Global Meta Keywords

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Hi all, Im new in here and to actinic and am hoping someone can help. Im working with a collegue who has already created a catalogue. We're trying to tackle some search engine optimisation issues and are looking at our meta keyword tags and descriptions. Currently we've entered different meta keywords and descriptions at section level than we have at global catalogue, ie the catalogue metas contain general kewords and the more deeper we get into the different sections the more specific the metas become.

However, problem we're getting is that although we've entered different section meta keywords and descriptions in the details tab, analysis of the site live via view source code is showing that the specific section pages are still taking on the global meta descriptions and keywords and not the specific meta descriptions and meta keywords from the section details tab.

Any help or ideas most welcome - regards Tony

[RuralWeb]

And your website is???

[fgs]

web address

Sorry Mal its http://www.beds247.co.uk

PS we're only working on the mattress section at the mo

For instance:

If you went mattresses/3ft Single/Picasso

at the Picasso level it should only have 3ft single & Picasso there

Instead its taking on board all the general keywords from higher up the hierarchy, i.e its including 3ft 4ft6 5ft 6ft, single double, kingsize, & All Manufacturer details instead of just the specifcs for that level

[RuralWeb]

OK- you have some problems on the site as far as I can see which need fixing before you tackle meta tags:
A quick look and I can see

youre content is pushed to the bottom of the page in ie6

the search results produced using the drop downs result in 404 error

some of the left nav links also produce 404 errors

[fgs]

metas

Hi there Mal, our designer is aware of certain layout issues but my role is to focus on search engine optimisation and his is layout.
I need to focus on why my meta tag descriptions are not appearing at lower levels and global meta descriptions are being displayed instead

Regards Tony

[RuralWeb]

our designer

This is the person you need to talk to as I suspect they have removed the part of actinic that populates the meta tags from the template.

[Mike Hughes]

Check your site setup. From the Actinic Help File on Meta Tags:

For sections – Go to a section in the content tree, and select the 'Details' tab. This is where you can enter meta content for a specific section.

You can also include keywords for a section into the keywords list for all sub-sections by setting 'Include Meta Keywords from All Parent Sections' to 'True' in 'Site Options | Links'.

Mike

[RuralWeb]

Check your site setup. From the Actinic Help File on Meta Tags

Im assuming they have checked this basic step

[Mike Hughes]

I know, you would think so wouldn't you.

I only posted because it sounds suspiciously as if this is their problem and I wouldn't be surprised if the SEO guy isn't hands on with actinic and the layout guy is ignoring it because it's not a layout issue.

Could be a recipe for disaster.

Mike

[RuralWeb]

Could be a recipe for disaster

Another one bites the dust

[fgs]

Not bitten the dust just yet

Hi guys, correct assumption, SEO guy isnt hands on with Actinic, hence the leading quote am new here and need some Actinic help as you guys were recommended as being well versed in Actinic.

Current situation:

Site options/Links/Include Parent Meta Content In Each Section - Already set to "True"

Current problem still exists:

Catalogue level: Global Meta Keyword & Global Meta Descriptions all present and correct as inserted via Home & Online Catalogue General Tab.

However:

Section level and sub section level: Meta Description tags are present and correct as inserted via section/details/meta description;
But,
Section level and sub section level: Meta Keyword tags are incorrect.
They are inserted exactly the same way, ie via section/details/meta keywords. Analysis of the code still reveals these meta keywords are the same as Global Meta Keywords and not just the section meta keywords as required.
For some strange reason un-be-known to me Actinic also appears to be taking these Global Meta Keywords and re-arranging them into alphabetical order as well.

The design coding for the Metas is as follows:-

<!-- Meta tags entered into the green 'Online Catalog' icon -->
<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22GlbMetaKeywords%22%20%2f%3e%20%21%3d%20%22%22" >
<meta name="keywords" content="<actinic:variable name="GlbMetaKeywords" />" />
</actinic:block>
<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22GlbMetaDescription%22%20%2f%3e%20%21%3d%20%22%22">
<meta name="description" content="<actinic:variable name="GlbMetaDescription" />" />
</actinic:block>
</actinic:block>
<actinic:block if="%28%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22PageType%22%20%2f%3e%20%3d%3d%20%22Section%22%20AND%20%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22IsStoreFrontPage%22%20%2f%3e%20%21%3d%20TRUE%29%20OR%20%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22PageType%22%20%2f%3e%20%3d%3d%20%22Brochure%22">
<!-- meta tags for individual section and brochure pages -->
<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22MetaKeywords%22%20%2f%3e%20%21%3d%20%22%22">
<meta name="keywords" content="<actinic:variable name="MetaKeywords" />" />
</actinic:block>
<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22MetaDescription%22%20%2f%3e%20%21%3d%20%22%22">
<meta name="description" content="<actinic:variable name="MetaDescription" />" />
</actinic:block>

If anyone has any suggestions most appreciated as we're now stuck.
Many thanks - Tony

[RuralWeb]

I. Would get someone who knows what they are doing to sep your site as what you are describing is very basic stuff. If they cannot get that right they there is no hope IMO.

[TraceyG]

Hi,

Can you check under 'Settings | Site Options | Links' if you have 'Include Parent Meta Content in Each Section' set to 'True'. Setting it to 'False' should stop the parent content from being added to each section.

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dust no longer bitten

Hi there Tracey, I was just on my way back to this thread to let the people know I'd stumbled across what was causing the problem and you've hit the nail on the head - by having the inherit meta tags set to true as advised we were getting a whole compendium of Meta Keywords from every higher level,
simply changing this to false had the specific keywords left in place as they were entered.

Many thanks for your follow up Tracey, reagrds Tony

[Mike Hughes]

by having the inherit meta tags set to true as advised

If you'd read what I posted from the help file you'd have seen that:

True = Include the stuff you didn't want.

i.e to get rid of it you have to set it to false. Seems obvious enough to me.

Mike