Page Description - Meta Tags

Hello everyone!
I am new to website development. I have designed a new site
and I need to know how to set the page descriptions for search
engines. I've been unable to locate any help topics on this. Some
advice from experienced users would be much appreciated.

Make sure your cursor insertion point is in the head region
of the page's
code, though.
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Dynamic Description Meta tag?

I have a dynamic site that is primarily table driven. I would
like to change the contents of the meta description dynamically so
that the description matches information on the page that is
currently being displayed.
For example: If the page pulls up the product "eye brow
plucker"
I would like the meta description tag to read information in
my table so it will describe my "eye brow plucker"
Can that be done.

No, that's not the Description <meta> tag. It's the character encoding <meta> tag.
To insert the Description <meta> tag in Dreamweaver, go to the Insert panel, and select the Common category from the menu. Click the down arrow alongside Head, and select Description.
That opens a dialog box where you can write your description. There is no limit on how long the description can be, but it should normally be no more than about 20 words. If you write more, it will be ignored by search engines.

Quotation Marks in Description Meta Tag

I want to put quotation marks around a book title in a description meta tag. When I add them using the Description field in Properties, Dreamweaver substitutes " for the quotation mark. I know it is doing this because the content= is in quotes. Will the quotation marks show up okay using these html entities in all search engine results that display what is in my description meta tag?
Also, does it work okay to use html. like <em> </em> in head meta tags?

You're spitting into the wind with this. Descriptions in your meta tags are displayed by some but not all search engines. And the manner in which your meta descriptions appear on SERPs is totally out of your control. USE ALL CAPS for BOOK TITLES. Regular case for all the rest.
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Description Meta Tag

Hi all,
I'm looking to update the 'Description Meta Tag' of my website, in the HTML is it this section I need to update: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> If it is, is there a word/character limit I can input in Dreamweaver?
Many thanls
Nick

No, that's not the Description <meta> tag. It's the character encoding <meta> tag.
To insert the Description <meta> tag in Dreamweaver, go to the Insert panel, and select the Common category from the menu. Click the down arrow alongside Head, and select Description.
That opens a dialog box where you can write your description. There is no limit on how long the description can be, but it should normally be no more than about 20 words. If you write more, it will be ignored by search engines.

How do I set up Description meta tag on pages

Hi, I have set up page titles but can't see how to set up description on pages. Any help appreciated.

Liam,
I saw in a previous post that you mentioned that in V3, you cannot change the meta description via the properties button in the text editor (under Manage > Pages). I am having an issue with this too. I need to edit my meta description; however, when i do, the change never shows up. It only shows the initial meta description set for that page. I can't figure out any other way to change that description.
Thanks,

Code, description, meta tags?

I used to use Frontpage, I changed and barely understand Dreamweaver, so I finally tried iWeb. I love how easy it is (since the website is important but I'm not a computer whiz!), yet for SEO, I don't see how to make it work. Other than trying to upload the pages to, say GoDaddy, and do it by hand (as if I knew how), is there a way to add these things to iWeb as you build?
Do I even make sense??? LOL
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On June 30, 2012 MobileMe will be shutdown. However, iWeb will still continue to work but without the following:
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Help on meta tag and pagr description

how / where to write meta tag and page descriptions on
dreamwaver 8
i'm currently can't find where to write down my key words and
descriptions on the meta tag and page description place on
dreamwave . please advise step by step as i'm a beginner
thanks in advance
you can e-mail me at : [email protected]

The code you show *already* has a keywords and description
META tag in
place. So - what is your question? You would either modify
the currently
existing ones or replace them with new ones. And the keywords
meta is
pretty useless as has already been suggested.
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"Mostafa Mosbah" <[email protected]> wrote
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> its okay i understand the real benefits of key words and
page description
> , but
> my question is regarding where to place my key words and
description on
> the
> page i'm designing on dreamwaver 8
> i have seen a website that shows this :
> <HEAD>
> <TITLE>This is the Web Page Title. This will
appear on your
> SearchSight.com
> Listing</TITLE>
> <META name="description" content="This is where you
place your web page's
> description. This will appear on your SearchSight.com
listing.">
> <META name="keywords" content="place, your, keywords,
here, separated, by,
> commas">
> </HEAD>
>
> but i don't know where to find them on my page i'm
designing now
>
> thanks in advance
>

Meta tag question(s)

I am curious about a meta tag I came across:
<meta name="description" content=" ">
<meta name="keywords" content=" ">
<meta name="revisit-after" content="31 days">
<meta name="robots" content="all">
<meta name="url" content="
http://www.cariholdorf4homes.com">
<meta name="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" content="true">
Is this necessary and/or beneficial to a website?
How does this work?
Will this work on all websites?
How soon does an search engine identify new meta tags if a
website is active?
If I create a somewhat unique meta tag (keyword or
description) for e.g. 'Revere's Electric Gates', will this get
placed near the top of search engines?
How can I increase the odds of getting near the top of a
search?

> <meta name="description" content=" ">
Use the description meta tag for marketing purposes. It's
usually (not
always, but very often) the snippet that is shown below the
page title in
search results. It doesn't affect WHERE in the SERPS your
site appears, but
it can affect whether a person is motivated to click through
to your site.
> <meta name="keywords" content=" ">
Pretty worthless. Don't bother.
> <meta name="revisit-after" content="31 days">
Worthless.
> <meta name="robots" content="all">
"Robots all" is the default behavior. No need for this one.
You only need to
use the robots tag to specify non-default behavior, e.g., no
index or no
follow.
> <meta name="url" content="
http://www.cariholdorf4homes.com">
Non standard, not in any specs anywhere, therefore worthless.
> <meta name="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing"
content="true">
This was worth using in the past when MS was trying to use
its proprietary
SmartTags technology to hijack visitors. I don't know that
there's any need
for it currently, although I long ago put it it in my own
default template,
so it's probably in every site I create.
One more to consider:
<meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no">
I use this one to keep Windows from popping up that annoying
and distracting
image toolbar whenever the mouse is hovering over an image on
the page.
Sonjay
On 11/8/07 2:05 PM, "JaneGarner" wrote:
> I am curious about a meta tag I came across:
>
> <meta name="description" content=" ">
> <meta name="keywords" content=" ">
> <meta name="revisit-after" content="31 days">
> <meta name="robots" content="all">
> <meta name="url" content="
http://www.cariholdorf4homes.com">
> <meta name="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing"
content="true">
>
> Is this necessary and/or beneficial to a website?
>
> How does this work?
>
> Will this work on all websites?
>
> How soon does an search engine identify new meta tags if
a website is active?
>
> If I create a somewhat unique meta tag (keyword or
description) for e.g.
> 'Revere's Electric Gates', will this get placed near the
top of search
> engines?
>
> How can I increase the odds of getting near the top of a
search?
>

CS3 templates and meta tag -

Hi,
Just wondering what would be the best way of getting a
description meta
tag in the pages of a templated site. Should it be in the
.dwt file or
in the page itself? What code do search engines see on a
template page?
Thanks for any input.
Fred

On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:07:20 -0700, FredB
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Just wondering what would be the best way of getting a
description meta
>tag in the pages of a templated site. Should it be in the
.dwt file or
>in the page itself? What code do search engines see on a
template page?
>
>Thanks for any input.
>
>Fred
Your template file needs not be on the server, only on your
development machine - so search engines do not see your
template.
but if you create a template using File | new | Blank
Template it will
typically produce this code:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0
Transitional//EN"
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="
http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=utf-8" />

<title>Untitled Document</title>



</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
you should immediately put the <meta name="Description"
content="put
your description here " />
in the editable region of your template :
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0
Transitional//EN"
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="
http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=utf-8" />

<title>Untitled Document</title>


<meta name="Description" content="put your description
here " />

</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
then it can be changed on each and every page - which it
should be of
course
~Malcolm~*...
~*

How can I check if there are meta tags and description tags for my pages on website?

I want to check if the pages on my website have keywords or meta tags and description. How can I do that?

In Contribute, Edit the Page and the click on Format, Keywords and Descriptions.

How do I add Meta tags to pages?

Is it possible to add meta tag information for the pages (such as keywords, description, robots, etc.) directly in Muse?
I'd like to add meta tag data to describe the page to help with search engine optimization.

I found a lot of useful information on here: http://www.muse-themes.com/blogs/news/6103624-seo-in-adobe-muse-search-engine-optimization #comments
However I would like to know: If you have multiple pages dealing with different topics does one need to adjust the meta-data accordingly for each page.
For example, I am redoing a website for a small earthmoving contractor who offers a range of services including new lawn installation (NOT mowing!), drainage, landscaping, post hole boring, driveways - to name a few; these are essentially the main pages with content explaining each service a little further.
So would I be correct in assuming I should have a unique description, keywords and (obviously) page title for each page?
How about the home page? Should the metadata attempt to cover all services offered within the website as a whole, or just the content of the home page?
Thanks in advance!

Meta Tag Placement in pages created from a template

I am updating a site and want to make sure that I place my meta tags correctly in individual pages created from a template. Can you tell me if my placement is correct?
Below is code I added to my template:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />

<title>Untitled Document</title>

 
<style type="text/css">

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />

<title>Long Island, NY, 11550 Music Dance Art & Drama Lessons</title>


<meta name="keywords" content="piano lessons, guitar lessons, drum lessons, flute lessons, violin lessons, afterschool performing arts, voice lessons, singing, saxophone, trumpet">
<meta name="description" content="Information about Young Musician Institute's Afternoon Arts Program for piano, guitar, drums, violin, viola, trumpet, saxophone and cello">

<style type="text/css">
<!--
body {
As usually, Begin and end editable sections are grayed out, and the meta tag names are blue according to my scheme so I think I am doing it correctly, however, I want to be sure before submitting it to google incorrectly. Can you tell me if I am correct?
Thank you

for clarification, are you saying that I could have put them on the line after:
<title>Long Island, NY, 11550 Music Dance Art & Drama Lessons</title>
Yep.
Second, adding these meta tags actually did help the ranking of this company. They were not listed before I did this on their old site. They were on page 1 of their category hours after I did this for them.
I think it's just coincidence. However, for sure it wasn't the keywords that did that, since those are just ignored (the meta keywords contents, not the meta description contents).
what are the search engines looking for? I want to make sure to design with those things in mind.
They are looking for semantic content on the page. That means the contents of tags like <title>, <h1>, <h2>, <h3>. That also means (derived) keywords contained in content 'above the fold', and in filenames, in links, in title and alt attributes. In other words, search engines want to rank your pages based on *real* meaning of the contents of the page, not on some arbitrary listing of keywords that you place in a meta keyword tag.
Search engines also pay lots of attention to INCOMING links from other well ranked sites....

Do I need to insert meta tags on domain if it redirects to web.mac page?

Hi,
I've set up a domain (http://www.blossomsolutions.ca) with Internic.ca in Canada and filled out a very easy form to redirect to http://web.mac.com/blossomsolutions. Through this excellent forum I learned how to insert meta tags into all my pages on the web.mac site using text edit successfully.
Now, I'm wondering, will search engines find me if I have "no code" or meta tags at www.blossomsolutions.ca? Internic is only "redirecting" my URL not hosting it. It costs more money if they "host" my domain and I wouldn't have a clue how to set up an index.html page anyway for this domain. Even if I got someone to do this can you redirect an index.html page from blossomsolutions.ca to a web.mac.com page? i.e. does the domain code need to be empty in order for it to redirect?
Thanks to anyone who can help me with this.
Dazed and confused,
Kathleen
iMAC 2.16GHz 20" Mac OS X (10.4.10)
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.10)
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.10)
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Hello Kathleen,
Welcome to the forum. You're site looks very clean and elegant.
The domain name you purchased (http://www.blossomsolutions.ca/) is serving as a redirecting page to your iWeb generated web page. The answer to whether or not search engines will find you is both yes and no. Search engines use programs called "spiders" that find pages through links and trace out web pages.
Given some time, sites like Google and MSN will likely find you website (and if you put meta tags in it will display that info in the search engine). But if you are like most iWeb users (myself included) you are impatient for your site to be picked up in search engines. Which is fine, since several search engines provide the means for you to submit your URL. Read this post for more information. http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3905977&#3905977
Looks like you may have already submitted your .mac page.
Another handy tip for looking up what information a search engine posses on your site is to type "site:" followed by the web address you wish to look up into a search engine. If the search engine has any of the pages to your site it will display them with the meta data they posses. Your site info can be found here. http://www.google.com/search?q=site:http://web.mac.com/blossomsolutions
I checked your .ca address and google didn't come up with anything.
Internic.ca should provide you with the means to apply a little bit of a description to your web address. Apart from that, you can't really add any meta data to the domain name.
Unfortunately even when you get both web addresses picked up by search engines it won't associate them together. They may come up near each other in searches. But the search engine will see them as entirely different sites.
You could host your site at the domain name if you chose to. The process of publishing is one click like to .mac. But you "Publish to a Folder" and then upload the complete page to the domain name. Its more difficult and cost more (if you chose to retain your .mac account) but it would give you better search engine rankings for your name.
—"It costs more money if they "host" my domain and I wouldn't have a clue how to set up an index.html page anyway for this domain. Even if I got someone to do this can you redirect an index.html page from blossomsolutions.ca to a web.mac.com page? i.e. does the domain code need to be empty in order for it to redirect?"
It isn't really worth it have them host your domain name only to put an index.html that redirects to your .mac. Thats basically what the domain forwarding is doing (minus a little bit of info).
My advice is to keep things how you have them. But, just make sure you get the domain submitted to search engines.
Hope this wasn't to long or confusing.
Kind Regards,
—Eric
Ash Films
(see my profile if you want to see my site)

Meta Tags: How to Paste into iWeb pages?

I created Meta Tags on Go Daddy. I'm not really sure what Meta Tags are, but I understand they help my web site with keywords and search engines. Here's the Meta Tag codes I created (appears to be three codes).
<title>Dana Point Bodycentre for gift certificates massage skin care body treatments</title>
<meta name="description" content="Dana Point Bodycentre offers gift certificates, gift centre, day spa services for massage, skin care, body care, body treatments, medical skin care, botox, laser hair removal, med spa services and specials">
<meta name="keywords" content="Dana Point, Bodycentre, massage, skin care, gift ideas, gift certificates, gift centre, holiday, specials, book online, instant gift certificates, botox, medical skin care, laser hair removal, med spa, therapist, boutique, retail">
Go Daddy says to "paste the Meta Tag into the Header of my page." I don't understand what they mean by that. I asked them for more help, but they won't help me any further. I need to know exactly where to paste these codes? I created these codes for my Home page, so I suppose the codes go into the .HTML file, or the .file for the web folder. But where? On the .HTML file, when I open it up in Text Wrangler, I see a lengthy text of codes. Where do I paste these codes? And what is the "header" of my page mean?

NOTE 1: about Meta-Tags and Search engine optimization:
Some time ago you could "feed" search engines with words by putting them in the meta tags. Nowadays search engines ignore those tags (probably due to spamming) and only look at the content.
I never did any Meta Tags and it seems to me that my site works fine without Meta Tags on google... Google include PageTitle and PageContent and it works great without any optimisation. Another issue with Meta Tags on iWeb now is that if I publish to a folder I can add MetaTags with text editor but next time I publish to a folder iWeb will overwrite that file and Meta Tags are gone... I then would have to make them all over again... Time... Time... Time...
Bottom line: I see no need for Meta Tags
But people reading this... You're free to decide by your own... it's up to you...
*5 TIPS:*
-Update your sitemaps
-Make a second nav bar made of text links as previously explained
-Further use synonyms in your content. Write your content so that it fits as good as possible everything a 'googler' could search for.
-Search engines don't look for tags, they look for the content of your pages.
-In the end it’s all about three things: Content, Content and Content
http://alyeska.altervista.org/en/iWebiWebGoogle.html
Regards,
Cédric

Description and keywords meta tags

Hello,
Could you tell me if it's possible to create HTML output of an ADF page, that has "description" and "keywords" meta tags in the head? Something like:
<meta name="keywords" content="adf jdeveloper description keywords meta tags">
<meta name="description" content="This is a short description of text on a imaginary page">
I know the SEO results may not be great, but I'd still like to use it, just to make it as good as possible for search engines.
Greetings,
Daan Horn

Daan,
Sorry for the oversight.
[url http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jdev/htdocs/partners/addins/exchange/jsf/doc/tagdoc/core/document.html]Tag documentation for af:document says that af:document has a facet called "metaContainer" which emits the meta tags. I didn't see any examples or have time to test, but you can certainly try putting the meta tags in that facet.
Update: all of the examples I can find show how to inject javascript into the metacontainer, but it should give you an idea how to do it for <meta> tags. [url http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jdev/tips/fnimphius/increase_css_and_javascript_performance.html?_template=/ocom/print]Here'surl one such example I found via Google.
Best,
john

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