I FINALLY went to my first user group meeting!!! Of course I was late…I’m almost always late. The construction I ran into didn’t help with the 2 hour drive, but I’m glad I got there and back in one piece.
Tonight we discussed SEO and some of the various techniques and tools that you can use for your Drupal site. Some modules include:
| Module | About |
|---|---|
| SEO Checklist | Not a module that adds anything which your users can see; it’s for Administrative purposes only because it’s a checklist of actions for SEO. Also holds the date of when the action is done. |
| XML Sitemap | Generates a sitemap.xml based on your content; Can submit sitemap to search engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing) |
| Content Optimizer | Not sure on this one. Still at Release Candidate, but may be good to keep an eye on. This one looks at the content and suggests actions to take to optimize content based on a suggested search term. |
| Meta Tags (nodewords) | Displays form elements to add meta content (description, keywords) for a node. |
| Page Title | Allows changing of Page Title |
| ??? | Am I forgetting something? Let me think. |
Also, check out the AdWords keywords tools. Cool to help you generate keywords for your site.
Nice to meet everyone at the Ames, IA Drupal User Group Meeting. Hope to see you all again soon!
