Customize Search Preferences! Complete SEO tools for Blogger Blogs

Google has been working really very hard to make Blogger a very solid, efficient and effective platform for bloggers from every end of the world. In the very beginning stages of a blog, Search Engine Optimization plays a very vital role in the growth of a blog. It's really difficult for newbies, who doesn't have any knowledge regarding SEO, to let the search engines know that they've got an awesome blog out there and their blog should be monitored and indexed in the search engines among the top web pages listed. Keeping that in mind, Blogger has announced their new update regarding the Customization of Search Preferences. These Search Preferences made it very easy for bloggers to add Meta Tags to their blogs, to set Errors plus redirection and Crawlers and Indexing.

Find the New SEO Options!

In the new Blogger UI, under the Settings tab you'd notice "Search Preferences"

Under the Search Preferences, you'd find Three sections i.e Meta Tags, Errors plus redirection and Crawlers and Indexing.  (as Shown below)

Add the Description Meta Tag!

Once you get to the Search Preferences, Under Meta Tags you'd find "Description". Click on Edit and make it enabled. In the Box, Add your Blog's Description!

After Enabling the Description feature, you'd notice Search Description for individual posts. Just type in the description for that specific post that you're writing.

Add a Custom "Page Not Found" (404 error) Message!

Under the Errors and redirections, you'd find "Custom Page Not Found". Click on edit and enter an HTML message that will be displayed on the Page Not Found page instead of the generic message.

Some Additional SEO tools

While most of the new features by Blogger are located in the Settings tab, a few others can be found in the post editor.

1. Alt and Title Tags for Images:
Once you've added an image to a post, click on it to view the options. You'd find Properties, click on that.

Once you've clicked on the Properties option, add the Title and Alt for the image and click "Ok".

  2. The Rel="nofollow" Attribute.

When you try to edit a link or add a new link to text, you'll notice a new feature the Rel="Nofollow" attribute. If the link is external, then check the box next to "Add rel=nofollow attribute". Checking this box means that you don’t want this link to be considered when web crawlers are searching for information they’ll use to index your page.

This update from Blogger is very efficient (specially for the beginners) and I think it's a complete set of SEO tools for 'em. I need your feedback regarding this one and if you've any query just drop it in the comment box below, I'll reply. Secondly make sure you subscribe to get regular updates from My Blogger Tips. Cheers :)