Blogger SEO Tips and Tricks (Golden Tips)

Tips To Improve SEO In Blogger

Seo Tips!! We are here again, this is a battling issue for blog owners especially the newbies, we do lots of search on Google, Bing, Yahoo and more on tips on how to improve Search search ranks(SEO) and get tips like content writing, regular updating, promotions on social media, guest posting and more.. they are all great tips which should not be ignored at all.

Right here am going to give you some other categories to improve blog SEO,

Before we get to that, lets give some chance to those new with SEO to fully understand and follow the steps on how to improve SEO in blogger(SKIP TO  STEPS IF YOU AIN'T NEW IN THIS).
First of all, a warm welcome, as you might have noticed, we are all about SEO and how to improve them, before further writing, it's  wise to know what it really means.

You might have gone through series of steps on how to build a blog and came across the word 'SEO', left you wondering, what does it mean?.
In the simplest explanation, SEO Stands for Search Engine Optimization, it a process of getting free natural, editorial,organic and natural Traffic(blog visits) by showing up in search results in search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo and more...

That tiny explanation should put you along, lets get to the steps to improve SEO in blogger

Steps To Improve SEO In Blogger (Golden Steps)

Backlinks

Yeah, I know the thoughts going through you mind right now, 'i seen that before, how is this golden?'.

Am not here to tell the same stories you read every time about backlinks, stories like its so important to have links redirected to your blog posts, which are damn important, also one of the most effective method to improve SEO blah blah, am sure you might have read that somewhere.

 Am here to widen that aspect. I have read complains online about backlinks, lots of people claiming they have lots of backlinks but still no improvement in SEO.
The big question is. What is the quality of those backlinks to your post??

None quality backlinks won't get you that far in google ranking, instead, might have negative effect on your blog. so getting not just backlinks but with quality is my golden tip for this one.

Tip: Read more on quality backlinks.

Keywords

This is another SEO brutal measure, keywords are extremely important in blogs especially in content writing, you might have read about adding keyword to different place in your blogs, am going to focus on Keywords for content, I will give you a quick run through of how you can use keywords in contents but before that, It will be Orthodox you keep this in mind.

I have read in many places where we are asked to use keywords in contents but forget to mention the right amount and where to actually use it, because of that reader tend to flood their contents with keywords and that so not healthy for blogs, you are require to add only 3% of keywords in our content and place them in the right places not just anywhere.

Now the quick run down on how and where to use/put keywords in content

• Place At Starting and Ending Paragraph of content
• Image name( Alt Tag And Title Tag) Blogger users
• In post tittles (important)
• Permalinks of posts also important
• Post comment and lastly
• Post Labels.

Meta Tags

This another important SEO rank method, use of meta tag tells bots what your site is all about means they are snippets of text describing the pages of contents.

There are lots of meta tags you can add to your blog, but not all are really important, I will give you the four most important meta tag to add in your blog

• Meta keyword
• Title Tag
• Meta Description
• Meta robot: This tells the search engine crawlers what to do with the page.

Note that all this are really effective if they are manually place/added in your blog template.

Apply this Golden SEO Tips and see you blog excel..

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Widget: How to add Related post to blogger with Thumbnails

Add Related post widget to blogger blog

Nowadays, hardly can you see a blog without a related post widget displayed below their posts, unless, if or maybe the blog is new, that is to say you must have a new blog for you to be reading this post right now, if you ain't, then what the heck have you being doing?

Anyway, you are all welcome here whether you are new to blogging or you are a pro.

Related posts add certain benefits to your blog, as a matter of fact, lots of benefits, the most important is to increase your site pageviews and also make you blog fun for your readers, without much talks/write-ups, let get straight to steps to add this related post widget to your BLOGGER/BLOGSPOT blog.

Steps to add related post To Blogger

1. Open your blogger, locate template and click on Edit HTML button as indicated in the photo below.

Note: it very advisable to save a copy of your template in case you get it messed up in this process. please do so.

2. While the template is opened, click any point inside the code area and hit your CTRL+F Key in windows, CMD+F keys in Mac, this will pop out a search box.

Ctrl+F keys to pop out the search box

3. In the search box input this code </head> and hit your enter key
 this will take you to the tag position shaded with yellow. Looks like this </head>

<!--Related Posts with thumbnails Scripts and Styles Start-->
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
<style type='text/css'>
#related-posts{float:left;width:auto;}
#related-posts a{border-right: 1px dotted #eaeaea;}
#related-posts h4{margin-top: 10px;background:none;font:18px Oswald;padding:3px;color:#999999; text-transform:uppercase;}
#related-posts .related_img {margin:5px;border:2px solid #f2f2f2;object-fit: cover;width:110px;height:100px;-webkit-border-radius: 5px;-moz-border-radius: 5px; border-radius: 5px; }
#related-title {color:#333;text-align:center;text-transform:capitalize;padding: 0px 5px 10px;font-size:12px;width:110px; height: 40px;}
</style>
<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
var relatedTitles=new Array();var relatedTitlesNum=0;var relatedUrls=new Array();var thumburl=new Array();function related_results_labels_thumbs(json){for(var i=0;i<json.feed.entry.length;i++){var entry=json.feed.entry[i];relatedTitles[relatedTitlesNum]=entry.title.$t;try{thumburl[relatedTitlesNum]=entry.gform_foot.url}catch(error){s=entry.content.$t;a=s.indexOf("<img");b=s.indexOf("src=\"",a);c=s.indexOf("\"",b+5);d=s.substr(b+5,c-b-5);if((a!=-1)&&(b!=-1)&&(c!=-1)&&(d!="")){thumburl[relatedTitlesNum]=d}else thumburl[relatedTitlesNum]='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxgcc1sMZxAsfzXQpTpsXgnYIEMFwqDST-A8g7mxUY77eKxLhW9hVJymXlfpPPVlSoSg0WNR2TGfE5HLy8WqUjvYfQLfKK89rrSfZaGvDW9B-Mzb_THiRM4q1i0TRGfdNltYekU1lU8cCD/s1600/no-thumbnail.png'}if(relatedTitles[relatedTitlesNum].length>35)relatedTitles[relatedTitlesNum]=relatedTitles[relatedTitlesNum].substring(0,35)+"...";for(var k=0;k<entry.link.length;k++){if(entry.link[k].rel=='alternate'){relatedUrls[relatedTitlesNum]=entry.link[k].href;relatedTitlesNum++}}}}function removeRelatedDuplicates_thumbs(){var tmp=new Array(0);var tmp2=new Array(0);var tmp3=new Array(0);for(var i=0;i<relatedUrls.length;i++){if(!contains_thumbs(tmp,relatedUrls[i])){tmp.length+=1;tmp[tmp.length-1]=relatedUrls[i];tmp2.length+=1;tmp3.length+=1;tmp2[tmp2.length-1]=relatedTitles[i];tmp3[tmp3.length-1]=thumburl[i]}}relatedTitles=tmp2;relatedUrls=tmp;thumburl=tmp3}function contains_thumbs(a,e){for(var j=0;j<a.length;j++)if(a[j]==e)return true;return false}function printRelatedLabels_thumbs(){for(var i=0;i<relatedUrls.length;i++){if((relatedUrls[i]==currentposturl)||(!(relatedTitles[i]))){relatedUrls.splice(i,1);relatedTitles.splice(i,1);thumburl.splice(i,1);i--}}var r=Math.floor((relatedTitles.length-1)*Math.random());var i=0;if(relatedTitles.length>0)document.write('<h4>'+relatedpoststitle+'</h4>');document.write('<div style="clear: both;"/>');while(i<relatedTitles.length&&i<20&&i<maxresults){document.write('<a style="text-decoration:none;margin:0 4px 10px 0;float:left;');if(i!=0)document.write('"');else document.write('"');document.write(' href="'+relatedUrls[r]+'"><img class="related_img" src="'+thumburl[r]+'"/><br/><div id="related-title">'+relatedTitles[r]+'</div></a>');if(r<relatedTitles.length-1){r++}else{r=0}i++}document.write('</div>');relatedUrls.splice(0,relatedUrls.length);thumburl.splice(0,thumburl.length);relatedTitles.splice(0,relatedTitles.length)}
//]]>
</script>
</b:if>
<!--Related Posts with thumbnails Scripts and Styles End-->

4. Copy the code below and paste right above the </head> Tag

5. Use the search box again input the code below. Note: you might find the code more than once in your template go for the second one, that what we will be making use of
<div class='post-footer'>
6. Copy the code below and paste right above the <div class='post-footer'> tag

<!-- Related Posts with Thumbnails Code Start-->
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
<div id='related-posts'>
<b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'>
<b:if cond='data:label.isLast != &quot;true&quot;'>
</b:if>
<script expr:src='&quot;/feeds/posts/default/-/&quot; + data:label.name + &quot;?alt=json-in-script&amp;callback=related_results_labels_thumbs&amp;max-results=5&quot;' type='text/javascript'/></b:loop>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var currentposturl=&quot;<data:post.url/>&quot;;
var maxresults=5;
var relatedpoststitle=&quot;<b>Related Posts:</b>&quot;;
removeRelatedDuplicates_thumbs();
printRelatedLabels_thumbs();
</script>
</div><div class='clear'/><div style="font-size: 9px;float: right; margin: 5px;"><a  style="font-size: 9px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://blogwox.blogspot.com/2016/09/how-to-add-related-post-widget-blog-design.html" rel="nofollow" >Related Posts Widget</a></div>
</b:if>
<!-- Related Posts with Thumbnails Code End-->

If you are unable to see this related post widget after saving template,  add the code (step 6) just above the </b:includable> tag which can be found above this line  <b:includable id='postQuickEdit' var='post'>  in your template.

Customization

You can change the number of post that appear in your related post by changing the 5 value, that Max results=5 to your preferred number, to easily locate this, use the search box in template and input this code
var maxresults=5;

To change the size of the thumbnails(width and Height) change the values which are 110px and 100px
input this in the search box
cover;width:110px;height:100px;

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How to add and verify a blogger blog to Bing Webmaster (With Pictures)

How to add Blogger Blog to Bing Webmaster

Apart from Google, bing is another traffic generating machine, increase your visits, revenue and other things relevant to your site by adding you blog to Bing Webmaster.

Bing has come a long way this days, we know Google is the most popular, but the use of the bing search engine has multiplied.
Adding and verifying your blog to Bing Webmaster is much easier than with Google Webmaster. Lets get to the steps to do this.

Steps To Verify Blogger In Bing Webmaster

Here are the steps to add and verify your blogger blog to Bing webmaster.

1. Open the blog you want to add.

2. Open Bing Webmaster or click here to redirect you.

3. In the Bing Webmaster homepage, you will be asked to sign your account, if you don't have an account then click on sign up below the Sign In Button to create an account.

4. Add your site in the box below 'My Sites' menu see photo below.

5. Next you add your sitemap, enter http://yoursite.com/sitemap.php then click add you will get a personal meta tag and copy the meta tag, save to note pad.

6. Go back to Blogger and enter 'Template'

7. Locate Backup/Restore button the top right corner to save template just in case it gets messed up in the process.

8.Hit Edit HTML

Also Read: How to add and verify a blogger blog to Google Webmaster (With Pictures)

9. In your html template, look for  <head> Tag usually at the number 4, if you Find

If you Find difficulty in locating it, Hit ctrl+F/cmd+F in your keyboard to pop out a search box, input <head> in the box and hit enter, it will take you to the tag position with yellow shadow all over it.

10. Go back to your notepad and copy the your personal meta tag

11. Paste the tag right below the <head> tag. then save template. 

12. Go back to webmaster and click the verify button below

.

13. Thats it, it has been added and verified.

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How To Add and verify a blogger blog to Google Webmaster (With Pictures)

How To Add A Blogspot/Blogger Blog To Google Webmaster With Pictures

Lets learn the easy steps to add and also verify our blogs in Google Webmaster

Step
1. Go to Google Webmaster site or click here to redirect you.

2. Sign into your Google account (better if the same account with your blog)
3.Click on Add Properties and enter your site url.

You might be asked to verify the ownership of the added url. you get to choose between the recommended method and the Alternate Method

We are going to work with the alternate method so click on it.The four different styles you could use in the verification are listed.
Lets make use of the first one, "HTML tag"
4. click on it, you will get script in this form <meta name="google-site-verification" content="xxxxxxxxxxxx_9xTEVxxxxxxxxxx"/> copy that and save to a note pad, It will be added to your site Template Later.

5. Go back to blogger.com and select blog.
6. From the left menus, locate and hit template.
7. At the top right corner you should see a Backup/Restore button.

8. Click on Download full template button. save the file with the name you can remember easily just in case you get you site template messed up.

9. Hit the Edit HTML, this will show the blog template.

10. Search for <head> tag, which is usually at the 4th column of your template, if you don't find it, hit contrl+F keys or Cmd+F (in the case of Mac) keys in your keyword to pop out a search box, copy this tag <head> and paste in the box, it should take you directly to the its location with with yellow color all over it.

11. Go back to your note pad and get the previously saved file, copy and paste it right below the<head> tag, just as the photo below indicates.

12. Click save template.
!3. Go back to your search console(webmaster) and click the verify button.

You will get a success page

Your blog has been added and verified to Google Webmaster.

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20 Ways To Get More Website Traffic: Legit ways

How To Get Traffic To Your Blog

Photo Credit: Getty Images

As we probably know, good number of visitors is good amount of money, there are good numbers of posts out there talking about different ways to get visitors to your website, some worked, some didn't while some messed up your SEO, but not to worry, am here to approve some of those method you might have read out there, that is to say they are fully save.

So i did a lot of research on the issue of getting visitor to you website and came up with this 20 lists.

1. Hubpage
This is an awesome way to earn money at the same time  drive traffic to your website, Hubpage is a place you write great content and Receive payments, in other to drive traffic from Hubpage to your website, you have to write contents related to your website post(s) so you can leave a link or two to redirect readers to your blog, remember not to add many links so your content can be published so your write up can be publish.
Read: How to earn money from hubpage in 8 steps

2.YouTube

This is another great way to drive traffic to your website which am sure you are familiar with,
Now to driving traffic to your website, you have to make a video related to your post.
During your upload, below the video you should see a description box. its where you will have to leave your site link(s) for viewers to click on.
How to make money with YouTube

3.Yahoo Answer

Yahoo answer is a question and answer portal, do a search and look for relevant questions that can get or has gotten many attention, relates to your  posts that you can answer,
Answer the questions also leaving a link to redirect them to your website, to earn from it
Note: Its how convincing your answer is that determines the number of attention it will get, so try and be very convincing.
 How to make money with Yahoo Answer

4.Quora

By answering questions related to your website posts, it almost like yahoo answer, it has millions of people coming in everyday asking questions on different kinds of topic. To gain traffic with Quora, follow the exact process with "Yahoo Answer"

5. Reddit

Social media's can drive insane traffic to your website depending on how its being utilized, Reddit is a perfect place you can get lots of visitors to your site. Its all about popularity, karmas and upvotes, the more of those you have, the more your post are to be seen by Reddit users, write a shot note about your post, leaving a link and share, remember to use the right subreddits to prevent downvotes or being share to the wrong people.

6. Twitter

This is one of the most popular ways to drive traffic to your blog, open an account with the name of your blog,  if you domain name is http://ghtven.com let your twitter username be @ghtven so they can easily find you and gain follower. Share your blog post with the links on your tweets so your followers can click on it and get redirected to your blog.

7. Facebook

Facebook is one of the easiliest ways to get traffic to a website, popular social network.
Apart from meeting new friends and families, it can also be used to drive insane traffic to your websites, To do that, you need to open a Facebook account, find friends(thousands), join lots and lots of groups, like pages and create fan pages related to your website.
After you have join enough groups(join groups that are related to your website contents) have enough friends,  have enough likes on your fan page, then your good to go, this is what you do to get traffics, share your website post on your timeline, share in groups, connect your website to Facebook and post your links on page comments, with this, you should incread the number of visitor coming to your website.  click here to know how to add thousand of friends on Facebook in one day Read also: How To Drive Insane Traffic To Your Blog using Facebook

8. LinkedIn

This is also like Facebook follow the same process as the Facebook part and you can also drive traffic to your website but for me in LinkedIn, i mainly make use of groups there, it one of the best ways to redirect people to your website .

9. Pinterest

This is a social media network where people go to this days to read articles of their interest, so then Pinterest can be used as a traffic source, write great contents and share on PinterRest. 

There are several ways to draw traffic to your blog using this method, to have more knowledge on this read:
5 ways to flood your blog with traffic using pinterest

10. Google

No matter how much traffic you drive to your websites, its incomplete without Google, optimizing your website with Google get you free readers, is  the best method you can use to gain visitors/traffic to your website, for you to understand how to use Google as a source of traffic,  read lots of SEO books, to get SEO friendly.

11. Google+ 

This is another social media that looks more like Facebook and LinkedIn. you can use this also to drive traffic to your website , create your website pages, groups and mores, join related groups and share your website posts,
How to increase traffic to your blog using Google+

12. Warrior forum

This a forum Where Internet businesses gentlemen and ladies meet,  blogging and affiliates programs are really discussed there, so this can be a very good source of traffic to your website especially, participate in forums related to your website and share links, 

13. StumbleUpon

Another place to get traffic to your website is using StumbleUpon, create an account and share your website post, it works.

14. Email list

Building an email list is also a nice way to get visitors, Its a way of getting or notifying previous visitors to come back and read more of your new posts, this can be a very good source of traffic if well utilized, to gain more knowledge on how it really works, read:25 easy ways to grow your email list

15. Work on your content headline

This is also good way to get people to your read your website , an enticing headline works like a butterfly and a flowers, it attract reader, so it work as a traffic source.

16. join blogging communities.

This is where new blogger make mistakes, when running a blog, joining communities like problogger and Copybloggers is a great way to network with other blogger and cross promote each others contents.

17. Add text to your blog post image

When writing a post or after writing, it  advisable to add text to your image(s), text like post title or blog url, for easy re-connection if your post is share or pinned.

18. Add your blog to Alltop

Submitting your blog to alltop can increase the chances of your post being found by people looking for your content.

19. Focus on long tail keyword

The days of focusing on one keyword on your post pages are gone always use terms and phrases that are relevant to your post topic.

20. Make use of categories

If your website doesn't make use of categories, it time to get it activated, it does not only support in SEO improvement but also makes it easy for your reader to find content if their choice.

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