Writing a meta description effectively is an art , today am going to tell u about a very important topic regarding Blogger meta descriptions and how to write description meta tag in a perfect way. This is a very important factor for optimizing your blogger blog for search engines. I have already discussed the topic of meta tags in my previous posts. If u are not aware of what a meta tag is please go through these posts shown below.
After going through all the above posts u will surely get an idea about meta tags and their uses..so going into the topic in detail...writing meta description for a for a blog is just like a challenge before writing a meta description there are few things that we have to keep in mind i will tell u each thing one by one to make it easy for you.
First Find The Niche Of Your Blog
: Niche is nothing but a subject that what you are going to deal about, for example you have an idea of starting a blog about "Screenwriting". Now what u should do is just log on to
Google Trends and find out is your topic doing good?? will u get benefited after starting a blog..? Will your hard work get appreciated..? like this question yourself after seeing the results. If the answer is yes then, please follow the next step. You may ask me, why should i do all these things just before starting a blog. Fine the answer would be, what ever may be the work, we have to put in lots of hard work to top, if u put in your hard work in a wrong direction then the ultimate result will be a failure.
Now Search For The Key Words:
Searching for the keywords is a very big deal. First of all finding effective keywords will do lots of wonders to your blog. Lets say majority of your work will be involved in finding relevant and effective keywords that are suitable for your blog niche.Well i will tell u the steps like how to find relevant and effective keywords for your blog.
Keyword Research:
First, keep an eye on your competitors blog and find out what are the key words they are using..just collect all the keywords of your competitors. But tell you please use all these key words only for examination don't directly implement these key words in your meta tags..this will damage your blog altogether. And stealing some others key words is not ethical. Just get all the keywords at one place.
Now log on to
Google Trends and try to analyze the key words u got and keep the keywords which have good traffic estimation and high quality. For the estimation of quality u can follow Google Adwords Keyword tool.This is called keywords research, just filter the words which u feel are good for your blog.
Now after, doing your research, u will get the list of keywords now the next step would be, placing high quality keywords in your H1 or title tag. I mean use your best fetching keywords in your blog title tag. Always remember one thing while creating your blog title. The title should always stay in between 10-70 characters in length if not it may end in Google results partially. Keyword research need so much of patience and time take your time but try to hit the target as close as possible. Don't be in hurry be patient and you surely get better result.
How To Write a Description Meta Tag:
With the help of the meta tags which u code in the template itself search engines like Google and yahoo will produce snippets. So, when you are writing a meta description please keep these things in mind.
Length Of The Meta Discretion: Always limit your description only in between 10-160 characters else it may appear partially in search results.
Always Keep Your Top Quality keywords First: Yes when you are writing a meta description add your keywords from high to low. Because if u add your most powerful keyword at last it may not do good in search results.
Maintain Flow in Your Description: Always maintain a flow in your meta description. Don't ever stuff your keywords in your description if u do that it may result badly. Follow grammar in your sentences and write in attractive way so that your visitors may have good opinion when they click your blog in search results.Keep your description shot and effective. That's it, if u follow these steps, it will surely do good in search.
If u have any doubts or suggestions please let me know through comments.
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