How to add or edit your website’s metadata for search engine optimization.
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Defined as data that provides information about other data, metadata can be useful on the web for telling search engines explicit information about the content of any web page. |
Best practices for major search engines are used in order to auto-generate metadata for your website where none has been explicitly defined.You can elect to use either programmatically auto-generated metadata or metadata you explicitly define for pages and products across your website.
Auto-Generated Metadata
Overall, what metadata is provided for each page in your website is controlled by the Automatically Generate Page Metadata setting .at MAIN MENU > SETTINGS > SETTINGS CATEGORIES > STORE SETUP > CMS > Automatically Generate Page Metadata. If set to YES, then the metadata for your site will be built generated for each page according to programmed patterns that use values stored in the database related to what is being viewed and your store.Explicit programmatic best practice patterns using data you enter in various key demographic settings.
Best practices for major search engines are used in order to auto-generate metadata for your website where none has been explicitly defined.
Explicitly Defined Metadata
Explicitly defined metadata for products is defined configured and managed using fields on each product’s catalog admin page. Information about that setup can be found on the <insert page and link here>.
The For non-product pages, the Meta Data CMS Feature, or metatools, in your admin gives you the ability to explicitly override auto-generated meta data for your site’s non-product pages.
If the Automatically Generate Page Metadata setting is set to YES, the AutoPrint system will autogenerate meta data on pages across your site from data you enter about your company when setting up your website.
Best practices for major search engines are used in order to auto-generate metadata for your website where none has been explicitly defined.
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To override the metadata presented for any webpage on your website:
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