How to Control Title Tags and Metadata Description in Joomla

After noticing how many of our clients are having issues with duplicate title tags and meta description, I have made the creation of this newsletter our top priority.

Having duplicate titles and metadata will not stop search engines from indexing your site but addressing these issues will help you drive more traffic to your web site.

Please let me first illustrate below what title tags and meta description text is and how it appears in search engine results. 

Title tag  also appears in the upper left corner of your browser window. See below. 

So now that we understand what title tag and meta description are, let me show you how to make them unique.

First, you need to go to Joomla Control Panel --> Modules --> Site Modules --> Filter by mod_shCustomTags --> sh404SEF Custom tags module --> Publish it in the last module position in your template.

Then, if you have published the sh404SEF Custom tags module correctly, please go Joomla Control Panel --> Components --> sh404SEF --> View/Edit SEF Urls.

After clicking on View/Edit SEF Urls, you will need to click on Home page Meta in the upper right hand corner. See below.

1) Title Tag
2) Description Tag

Other tags are outside the scope of this tutorial and you may leave them blank. Click Save to apply changes.

  After setting up title tag and meta description for the home page, you may create new or modify title and description for other pages by checking a link then clicking on New Meta on the right hand side of your screen. All your pages should have a unique keyword rich title and description for optimal SEO results.

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