News:

You may pay someone to create your store, or you visit our seminar and become a professional yourself with the silver certification

Main Menu

Meta Keywords

Started by Brockney, August 23, 2016, 17:44:55 PM

Previous topic - Next topic

Brockney

Hi, I am using Virtuemart 3.0.14 and Joomla 3.6

Probably a very simple question - I am looking to add meta keywords to my products. Do I use a # hashtag (similar to how I would when uploading music to Soundcloud or an image to Instagram) or is there a different format? Do I use hyphens to separate the keywords? And for phrases is is " or '

Your help is much appreciated
Joomla 3.6.4
Virtuemart 3.0.18

GJC Web Design

with J3.6.x u should be using VM3.0.16+

meta keys are just a comma separated list and considered to be worthless for SEO purposes
GJC Web Design
VirtueMart and Joomla Developers - php developers https://www.gjcwebdesign.com
VM4 AusPost Shipping Plugin - e-go Shipping Plugin - VM4 Postcode Shipping Plugin - Radius Shipping Plugin - VM4 NZ Post Shipping Plugin - AusPost Estimator
Samport Payment Plugin - EcomMerchant Payment Plugin - ccBill payment Plugin
VM2 Product Lock Extension - VM2 Preconfig Adresses Extension - TaxCloud USA Taxes Plugin - Virtuemart  Product Review Component
https://extensions.joomla.org/profile/profile/details/67210
Contact for any VirtueMart or Joomla development & customisation

Brockney

Many thanks. Does that mean I am better off simply using the meta description or are there other methods I can add?
Joomla 3.6.4
Virtuemart 3.0.18

jenkinhill

The metadesc for products is automatically generated using that product's short description. It is insignificant for SEO purposes, but may well be used on the SERPS page.
Kelvyn
Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK

Retired from forum life November 2023

Please mention your VirtueMart, Joomla and PHP versions when asking a question in this forum

Brockney

Very interesting, I had best do a bit of research on the SEO side of things. Fairly new to the web design, I have two sites that are live now which is good and I enjoy this.

Appreciate your advice here :)

Do you have any good links I could read up on please?
Joomla 3.6.4
Virtuemart 3.0.18

GJC Web Design

QuoteDo you have any good links I could read up on please?

no .. but could point u to 100's of dross posts with out of date and inaccurate info..  ;)

any posts that start talking about h tags etc discard immediately..   :)

Basically think like Google...  if you have something like metatags that you can easily abuse why would Google give them weight?

as its google we want to impress i guess this is the starting point->  www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf

not a mention of H tags..  ;D

But it is good quality links TO your site that will make or break your SEO effort
GJC Web Design
VirtueMart and Joomla Developers - php developers https://www.gjcwebdesign.com
VM4 AusPost Shipping Plugin - e-go Shipping Plugin - VM4 Postcode Shipping Plugin - Radius Shipping Plugin - VM4 NZ Post Shipping Plugin - AusPost Estimator
Samport Payment Plugin - EcomMerchant Payment Plugin - ccBill payment Plugin
VM2 Product Lock Extension - VM2 Preconfig Adresses Extension - TaxCloud USA Taxes Plugin - Virtuemart  Product Review Component
https://extensions.joomla.org/profile/profile/details/67210
Contact for any VirtueMart or Joomla development & customisation

Brockney

Thank you!

Exactly the kind of article I was looking for! Please remember I am relatively new to this and am learning it all from scratch ;)

Cheers
Joomla 3.6.4
Virtuemart 3.0.18