{How to Add a Search Box to Your Blogger Blog} - a "Tutorial Thursday" post

Today’s “Tutorial Thursday” post is a short, sweet, and often overlooked tip. Does your blog have a search box/bar that is easily located and hassle-free? 


As the items on the right-hand side of this blog have grown, my “labels”/topic list has been pushed down a bit.  This got me thinking…what if people may be overlooking this? It’s really one of the key ways to navigate my blog by topic.  When I couldn’t decide what items to shift around to move the labels up, I thought a search box could be a nice option.

Lucky for us, blogger has this covered! Adding a search box is a super simple process that takes seconds (literally).

How to add a Search box to your blogger blog
1. Login to your blogger account
2. Click on the “design” button for your blog
3. Click on “add a gadget”
4. Click the “+” sign next to “Search Box”

The search box has now been added to your blog! You may wish to rearrange your design elements so that the search box is located in your desired place on your blog.  It may default as the top widget unless you move it elsewhere.



Laura Catherine Otero is a marketing professional and blogger in Charleston, SC who has been active in social media since 2005.  If you enjoyed this post, please consider subscribing to this blog via Email or  RSS. 

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