Using Blogger.com
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I have a client that is currently using blogger.com for their blog. I don't have much experience with this site as I have mostly used Wordpress in the past. Are there any good SEO plugins/tools for this site?
Thanks!
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Hi there,
Unfortunately, Blogger is very outdated when it comes to professional blogging. It lacks a lot of the independence and functionality. It is bad to the extent that you cannot 301 redirect a blog on a URL like myblog.blogspot.com if you decide to move over to a domain of your won. If you client is just using the Blogger software within their own domain already, I would seriously consider having them move to Wordpress. Google shows no sign of putting the sort of effort into Blogger that would elevate it to the level of Wordpress in terms of what it can do, and as you undoubtedly know, Wordpress is virtually limitless in what you can do with it.
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Your best bet if possible would be to put the blog as part of your clients site. This will allow all the backlinks acquired from their awesome content to help the authority of their overall site.
As far as any strategie for blogger in general there isn't really anything special that needs to be done that you wouldn't do on Wordpress.
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