An Introduction to Meta Tags: Part II
An Introduction to Meta Tags: Part II
Implementing meta tags is not as hard as one would think, and it’s definitely not anything that one needs to dive into their piggybank for. This article will not only provide you with not only the coding you’ll need to copy and paste into your current website’s coding, but the instructions to do it as well.
Within your administrative panel, find the editor that will allow you to edit your website’s coding. This could be a file saved on your computer. If you’re using WordPress, simply click ‘Appearance’ > ‘Editor’.
Once you’re in your editor, find the file that’s generally labeled “Header”. After clicking on the “Header” file, scroll down and find coding that begins with <head> or <head + (a few words that don’t make much sense to you)> and ends in </head>.
Now we’ve gotten to the point where we can start implementing our tags. If you don’t see a title tag, what you’re going to want to do is copy and paste the following, right under the piece of coding you originally found saying <head>:
<title>Edit this to the title or name of your website</title>
Example: <title>DNUnderground</title>
Generally, if you’re using WordPress, they’ll give you the option to title the site. But if you missed that step when setting up your website, or are having trouble doing it within your administrative panel, then doing it this way (manually) will work well for you.
Next, lets move onto implementing your description tag. With your description tag, you’ll want to describe your website, using full words and full sentences. This is a really important tag to include because it’s one of the steps helps search engines crawlers figure out what your website is all about. Copy and paste the following coding below the piece of coding you just put in (the <title></title>):
<meta name=”description” content=”Edit this with a brief description of what your website is about.”>
Example: <meta name=”keywords” content=”The hottest blog for the domaining industry, with lessons on how to make money through domaining, and online in general.”>
Last but not least, there’s the keywords tag! This is what I would say is the most important meta tag to include within your website because you can use a lot of describing words to tell search engine crawlers what your website’s about, similar to the description tag you just included. The difference with this tag is you can say a lot more in a much simpler fashion. Copy and paste the following coding below the piece of coding you just put in (the <meta name….>):
<meta name=”keywords” content=”Type words here that describe your website, separated by commas”>
Example: <meta name=”keywords” content=”domaining, domain, domain names, domains, domain blog, make money online, online income”>
I recommend including all of these types of meta tags in your website coding if they haven’t already been included, as they have been proven to help improve your search engine ranking. Stay tuned for Part III of this article, where I can show you how to use meta tags to block robots from crawling your website, or particular pages within your website. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to submit a comment below.
Hi,
I have a question. Do you recommend adding the same keyword again and again ?
I mean , shouldn’t your keyword meta tag be – domain, name, blog .
Because if we repeat a word again n again in the keyword tag .. then search engines take it as keyword stuffing/spamming and has a negative affect on your SEO efforts.
Would love to get your response to this.
@Suneedh – Thanks for your comment. People have different strategies when it comes to keyword tags. I would recommend keeping each tag to 1 word only if it makes sense.