[joomla] Google - Search Results Page
Stephen Britton
sbritton at gmail.com
Thu Jul 18 11:49:30 EDT 2013
Not sure what is going on with the meta description tags on your site.
I always fill out the description tags found in the "Site > Global
Configuration" and then on the first page, you will find "Metadata
Settings." I put the general site description here.
And on the Articles page, I use the "Metadata Options" and fill out the
description based on the content in the article. Limit content to three
sentences or less. The fewer characters the better, but make sure the
sentences make sense because they show up in the search results. Also use a
different meta description for each article.
While you are filling out the descriptions, you might as well put in some
keywords too.
Generally Google search works like this: when it indexes a page, it first
checks to see if there is content in the meta description tags and if so,
it uses those in the search results. If it cannot find the description tag
or content in the description tag then it looks for content on the page.
Do a "view source" on one of your web pages and see if there is a meta
description tag in the header (or head) section. It should look like this
<meta description="This is a description tag" >
And yes, I highly recommend the Xmap extension. I have been using it for
years and it has always worked for me.
Stay cool!
- - - Steve
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Unitel <unitelny at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Yes I have put content in meta-tags – somewhere I read that meta tags in
> Joomla are hierarchical – in other words menu meta tags are at the top of
> the list and everything else follows, so if you have meta tags info in your
> menus you don’t need them in articles and so forth. Do you agree? Yesterday
> I did enter meta info in articles – just in case. What had me confused was
> the source of some of the entries for example this entry >> *SL1100
> System NEC SL1100 - *SL1100 System Pos.15 NEC SL1100 VoIP Digital Hybrid
> *... < ** OOPS I just realized where this info was coming from. For
> testing purposes I had setup custom html modules and assigned them to
> different positions in the template. They are now deleted.*
>
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> Can you suggest a sitemap extension for Joomla – am told that Xmap by
> VARGAS is the best?****
>
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>
> Thank you for your response to my question <<****
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> Best regards,****
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> Marcos Miranda ****
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> *From:* joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:
> joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] *On Behalf Of *Stephen Britton
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:35 PM
> *To:* **NYPHP SIG: Joomla**
> *Subject:* Re: [joomla] Google - Search Results Page****
>
> ** **
>
> Google search needs help. You need to configure a few things before you
> can expect good results.****
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> Have you put content in the description meta tags? This is information
> that should be displayed in search results once your site has been indexed.
> ****
>
> ** **
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> And have you uploaded an XML file to your Google Webmaster Tools account?
> This tells Google when and where to search you site.****
>
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> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Unitel <unitelny at gmail.com> wrote:****
>
> When I type unitel.biz in google I get the following results:****
>
> ****
>
> I know where this is entry coming from - ****
>
> unitel.biz - *Unitel*.*biz* | Sales and service of Voice-over-IP (VoIP)
> equipment for Small to Medium sized Businesses (SMBs). Products include
> business phone systems, *...*****
>
> * *****
>
> *But the rest of the results are somewhat of a mystery to me!*****
>
> * *****
>
> - *The entry “Articles” *IPitomy is an all in one business phone
> system. PBX, voip phone *.. | I have no idea where in the site is
> coming from. Yes it is a page in my site but why “Articles” . When you
> click on it the title “Articles” appears on top of page.*****
> - *Business Phone System – VoIp || *SL1100 Communications System.
> Smart communications for *... < *that’s ok but it doesn’t show my*SPTABS?
> *****
> - *Unitel.biz – unitel.biz - *Serving the **New York** **State**lower
> ****Hudson** **Valley**** business *...< When clicked on link I have
> no idea where is going –why is it displaying that page.*****
> - *SL1100 - *This unique communications Platform is the ideal
> solution for *... < This one is correct. SL1100 is a menu item. And
> is displaying the page correctly SP TABS and all. *****
> - *Title: Ipitomy Native IP - *Voice Over IP. This is the Tag Line -
> digital & VoIP System. By *...< I have no idea where this one is
> coming from. Although when I unpublished my “categories” it goes away.*
> ****
> - *Products - *This unique communications Platform is the ideal
> solution for *... < Products - *This unique communications Platform
> is the ideal solution for *... < Products is a menu heading, why is it
> displaying that page?*****
> - *SL1100 System NEC SL1100 - *SL1100 System Pos.15 NEC SL1100 VoIP
> Digital Hybrid *... < That’s one of the sub-categories that I deleted.*
> ****
> - *IP Paging Systems - ...* VoIP IP PBX - IP Phones - SIP Telephony -
> IP CCTV - IP *... < Again no idea where is getting this page from.*****
> - *CCTV – is a category that I disabled – Why is it displaying
> categories in the search results????*****
> - *IP Telephony vs. VoIP < This one is correct.*****
>
> * *****
>
> *Can someone explain what’s going on?*****
>
> ****
>
> Best regards,****
>
> ****
>
> Marcos Miranda ****
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> [image: ---]****
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> ****
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"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." -
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