Claim Blogger Site on Pinterest: Part 22 — WordsByEkta🌿
How to Claim Your Blogger Site on Pinterest (No Custom Domain Needed)
A complete beginner-friendly guide for free blogspot.com blogs
If you have a Blogger blog and want to grow it using Pinterest, one of the very first things you should do is claim your website. Most guides assume you have a custom domain — but if you are on a free blogspot.com address, this guide is written exactly for you. No domain needed, no tech skills needed, and it takes less than 5 minutes.
What does claiming your site on Pinterest mean?
Claiming your website on Pinterest simply means you are proving to Pinterest that you own that blog. Once done, Pinterest officially connects your blog to your Pinterest profile — like a verified link between the two.
Think of it as putting a verified stamp on your blog. Pinterest now knows your blog and your account belong to the same person.
Why should you claim your Blogger site on Pinterest?
Here are the real benefits you unlock after claiming your site:
Your photo on every Pin
Your profile picture shows up on all Pins saved from your blog automatically.
Pinterest Analytics
See which blog posts are being saved and clicked the most on Pinterest.
Better reach
Pins from your claimed blog get shown to more people by Pinterest.
Trust and authority
Readers and Pinterest both take your blog more seriously when it is claimed.
Can you claim a free blogspot.com site?
Yes! Pinterest gives you three ways to claim your site — uploading an HTML file, adding a TXT record to your domain, or adding an HTML meta tag. The first two need server access or a custom domain, which Blogger does not give you.
But the HTML meta tag method works perfectly with Blogger — and it is actually the easiest of the three methods anyway. You are not missing out at all.
Step 1 — Get your Pinterest meta tag
- 1 Log in to Pinterest and click your profile picture at the top right corner.
- 2 Go to Settings from the dropdown menu.
- 3 In the left sidebar, click on Claim.
- 4 You will see a section called "Claim your website" — click the Claim button next to it.
- 5 Type in your full Blogger URL, for example: yourblog.blogspot.com
- 6 Pinterest will show you three options. Choose Add HTML tag.
- 7 You will see a small piece of code that looks like this:
<meta name="p:domain_verify" content="xxxxxxxx"/> - 8 Copy this entire tag carefully — you will paste it into Blogger in the next step.
Step 2 — Add the tag to your Blogger blog
- 1 Open a new tab and go to blogger.com. Log in to your account.
- 2 In the left sidebar, click on Theme.
- 3 You will see a Customize button with a small arrow next to it. Click the arrow to open the dropdown.
- 4 From the dropdown, click Edit HTML.
- 5 Your blog's HTML code will appear on screen. It looks complicated but do not worry — you only need to find one small part.
- 6 Press Ctrl+F (or Cmd+F on Mac) to open the search box. Type
<head>and press Enter. - 7 Click your cursor right after the
<head>tag. - 8 Press Enter to create a new line, then paste the Pinterest meta tag you copied in Step 1.
- 9 Click Save at the top right corner of the screen.
Step 3 — Verify on Pinterest
- 1 Go back to the Pinterest tab you had open.
- 2 Click the Verify button.
- 3 Pinterest will check your blog for the meta tag. If it finds it, you will see a confirmation that your website has been claimed successfully.
How to check if it worked
After verification, go to Pinterest Settings → Claim. You should see your blog URL listed with a checkmark or a "Claimed" label next to it.
You can also check by going to your Pinterest profile. When someone saves a Pin from your blog, your profile photo will now appear on that Pin automatically. That is how you know it is working.
Why Pinterest is worth it for bloggers
Many bloggers ignore Pinterest, but it is one of the best free sources of blog traffic — especially in the long run. Unlike Instagram or Twitter where a post disappears in a few hours, a Pin can keep bringing visitors to your blog for months or even years.
Pinterest works more like a search engine than a social media platform. People search for ideas, tips, and guides there — and your blog content is exactly what they are looking for. You do not need a huge following to get results. A well-made Pin on the right topic can go viral on Pinterest completely on its own.
What makes Pinterest different from other platforms
- → Pins have a much longer lifespan than social media posts — sometimes years.
- → Pinterest users are actively searching, so they are more likely to click to your blog.
- → It is completely free and does not require a big following to start getting traffic.
- → After claiming your site, Pinterest Analytics shows you which posts perform best.
- → It is beginner-friendly — no technical expertise needed.
Final thoughts
Claiming your Blogger site on Pinterest is one of the smartest first steps you can take as a blogger. It takes less than 5 minutes, it is completely free, and it opens up a whole new source of traffic — even if you are just starting out.
The best part? Your free blogspot.com blog works perfectly fine. No custom domain, no hosting costs, no technical headaches. Just follow the steps above and your blog will be claimed and verified on Pinterest in no time.
If you found this helpful, feel free to save this post to Pinterest — the irony is fully intended. Happy blogging! ✨
Everything I Learned — So You Don't Have To Figure It Out Alone
The technical mistakes I made in year one — the full HTML inside Blogger, the missing meta descriptions, the duplicate H1 tags, the links closing articles — I have written all of it down. Every fix. Every discovery. Every hour of confused trial and error turned into a clear guide.
🌿 The WordsByEkta Blogger Technical Series
- Blogger is Underrated & I'm Rooting for It: Part 1
- How to Set Up Your Blogger About Me Page: Part 2
- Google Search Console for Bloggers: Part 3
- How to Request Indexing in GSC: Part 4
- Internal Linking for Fast Indexing: Part 5
- Why Isn't My Blog Indexing?: Part 6
- Canonical Tag Fix for Blogger: Part 7
- The AdSense Locked Widget Hack: Part 8
- Use Pingomatic for Faster Indexing: Part 9
- Decoding GSC Reports: Part 10
- Get Traffic from Bing and Yahoo: Part 11
- The AdSense Checklist: Part 12
- Auto Submit Blogger Posts to Bing: Part 13
- Custom Contact Form for Blogger: Part 14
- Extract Blog Post URLs from Sitemap: Part 15
- Open Links in New Tab Blogger: Part 16
- Blogger HTML Mode SEO Mistakes: Part 17
- Google Takeout Blogger Not Working: Part 18
- Google Indexing API for Blogger Using Python OAuth2: Part 19
- Is Blogger Worth It Nowadays?: Part 20
- Blogger Mobile HTML Editor Trick for Full Code Copy: Part 21
- Claim Blogger Site on Pinterest (No Custom Domain): Part 22
- Follow.it Email Subscriptions Setup on Blogger: Part 23
- How to Exclude Your Own Visits from GA4 Analytics: Part 24
- Auto Update All Blogger Posts Using Python and Blogger API: Part 25
- My Blog Passed 118/118 AdSense Checks: Part 26
- Ad Networks for Blogger Besides AdSense: Part 27
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