How do I do this please

[MarkS]

Hi when I google search african cichlid talk, I get this "African cichlid talk - index"

I want this "African cichlid talk - forum help videos photos ext"

What do I need to change please is it in the theme im using or am I on the wrong track here
Thanks

[DMR123]

change the meta tags...  (I'll post steps in one second.. ive forgotten how to do it)

[DMR123]

http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?action=search;basic_search=meta

[MarkS]

Thanks it's hard to do when you have no idea lol
Thanks very much

[MarkS]

Thanks which is the best mod to use please

Also if you go to Admin -> Features and Options -> General

You see meta tags
What does that do and how do you add it

Like this: forum, chat, photos, ext ?

[kat]

Exactly. If you click the question-mark, beside it, it tells you.

[MarkS]

Sorry trying to do this on my iphone lol
So I should if I put it in there get from this

African cichlid talk - index
To
African cichlid talk - chat, forum, photo, blar, blar

Is that right just have to wait till google picks it up ??

[kat]

Yep. You'll have a lot of competition, though, coz I bet zillions of sites have those same tags.

[MarkS]

Yep they where examples I with think of what I can put relevant to my forum

[kat]

Should be good, then.

[MarkS]

Not to sure what to put really its a African cichlid keeping forum I put this what do you think please

African Cichlid Forum, Cichlid Chat, Cichlid Help, Cichlid Advice, Cichlid Videos

[kat]

I think "Cichlid" would probably be enough. As that'll appear all over your site, anyway, I doubt that the meta tags'll improve it, much. If it's on your site and it's accessible to Google, they'll find it.

[MarkS]

ok thanks maybe im on the wrong tracks here bellow is how it looks if you google african cichlid talk

African Cichlid Talk - Index <----- i want to change index
www.africancichlidtalk.co.uk/Cached
African Cichlid Talk - Index. ... Talk about anything to do the african cichlids. 3 Posts
1 Topics ... Here you can chat about all non African Cichlids. 0 Posts ...


Like this:

African Cichlid Talk - Cichlid, Chat, Blar, blar
www.africancichlidtalk.co.uk/Cached
African Cichlid Talk - Index. ... Talk about anything to do the african cichlids. 3 Posts
1 Topics ... Here you can chat about all non African Cichlids. 0 Posts ...


am i doing the right thing here ?

[kat]

You're not doing anything wrong. Google found index.php, so it put it on the search. It's there, now. So, you're not gonna get rid of it.

There are some mods that get rid of the index.php bit. But, I'd think it's too late, now.

But, you're there. If people are interested, they'll follow the links and get to you.

Why worry?

[MarkS]

I'm not worried just thought I could right something there like others do

And so when people google cichlid forum we show at the moment you have to google the full site name for it to show

I'm trying to get it out there but with no look at the moment

[kat]

To get rid of the index thing, it seems you need to edit a language string that ends in "- Index" in index.english.php. (It's in the default theme's "Languages" directory).

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$txt['forum_index'] = '%1$s - Index';

So, try changing that to:

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$txt['forum_index'] = '%1$s ';

[MarkS]

So could I do This

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$txt['forum_index'] = '%1$s - forum Help Advice';
?

[kat]

You know... I have no idea. Although, I have a sneaky suspicion that someone'll tell me, in a while.

Why not try it and see what happens?

If something goes "Phut!", you can always change it back.

[Arantor]

Yes you could indeed do that.

[MarkS]

I'm on my ipnone not got round to editing forums on it yet lol

I will give it ago when I'm home from work
Will it show right away ?

Many thanks for the help