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Post by cessepedes17 on Jun 26, 2017 10:11:39 GMT -8
Hello I was reading up on SEO and gaining some traffic to my forum with new sign ups. A lot of what i read was stating using meta tags in posts. Could someone explain that to me because i have no idea what is. I await your responses.
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Post by Kami on Jun 26, 2017 17:54:10 GMT -8
This post is written with the assumption that you've already read the Help Guide Article on Understanding SEO (and if you haven't, I advise reading it). I do not know where you are reading that you need to use meta tags in posts, because: 1. Meta tags are obsolete. As the Help Guide article states, many search engines now put less (if any) stock into meta tags, and because of the ability to abuse meta tags you can actively get penalised by some engines (such as bing). 2. Meta tags belong between the <head></head> tags in your website's HTML, so it's not possible to put them within the body of a post. |
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Post by cessepedes17 on Jun 27, 2017 12:54:34 GMT -8
This post is written with the assumption that you've already read the Help Guide Article on Understanding SEO (and if you haven't, I advise reading it). I do not know where you are reading that you need to use meta tags in posts, because: 1. Meta tags are obsolete. As the Help Guide article states, many search engines now put less (if any) stock into meta tags, and because of the ability to abuse meta tags you can actively get penalised by some engines (such as bing). 2. Meta tags belong between the <head></head> tags in your website's HTML, so it's not possible to put them within the body of a post. how do u put meta tag in your forums html |
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Post by Kami on Jun 27, 2017 13:08:04 GMT -8
Admin > Structure > Layout Templates > Forum wrapper.
They go between the <head></head> tags.
But I highly advise you not to do this for the reasons stated above. Meta tags are counter productive to your goals to increase your SEO ranking.
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Post by cessepedes17 on Jun 28, 2017 5:54:12 GMT -8
Admin > Structure > Layout Templates > Forum wrapper.
They go between the <head></head> tags.
But I highly advise you not to do this for the reasons stated above. Meta tags are counter productive to your goals to increase your SEO ranking.
What do u mean and how would i put it what would i put it. all i trying to do is increase my seo ranking How about a sitemap how do i get one? |
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Post by Kami on Jun 28, 2017 8:01:27 GMT -8
For the third time: meta tags are counter productive to your goals of increasing your SEO ranking.
More simply put: meta tags will not help you much (if at all), and depending on the search engine can hurt your SEO ranking.
I will not be repeating this information for a fourth time. The link I gave you to the help guide article on SEO explains the problem with meta tags fully. If you do not understand it, then I lack the ability to help you further.
As for the rest, this is not a technical support section, so make your inquiries in the Support board, please.
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Post by cessepedes17 on Jun 28, 2017 8:42:00 GMT -8
Google Stopped using mega tags in 2007 i believe that i get i am just saying every time i do SEO search thats the information that comes up and the guide doesnt do much
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Post by Former Member on Jun 30, 2017 10:53:10 GMT -8
The Most important META tag you can use on your blog/forum/site is the Description tag, and the reason it is the most important tag, has nothing to do with SEO, at least not regarding the algorithm.
The reason it is the most important tag(outside of charset,viewport etc), is because it describe's your page/thread to the user. So it is used for the benefit of the user(UX), the same could be said for micro data schema's. They don't add any value for SEO but they do help catalogue your site for the user.
The first 150+ characters of your thread is used instead of a meta description tag. unless you add any paragraphs above.
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Post by Kami on Jun 30, 2017 11:06:25 GMT -8
I should have specified I meant meta keywords specifically, but good addition! (:
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