Swapping Blogger Title Hack or the Fix to Blogger Title Swap does not work

It has come to my attention that the Blogger tricks or Blogger hacks of: Swapping the Blogger Title Hack or the Fix to the Blogger Title Swap hack, published by some so-called Blogger authority bloggers are not working. The point of those Blogger tricks or Blogger hacks is to swap the Blog post title to be the first in the title in search engines before the Blog Title like this:



Swapping Blogger Title Hack or the Fix to Blogger Title Swap does not work | juanel





Yes, this is one of the disadvantages in using the Blogger platform, when someone searched in Google for example, and your post is listed, your blog title appears first and then your post title after, all in the same line like this:



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This is not only unsightly, it is also not that accepted in the SEO world.



What is ideal is to eliminate your blog title and display only your blog post title like this:



Swapping Blogger Title Hack or the Fix to Blogger Title Swap does not work (note: very long blog post title is also not good in SEO)



In Blogger, this is still not an option. Some has made some tweak to make the blogpost title be placed before the blog title (example shown above) with the following:



1. Find this line of code







2. Replace that line with these codes below















3. Save your template, and done.



Now the catch is, this method although good for aesthetic purposes, breaks your BLOG URL (!), when your users/readers submit your blog post to social networking sites like Digg, Delicious, Mixx, or any that entails sharing your blog post to the world.



And this is where the difference not to follow the 3 steps Blogger Title Swap stated above lies. The title swap hack is not really known or documented to have improved one's Search engine rank other than for aesthetic purposes. While the breaking of Blog Post URL is a serious flaw that could potentially affect your site's traffic and God knows what it could do in your Google ranking as well..If you don't believe me, try it, you might not like it..



There is still no a viable solution to that malady when using Blogger. But recently, Blogger has made some headway in this department, albeit only blog/site wide. For example, the Blog Title does not appear now when viewing a single post but only within the site. This functionality should be used in the Blogger search results as well..