How to Control Title Tags and Metadata Description in Joomla |
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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. 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.
Before you begin, please make sure that you have sh404SEF listed under Joomla Control Panel --> Components. If not, please contact your friendly Joomla technical support online .
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.
Last module position in your template will be different for most of you. I recommend that you contact our friendly Joomla expert for help or alternatively try every module position until it works! It makes it even harder that sh404SEF Custom tags module does not provide any visible change on your web site when published so I strongly recommend having us do this for you more efficiently. Contact your Joomla expert now .
Then, if you have published the sh404SEF Custom tags module correctly, please go Joomla Control Panel --> Components --> sh404SEF --> View/Edit SEF Urls. 
Making uneducated changes in your sh404SEF component can cause catastrophic results for your web site traffic, broken links and/or functionalities on your site. For any changes outside the scope of this post, please contact your experienced Joomla developer .
After clicking on View/Edit SEF Urls, you will need to click on Home page Meta in the upper right hand corner. See below. 
Change the following parameters:
1) Title Tag
To verify that you have created your custom tag, please go to your home page (eg. www.domainname.com and click F5 on your keyboard to refresh your screen. Your custom title should appear in the upper left hand corner of your screen. Checking the meta description is a bit more complicated as you are required to view page html source. Please keep in mind that it may take several days or even weeks for your custom text to be updated on search engine results.
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.
For more information on what to write for title and metadata description on your site, please contact us . To make your life easier OGO Sense has compiled a Search Engine Optimization Checklist
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