Joomla: Adding Meta Description & Keywords

When using Joomla to run your website it is important to add Meta information to your articles. This information will be used by Search Engine Robots that index your site. The following is a quick guide to adding this information.

1. Log into the Joomla back-end at http://<yoursite>.<com/org/net>/administrator
2. Once logged in navigate using the upper navigation bar to Content > Article Manager
3. Click on any article in the manager to open the article
4. On the right column click on the bar that says “Meta Information”
5. The area will expand to show a few input areas. The ones we are concerned with are labeled “Description” and “Keywords” respectively.
6. In the “Description” input type a one sentence summary of the content in this article. You could to two sentences but one is really best.
7. Now in the “Keywords” box type in 2-3 keywords for the article. The words should be separated using semi-colons e.g. acts media; web design; web development; Also, notice that you can type key phrases not just words. You should try to keep the keywords at 3 or below.
8. When you are done inputting this information click on “Save” or “Apply” in the upper-right of the screen.
9. Great! Search Engines will now be able to better index this page of your site.