How To Add Google Index Pages Checker

1.Login to your dashboard--> layout- ->Page Elements

2.Click on 'Add a Gadget' on the sidebar.

3.Select 'HTML/Javascript' and add the code given below and click save.

<form method="get" action="http://www.google.com/search" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><input name="q" value="site:" maxlength="255" size="40" type="text"><input value="Google Index" type="submit"><input value="en" name="hl" type="hidden"></form>

It will look like this.

Note : To check google index pages ,Enter URL with http:// after the word site:

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How To Submit blogger sitemap to yahoo to index your web pages

Submitting your site to yahoo is easy and give your web pages more exposure.
All you need is a YAHOO ACCOUNT(ID).However,you don't need an yahoo ID to know the information like how many pages are indexed,etc.But,if your blog is a new one or no pages in your blog are indexed(type your blog url in yahoo search and see to check whether your web pages are indexed or not), then you want Yahoo id to submit your sites,feeds,etc.
Let't see how to make yahoo index your webpages by submitting your blog sitemap.

1.Go to Yahoo Site Explorer

2.Click on the 'Sign in' link which is at the top of the page (If you don't have a Yahoo id, you can get one here) to sign into your account.

3.Type your blog url in the box provided and click on the 'Add My Site'

4.After adding your site,you need to Authenticate(Verify your ownership).

Now click on the site name which submitted you and then click 'Authenticate' in the next page.

There are two ways to verify your ownership.One is to upload a file to the root directory of your site which can't be possible in blogger.

Another one is to 'adding a metatag' which is possible and the only way to verify ownership for bloggers.First,copy the metatag..

Next,sign in to your blogger account>Edit html and paste the metatag below the head tag and SAVE THE CHANGES.

When you return to Yahoo! Site Explorer, click the button that says “Ready to Authenticate”

Next,you will get a message saying that 'Your site is pending authentication'

Note:Don't remove the metatag,they will revalidate your ownership by checking your ownership regularly.

5.Next,go back to the 'Site explorer home', and check the box next to your blog url and click on the Manage button.

6.Type rss.xml or atom.xml in the box provided.It helps yahoo to discover more of your site content via your rss or atom feeds and to index your blog pages quickly whenever your blog is updated.Next,click on the add feed button.

That's it.Now,you have successfully submitted your blog sitemap to yahoo.Check your account after a couple of days and you will see your blog indexed in yahoo search engine.

Meanwhile,if you didn't submitted your blog sitemap to google,please read this about 

How to Submit your blog sitemap to Google

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How To Add Meta Description to Blogger using Blogger Settings

Adding Meta Tags to Your Website

A meta tag is an HTML tag containing information for search engines about a specific website. Meta tags contain keywords or phrases alerting search engines of a website's content to be included in search results for users requesting related information.

Meta tags should be placed in the portion of each Web page you want indexed by the search engines. You should consider placing meta content for the following tags:

• Title Tag — The title meta tag is the most important element in the site optimization process. Many search engines pay particular attention to keywords that occur in the title tag. As well, search engines generally display the title tag's contents in their site listings.
• Description Tag — The description meta tag defines site information a search engine displays when it lists the site. The description meta tag should concisely explain the nature and contents of the page.
• Keywords Tag — The keywords meta tag lists the search keywords for a site. The keywords entered here should reflect any words or phrases Internet users might use to search for the site. Although many search engines have ceased to incorporate this tag into their ranking procedures, it's still a good idea to add this tag before submitting a page.

The method of inserting meta content in to your website varies depending on what program or application you used to build the site. Use this method if you have access to the HTML pages of your site:

To Add Meta Tags to Your Website

1. Open a text editing program, such as Notepad.
2. Log in to the Web hosting account provided to you by your hosting provider.
3. In the text editor, open the Web page you want to add the meta tags to.
4. In the portion of the file, insert the meta content. Here is an example of proper meta tag placement for a real estate website:

   <html>
   <head>
   <title>Premier East Valley Realty - Homes for Sale</title>
   <meta name="description" content="Premier East Valley Realty
   specializing in luxury real estate. We are your location
   specialists.">
   <meta name="keywords" content="Real Estate,Agent,Realtor,Buy,
   Home,Sell,Homes,Sale,Broker,Commercial,invest,investing,investor">
   </head>

5. Save the file.
6. Upload the Web page to the server.

 Note: Visit your website to verify the meta content uploaded correctly. Navigate to the page you updated, right-click on the page, and then select View Page Source in Firefox®, or View Page in Internet Explorer®. If placed properly, the meta content displays in the portion of the code.

Meta description tags are very important to optimize your blog in search results. With new Blogger interface we can add a meta description tag to Blogger blog without editing template's HTML. But you can not add meta keywords to your blog using Blogger Settings.

Meta Descriptions, which are HTML attributes that provide concise explanations of the contents of web pages, are commonly used by search engines on search result pages to display preview snippets for a given page. (from http://www.seomoz.org)

Go to Settings -> Search preferences.

Click on "Edit" link of "Meta tags" section.

Clicks on a "Yes" radio-button to enable search description.

Enter a meaningful meta description into text area and save changes.

Now you have add a meta description for your blogger blog.

Note:

But if you prefer to add meta tags(meta description, meta keywords, ...) directly to your template(using Edit HTML), read this article:

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