Optimize Blogger Post Titles for better SEO

The default way that blogger handles post's title is rather weak optimized for search engines. I will teach you how you can boost your posts SEO by modifing a simple line in your template.
The default way that your titles appear on search looks like Blog Name: Post title:

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The way you will want your titles to look is Post title | Blog Name:

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This way the keywords in your post title will be indexed better by the search engines and your visitors will see the info clearly.

How do you optimize Post Titles

Step 1

Backup your template! Go to Template > Backup / Restore > Download Full Template

Step 2

You must edit your template, so in your dashboard go to: Template > Edit HTML

Step 3

Click anywhere in the template's code and press Ctrl+F and search for this line:

 <title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title>

 

Step 4

Replace the line above with this code:

 <b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
<title><data:blog.pageName/> | <data:blog.title/></title>
<b:else/>
<title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title> </b:if>

Step 5

Click "Save" and you are done 

To test if everything is ok just visit a post in your blog and look at the tab in your browser, to see if the title of your post is displayed correctly now.

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