ZH - Meta Tags

[Ziki]

This modification was brought to you by
KXDesign
http://www.kxdesign.com/


~Hack name
Meta Tags

~Hack description
A great SEO hack.
Boost your search engine rankings by using more advanced meta tags!Easy to customize via vbulletin options :cool:

~Hack options

On/Off
Short Description
Robot actions
Robot revisit
Rating
Distribution
Prevent MSSmartTags
Language
Expiration
Copyright
Author
Browser cache
Pragma
Owner
Admin email
Category
Generator


~Hack info
File uploads: 0
Template edits: 0
Templates: 1
File edits: 0
Plugins: 2
SQL Queries: 0
Phrases: 35
Settings: 17

Install time: 3 sec
Install level: Easy

~Hack installation

Step 1: Import Product


~Hack screenshots
None


~Hack copyright
This may not be distributed,released or claimed as your work without author's permission.

New version here http://www.kxdesign.com/plugins/54-kx-meta-tags.html

[Ziki]

Reserved

[iran.gs]

Installed Nice job

[MrPHD]

Installed and working. Thanks Ziki

[Ziki]

Clicky install :)

[Snake]

Coolio! :)

[Ziki]

Awsome.Glad you like it.

[projectego]

Thanks. :)

[Genjuro-Sensei]

Thx, install right now

[Invalid ID]

Great :)

[Ziki]

If you find any meta tags that can be added just notify me :)

[ymy]

Great :cool:

Install click :rolleyes:

[canpare]

Thnx :)

install click ;)

[Ziki]

Personally I think vBulletin should provide more meta tags by default rather than just the description and keywords.Nominate FOR MOTM!

[Veer]

Can you please explain.. what is the different between it and default vb meta?
Is there any way to auto add / create meta tags?

thanks.

[Ziki]

vBulletin provides only description and keywords.This hacks allows you to use way more than that

[StuntFactoryX]

i really dont understand meta tags and seo.. is this like a poor mans vbseo or somthing completly different?

[Ziki]

It contains descriptions of your site that search engines can read.This are the first things a search engine spider looks at.

[johnrizz]

I installed it, can you tell me what the "Prevent browser caching?(Should be Yes)" does please?

thanks
John.

[SaN-DeeP]

Can you add a screenshot from admincp please ?
Thanks sounds like yet another useful hack. :)

[Ziki]

I installed it, can you tell me what the "Prevent browser caching?(Should be Yes)" does please?

thanks
John.


here:

This directive indicates cached information should not be used and instead requests should be forwarded to the origin server.

[kether1]

What does this do:

Expires
When does your board/domain expire.(Use this format: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 19:58:02 GMT)Do not use 0 because the engine will think it already expired!

Is it necessary to put anything in this text field in the AdminCP?

What happens if it is left blank?

Thanks,
Kether

[Ziki]

It is ignored if it is blank

[johnrizz]

Ziki

thanks man....

[Ziki]

PLeased :D

[kether1]

Thanks so much Ziki!

Kether

[chkdgate]

I think you have a great product here but you might want to consider a small tutorial on what certain things mean in your hack. Granted, this is exactly what I'm looking for and I don't have any reservations in nominating this product as MOTM. Installed.

Installed and working. Thanks Ziki
How can you tell that it's working?

[The dman]

Thanks for this

I'm a little fuzzy on how it works. Don't I have to manually add keywords or descriptions? And also I'm assuming from the previous post it's ok to leave the "Expires" field blank

Installed Thanks

[Ziki]

I think you have a great product here but you might want to consider a small tutorial on what certain things mean in your hack. Granted, this is exactly what I'm looking for and I don't have any reservations in nominating this product as MOTM. Installed.


How can you tell that it's working?
View your page source and there should be the meta tags in the head.


Thanks for this

I'm a little fuzzy on how it works. Don't I have to manually add keywords or descriptions? And also I'm assuming from the previous post it's ok to leave the "Expires" field blank

Installed Thanks

Yes you can leave it blank and please click install :)

[Freak0204]

lol Just looked at my page source. Awesome!

Installed, thank you! :D

[AzH]

Installed.

[TheWhite]

cool

[phonexpo]

Installed.

[lindab2]

Installed. Thanks :)

[Ziki]

pleased :)

[Zowners]

installed thxs!!!

[Ziki]

1.0.1 released

Please edit the setting expired to -1 if you don't want it!

[Ziki]

1.0.2 released

Added three new meta tags and made all XHTML valid.Please upgrade as soon as possible.

[xproductionz]

any PROPER procedures to upgrading?

[Ziki]

Just overwrit the product

[Tacama]

Thanks... Installed :up:

[Ziki]

1.0.3 released

Added 4 new meta tags and fixed some of the olds

[shorelocal]

Perfect ... just what I was looking for!! Installed.

[da420]

1.0.2 released

Added three new meta tags and made all XHTML valid.Please upgrade as soon as possible.

With this product installed I get 6 more XHTML validation errors with it disabled.

[Ziki]

Please post the errors so I can fix them.

[da420]

Here are the errors I get.

http://validator.w3.org

# Error Line 18 column 39: there is no attribute "value".

<meta name="no-email-collection" value="www.unspam.com/noemailcollection" />

You have used the attribute named above in your document, but the document type you are using does not support that attribute for this element. This error is often caused by incorrect use of the "Strict" document type with a document that uses frames (e.g. you must use the "Transitional" document type to get the "target" attribute), or by using vendor proprietary extensions such as "marginheight" (this is usually fixed by using CSS to achieve the desired effect instead).

This error may also result if the element itself is not supported in the document type you are using, as an undefined element will have no supported attributes; in this case, see the element-undefined error message for further information.

How to fix: check the spelling and case of the element and attribute, (Remember XHTML is all lower-case) and/or check that they are both allowed in the chosen document type, and/or use CSS instead of this attribute. If you received this error when using the <embed> element to incorporate flash media in a Web page, see the FAQ item on valid flash.

✉
# Error Line 18 column 75: required attribute "content" not specified.

...value="www.unspam.com/noemailcollection" />

The attribute given above is required for an element that you've used, but you have omitted it. For instance, in most HTML and XHTML document types the "type" attribute is required on the "script" element and the "alt" attribute is required for the "img" element.

Typical values for type are type="text/css" for <style> and type="text/javascript" for <script>.

✉
# Error Line 25 column 17: there is no attribute "HTTP-EQUIV".

<META HTTP-EQUIV="CACHE-CONTROL" CONTENT="NO-CACHE" />

✉
# Error Line 25 column 41: there is no attribute "CONTENT".

<META HTTP-EQUIV="CACHE-CONTROL" CONTENT="NO-CACHE" />

✉
# Error Line 25 column 53: element "META" undefined.

<META HTTP-EQUIV="CACHE-CONTROL" CONTENT="NO-CACHE" />

You have used the element named above in your document, but the document type you are using does not define an element of that name. This error is often caused by:

* incorrect use of the "Strict" document type with a document that uses frames (e.g. you must use the "Frameset" document type to get the "<frameset>" element),
* by using vendor proprietary extensions such as "<spacer>" or "<marquee>" (this is usually fixed by using CSS to achieve the desired effect instead).
* by using upper-case tags in XHTML (in XHTML attributes and elements must be all lower-case.

✉
# Error Line 26 column 46: element "META" undefined.

<META HTTP-EQUIV="PRAGMA" CONTENT="NO-CACHE" /

[Ziki]

You can remove those lines from the zh_meta template but this doesn't show up for me though

[project-Buckfas]

Will this interfere in any way with Zoints SEO?

If not I will install

[Ziki]

No of course it won't

[imranbaig]

nice one clicked Install.

[rjmjr69]

I love your work but you really should post some directions as how to use this hack. Or even just a list of optimum settings would be nice.

[BarryoBrien]

your site only has a mete tag rate of 66% which is the same as the vb meta tags you also use vbseo on your site which is the only reason that your site has a rank of 2 does this realy work?

[project-Buckfas]

Installed, thanks

[chkdgate]

Has anyone tried it with 3.6.5 yet?

[Ziki]

It works from version 3.5.0 RC1 to 3.6.x

[Ziki]

Woot 100 installs :p

[Playa82]

works with 3.6.5

and compatible with zoints seo

great job !!!

[dbirosel]

confused. if i use this hack, does this mean that when the public gets on a search engine and search something about my site, it will give my site the higher chance of being shown to the top? So basically, this hack increases the chances of your board becoming more known?

[Ziki]

It is not guaranteed but yes

[Ziki]

1.0.4 released

It was brought to my attention that there were about 4 XHTML errors.Everything is fixed now for sure.The option unspam was removed and replaced by generator.

[dj_melayu]

One question, can I install this if I have vbseo installed? :)

[Ziki]

Of course.vBSEO,Zoints SEO anything

[mrahul]

can I have multiple categories & is there a way to check wat exactly it has displayed to search engines ?

[Ziki]

What do you mean?It displays what you write in.

[djbaxter]

~Hack description
A great SEO hack.
Boost your search engine rankings by using more advanced meta tags!Easy to customize via

vbulletin options

~Hack options
On/Off
Short Description
Robot actions
Robot revisit
Rating
Distribution
Prevent MSSmartTags
Language
Expiration
Copyright
Author
Browser cache
Pragma
Owner
Admin email
Category
Generator


The description for this add-on is incorrect. Most of those added tags do nothing but add bulk to your page. They are most certainly NOT going to improve SEO.

It contains descriptions of your site that search engines can read.This are the first things a search engine spider looks at.

Hardly. Most are totally ignored by search engines.

What does this do:

Expires
When does your board/domain expire.(Use this format: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 19:58:02 GMT)Do not use 0 because the engine will think it already expired!

This is an incorrect interpretation of the tag.

I love your work but you really should post some directions as how to use this hack. Or even just a list of optimum settings would be nice.

The optimal settings from an SEO standpoint would be "uninstalled".

confused. if i use this hack, does this mean that when the public gets on a search engine and search something about my site, it will give my site the higher chance of being shown to the top? So basically, this hack increases the chances of your board becoming more known?

No. Not at all.

It is not guaranteed but yes

No. That is not true.

[Ziki]

If you think

[djbaxter]

No, seriously. If you want to insert all these meta tags, it's fine with me. Just don't think it's going to do a darn thing for SEO.

[Ziki]

To understand SEO you need to understand that Google does not equal SEO

[djbaxter]

To understand SEO you need to understand that Google does not equal SEO

To understand SEO, you need to understand that NONE of the search engines pay any attention to the meta tags added by your mod.

[SNaReX]

hi i already have vbseo installed shall i go ahead with this also

[Ziki]

@SNaReX: Yes it does not matter if vBSEO is installed.
@djbaxter: Indeed some do

[djbaxter]

@djbaxter: Indeed some do

Name one.

[Ziki]

How the hell I am supposed to know I don't work for them.

[djbaxter]

How the hell I am supposed to know I don't work for them.

I'm not employed by them either, but I've already told you that these tags are not going to help any forum with SEO and I can tell you that when I start optimizing someone's site one of the very first things I do I delte most of the crap tags this mod adds in.

And if you're promoting this mod as "good for SEO", shouldn't you take the time to find out if there's any validity at all to such a statement?

~Hack name
Meta Tags

~Hack description
A great SEO hack.
Boost your search engine rankings by using more advanced meta tags!Easy to customize via vbulletin options

[bongwater]

can't hurt to install it, thanks *clicks install*

[momo2]

Do i have to do any editing ? or just install it ???

[Mrdby]

I don't have seo..can I still use this?

[Ziki]

Sure

[M4r5h4ll]

great hack
clicked installed ;)

[apiasto]

kool nice job

[energetic]

installed and thanks

[Mrdby]

installed..now what?

[Ziki]

Configure the options :)

[lasto]

added and clicked installed cheers m8

[momo2]

any chance, making a Title also ? for engine tag is very important and vb does not offer this
only website name can be used as Title..

[Ziki]

Well there shouldn't be two the same meta tags but you can add manually into the zh_meta template

[Mass]

Thanks, marked as installed.

[onehost]

will this script be updated for VB 3.7 ?

Thanks

[Ziki]

Yup

[oaddah]

Thank you my frind !

Good Work

whith Greating ! . .

[Ziki]

You can now translate this mod without asking

[alqloob alsahya]

install click :rolleyes:

[DieselMinded]

I have this , But i also have vbseo do i need this?

[muhakeme]

thanks

[TheInsaneManiac]

Does it work on 3.7? Is there even a need for it on 3.7?

[djbaxter]

Does it work on 3.7? Is there even a need for it on 3.7?

There wasn't a need for this in 3.6x or any other version. None of the tags in this add-on do anything at all except add to page load and the verbiage SE spiders have to wade through to get to the important stuff.

[eyeoftiger]

After installing, where do you see this option??? I can't find it anywhere to configure... where is the option?

[TheInsaneManiac]

There wasn't a need for this in 3.6x or any other version. None of the tags in this add-on do anything at all except add to page load and the verbiage SE spiders have to wade through to get to the important stuff.
Then why make this add-on?

[djbaxter]

Then why make this add-on?

I assume because the coder didn't know much about SEO.

[Nici]

installed... it is really one click install :)

[Ziki]

New version here http://www.kxdesign.com/plugins/54-kx-meta-tags.html

[Adam21]

No, seriously. If you want to insert all these meta tags, it's fine with me. Just don't think it's going to do a darn thing for SEO.

Agreed.Found something too

http://www.webmarketingnow.com/tips/meta-tags-uncovered.html#abstract