How to Change Permalink in Blogger or Blogspot?
It's great to produce and publish blogs on Blogspot, but what good are they if they don't rank in the SERPs? Following the finest SEO techniques will teach you the value of having an SEO-friendly permalink structure. A custom permalink that is intelligible and legible aids search engines and your visitors in understanding what you are covering in your blog. Making it SEO-friendly is a crucial skill for us to master.
What is a Permalink?
Permalink meaning the full URL of your blog post, pages, and other content.
Example permalinks:
- https://www.techprevue.com/custom-permalink-for-better-seo-blogger/
- https://www.techprevue.com/category/content-management-system/blogger/
There are different types of pages on your blog like blog posts, pages, archives, media, category, tags, etc.
What is Permalink in Blogger?
How to Change Permalink in Blogger?
You now know what the post permalink is.
How to Edit Permalink in Blogger (New Interface)
1. First, login into the Blogger dashboard.
2. Select a blog from the given drop-down.
3. Click on the Posts tab. It is available on the left sidebar. You see the published posts.
4. Click on a particular post to edit.
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6. Now, you can edit the permalink for the post. Make it SEO-friendly.
7. Double-check the changes and Publish your post with a new permalink.
Hurry, you nailed it!
How to Edit Permalink in Blogger (Old Interface)
1. Login into Blogger dashboard.
2. Select a blog.
3. Click on the ‘Posts’ tab given on the left side. Here, you’ll find the published posts.
4. To customize the permalink of a post, hover the mouse on the post title, now you’ll be able to see the ‘Edit’ option.
6. Click on the ‘Edit’ option.
7. After this, you can find the ‘Revert to Draft‘ option next to the ‘Update’ button.
8. Click on the ‘Revert to Draft’ button.
9. Now, click on the ‘Chain’ icon of the Permalink.
Here you can see the option of Custom Permalink. Now can make the desired permalink for a post
10. After typing an SEO-friendly permalink, click the Done button to publish the post.
How to Get Post Permalink Correctly?
Only characters (a to z, A to Z), numbers (0 to 9), and special characters like underscore (_), dash (-), and dot (.) are allowed in post permalink.
- edit-blogger-posts-permalink
- Edit-Blogger-Posts-Permalink
- edit.blogger-posts.permalink-123.45
Permalink 1 and 2 seem similar, but they are different due to using upper and lower case.
Don’t Forget to Create Custom Redirects
After changing your blog post permalink, you should redirect your old permalink to a new permalink. It will keep sending your visitors to the blog, who have access to your old permalink. You can read our article on how to create custom redirects for more information.
How to Remove Date from Blogger Post URL?
A few bloggers asked me how to remove date in Blogger permalink. So, friends, it is not officially possible to remove date from Blogger post URL. You may find some of the javascript-based solutions to this question, but your blog’s feed will keep the original permalink structure. So, Google may penalize your blog for too many unnatural redirections.
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Happy blogging!
