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Webmaster Tools Tip for Blogger

During my research about webmaster tools, I found out that there are three major search engine that provides detailed information on how they see and crawl your website. However, they require account confirmation and website verification before you can access most of its features. Below are the steps on how you'll be able to take advantage of those search engine webmaster tools.

Google Webmaster Tools
  1. Log in to https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ with your Google account.
  2. Enter your blog URL and click Add Site.
  3. You will be presented with several verification methods. Choose Meta Tag.
  4. Copy the meta tag, which looks something like
    <meta content="dBw5CvburAxi537Rp9qi5uG2174Vb6JwHwIRwPSLIK8" name="google-site-verification"></meta>
  5. Leave the verification page open and go to your blog Dashboard > Layout > Edit HTML.
  6. Open the Blogger Dashboard and paste the code after <head> tag.
  7. Click on Save Template.
  8. Go back to the verification page and click Verify.
Yahoo Site Explorer
  1. Log in to https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/ with your Yahoo account.
  2. Enter your blog URL and click Add My Site.
  3. You will be presented with several authentication methods. Choose By adding a META tag to my home page..
  4. Copy the meta tag, which looks something like
    <meta content="3236dee82aabe064" name="y_key"></meta>
  5. Leave the verification page open and go to your blog Dashboard > Layout > Edit HTML.
  6. Open the Blogger Dashboard and paste the code after <head> tag.
  7. Click on Save Changes.
  8. Go back to the verification page and click Read to Authenticate.
Bing Webmaster Center 
  1. Log in to http://www.bing.com/webmaster with your Live! account.
  2. Click Add a Site.
  3. Enter your blog URL and click Submit.
  4. Copy the meta tag from the text area at the bottom. It looks something like
    <meta name='msvalidate.01' content='12C1203B5086AECE94EB3A3D9830B2E'>
  5. Leave the verification page open and go to your blog Dashboard > Layout > Edit HTML.
  6. Open the Blogger Dashboard and paste the code after <head> tag.
  7. Click on Save Changes.
  8. Go back to the verification page and click Return to the Site List.
After doing those, hopefully you can now start monitoring your site on those three major search engines by using there respective webmaster tool. It will take time before it gets all the necessary data.

So, that ends my article. Hope you find this article helpful and if you have any suggestions feel free to leave a comment or shoot me an email.

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