SEO is a big thing to consider when creating a website and of course, us being a web design and development studio, we try to follow SEO best practices to ensure our clients get quality coded products. In this article we will see how one of our products, BlogSuite, has the powerful feature of easily customizing the default blog page "title" and "description" tag.
How to get there
When the admin logs into the BlogSuite control panel, they click on "Settings" and will then be presented with general blog settings. Scroll to the bottom, and there is a "Main Blog Settings" section. Here you can edit three fields labeled "Default Title", "Default Meta Description" and "Default Meta Keywords". Why is this feature important? Well it offers you the opportunity to define content that may relate to your customer/user base. Search engines such as Google or Yahoo, will comb through this defined content and will use it as a means to decide how relevant your content is to someones search. The screen may look something like this:
After you add your content and hit save, the new blog template will contain this new information on the home page of your BlogSuite powered site. If you were to check your home page's source code, you would see the following code updated at the top:
How do I write my description or choose my keywords?
There are many sites and articles just discussing this topic alone. Here are some neat articles that provide some helpful tips:
Is this all that matters?
When it all comes down to it, the answer is no. Although defining this content will help with targeting your website to certain searches, it's not the only thing that a search engine will look at it and analyze. Other factors such as the number of outer links connecting to your site, how much traffic you receive, and how often your site is updated are just some other key items you should always consider when running your online site. We do highly suggest starting an active blog as it provides a channel for you to reach out to your customers and for them to respond back, thus creating more traffic.
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