SEO - meta tags

New Member Joined: Sep 02, 2005 Posts: 19

Hi...

The standard meta tag php file is for every page but surely this is not the best way for search engine purposes...

Is there anyway you can have 1 meta tag page per module page if ou understand. That way it will relate more to the content than having a standard site one.

Thanks in advance.

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 5:23 pm

There are different ways. Very simple is the option over the header php.

Then you are able to add a meta.php with your keywords and description into each of the modules e.g. forums, downloads. I m sure you´ll find the code if you are using the search function.

Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 3:07 pm

Thanks very much. Just needed a lead like that and a few searches on the web gave me this code. which may help someone else too. So here it is (insert into header.php btw)...

Code:

function head() { 


    global $slogan, $sitename, $banners, $nukeurl, $Version_Num, $artpage, $topic, $hlpfile, $user, $hr, $theme, $cookie, $bgcolor1, $bgcolor2, $bgcolor3, $bgcolor4, $textcolor1, $textcolor2, $forumpage, $adminpage, $userpage, $pagetitle; 


    $ThemeSel = get_theme(); 


    include("themes/$ThemeSel/theme.php"); 


    echo "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN\">\n"; 


    echo "<html>\n"; 


    echo "<head>\n"; 


    echo "<title>$sitename $pagetitle</title>\n"; 





//CHANGE FROM HERE       


global $name; 





if(file_exists("modules/$name/meta.php")) 


{ 


include("modules/$name/meta.php"); 


}else{ 


include("includes/meta.php");  //<<<<ORIGINAL LINE 


} 


//TO HERE 





include("includes/javascript.php");

Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 3:34 pm

Sorry to be such a pain, but is that the right way to try and get more traffic to my site.

My site has not yet been launched as i want to get as much content on there as possible before i do. Therefore, once it goes live, i want the serach engines to be able to 'see' this content which will hopefully bring people in. Will this happen automatically or will i need some like googletap?

I also read about GoogleTap, is this any good in your opinions and if so, where can it be downloaded from.

Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 4:42 pm

Quote:

Will this happen automatically or will i need some like googletap?

This goes autmatically with googletap and also without.Searchengines can follow both kind of links. But with GT Next Gen its a little bit easier. If I had a new website, I would choose GT Next Gen again.
Submit your url to "G" and the other searchengines. If you are on the 1 page #1 - #3 with your keywords, you get automatically a lot of traffic. But it´s a long way. Laughing

http://www.gt-nextgen.com/

Worker Joined: Aug 05, 2005 Posts: 139

i have a gtnextgen that i have enhanced i should have out this week,
i just writing up the code changes and also you can click admin>modules>edit and add keywords for that module, also static or dynamic keywords, static and dynamic html like topic_title_topic_id.html static or dynamic title tags,
and runs via nuke admin

i should be ready in 3 days max just there some extra edits compared to gt-nextgen edits like news, forums, reviews etc to use the dynamic options

thanks