How to Export and Import Blog for Site Transfer?

How to Export and Import Blog for Site Transfer?
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Google Blogger has an fantastic option to Import and Export Blog. Generally exporting Blog means to take backup of full Blog data and Importing Blog means transferring a Blogger Blog's full data from  one Blog to another Blog. Suppose you have created a Blog with Google hosting name and now you want to transfer your Blog to another Google hosted Blogger site, in this case you can use Blog Export and Import option to transfer all data from your previous Blog to new Blog.

Many Blogger do the things manually. But if your Blog contain more than 200/300 posts then it will be difficult to copy the Blog posts from previous Blog to newer Blog. So in this case we can use Blog Export and Import function to copy the whole Blog posts instantly into newer Blog site. For importing a Blog from older site to new site you must Export the whole Blog data from previous site.

Exporting Full Blog Data

Google Blogger's data extension is .xml so after exporting the data we will get a backup file whose extension would be .xml, so please follow the below steps for exporting the Blog Data first.

Step 1 Log in to your Blogger account and Go to your Blogger Dashboard

Step 2 Go to your Settings-> Other tab.

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Step 3 Click on "Export Blog" then a popup box will appear and from there click on orange color Download Blog button. your blog's backup data XML file will be save.

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Step 4 If you Blog has many posts and images then it will take few minutes to take backup. So retain the Backup file for further use.

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Importing Full Blog Data

Once you have exported the full Blog data from your previous site now it's time to import the .xml file to your new site.

Step 1 Log in to your Blogger account and Go to your Blogger Dashboard

Step 2 Go to your Settings-> Other tab.

Step 3 Click on "Import Blog" and instantly a popup window will appear. From there click on Browse button and select your blog XML file from Hard drive. Also click on blank box next to I'm not a robot option. After that, put tick on checkbox next to Automatically publish all imported posts and pages option.

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Step 4 Finally click on orange color Import Blog button. If you Blog has many posts and images then it will take few minutes to import.

By using Blog Import tool you will able to import all Blog posts and Pages.

That's all about import a Blog from one Blog to another Blog. I hope this tutorial will help you to transfer your Blog from previous to newer Blog easily. For any further query feel free to leave a comment below. Thank You. 
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