Titles & Meta Tags

The Titles and Meta Tags section allows you to add page titles and meta tags for your pages.

Click on the drop down arrow. You will see your pages listed in the list. Pick the page you want to edit and click on Submit.

Page Titles appear at the top of people's browsers. Page Titles are important for Search Engine Optimization purposes. You should go through and add a page title for every page. When writing page titles, make sure they are rich in your key words. Try to avoid using words such as the, and, etc. because you're just wasting space. Keep the title relevant to the page and not just random key words. That is, the page title should accurately represent the content on the page.

If you do choose to add meta tags, you will need to fill in the boxes as shown above. Note, unless you are adding HTML code, stay away from the first box. Start instead with the box labeled Page Title.

• Keywords: the keywords meta tags allows you to enter keywords to describe your website. Make a list of the words you think people will use to find your website and enter them into this section.
• Description: the description meta tag allows you to enter a description of your website. You can use the same key words from your keywords meta tag or use words that you could not fit into your keywords section.
• Abstraction: the abstraction meta tag is similar to your description but much shorter.
• Distribution: you have three choices: Global, Local and Internal Use (says not intended for distribution on the internet). If the page is for everyone to see, then the distribution should be global.
• Expires: the expired meta tag tells the search engines when the content on that page will expire. If you are some sort of special on this page, then use the expires meta tag to tell the search engine to delete this page.
• Revisit In: the revisit in meta tag allows you to tell the search engine how often it should come back and visit that specific page. If you update your website daily, then you should set the number to 1.
• Enable Search Engine Robots to: this meta tag allows you to tell the search engine how it should treat the page. There are two options: Follow and Index. Follow means that the search engine spiders should read the page and follow the links provided. Index means that the search engine should save the page to provide as a result when someone does a search.

When you finish making your additions, click on the Update META Tag button. The system will save the changes and provide you with the HTML code which you will see in the first box.