Meta Data

What is Meta Data

Meta data are words that you can add to a page to help people find yoursite. These keywords are invisible and supplement the content on yourpage.

Meta data help search engines by providing it wordsto search behind the scenes that might not naturally appear in the textof your page. For example, let's say you have a page all aboutMacintosh computers. If someone searches for "Macintosh" your page canbe found since Macintosh appears in the content of your page. But let'ssay you wanted your page to also show up when someone searched for"Windows" or "Vista" or "PC". Instead of typing those words in thecontent of your page, you can add them as invisible meta datathat only the search engines see.

How Search Engines Find Your Meta Data

Majorsearch engines automatically "crawl" around the internet, taking note(or indexing) what if finds. When it comes across your page, it readsthe behind-the-scenes code which is where your Search Keywords are. Youcan see the keywords you've added to your page by loading your page inthe browser and then using the "View Source" function usually foundunder the View Menu.

How do I add meta data to my site's pages?

On the page(s) you are wanting to add meta data, click the page name to edit the page.  Next, click the Page Options tab.  You will be able to enter meta keywords, which are used for external search engines, as well as a meta description, which is a brief one to two sentence summary of the page.

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