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| How to do Basic Settings in Blogger? |
Today's Article Topic is quite a Must-Do thing for users using Blogger as their CMS and want to make some SEO related changes.
We know how Meta Description, HTTPS Website, Domain Availability and Posting Settings plays a main role to make our Blogging easier and reliable.
So without any further ado let's start the information process...
How to Configure Blogger Settings?
Basic Settings -
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| Basic Settings in Blogger |
1) Title : This is your Meta Title of your Blog which shows the Name you provided to your Blog. This must be either Unique / Simple to make sure user remembers it easily.
Generally we put our Website name or if you have a Long name then a short form must be written as the limit of title must be 10-12 Letters 👍
2) Description : This defines the small description of your Blogging Niche or any other welcome notice for your Website.
This also serves as the Meta Description of your Website and is important for your Blog with SEO point of view.
You must include your keyword atleast one time in this to make sure Google chooses you in that Keyword 🥰.
3) Blog Language : Put your Blogging Language here so that your site can be filtered to the category.
By default it is set to English (United Kingdom)
4) Adult Content : If you are posting adult content on your site which is for 18+ audience.
To be Frank if you are actually creating adult content or using such media then you should move to WordPress as Blogger actually bans such type of Websites 😂.
5) Google Analytics Measurement ID : In future Enhancement Articles I will provide you what and where do we use this thing.
But for now I can tell you that to record or analyse your websites traffic Google provides you even Real-Time data of your Audience and their interests based on AI calculations and User Data.
Hence using it will be great to find your next keyword or Topic you should move ahead.
6) Favicon : This is a small icon which is viewed by users on the HomePage of Google Search or you can say it is a smallest logo used for your website mark.
Size : 100kb
Type : PNG (better) ,JPG,JPEG,etc....
Privacy -
1) Visible to Search Engine : Please turn on it to increase Audience from Search Engines like Google,Bing,etc.. if you have submitted your Website.
Publishing -
1) Blog Address : This is your Blog Address which you choosed when you started making your Blog.
You can change it here or leave it as it is if you are going to use a custom domain.
But if you are using the Blogspot Subdomain then you must include your keyword in it to rank your Website.
2) Custom Domain : Add your Custom Domain through your Registrar in this section.
I will make a seperate Article for it later if you comment below 😁...
3) Fallback Subdomain : If you want to forward your users when your main site is not available then user this to redirect them to your Custom Subdomain.
4) Redirect Domain : Turn it on if you added a Custom Domain to make sure your website uses www subdomain 🙂.
HTTPS -
1) HTTPS Availability : Turn it on to make HTTPS available on your website and users can be rest assured that your website is safe to use.
If the HTTPS is not available on your Custom Blog then make sure the Proxies are enabled or the SSL certificate in registrar is using a proper Key 🗝️.
2) HTTPS Redirect : If HTTPS is turned on in your Website then turn on HTTPS Redirect so that users are using safety protocols while using your website.
Permissions -
1) Blog admins and Authors : To use multiple Authors in your Website or add Admins to manage your website you can simply use this option to promote, demote or delete your added users easily.
2) Pending Author Invites : This option shows which Authors that you have sent invitation have yet to accept the email.
3) Invite Authors : Invite Authors using their email from this option easily.
4) Reader Access :
- Public : WebSite can be accessed by everyone and no any limitations to any country or Users.
- Private : Website can only be accessed by Admins and will be private for everyone.
- Custom Readers : You can choose which users can read your website and specify the user using their emails.
Posts -
1) Max Posts Shown on Main page : Show how many posts will be shown on HomePage.
Normal Range : 7-10
2) Archive Frequency : Already set
3) Post Template : Make a Post with a Format of how you write your post and paste inside it if you want to automatically add some things by default in each posts from now on so you don't have to add that portion again and again.
4) Image Lightbox : Enable it to show images of a post as the Default Thumbnail.
5) LazyLoad Images : Enable it to fastly load your website while lazyloading images to increase your Page Speed Score.
6) WebP image serving : Enable it to make your images size decrease without reducing the quality.
Comments -
1) Comment Location : You should use Embedded as it will display Comments on your Blog rather then redirecting users to other page.
It actually looks professional when displayed on your blog.
2) Who can comment ? : Either use Anonymous to make users easily comment or use Google Account to reduce Spam Comments frequency.
3) Comment Moderation : Set this to never,always or sometimes as you suit yourself.
4) Reader Comment Captcha : Enable to reduce Spam.
5) Comment form message : Enter what you want to show users when they comment like - Thanks I will reply soon or any other Text.
Email -
1) Post using Email : Use this to directly post using your Email ( I don't like this as it is truly bothersome for SEO Settings )
I don't think you will use this feature as it is actually Email related and we are doing blogging ( I myself have not used it so I actually don't know tbh) 🤔
Formatting -
1) Time Done : Set to your default Time zone for better management.
2) Date Header Format : Used in post to provide users knowledge of how they will view the Date. Use default format 👍
3) Timestamp Format : Used for Edited posts to show the Time. Use Default as it doesn't matter much.
4) Comment Timestamp Format : Use Default
Meta Tags -
1) Meta Description : Enable it to use description to show on Search Engines differently. Include your Keyword in it just like Basic Description.
Errors and Redirects -
Use this to setup 404 page content and setup custom redirect from posts or pages.
Such like you have to divert your users from old links which you have posted somewhere then use this to redirect them to somewhere else.
Crawlers and Indexing -
1) Enable Custom Robots.txt - Enable it to allow Google Crawlers to crawl and add your pages to Google Search Engine and display results on Google Search.
2) Custom Robots.txt - Use below code
User-agent: Mediapartners-Google Disallow: User-agent: * Disallow: /search Disallow: /cdn-cgi/ Disallow: /?updated-max Disallow: /?max-results Allow: / Sitemap: https://www.example.com/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.example.com/sitemap-pages.xml
I only know and use this. If you have some improvements then make sure to comment below 😆
3) Enable Custom Robots Header Tags : Enable it
4) Home Page Tags : Enable [ allindex ] and [ nooDP] .
5) Archive and Search Page Tags : Enable [ noindex ] and [ nooDP ] .
6) Post and Page Tags : Enable [ allindex ] and [ nooDP] .
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Monetization -
1) Ads.txt - If you have Other Monetising Platform or Adsense then Enable it to paste your Ads.txt
2) Custom Ads.txt - Paste your Ads.txt data here.
Manage Blog -
1) Import content - Use this to import Posts, Pages,etc.. from your old Blog or if you are purchasing any Article Bundle.
2) Back up content - Use this to make a Backup of your Blog if you want to safeguard your website.
3) Videos from your blog - This section is a shortcut to view your Videos from Blog.
4) Media from your blog - This section aggregates your Images and Audio uploaded to Blog.
5) Remove your blog - Use this to remove your Blog from Blogger.
Site feed -
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| Site Feed Settings |
Users who follow your Blog will recieve Emails for every new Post you make on your Website.
1)Allow blog feed - Custom
2) Blog post feed - Until Jumo Break or Full
3) Blog comment feed - None
4) Per-post comment feeds - None
5) Post feed redirect URL - Make a Page for Users which will be redirected to your Blog using Email Feed or set it to Homepage.
6) Post feed footer - Give Thanks or any Text you want to show your Users in the Email Footer.
7) Title and enclosure links - Enable it to add links to your Posts Title in Emails to a certain URL set in posts.
General -
1) Use Blogger Draft - Enable your Profile URL to your Blogger Profile for every post or page.
2) Edit Profile - Customize your profile on Blogger just like any Social Media Website.
3) View Profile - View how your Profile looks on Blogger to others.
Conclusion
That is all for Today and I hope you understood it well and fine. I only used basic knowledge and information I have.
If you have any further doubts or suggestions comment below to let me know...
Some FAQ's related to the Post -
How to do general settings in Blogger?
You can set the below Options Basic Settings - Privacy - Publishing - HTTPS - Permissions - Posts - Comments - Email - Formatting - Meta Tags - Errors and Redirects - Crawlers and Indexing - Monetization - Manage Blog - Site feed - General -
How does a Blog is affected by Doing General Settings?
You can unlock various features on your blog like Providing customized Emails, Enabling Membership System and many more even on Blogger.