Custom Robots Header Tags for Blogger

Custom Robots Header Tags in Blogger allow you to control how search engines crawl and index your blog content. Here's a breakdown of what they are and how to use them:

What are Custom Robots Header Tags?

These tags are essentially instructions you provide to search engines through the robots.txt file. They specify how search engines should handle different sections of your blog, like the homepage, individual posts, archives, etc.

How to Access Custom Robots Header Tags in Blogger:

1. Login to your Blogger dashboard.
2. Click on Settings from the left menu.
3. Under Settings, navigate to Search preferences.
4. In the Search preferences section, look for Crawlers and indexing.
5. Click Edit next to Custom robots header tags.

Using Custom Robots Header Tags:

Here are some options you'll encounter:

• Enable custom robots header tags: This is a toggle switch. Enabling it allows you to customize instructions for search engines.
• Homepage: You can choose options like "index, follow" (default), "noindex, follow", or "index, nofollow".
  • index: Tells search engines to index the page in their search results.
  • follow: Tells search engines to follow links on the page to discover other pages on your blog.
  • noindex: Tells search engines not to index the page in search results.
  • nofollow: Tells search engines not to follow links on the page.
• Post pages: Similar options as the homepage to control indexing and following of links for individual blog posts.
• Archive pages: Options to control indexing and following of archive pages (like category or date archives).

Common Use Cases:

• Hiding Private Content: If you have a section of your blog with private content you don't want indexed, you can use "noindex" for those pages.
• nofollow for External Links: You can choose "nofollow" for links to external websites to avoid passing on link value (SEO purposes).

Important Considerations:

• Start Simple: Unless you have a specific need, it's recommended to keep things simple and leave most settings as "index, follow". This allows search engines to freely crawl and index your content for optimal visibility.
• Robots.txt vs. Custom Robots: Custom Robots provides a user-friendly interface for robots.txt functionalities within Blogger.
• Understanding Robots.txt: While the custom interface is easier to use, it's helpful to have a basic understanding of robots.txt file structure for more advanced control.

Remember: Changes to robots.txt or Custom Robots Header Tags can take some time to be reflected by search engines.

Custom Robots Header Tags Setting

1. Login in to Blogger

2. Open Setting Tab

3. Scroll to Crawler and Indexing option

4. Switch on the Enable cutom robots header tags option

5. Home page tags

6. Archieve and search page tags

7. Post and page tags

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