How to Add Personal Information to Your Blogger Profile

5 of 8 in Series: The Essentials of Setting Up a Google Blogger Blog

To personalize your Blogger profile, you can include all kinds of personal information. And if you don't want to share any of the personal information Blogger allows, you don't have to. Add in information you want to share and think would help your blog reader understand you:

Sign in to your Blogger account.
Click the Edit Profile link on the left side of your screen.

The Edit User Profile page appears.
Scroll down the Edit User Profile page till you reach the settings related to your personal information.
Click the appropriate radio button to display your gender on your profile page.

You can choose the Not Specified radio button to keep your gender private.
Enter your birth date in the Birthday fields.

You can display your birthday with or without the year.
Select the Show Astrological Signs check box if you want your astrological sign and Chinese zodiac sign displayed on your profile page.

This option works only if you enter your birth date, including your birth year, in the Birthday fields.
Enter your Web site address in the Homepage URL box.

If you have another blog or Web site that you want visitors to have easy access to, enter that URL in this box. It's displayed prominently as My Web Page with an active link on your profile page.
If you have a Google Shopping List, you can enter the URL in the Wishlist URL box.

Google Shopping Lists are used to show other people products and items you want or enjoy.
Enter your instant messenger ID in the IM Username text box and click the drop-down box to pick the instant messenger service associated with that username.

If you display your instant messenger username in your blog profile, you're publicizing it to everyone with Internet access. That means spammers also have access to it. Keep that in mind when you set up your profile.
Enter your hometown in the City/Town text box.

Include this info only if you want visitors to know which city or town you live in.
Enter the area where you live in the Region/State text box.
From the Country drop-down box, select the country where you live.
From the Industry drop-down box, select the industry you work in.
Enter your job in the Occupation text box.

Some bloggers like to share their occupation with visitors.
Enter your interests in the Interests text box, separating each one with a comma.

You may want to share some of your personal or business interests with your readers.
Enter information in the About Me text box to describe who you are to your readers.

You can enter up to 1,200 characters in the About Me box to tell your readers more about you and why you're qualified to write your blog. This is your chance to shine!