Sitebuilder Plus: Page Titles and Descriptions

what are some suggestions on key words that i might use to draw plp to my site ?? i do have a variety of products in my store .Dose what you put on have to be popular ? what if i don't sell that ? keywords in a reggae record "vinyl" store variety of 45's,Lp's,reggae Cd's,leather goods "Hats,Wallets also rasta hats & head wraps.T'Shirts Bob Marley M/F.buttons,incense,African figures ...meaning i should expand the items & the search should be easy to plp looking for products ??

Great!!!! Thanks!

I had not realized the importance of EITHER field, and truly thank you for having this information available here, Chris

It keeps sending my page description form the design template and not the one I write. I followed the directions. Messy?

ive done that,but it doesnt show the changes when i paste my website url,for instance when i post my site on fb the changed description is not showing,it is the old one

Hi Joan,

Thanks for posting.

Unfortunately the Plus program doesn't have a section for meta keywords. The reason for this is that search engines don't use meta keywords anymore as too many people were taking advantage through black hat marketing. These days you need to add keywords into the content of your website in order for search engines to start picking up what you want to rank for.

Thanks!

Chris

Hi,

Thanks for posting!

I'd be more than happy to update your account to be able to use the desktop version of Sitebuilder. However because you built your new site using the online version, you would have to start completely over. If you are ok with that, please let me know and I'll update your account.

Thanks!

Chris

yes i do... can you do that for me..thank you..

Hi,

Sorry for the delay. Your account has been updated.

Thanks!

Chris

Did you receive my last request as to how I can realign my navigation.

Hi Neil,

Unfortunately I didn't see a reply to the mis-aligned navigation. Can you please go to https://community.homestead.com/homes... and respond there so I can further investigate.

Thanks!

Chris

Hello blacklabelmotoringvalet3953,

Thanks for your post. First its important to know that there a several different types of "meta" tags. Many people use the term loosely, when they are referring to the "keyword" tag which is one of the many different tags. Here's a link to Google which explains how they use meta tags, and confirms they do not use the keyword tag. http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspo...

This does not mean that Google no longer uses the Title and Description tags. In fact they are likely very important, which is why we provide simple to use fields shown in the above instructions.

Homestead does not prevent you from adding your own meta tags. In fact you may still want to do it, not for Google, but for other search engines that could perhaps still use them in their ranking algorithms.

If you wish to add your own meta tags (including a keyword tag), you can easily do so by clicking the "Page Settings" button, then choose "Advanced Settings" from the drop-down menu. You will see a field available which allows you to add whatever code you wish in the head section of your site.

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Thanks!

Mike

I understand where to edit this information, but I do not know html. How can I add these keywords/meta tags without html?

Here is a link that shows you different syntax for meta tags.

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_met...

Drew

Hi ravenest13,

Your assumption is correct, you can still add your own meta tags in the head section of the site, but our developers took out the key word field as Google no longer uses the keyword tag. My previous post just above this explains it in more details and there is also a ling to Google blog confirming they do not use the keyword tag any longer, but you can still add it if you wish.

Mike

Hey Mike,
Thanks for the swift response.
I'm curious... Are you aware of any additional efforts to replace this concept by Google? In this case do you know if G'l Tag Manager is used this way? I only just plugged that code in, but have not tweaked anything yet.

Google is very secretive about everything they do so it's hard to say if they plan to replace it with anything. One thing they are very honest about is that their algorithm is looking for high quality, search engine friendly sites. For the most part, this means putting some meaningful text on the site that is not duplicated on other sites. This is where the whole SEO, keyword analysis process gets to be more complicated. If you are not familiar with the process, we do have a very good guide that explains how to optimize your site with our SiteBuilder software, If you are interested in learning more or want to discuss our SEO services, let me know and I'll have an advisor give you a call.

Mike

Thanks...

You're welcome!

I think you are referring to the Page Title. Follow the steps in this thread.

Mike