How to Add or Customize Meta Tag Blogger?

Valid until 31 January 2015 (unless noted)

How to add or customize meta tag blogger? Firstly, lets find the definition of meta tags. Meta tag is a HTML format (coding statement / tag) that describe some aspects of contents of a webpage or blog. This tag actually is not necessary to build a web, by default many pages do not use the tag at all. I check html codes on my blog, by default my blog also don't use meta tags. Then why many blogger create meta tags on their blogs, do you know why? As I mentioned before, meta tag describe some aspects of contents of a web page. Describe - means it provide an information. Information that provide in meta tag is used by search engine therefore it can help search engine to list your site in their indexes. For bloggers creating meta tag is one of SEO on page technique to optimize their site to be more SEO friendly. These meta tags are meta tag description, keyword and robot.

Meta Tag Description
The html format will be look like this :

<META name="description" content="a description of your page ">

Depending on the search engine, this will be displayed along with the title of your page in an index. "content" (marked with green color) could be a word, sentence or even paragraph to describe your page. To optimize meta tag description "content" should be not more than 200 character. Keep in mind that some search engine will reject your site if it more than 200 character. According to scrubtheweb.com search engine, the optimal character is around 150 character. Keep this concise and to the point. Don't be so mean with your description that its not an appropriate reflection of the contents.

Meta Tag Keyword
The html format will be look like this :

<META name="keywords" content="a, list, of, keywords">

"content" (marked with green color) are list of your keyword related to your website that you think appropriate. You may add comma separator when you input some keywords. For example : "SEO, make money, tips, computer .... an so on"

Meta Tag Robot
The html format will be look like this :

<meta name="robots" content="index / noindex , follow / nofollow">

With this meta tag you can specify that certain pages should be or not be indexed by search engine robots, or that the links on the page should be or not be followed by robots.
"index" means pages will be indexed by search engine robot. "noindex" is the opposite.
"follow" means the links on the page will be followed by robots. "nofollow" is the opposite.
You can choose combination of index or noindex and follow or nofollow.

Okay, just add the following code to your templates. (log in to blogger.com - Go to layout section - Edit HTML)

<meta name='description' content='a description of your page'>
<meta name='keywords' content='keywords'>
<meta name='robots' content='INDEX, FOLLOW'>

Install the meta tags code after the </TITLE> tag. Don't forget tho change the word in red mark with words that related with your site. Finally save your template.

Update : More Meta Tags here!!