown below.
blogger-post-titleHere the post title should be “city of (long-distance ) Love! “. But the title is included in the home page title ” Still in Berlin “, and this would harm the SEO friendliness of the article title. Here is how to fix this. Go to Blogger edit HTML > find out code section
- title><data:blog.pagetitle/></title> and replace it with
- <b:if cond= 'data:blog.pageType == "index"'>
- <title><data:blog.title/></title>
- <b:else/>
- <title><data:blog.pageName/></title>
- </b:if>
- Now the individual pages will have post title itself.
Format Blogspot images for SEO
We have already shared a detailed article on Image optimization for SEO and basis of optimization your image on BlogSpot is by adding alt tag and title tags in every image. In WordPress, this could be easily achieved by using plugins but in BlogSpot, this needs to be done manually. You should insert them manually after uploading each image. Here is ShoutMeLoud's popular guide on Image optimization for SEO.
Provide meta tags
Meta tags are generated HTML tags used by search engines to identify the title, description, and other details of a URL. They don’t have much influence on search as they were before, but would make a slight impact on targeted keywords. Provide a good title, description, and footer text
The title, footer, and description plays an important role in search engine optimization of every blog. If you are targeting, some keywords make sure that you included those keywords in the above-mentioned locations.
Nofollow external links
Nofollow is an HTML attribute specified on hyperlinks to block search engine advantage of external links on a website. In Blogger, you can select the HTML section of the post window and add rel=” no follow” attribute just after URL to prevent search engines from crawling a particular link. Also read: How to add Nofollow link attribute to any link.
Format comment section
The Comment section should be no-followed and moderated to avoid spam comments. Try to include the post keywords when you are replying to the reader's comments. This would also add up to the total keyword density of the post.
Blogspot is Google’s baby blogging platform, and if you do it right probably, you will be doing great regarding traffic. Always get your basic right.
If you like this article, don’t forget to tweet and stumble. Further, you might like to read Following articles for Blogspot blogs:
I hope this guide will give you a much better idea about BlogSpot SEO, though my suggestion would be when you think you are ready with Blogging and had enough experience on BlogSpot, move to WordPress.
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