Update as of March 19, 2014:
With the updated and redesigned 'Pages' tab in Blogger I made some alterations on this tutorial.

First, Go to Dashboard > Pages > New Page
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Second, on you new blank page type in or insert your welcome screen unto it. be creative guys!.
Third, Click Publish.
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Fourth, Click the View button on your Welcome Page.
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Fifth, Familiarize or copy the URL of your Welcome Page.
Sixth, Go to Dashboard > Settings > Search preferences.
Seventh, On Custom Redirects tick the check box.
- Then on the From form simply put a slash (/) on it.
- Remember the URL that I let you copied a while ago?
- On the To form, simply put the URL on it. Please be guided on the photo below.
Hint : Only paste the code in red
http://thegreatowlbeta.blogspot.com/p/welcome.html
- Then on the From form simply put a slash (/) on it.
- Remember the URL that I let you copied a while ago?
- On the To form, simply put the URL on it. Please be guided on the photo below.
Hint : Only paste the code in red
http://thegreatowlbeta.blogspot.com/p/welcome.html
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Eight, Save Changes.