When we talk about BlogSpot Vs. WordPress, we always give importance to WordPress in terms of SEO. By adding SEO features in BlogSpot, Google has solved many SEO issues. Still these are not enough changes. But these changes are welcomed by boggers who are on BlogSpot platform.
So let`s see these features.
How to Enable BlogSpot Advanced SEO settings?
- Login to Blogger dashboard
- Go to settings
- Go to search preference and you will find all the new SEO options.
- Description meta tag:
- Custom 404 page message
- Custom redirects (Redirect 404 pages to any page on your blog).
- Custom robots.txt
- Custom Robots header tags
- No follow tag, open link in new tab
Jump into World of BlogSpot Search preference settings:
Description Meta tags:
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Meta Description : eAskme |
Custom 404 message:
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Custom 404 redirect : eAskme |
A 404 page is a page which appears when a visitor land on a page, which does not exist. This custom 404 message allow you to create a custom HTML message to display.
Custom redirects:
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Custom Redirects : eAskme |
Nofollow/Open in new tab:
Nofollow/Open in new tab : eAskme |
To add nofollow attribute to external links, you just need to click Add nofollow attribute.
Read: Understand Dofollow-nofollow
Robots.txt for BlogSpot:
Robots.txt : eAskme |
For more information, read official BlogSpot robots.txt page.
Custom robots header tags:
Custom Robots Header Tags : eAskme |
I recommend to all BlogSpot bloggers to get a custom domain and enjoy new SEO features of BlogSpot to drive more traffic to blog post.If you do have any question, feel free to ask me. If you find this post useful, share on Twitter and Google Plus. Don`t forget to subscribe eAskme feed to get updates.