Lesson 4: Adjust the Blog Settings

Letting internet search engines index your club blog / website while it is under construction is not a good practise for the following reasons:

• Most index engines create a thumbnail sketch of the home page when it is first indexed.  If your site is under construction, then the site thumbnail will not be appropriate.
• Inappropriate information may be indexed which will distort the results whenever anyone usings a search engine to try and find you.

You now want to modify some basic settings to help control how your blog will be indexed by internet search engines.

1. Under the "Settings" tab, select "Basic" to enter the basic settings page.
   
   
2. Ensure that the "Title" and "Description" are accurate and the spelling is correct.
   
   
   
   
   
3. Scroll down and make changes to prevent internet search engines from finding the blog.
   
   
   
   
   Ensure that both "Add your blog to our listings" and "Let search engines find your blog" are set to "No".  You will reverse this setting when you are ready to make the website public to the internet.
   
   
4. Scroll down and make changes to quick editing and email post links.
   
   
   
   
   Ensure that "Show quick editing on your blog" is set to no.  This will prevent small editing tags from being visible to authors when they sign in to Blogger and view your blog.  Ensure that "Show email post links" is set to yes.  This will allow readers of blog posts to email a post to another person.
   
   
5. Scroll down and ensure that the "Adult Content" control is set to "No". 
   
   
   
   
   Any other changes on this page are optional.
    
6. Ensure that you click the "Save Settings" button before switching to another settings page.