Hi there,
sorry for posting something that has been asked countless times before and apologies if this is not the right section, but I am not sure where to post...
Anyway, I wonder of you can give me some advice... my forum has been going on for a couple of years now and we are doing pretty well, however, for some keywords we are still WAY down the list on Google, so I am trying to understand where I am going wrong.
I have google SEO 1.1.13 installed (not by me... the forum was setup by someone else) and that's all I know... I am not sure if there are meta tags, key words or whatever installed.
I would be very grateful if someone could possibly direct me in the right direction.
Thanks
http://www.autosvezzamento.it/forum
What version of MyBB are you running?
Also, Google SEO is up to 1.6.2 now.
It might be good to install a blog or other feature on the site where you can better control the keyword / content. Create fresh, relevant content.
@GamerVoid
I have never updated it because... well, my understanding of SEO is nil, so I am not sure of what options should be selected.
@laie_techie
Funny that... w've actually just started a blog and indeed within it it is much easier to control the content and select the keywords I wish to stress.
Still, last night I tried to do a search using as keywords a random thread containing a certain keyword that crops up often in the forum, but that string was still way down in google
thanks
your forum is not using any descriptive meta tags tell your admin to go to
admin cp > templates and style > templates > yourthemename > index page templates > index
find
{$headerinclude}
add below
<meta name="description" content="Add description here"/>
<meta name="keywords" content="Add any keywords here"/>
<meta name="robots" content="index, follow"/>
<meta name="author" content="This is optional but add your name if you wish"/>
NOTE: do not change the index follow
Hi there,
thanks for that.
The administrator would be me
Can you please elaborate what you mean with the bits in red?
I take it that the bits on the left stays as they are, while the bit on the right is changed to suit.
I assume that "Add description here" is just a short description of the site
I assume that "Add any keyword here" is just a list of key words
"Index, follow"/ stays as it is (the whole line I suppose)
And the last bit I do as I please.
Is that correct?
Also, this is clearly not dynamic... how will google be able to differentiate between threads?
Thanks again.
Google SEO takes care of meta description for threads etc.
The above shows you how to add a static one for the forum index page specifically, by editing the index template
Hi frostschutz,
as I said in my earlier message I am still stuck on 1.1.13, but as I don't think I am using Apache (but I am not sure... as I don't find any reference to it anywhere I assume it is not being used) I cannot really upgrade...
Any advice on how to get the meta description for threads going?
Thanks