XF 2.3 Node/Page title dilemma

[Anatoliy]

The best title for a page about salmon fishing in Oregon would be "Salmon fishing in Oregon". The same applies for other species. So I did so.
Which creates a keyword stuffing overkill on a home page (node list?). What would be the solution?

The best names for nodes in a Category would be 'Salmon', 'Steelhead' etc, however those would be weak page titles.

Please advise.

 

[Mr Lucky]

The title of a node in a node list is short and sweet, and the page title is not short and includes all the important keywords.
I'm happy! )

I thought you were concerned about the URL:

Then you lose it in the URL, which carries weight.

EDIT: wrong! sorry that was not you @Anatoliy

 

[Anatoliy]

It's probably worth thinking about the best keywords though. So the site is about fishing for various species in Oregon, but I find it best to lookout SEO from the user POV. I mean how many people would such for the words steelhead fishing in Oregon as opposed what may be a more common type of search phrase/question "where's the best place to catch steelhead in Oregon?"

oh, SEO is a totally different topic )))



and by impressions

 

[Anatoliy]

by the way, regarding nodes urls. all urls are like 'spicieName-fishing-in-oregon', except 'steelhead', which I changed to test if I should do the same for the rest or not. But then the war started... (

 

[Mr Lucky]

oh, SEO is a totally different topic )))

Not really because you mentioned keyword stuffing and Google

I want to turn it to user-friendly node list without loosing traffic from G.

I would use @AndyB meta title addon to get more/better keywords in meta title

Meta tags

Apr 11, 2019

Allows adding a descriptive title and description meta tag.

• AndyB
• Add-ons [2.x]

 

[Anatoliy]

Not really because you mentioned keyword stuffing and Google

I mean if I touch SEO topic, I'll have no time to do something. The topic is huge, important and interesting...
It's like when smoked some dope in the morning. The day passed pleasant, but nothing is done )))

I would use @AndyB meta title addon to get more/better keywords in meta title

Meta tags

Apr 11, 2019

Allows adding a descriptive title and description meta tag.

• AndyB
• Add-ons [2.x]

Thanks. That's definitely something that any XF forum should have (and better built in the core). I used to pay Andy for add-ons during the better times. Maybe those better times will come back.

 

[Deleted member 184953]

Steelhead fishing in Oregon

Top places for steelhead fishing in Oregon, the best steelhead fishing techniques, the latest steelhead fishing reports.

www.oregonfishingforum.com

 

[Mr Lucky]

I used to pay Andy for add-ons during the better times. Maybe those better times will come back

Offer him a fish for the addons. (Are Steelheads tasty?)

 

[Anatoliy]

Steelhead fishing in Oregon

Top places for steelhead fishing in Oregon, the best steelhead fishing techniques, the latest steelhead fishing reports.

www.oregonfishingforum.com

Hmm ... Board name is missing, but it's there in a browser. Probably og:title is using for unfurling instead of title tag.

 

[Anatoliy]

Offer him a fish for the addons. (Are Steelheads tasty?)

If I remember correctly he's from California. They have as many steelhead as Oregon have. And I live I n Ukraine. We don't have steelhead at all.

And no, steelhead is not testy. It's delicious.

 

[Anatoliy]

<h3 class="block-minorHeader">
    <xf:if is="$title == 'YourWidgeTtitle'">
        <a href="your URL" rel="nofollow">{$title}</a>
    <xf:elseif is="$title == 'AnotherWidgetTitle'" />
        <a href="another URL" rel="nofollow">{$title}</a>
    <xf:else/>
        <a href="{$link}" rel="nofollow">{$title}</a>
    </xf:if>
</h3>

hey @Old Nick do you know what is a variable name for nodeID?

$node.node_id

?
and what template? I'm failed to figure it out, too many of them has 'node' in a name.

 

[Deleted member 184953]

In node_list_forum template:

<h3 class="node-title">
    <xf:if is="$node.node_id == 2">
        <a href="{{ link('forums', $node) }}" data-xf-init="{{ $descriptionDisplay == 'tooltip' ? 'element-tooltip' : '' }}" data-shortcut="node-description">Steelhead</a>
    <xf:elseif is="$node.node_id == 3"/>
        <a href="{{ link('forums', $node) }}" data-xf-init="{{ $descriptionDisplay == 'tooltip' ? 'element-tooltip' : '' }}" data-shortcut="node-description">Salmon</a>
    <xf:else/>
        <a href="{{ link('forums', $node) }}" data-xf-init="{{ $descriptionDisplay == 'tooltip' ? 'element-tooltip' : '' }}" data-shortcut="node-description">{$node.title}</a>
    </xf:if>
</h3>

 

[Anatoliy]

Thanks!

 

[Deleted member 184953]

But I'm not sure that this is the solution, as it stands, it will change the title for users AND search engines... It would be like changing the title in the ACP classically... it would be necessary to integrate conditional for visitors (since we cannot target search engines alone) and members I suppose.

 

[Anatoliy]

Steelhead fishing in Oregon

Top places for steelhead fishing in Oregon, the best steelhead fishing techniques, the latest steelhead fishing reports.

www.oregonfishingforum.com

 

[Deleted member 184953]

Yeah, that works fine!

 

[Anatoliy]

It would be like changing the title in the ACP classically

Nope ) now og:title is still 'Steelhead fishing in Oregon'. And google will display it in serps.

 

[Deleted member 184953]

I surprise myself sometimes!

 

[Anatoliy]

I surprise myself sometimes!

I don't understand what does mean 'integrate conditionals for visitors' yet, but something is very strange. It works in chrome and doesn't in safari. How it can be possible??!!

 

[Anatoliy]

oh, never mind. now it does work. probably cache.

 

[Deleted member 184953]

Cache?
Works well in Safari/iOS