Active Search References to Make Blogger Better to SEO

Blogger (Blogspot) upgraded their SEO features, and one of them allows you enable search references for better SEO effect on your blog. In this tips, I will show you how to enable Search References and also give you some code trick in site header to make your blog better for SEO.

Enable Search References for Blogger

At first, access your blog Settings, and choose Search preferences. At Description option. If you see [Disabled] mean your blog had not enabled Search Reference. You must click Edit link on this option.

Then check Yes, and input description for your homepage (maximum 150 characters and better contains your main keywords). When done, click Save Changes.

Now, the search references function was enabled, so, each time you create a new post, you will see an option called "Search Description" at right sidebar. Before publish new post, please input your post description (snippet) in this option and click Done.

Modifying Header Code for SEO

Your blog will become more SEO friendly if your template code has a header code like below:

b:include data='blog' name='all-head-content'/>

<title> 

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;index&quot;'>

  <data:blog.pageTitle/>

 <b:else/>

  <b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != &quot;error_page&quot;'>

   <data:blog.pageName/> | <data:blog.title/>

  <b:else/>

   404 | <data:blog.title/> 

  </b:if>

 </b:if>

</title>

<b:if cond='data:blog.metaDescription == &quot;&quot;'>

 <meta expr:content='data:blog.pageName + &quot; - &quot; + data:blog.title' name='description'/> 

<b:else/>

 <meta property='og:description' expr:content='data:blog.metaDescription' />

</b:if>

<b:if cond='data:blog.postImageThumbnailUrl != &quot;&quot;'>

 <meta expr:content='data:blog.postImageThumbnailUrl' property='og:image'/>

</b:if>