How to Make Related Posts Widget for Blogger / Blogspot

Related Post Widget fot Blogger / Blogspot - Now here is wonderful hack for displaying links to related posts beneath each of your blog posts. The related articles are chosen from other posts in that same category/label/tag. With this hack many of your readers will remain on your site for longer periods of time when they see related posts of interest.

Steps for Implementation:

1. Go to Layout >Edit HTML in your Blogger Dashboard.
2. Back up your existing Template before making any changes!
3. Make sure to check the "Expand Widget Templates" box.
4. Search for the </head> tag.
5. Add the following code just before the </head> tag.
   
   
   

   <style> #related-posts { float : left; width : 540px; margin-top:20px; margin-left : 5px; margin-bottom:20px; font : 11px Verdana; margin-bottom:10px; } #related-posts .widget { list-style-type : none; margin : 5px 0 5px 0; padding : 0; } #related-posts .widget h2, #related-posts h2 { font-size : 20px; font-weight : normal; margin : 5px 7px 0; padding : 0 0 5px; } #related-posts a { text-decoration : none; } #related-posts a:hover { text-decoration : none; } #related-posts ul { border : medium none; margin : 10px; padding : 0; } #related-posts ul li { display : block; background : url("https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOlf1LHoT87wjbzmg6ZsT69YF-gVGTpeP2DIrZmPcv1iuYdAdHIXKHHkbhjEEe3WuVqtMOW1epngPul_D5PuCTyHCjadK-TRSyeXJTYFqfp_g8knT2KFLVEfmDSrlAn5iJEIrlsaOYzvU/") no-repeat 0 0; margin : 0; padding-top : 0; padding-right : 0; padding-bottom : 1px; padding-left : 21px; margin-bottom : 5px; line-height : 2em; border-bottom:1px dotted #cccccc; } </style> <script src='http://theblogtemplates.com/scripts/Related_posts_hack.js' type='text/javascript'/>

6. Now search for <data:post.body/>. In some of the templates this code may look like this
   <div class='post-body>
   or
   <data:post.body/>
   
7. Add the following code just beneath the code you just searched for.
   
   
   

   <b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
   <div id="related-posts">
   <font face='Arial' size='3'><b>Related Posts : </b></font><font color='#FFFFFF'><b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'><data:label.name/><b:if cond='data:label.isLast != &quot;true&quot;'>,</b:if><b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
   <script expr:src='&quot;/feeds/posts/default/-/&quot; + data:label.name + &quot;?alt=json-in-script&amp;callback=related_results_labels&amp;max-results=5&quot;' type='text/javascript'/></b:if></b:loop> </font>
   <script type='text/javascript'> removeRelatedDuplicates(); printRelatedLabels();
   </script>
   </div></b:if>

8. Now Save your Template and you're done!