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    Question Optimizing Meta Tags in Description using vBSEO

    Hi

    I was checking out my meta tags. I noticed that in the keywords, the title of the thread was showing up on first places and but in the description, the first few words (27) of the thread were showing up by using forced Meta Tags option in vBSEO.

    For example, its like this with title in bold font.

    <meta name="keywords" content="vBSEO is a Brilliant Product, SEO, Content Relevant URLs, Search Engine Optimization. />

    <meta name="description" content="hi, i would like to congratulate you for a great product that they are offering."

    Now, I dont think description if fully optimized for relevant keywords as first few words in a topic hardly explain the theme of the thread...

    Wouldn't it be better, if we could again put the thread title in the first places in the description as well. This should make the page more optimized for a search engine.

    Like this...
    <meta name="keywords" content="vBSEO is a Brilliant Product, SEO, Content Relevant URLs, Search Engine Optimization. />

    <meta name="description" content="vBSEO is a Brilliant Product hi, i would like to congratulate you for a great product they are offering."

    And, if in case, it is not a good practice to have same keywords in keyword and description tags in the first places, then perhaps the title of the thread could be put at the end of the description or perhaps automatically jumbled or put inbetween the content of description tag.

    Like this...
    <meta name="description" content="hi, i would like to congratulate you for a great product they are offering. vBSEO is a Brilliant Product"

    Or like this...
    <meta name="description" content="hi, i would like to congratulate you vBSEO is a Brilliant Product for a great product they are offering."

    Or like this... by using stop words option
    <meta name="description" content="Brilliant vBSEO Product hi, i would like to congratulate you for a great product they are offering."

    What do you think.

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    actually taking it a step further...
    there is quite a good hack being developed(or ported i should say) for 3.5x
    http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showt...ad+description

    now provided people enter the description and its meaningful, taking description from there might be a cool idea. But can't comment on the server load due to this.. if its done.

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    Yes, that hack is an option but presently needs a file edit (i hate file edits ever since i moved to vB350). :( But, having a similar smart option in vbseoCP would be awesome.
    Last edited by Neutral Singh; 10-16-2005 at 09:43 AM.

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    No .. it doesn't.

    New plugin:
    Where? forumdisplay_query
    What?
    PHP Code:
    $hook_query_fields .= ', threaddesc'
    Et viola! Done! Threaddesc WITHOUT file edits!!

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    ok, gr8! is that plugin released on vb.org ? Thanks

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    That *is* the plugin, right there. Create a new plugin on the hook listed, using the code listed.

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    Its funny the number of people who don't realise thats what that post of mine is saying. .. even on the org.

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    Yeah! sometimes that astonishing ease of use of hooks & plugins in vB350 caughts me unawares.

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