WordPress.com Forums » Tag: meta - Recent Posts http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/meta WordPress.com Forums » Tag: meta - Recent Posts en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:53:28 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 supportbot on "Site description in google showing spam" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/site-description-in-google-showing-spam#post-1298097 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 09:27:58 +0000 supportbot 1298097@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The blog you specified at gutflora.com does not appear to be hosted at WordPress.com.

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]]> gutflora12 on "Site description in google showing spam" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/site-description-in-google-showing-spam#post-1298096 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 09:27:57 +0000 gutflora12 1298096@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi!

When I search for my site using google or some other type of search engine, the description below the link is showing spam. This has only started to happen recently, and it only happens for the main page, not if I search for a specific post.

What is going on?

]]> zodiac1978 on "Individual meta name="description" content="*" for pages and articles" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/individual-meta-namedescription-content-for-pages-and-articles#post-1194076 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:16:34 +0000 zodiac1978 1194076@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @devs:
Meta Description should be set to the subtitle of the blog just on the homepage (per is_home conditional tag) and we shouldn't use the meta tag description on other pages at all. Google will use then a snippet from the page which is more useful for people who search something an get single pages as a result.

OR

we get an extra field for it like chermsen is requesting. :)

Best regards
Torsten
(Moderator German support forums)

]]> timethief on "Individual meta name="description" content="*" for pages and articles" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/individual-meta-namedescription-content-for-pages-and-articles#post-1194066 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:09:26 +0000 timethief 1194066@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If you feel you need access to metadata you are free to hire a web host and set up your own independent WordPress.ORG install.
http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

]]> timethief on "Individual meta name="description" content="*" for pages and articles" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/individual-meta-namedescription-content-for-pages-and-articles#post-1194065 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:08:06 +0000 timethief 1194065@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ With respect over 35 million WordPress.com bloggers do not have access to metadata because this is a multiuser blogging platform and have no issues because Google does not require any metadata from WordPress.com bloggers.

]]> chermsen on "Individual meta name="description" content="*" for pages and articles" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/individual-meta-namedescription-content-for-pages-and-articles#post-1194052 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:01:23 +0000 chermsen 1194052@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ with respect: --> page 7 of Google's starter guide.

"Use description meta tags to provide both search engines and users with a summary of what your page is about!"

"Avoid: using a single description meta tag across all of your site's pages or a large group of pages"

A unique meta-description had been HTML-standard even before Google started to crawl content.

]]> timethief on "Individual meta name="description" content="*" for pages and articles" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/individual-meta-namedescription-content-for-pages-and-articles#post-1194035 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:46:27 +0000 timethief 1194035@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ This is a multiuser blogging platform. All blogs here wearing the same theme are using the same underlying template and we bloggers cannot access and edit metadata. However, that matters not as Google does not require any of that information at all and has not required it for years now.

To verify blog ownership of a WordPress.com blog with the major search engines you must use this process > http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/ Note also that WordPress.com automatically supplies sitemaps http://en.support.wordpress.com/sitemaps/#xml-sitemaps-for-search-engines for our blogs to search engines - we do nothing.

]]> chermsen on "Individual meta name="description" content="*" for pages and articles" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/individual-meta-namedescription-content-for-pages-and-articles#post-1194027 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:38:02 +0000 chermsen 1194027@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ In fact its not an idea but an urgend request concerning Google's SEO starter (!) guidelines.
http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf

Currently all pages and articles show a consistent meta-discription which contains the blogs subtitle.

Example:
<meta name="description" content="Christoph Hermsen, Lippstadt" />
on this page
http://g.hermsen.info/2013/03/18/seo-spickzetteln-google/

Exception: rebloggs

Solution:
a field of 150 characters to type in the meta-description for each single article and page

Compromise:
first 150 characters of the content or
same content as <meta property="og:description" content="*
" />

The whole community will surely appreciate if this could be fixed as soon as possible.

]]> archizoo on "Timepiece – How to find met/sign in?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/timepiece-%e2%80%93-how-to-find-metsign-in#post-1154194 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:43:27 +0000 archizoo 1154194@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I am using the Timepiece theme for my blog.

In Firefox, I get a bar at the top of my window that allows me to access my dashboard and other WordPress features.

However, I do not see that in Chrome. Is there a way to gain access to the dashboard in Timepiece using Chrome without having to go to the wordpress.com "my blogs" page?

Thanks!

]]> jvtarlton on "Best, current SEO trends" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/best-current-seo-trends#post-1138192 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:31:29 +0000 jvtarlton 1138192@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ No blog in particular, this is a generalized quenstion targeted at the utilization of the best, current SEO trends.

]]> timethief on "Best, current SEO trends" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/best-current-seo-trends#post-1138178 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:24:54 +0000 timethief 1138178@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ There is no blog linked to your username. Exactly which blog are you referring to?

]]> jvtarlton on "Best, current SEO trends" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/best-current-seo-trends#post-1138165 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:15:34 +0000 jvtarlton 1138165@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I have incorporated SEO work for my various WordPress websites by editing meta tags, social implementation with GooglePlus etc., and utilizing proper semantic markup. However, recently I was briefly referred to this company, SML, by a representative. My sites are all already 'mobile-friendly' and I have access to plenty of coupon-generator-plugins, chat plugins, QR barcode plugins, and even "SEO" plugins... all open source. So why should I pay for these services? What are open-source alternatives to their services?

Keep-in-mind, I have very little SEO knowledge aside from editing meta tags and utilizing HTML5 semantics. Can someone with strong SEO knowledge please point me in the right direction towards a better understanding of incorporating the best SEO for various websites such as personal/blog-sites and business/real-estate/retail-sites. Are SML's services worth any price if the services can be done fairly easily for free? Is their 'Directory Submission' exclusively better than personally submitting? Thanks in advance!

]]> timethief on "Having Trouble Removing Widgets" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/having-trouble-removing-widgets#post-1135020 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 21:37:43 +0000 timethief 1135020@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ See here > http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/the-no-widgets-paradox/

]]> 4friendsforfriends on "Having Trouble Removing Widgets" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/having-trouble-removing-widgets#post-1134978 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:40:45 +0000 4friendsforfriends 1134978@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm trying to remove the Archive, Meta, and Search widgets from the sidebar of my blog; I can move them into the inactive area but they continue to show up on the refreshed blog page. Help?

]]> raincoaster on "SEO &&meta tag for description" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/seo-meta-tag-for-description#post-1111565 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:17:08 +0000 raincoaster 1111565@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You could wait. It can take up to seven weeks for Google to index blogs.

Search engines haven't used meta-tags in a couple of years.

]]> gsamaras on "SEO &&meta tag for description" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/seo-meta-tag-for-description#post-1111546 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:44:11 +0000 gsamaras 1111546@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I won't try to have my page be on 1st page of google for every query that is relevant to its content.

What I want is my blog, to appear, if the query is "george samaras dit", which is my name and uni. I did the verification for google and added also the url. I also have my name and uni in strong tags.

What else I could possibly do?

the meta tags go to the head as far as I am concerned, but wordpress won't less us edit the head (!!) :/

]]> timethief on "SEO, title and meta data" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/seo-title-and-meta-data#post-1097706 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:49:49 +0000 timethief 1097706@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You're welcome.

]]> coulddrop on "SEO, title and meta data" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/seo-title-and-meta-data#post-1097701 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:47:25 +0000 coulddrop 1097701@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ ok, thank you again. you've been very helpful :)

]]> timethief on "SEO, title and meta data" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/seo-title-and-meta-data#post-1097684 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:36:50 +0000 timethief 1097684@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ There is no FTP access to our free hosted WorPress.com blogs and we bloggers can't install plugins for security reasons. http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/ Also note that there is no upgrade you can purchase that allows FTP access and the ability to install plugins. Only those with WordPress.org installs can use plugins http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

]]> coulddrop on "SEO, title and meta data" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/seo-title-and-meta-data#post-1097673 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:31:47 +0000 coulddrop 1097673@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you very much, all very helpful. I've verified ownership with both Bing and Google. Would it be possible for you to let me know about plugins? I realise it is different between .com and .org
I have read http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/, but can't seem to find where the available plugins actually are?

Thanks

]]> timethief on "SEO, title and meta data" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/seo-title-and-meta-data#post-1097598 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:31:43 +0000 timethief 1097598@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ We cannot access metadata on free hosted WordPress.com blogs as we are all on the same multiuser bloggging platform and wal blogs wearing the same theme are using the same underlying template. We cannot edit templates and themes and insert any metadata at all. http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/editing-themes/
You may also want to view this Google video where Matt Cutts addresses this > Google does not use the keywords meta tag in web ranking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK7IPbnmvVU&feature=player_embedded

Google recommends the XML sitemap as the best means of communicating site specific data and WordPress.com automatically generates an XML sitemap for your blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/sitemaps/#xml-sitemaps-for-search-engines

There's a special process for us to use to verify ownership of free hosted WordPress.com blogs with the major search engines and it's the only one that we can use. http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/

]]> coulddrop on "SEO, title and meta data" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/seo-title-and-meta-data#post-1097548 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:56:56 +0000 coulddrop 1097548@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hello

I'm somewhat a beginner to SEO, but i know the basics of links, correct title and meta data etc. BUT i have no idea how to change and manage this kind of thing with wordpress.com

Any help would be so greatly appreciated :)

]]> zandyring on "Jetpack" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/jetpack-9#post-1097360 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:50:01 +0000 zandyring 1097360@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ It is not possible to use Jetpack with a WordPress.com site. However, since Jetpack is created for WordPress.org and that code is eventually rolled into WordPress.com, you can see that we've already absorbed what is applicable from Jetpack into WordPress.com.

]]> exceemseocomp on "Jetpack" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/jetpack-9#post-1096151 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 01:11:53 +0000 exceemseocomp 1096151@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks for the reply, however as I mentioned, looking at the source of crystallizedconsoles.wordpress.com how does he have jetpack open graph code there?

the blog is intended for users but also want it optimized for search engines such as google to enabe it to be found - a blog with great content is useless unless it is found and used

]]> timethief on "Jetpack" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/jetpack-9#post-1096149 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 01:09:08 +0000 timethief 1096149@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ No. The Jetpack plugin was created to appease WordPress.ORG users who were peeved because we WordPress.com bloggers had features that were not available to them. To please them WordPress developers created the Jetpack plugin to create parity between users. Moreover, it has sweet nothing all to do with access to metadata. We cannot access metadata on free hosted WordPress.com blog.

I need to specify my meta description and title as part of a seo competition

When it comes to SEO gaming here at WordPress.com take a deep breath and hire a web host now, so you can set up a self hosted WordPress.com install as that activity here is not allowed and will get your blog suspended.

SEO blogs: Blogs that are written for search engines instead of humans. These blogs are dedicated to trying to fool Google and other search engines into ranking them or the sites they link to highly. WordPress.com is not meant for this type of activity. http://en.wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/

]]> exceemseocomp on "Jetpack" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/jetpack-9#post-1096144 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 01:02:24 +0000 exceemseocomp 1096144@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Is it possible to use the jetpack plugin on wordpress.com blogs?

One of my competitors crystallizedconsoles.wordpress.com source code has jetpack open graph tags in his source code so would indicate its possible

I need to specify my meta description and title as part of a seo competition

many thanks

]]> richardbaker06 on "Pinterest meta data" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/pinterest-meta-data#post-1095674 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 06:18:44 +0000 richardbaker06 1095674@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I have the same problem. It would be great if Pinterest could be added to the Google and Bing verification options.

]]> abcjd on "Is it possible to remove the "Meta" and "Blogroll" categories from the sidebar?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-it-possible-to-remove-the-meta-and-blogroll-categories-from-the-sidebar#post-1094770 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 06:16:56 +0000 abcjd 1094770@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Oh - Thank you very much!

]]> timethief on "Pinterest meta data" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/pinterest-meta-data#post-1094297 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:07:21 +0000 timethief 1094297@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I just located this workaround:
http://generatemoreblog.com/how-to-verify-your-wordpress-domain-on-pinterest/

]]> timethief on "Pinterest meta data" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/pinterest-meta-data#post-1093766 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 03:45:44 +0000 timethief 1093766@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Let me say this a different way. This is a wpMU (wordpress multi-user) blogging platform. Our blogs are not free standing. All blogs wearing the same theme are using the same underlying template. Only Staff can access the templates files and edit the metadata.

Why support it for Google and Bing and not Pinterest? It is overkill to propose switching to self-hosting for such a small issue.

Google and Bing are search engines. They have access so our content on public blogs can be indexed.

Pinterest is not a search engine. Pinterest now has have two sets of terms—one for people and one for businesses.

The business account verification code is for commercial purposes it's a tracking code and the basis for more ...

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