Difference between revisions of "SEO (with tips for MediaWiki and WordPress)"
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Bing Webmaster Tools | Bing Webmaster Tools | ||
== Basics == | ==Basics== | ||
There are some basics that apply to every website and web page. First CONTENT!!! Notice the emphasis on that. If the purpose of your website is to garner traffic for the sake of traffic or selling advertising space, then fork you (Watch [[wikipedia:The_Good_Place|The Good Place]] on NBC and you'll understand that term if you don't already). For all the other people on the planet who are trying to create or write something useful or artistic, you're probably already doing the right thing and there doesn't need to be any further explanation. Although I would point out, spelling, grammar, etc. are important too. | There are some basics that apply to every website and web page. First CONTENT!!! Notice the emphasis on that. If the purpose of your website is to garner traffic for the sake of traffic or selling advertising space, then fork you (Watch [[wikipedia:The_Good_Place|The Good Place]] on NBC and you'll understand that term if you don't already). For all the other people on the planet who are trying to create or write something useful or artistic, you're probably already doing the right thing and there doesn't need to be any further explanation. Although I would point out, spelling, grammar, etc. are important too. | ||
Beyond that, why not start with the king of search, Google, and find out [https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/7451184?hl=en what they have to say] on the subject. After all, they are ''the'' search engine. So for right now, forget about all of those books that have some interesting information on the last five percent of important things to do for SEO and focus on the first 95%. | Beyond that, why not start with the king of search, Google, and find out [https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/7451184?hl=en what they have to say] on the subject. After all, they are ''the'' search engine. So for right now, forget about all of those books that have some interesting information on the last five percent of important things to do for SEO and focus on the first 95%. | ||
* Content | *Content | ||
* Title Tag for each page | *Title Tag for each page | ||
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== MediaWiki == | ==MediaWiki== | ||
MediaWiki | To change the <Title> Tag, add this extension: | ||
Using the "[[mediawikiwiki:Help:Magic_words|Magic Word]]" PageName along with the $wgSiteName Variable (in LocalSettings.php), one can keep the automatically generated Title Name and add to it;<syntaxhighlight lang="text"> | |||
<seo title="{{PAGENAME}} - WhatEverAddtionalText" metakeywords="WhatEverKeyWords,AnotherKeyWord,Etc." metadescription="WhatEverDescription,AnotherDescription,Etc." /> | |||
</syntaxhighlight>MediaWiki | |||
SiteMap Script and Cron or a System Timer | SiteMap Script and Cron or a System Timer | ||
== WordPress == | ==WordPress== | ||
WordPress | WordPress | ||
Yoast and others | Yoast and others | ||
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Revision as of 13:15, 21 January 2020
SEO
SEO (with tips for MediaWiki and WordPress)
SiteMaps
Robots
Google Search Console (other search sites too): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search_Console
Google Analytics
Google Insights merged into Google Trends
Bing Webmaster Tools
Basics
There are some basics that apply to every website and web page. First CONTENT!!! Notice the emphasis on that. If the purpose of your website is to garner traffic for the sake of traffic or selling advertising space, then fork you (Watch The Good Place on NBC and you'll understand that term if you don't already). For all the other people on the planet who are trying to create or write something useful or artistic, you're probably already doing the right thing and there doesn't need to be any further explanation. Although I would point out, spelling, grammar, etc. are important too.
Beyond that, why not start with the king of search, Google, and find out what they have to say on the subject. After all, they are the search engine. So for right now, forget about all of those books that have some interesting information on the last five percent of important things to do for SEO and focus on the first 95%.
- Content
- Title Tag for each page
MediaWiki
To change the <Title> Tag, add this extension:
Using the "Magic Word" PageName along with the $wgSiteName Variable (in LocalSettings.php), one can keep the automatically generated Title Name and add to it;
<seo title="{{PAGENAME}} - WhatEverAddtionalText" metakeywords="WhatEverKeyWords,AnotherKeyWord,Etc." metadescription="WhatEverDescription,AnotherDescription,Etc." />MediaWiki
SiteMap Script and Cron or a System Timer
WordPress
WordPress
Yoast and others