Showing posts with label description. Show all posts
Showing posts with label description. Show all posts
Monday, February 8, 2016
Change Optimize the Blog Title Description URL in Blogger
While creating a blog in blogger, you have to name your site and enter the URL. But choosing an appropriate name for the site with perfect URL is not a very easy task. You should think and research about what will be the Title, Description and URL of the site. Because they have a great impact on search results.
Let’s Analyse a Case
Here I’d like to share my personal experience. When I created Marks PC Solution 4 years ago, I was simply a novice in blogging. In that time I didn’t think much about the URL. I used munnamark.blogspot.com as my URL.
But it doesn’t match with the blog title. The URL should be well-matched with the title. If the URL and title are related, then your site will be easily on the first page of the search result.
If you search Marks PC Solution on Google, it will be the number 1 in the search result. Thousands of links across the web have helped my site to be first in the search result.
But if my site URL were something like that- markspcsolution.blogspot.com or markspc.blogspot.com, then it will be the number 1 even without so many backlinks.
If the blog title and URL are similar, then it is easier for that site to be appeared on the first page when searched by its title!
Choosing a Better Title
Certainly choosing the appropriate title is crucial for any site. Blog title should be matched with the contents. Let’s see the title of my site:
Marks PC Solution
There are many sites which include the words PC Solution. But only 2 or 3 sites may have the word Mark of Marks with PC Solution. The word- Marks makes the title unique. And when you search Marks PC Solution on Bing or Google, my site will be the top in the search page.
Considering all these things, when naming the site, you should keep in mind:
- Naming a site is just like naming a baby, or naming a movie. It should carry a meaning.
- Never pick a name that doesnt represent the site’s contents.
- Blog title shouldnt be very common. Pick a unique name if possible.
- It shouldnt be very long. Keep it less than 20 characters.
- The title should be easy to spell, pronounce and remember.
Proper Description
The description is what the visitors see just below the title. It is not much important for search engines rather it is important for the readers. Because the search description describes your site. It tells the visitors what the site is about.
But the search description is different. Read more . . .
For example: The search description of Marks PC Solution is as below:
Your Ultimate Choice for Computer, Internet, Blogging, SEO & PC Troubleshooting Tips!
If you closely analyse this description, you will realize none of the posts of this site is out of this description. In that sense, we can say, our description is perfectly matched with the site’s contents.
Consider the following issues while choosing a description for your site:
- Description should meaningful and easy to remember
- Keep it relevant to the contents/ blog posts
- Keep it short but complete (Less than 100 characters)
- Never mention needless words there!
Choosing Appropriate URL
This is definitely an important part of SEO. A good URL can bring success in search results.
Remember, an established site’s URL doesn’t need to be changed even it is not matched with the title. If you change the URL, it will degrade your SEO position. And you may have thousands of links on the web. Those links will be wasted. Though you can redirect your site to the new URL somehow.
But definitely you’re gonna lose the links you’ve shared on social sites like Google +, Facebook, Twitter, Linked in etc.
When choosing the URL of your site you should keep in mind:
- URL should be as short as possible so that users can type it quickly.
- The more the URL is related to the title, the more benefit you will get from the search engines.
- URL should be easy to remember.
- Choose an URL which has a meaning. But never try to make it similar to the URLs of other sites. Better keep it unique. For example- munnamark.blogspot.com. You will never find an URL that includes the word munnamark. This is unique!
Changing Title, Description and URL
Before changing the Blog Title, Description and URL, be careful about the negative effects of these changes. I suggest you to read the whole article again to know more about naming and describing the site.
Okay let’s start. Sign in to your blogger dashboard.
- Go to the Settings tab.
- Now click on the Basic button and look at the image below.
- Title, Description and Blog Address are marked. And at the right of each item you will see an Edit button.
- To change the Title, click on the Edit button. Then choose a different name. By the same way you can change the description.
- Now go to the Blog Address. Hit on the edit button. Change the word and check whether it’s available. If your desired URL is available then save it. (This may require time for the search engines to index your new URL)
Advice: Never try to change the name and URL of your site unless it is essential. Never try to change it just to play. Because your social sharing links, other backlinks and search index will be infected for sure!
Stay with Marks PC Solution to get more interesting IT topics!
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
How to Enable Search Description for Blogger and Blog Posts
Search description is shown just below the post in the web search result. It gives a brief idea about the topic youre looking for. Certainly a better search description helps you get more traffic from the search result. And it also helps you to get a better ranking!
Look at the image above. Someone is searching for- typing speed secret. Now look at the first two results showing here.
- In the first post the description is somewhat related.
- In the second post the search description is only the first few sentences of the post.
That means search description is not included with the second post. And certainly it fails to attract visitors to enter your blog!
In the search description you can either use an important part of your post or you can create few lines for it which is actually not written in the post body. Whatever you do, make sure your search description is related to the post and quite attractive.
Today Im gonna talk about how to enable search description for blogger blog and how to set description for each blog. There two parts:
- Enable Blog Description (Only for your home page).
- Search Description for Posts (Individual Blog Posts).
First of all you need to sign in to your blogger account. Now follow the two steps below:
Step 1: Enable Search Description:
Settings > Search Preferences > Meta Tags > Descriptions > Edit > Select Yes > Type a proper description for your blog > Save Changes.
Now search description is active for your site. When you write a new post you will see a Search Description option in the Post Settings. And when you search your blog in Google or Bing you will see a description of your blog.
For example: Search Marks PC or Marks PC Solution on Google. It should appear at the top or within first 5 results. Then you will see its description- Marks PC Solution is an ideal place for IT persons with Computer tips, Secret tips, Internet tips, Troubleshooting, Blogging, SEO & Gaming Solutions!
Step 2: Search Description for Posts:
Well this is actually not an one time task. You have to do this with each and every posts of your site. Before doing this work make sure you enabled search description from the step one.
Create a New Post from where you usually do > Look at the Post Settings option at the right > Hit on the Search Description > Type a search description for your post or simply copy-paste few important lines from your post > Done.
Now complete your posts and publish this. Search it on Google by post title. If it appears in the result then you will be able to see a description of the post beneath the post title.
For example- search Google- How to Enable Search Description for Blogger and Blog Posts
For example- search Google- How to Enable Search Description for Blogger and Blog Posts
You will get this post at the top with this description- Search description is shown just below the post in the web search result. It gives a brief idea about the topic youre looking for. Certainly a . . .
The better your description the better your rank and the more visitor you will get. So you should enable this feature. And you should write an attractive description of your site and post which is related to your site contents.
Stay with Marks PC Solution to get more interesting IT topics!
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