Summary Card is an important feature which should be enabled by every
blogger who would like to have stronger presence in Twitter. You can
implement Twitter summary card in your Blogger theme so that your
website will look more attractive when it is being tweeted.
It is indisputable that Twitter is currently the most important social media
platform. World leaders and important figures use it as an alternative
official channel to communicate their policies and activities.
The potential is huge and therefore you should also utilize Twitter to improve
your Blogger websites traffic.
The maximum number of characters in a tweet is 280. The limited space means
that you have to be efficient when tweeting your blog article. The Twitter
summary card will optimize your blog's presence inside a tweet.
Continue to read the article to understand the importance of implementing
Twitter summary card in a Blogger theme and how to use it!
Optimizing Your Blogger Website in Twitter
Just tweeting your article's URL is not enough to gain an audience. A tweet
should be interesting and has rich appearance. You should provide context so
that Twitter users would be more willing to click on your link.
Your blog will look lame in Twitter if you do not enable the summary card in
the blog's theme. Look at the picture below, the blog doesn't contain a valid
Twitter card:
Without a valid summary card, a tweet will only show URL. Tweet users will be
reluctant to click on such such website.
There are several cards provided by Twitter which can be applied in your
website. The most revelant Twitter card for bloggers is Summary Card.
If your blog blog has enabled Twitter's Summary card, it will look richer and
way more attractive when it is being tweeted. Look at the picture below:
As you can see that a blog with Summary Card will display more attractive
appearance when it is being tweeted. It shows a small image thumbnail and the
search description. Twitter users will likely to click on the website.
You can check whether your Blogger theme has a valid summary card via
Twitter's Card Validator.
Do it from
Twitter Card Validator.
- Insert you link inside the validator then press "Preview Card"
If the validator says "Unable to render Card preview", your Blogger theme has no valid Summary Card yet.
If your Blogger theme has no valid card yet, continue reading!
You can add Twitter summary card in any Blogger theme, even if it is
default themes.
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Inserting Twitter Summary Card in Blogger Theme
You would be able to activate the card by inserting special Twitter meta tag
inside your Blogger theme. It is actually very simple.
Follow the instruction to insert a valid Twitter Summary card inside your
Blogger theme:
- Go to your Blogger dashboard and select Theme.
- Select Edit HTML.
Insert
<meta content='summary' name='twitter:card'/>
under the Blogger's
<head>.
Click "Save" then go to
Twitter Card Validator.
Insert your blog URL, if you have successfully inserted the summary card,
the thumbnail will be shown.
- You can also immediately check it out by tweeting your blog.
If your blog contain high resolution images, you can choose to display larger
thumbnail. In order to enable big thumbnail, use the following meta tag:
<meta content='summary_large_image' name='twitter:card'/>.
The visibility of your Blogger website will be increased tremendously with the large image summary card. Twitter user will be way more interested to click your blog.
However, it only works if your blog serve high quality image. If it only serves low quality images, the big thumbnail may have negative impact because it'll look ugly in Twitter. People do not want to click on bad images.
Surprisingly, a lot Blogger themes, especially the free ones, do not
contain valid Twitter Summary Card. A lot of theme designers seem to
neglect Twitter optimization even though it very simple to implement. Go check your theme and improve it!
If
you are looking for a theme with a built-in Summary Card, I recommend you to
try Fiksioner v3!
So, use Twitter summary card wisely! Regardless of your choice, small or big, the Summary Card will definitely help your Blogger website to stand out in the sea of tweets.
Comment below if you have difficulties in implementing Twitter Summary Card in your Blogger's theme. Follow my twitter @RufShoffan for quick updates!
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