SEO Addon for Xenforo

[chillman]

I need an addon for SEO optimization. Something like YOAST would be nice: https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/

But I can't find one. Isn't there a good one that at least lets me change the titles and meta-descriptions for forums and posts?

What SEO addons are published and which can you recommend?

 

[Alpha1]

Yoast actually offers integration with other platforms
Not just WordPress.

Yoast SEO on other platforms

In addition to Yoast SEO for WordPress, we've developed Yoast SEO for several other platforms in partnership with some great companies.

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It would be best to request integration with xenforo from Yoast. If enough people request it, they might consider it.
Alternatively, you could hire a skilled developer to implement this. Developer documentation can be found here :

Integrating Yoast SEO | Yoast developer portal

A hub for describing the technical specifications and requirements for integrating Yoast SEO.

developer.yoast.com

 

[chillman]

I found that addon for editing meta-titles and meta-descriptions, but the title is limited to 60 chars. Google says, the title could be longer... so this addon is outdated:

Thread 'Meta tags [Paid]'

Apr 11, 2019

AndyB submitted a new resource:

Meta tags - Allows adding a descriptive title and description meta tag.

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This XF2 add-on along with the entire collection can be purchased for $35.00 USD. Your Premium upgrade will allow you to download as many XF2 add-ons as you like for one year. Please see the entire collection located in the Resources area at this URL:

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Description:

Allows adding a descriptive title and description meta tag.

Meta tags are used by search engines to give your threads a title and...

• AndyB
• Replies: 16
• Forum: Add-on releases [2.x]

 

[chillman]

The Addon https://xenforo.com/community/resources/meta-tags.7124/ was updated to 150 chars for the title Many Thanks @AndyB

 

[chillman]

The Addon https://xenforo.com/community/resources/meta-tags.7124/ was updated to 150 chars for the title Many Thanks @AndyB

Sadly this addon does not support titles and descriptions for cateories or forums. it is only possible in threads. So in my opinion this addon is not usable as a SEO solution.

 

[Alpha1]

Software like Yoast has hundreds of features and I can think of many more. If you think that just being able to set titles and descriptions in an old school manner will suffice as a SEO addon then you have very difficult requirements than I. I wouldn't even bother.

 

[Mr Lucky]

Sadly this addon does not support titles and descriptions for cateories or forums. it is only possible in threads. So in my opinion this addon is not usable as a SEO solution.

Surely the main point is to give admins control over UGC, ie threads.

They can already control descriptions and titles for forums and categories.

 

[chillman]

Surely the main point is to give admins control over UGC, ie threads.

They can already control descriptions and titles for forums and categories.

Yes, it possible to edit descriptions and titles. But I want to edit META descriptions and META titles separately. That is not possible!

 

[Mr Lucky]

Yes, it possible to edit descriptions and titles. But I want to edit META descriptions and META titles separately. That is not possible!

Yes it makes sense with threads but I can’t think of a scenario where that is useful with forums or categories.

 

[chillman]

I can’t think of a scenario where that is useful with forums or categories.

I think about several senarios. One example:

The admin wants to have a short title for the forum for clarity (short category title). But for the Google Snippet it makes sense to use a long title for this forum. so that you don't waste any potential for keywords.

Example:

- the title of the forum is "startup news".

- the meta title could be: "Technology news and news from the startup scene"

 

[Mr Lucky]

the meta title could be: "Technology news and news from the startup scene

But I think you’ll find that keywords in the meta title won’t have much effect these days. If the one extra keyword there (ie technology) is important it should be in the h1.

 

[chillman]

But I think you’ll find that keywords in the meta title won’t have much effect these days. If the one extra keyword there (ie technology) is important it should be in the h1.

It depends on the topic, which keywords makes an effect. there a several opinions about that.

and: its the combination of META title and META description.

you can have the same example also for the description.

 

[briansol]

popular search engines haven't used meta data for crawling in years.

 

[chillman]

popular search engines haven't used meta data for crawling in years.

but google are using beta title an meta description for displaying the search results.

 

[Mr Lucky]

popular search engines haven't used meta data for crawling in years.

That’s correct. A good description is useful. Not for indexing or search results but a good description can get more click throughs.

But IMO it might as well be the same description as the forum description as it serves the same purpose.

 

[briansol]

Not exactly.

These days, it's using the structured data approach.

this thread Serp:

seo addon for xenforo - Google Search

clearly isn't coming from the meta tags.

<meta name="description" content="I need an addon for SEO optimization. Something like YOAST would be nice: https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/ :)

But I can&#039;t find one. Isn&#039;t there a..." />
        <meta property="og:description" content="I need an addon for SEO optimization. Something like YOAST would be nice: https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/ :)

But I can&#039;t find one. Isn&#039;t there a good one that at least lets me change the titles and meta-descriptions for forums and posts?

What SEO addons are published and which can you..." />
        <meta property="twitter:description" content="I need an addon for SEO optimization. Something like YOAST would be nice: https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/ :)

But I can&#039;t find one. Isn&#039;t there a good one that at least lets me change the..." />

what's actually getting indexed is Andy's addon.


interesting.

 

[Adam H]

Meta data still has weight to carry in todays SERP, ranking factor wise its slim but CRO and CTR wise you'll find an optimised Meta description is more likely to entice a user to click your listing over an auto generated description from Schema or the sectional content on the page.

We created a batch of SEO plugins for XF2 in 2017, never released them to the public as we could never support the masses and they were only for used for Client Xenforo installs that had a retainer with us. But its absolutely possible :

 

[Mr Lucky]

Not exactly.

These days, it's using the structured data approach.

this thread Serp:

seo addon for xenforo - Google Search

View attachment 295548


clearly isn't coming from the meta tags.

<meta name="description" content="I need an addon for SEO optimization. Something like YOAST would be nice: https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/ :)

But I can&#039;t find one. Isn&#039;t there a..." />
        <meta property="og:description" content="I need an addon for SEO optimization. Something like YOAST would be nice: https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/ :)

But I can&#039;t find one. Isn&#039;t there a good one that at least lets me change the titles and meta-descriptions for forums and posts?

What SEO addons are published and which can you..." />
        <meta property="twitter:description" content="I need an addon for SEO optimization. Something like YOAST would be nice: https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/ :)

But I can&#039;t find one. Isn&#039;t there a good one that at least lets me change the..." />

what's actually getting indexed is Andy's addon.


View attachment 295549interesting.

That seems to be pulling the description from post#3 ie the description from Andy’s addon.

 

[chillman]

We created a batch of SEO plugins for XF2 in 2017, never released them to the public as we could never support the masses and they were only for used for Client Xenforo installs that had a retainer with us. But its absolutely possible :

View attachment 295550

Which addon is this screenshot from?

 

[Adam H]

Which addon is this screenshot from?

Custom addons we made a long time ago, Not available for public use, I was just showing it's possible, and worth doing. This is what we use, plus a few more we never added to the resource section : https://seoforums.uk/resources/ ( Excuse the forum, its unmoderated and we've not looked after any of our remaining forums for about 5 years now )