Add meta tags and improve your search engine ranking

Most of you might already know what meta tags are. If you are new then listen. Meta tags are like guides to search engines to tell them what your site is about. Though their importance is less these days, you always have a advantage in search engine rankings over others who don't have it.

TIP: for all posts regarding EDITING HTML make sure that you have a downloaded copy of your template with you just in case anything goes wrong.

Here is how to add a meta tag to your blog.

• Log in and get to DESIGN tab and in turn get to EDIT HTML section.
• Check on EXPAND WIDGET TEMPLATES box and find this line  
• <title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title>
•  Immediately after it place this code

         <b:if cond='data:blog.url == data:blog.homepageUrl'>
        <meta content='Place your blog description here' name='description'/>
        <meta content='Place your blog keywords here(separated by commas)' 
        name='keywords'/>
        </b:if>


  


Now replace red coloured text with your blog's description(max 175 characters), pink coloured text with your blog's keywords seperated by commas(max 200 characters) and save your template.


You have successfully added a meta tag to your blog.There are a lot of analyzers on the web to check the accuracy of your added meta tag.You can also see which kind of meta tags improve your search engine rankings.