XF 2.2 Adding meta/keyword tags?

[Sprisa]

Hey, is it possible to add Meta tags/keywords to my site for SEO?

 

[TorontoJoe]

Has anyone ever figured this out? I've added the "allow tag own thread" in node permissions and meta/keyword tags options aren't showing up anywhere? Does in need to be enable somewhere else to work globally?

 

[Chromaniac]

thread specific meta tags are not a native feature. there are addons i believe for this.

for site specific meta tags, you can just add them to page_container template perhaps.

 

[TorontoJoe]

@Chromaniac Thanks for replying. Would you happen to know what this is for in node permissions? I assumed it was for this purpose



Hold on.... I think I may have found it

Administrator login | Fig Fanatic

Admin Panel -> Setup -> Options -> Content tagging -> Enable content tagging

 

[bzcomputers]

FYI Google (91.6% of the search engine market) does NOT use the "keywords" meta tag for SEO, and hasn't for 15+ years. Google basically ignores it all together. It was too easy to abuse and the abuse was rampant so Google just stopped using it. Bing (3.3% of the search engine market) and Yahoo (1.1% of the search engine market) followed suit shortly thereafter and now also ignore the "keywords" meta tag.

If you are looking to improve SEO the "keywords" meta tag is definitely not the way to go about it.

 

[Chromaniac]

yeah these are regular tags used to label threads. i do not believe xenforo use these for meta tags. but they appear to be used in schema it seems.

 

[TorontoJoe]

FYI Google (91.6% of the search engine market) does NOT use the "keywords" meta tag for SEO, and hasn't for 15+ years. Google basically ignores it all together. It was too easy to abuse and the abuse was rampant so Google just stopped using it. Bing (3.3% of the search engine market) and Yahoo (1.1% of the search engine market) followed suit shortly thereafter and now also ignore the "keywords" meta tag.

If you are looking to improve SEO the "keywords" meta tag is definitely not the way to go about it.

I'm pretty green with this so I appreciate the insight..... Other than handing Google a handful of cash... are there any credible ways to better SEO for a small, not for profit forum like mine?

 

[AndyB]

are there any credible ways to better SEO for a small, not for profit forum like mine?

You might like this add-on:

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/meta-tags.7124/

 

[TorontoJoe]

@AndyB - You're always, right there with a solution!