A Meta Tags enhancement I made for news

spacebar

Yes, article.php is in the news module.

Backup your files before you ever add a change like this.

3DdesktopsUK

Hi all and great post!!

Been looking for something like this for ages regarding Pages with duplicate meta descriptions that google keeps complaining about in my webmaster tools.

Can this be implemented on any module? specifically coppermine? Encouraging to hear spacebars experience of better SERP's too after doing it!! Interesting to know if this could be rolled out site wide using some kind of include file and how much of a job that will be?

Wish there were more great SEO tips and hacks like this, besides, that's what we all want isn't it? more traffic!!

love to hear your thoughts

layingback · Forum Admin Offline Joined: Apr 19, 2004 Posts: 1040

spacebar, Thanks for this. I've added to my copy of Pro_News, and will wait to see the results. Thanks for posting!

3DdesktopsUK

Quote::

Been looking for something like this for ages regarding Pages with duplicate meta descriptions that google keeps complaining about in my webmaster tools.

Can this be implemented on any module? specifically coppermine? Encouraging to hear spacebars experience of better SERP's too after doing it!! Interesting to know if this could be rolled out site wide using some kind of include file and how much of a job that will be?

* BUMP *

Google is penalising me because of all this duplicate - Please any help would probably save my site.

Thanks

NanoCaiordo

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Berty

I made a few fixes to it to suit my needs:

PHP:

<?php
//Generate dynamic description
$order   = array("\r\n", "\n", "\r");
$replace = ' ';
// Processes \r\n's first so they aren't converted twice.
$new_desc = str_replace($order, $replace,strip_tags($hometext));
$order   = array('"');
$replace = ' ';
// Processes " so tags work.
$new_keywords = str_replace($order, $replace,$new_desc);

$METATAGS['description'] = substr($new_keywords,0,255);
$echoar=$new_keywords;
//Generate dynamic keywords
$new_keywords = " ".$new_keywords." ";
$new_keywords = mb_strtolower("artículo noticias noticia historia " . $story['cattitle'] . " " . $story['title'] . " " . $new_keywords);

//Remove punctuation, etc
$order = array("   ","  ","[","]","}","{",",",".",":",":","!","(",")");
$new_keywords = str_replace($order, " ",$new_keywords);

//Remove common words
$order = array_merge(array(" a "," about "," after "," against "," all "," almost "," also "," am "," an "," and "," another "," any "," are "," around "," as "," at "," b "," be "," because "," been "," before "," behind "," being "," both "," but "," by "," c "," came "," come "," comes "," could "," d "," did "," do "," does "," done "," e "," each "," either "," etc "," ever "," every "," example "," f "," few "," for "," from "," g "," go "," h "," had "," has "," have "," here "," how "," however "," i "," if "," ii "," iii "," in "," include "," included "," including "," into "," is "," it "," its "," iv "," ix "," j "," just "," k "," l "," m "," many "," may "," midst "," might "," my "," n "," nbsp "," neither "," never "," next "," no "," nor "," not "," now "," o "," of "," often "," on "," once "," or "," other "," others "," our "," over "," p "," put "," q "," r "," s "," same "," shall "," should "," since "," so "," some "," something "," sometimes "," soon "," such "," t "," than "," that "," the "," their "," them "," then "," there "," these "," they "," this "," those "," through "," to "," too "," toward "," u "," under "," underneath "," until "," us "," use "," used "," uses "," using "," usually "," v "," very "," vi "," vii "," viii "," w "," was "," we "," went "," were "," what "," when "," where "," whether "," which "," while "," who "," why "," with "," within "," without "," would "," x "," xi "," xii "," xiii "," xiv "," xix "," xv "," xvi "," xvii "," xviii "," xx "," y "," you "," your "," z "),
array( " un ", " aqui ", " alli ", " aquí ", " allí ", " acerca ", " dejo ", " salido ", " atte ", " atentamente ", " buen ", " bueno" , " después ", " despues ", " hace ", " todo ", " casi ", " largo ", " montón ", " monton", " también ", " tambien", " soy ", " un ", " y ", " respuesta ", " cualquier ", " cualquiera ", " cualesquiera ", " lugar ","no son ", " son ", " alrededor ", " como ", " preguntar ", " preguntado ", " en ", " mal ", " ser ", " porque ", " sido ", " antes ", " siendo ", " mejor ", " mejores ", " entre ", " grande ", " por las dudas ", " pero ", " por ", " puede ", " no puede ", " venir ", " podría ", " no podría ", " día ", " dias ", " hizo ", " no hizo ", " hacer ", " hace ", " no hace ", " no ", " bajo ", " cada ", " etc ", " alterno ", " sino ", " aun ", " nunca ", " cada ", " cada uno ", " cada cual ", " todos ", " lejos ", " encontrar ", " para ", " encontrado ", " de ", " obtener ", " ir ", " yendo ", " ido ", " bueno ", " tener ", " tenido ", " tuve ", " he tenido ", " tengo ", " no tengo ", " teniendo ", " su ", " aqui ", " sus ", " hogar ", " cómo ", " cuándo ", " href ", " yo ", " si ", " ini ", " dentro ", " es ", " no es ", " esto ", " sólo ", " saber ", " gran ", " menos ", " como ", " parecido ", " pequeño ", " mirando ", " mirar ", " mirado ", " mirando ", " mucho ", " talvez ", " muchos ", " mi ", " más ", " mayor ", " demasiado ", " debe ", " no debe ", " mío ", " cerca ", " necesito ", " nunca ", " nuevo ", " noticias ", " no ", " ninguno ", " nada ", " ahora ", " fuera ", " a menudo ", " viejo " , " sobre ", " una vez ", " solamente ", " oops ", " o ", " otro ", " nuestro ", " nuestros ", " afuera ", " sobre ", " página ", " por favor ", " poner ", " pregunta ", " preguntas ", " preguntado ", " cita ", " preferir ", " realmente ", " reciente ", " dijo ", " vió ", " dicho ", " ella ", " ver ", " debería ", " sitios ", " chico ", " así ", " algún ", " algo " , " a veces ", " acullá ", " pronto ", " tomar ", " que ", " verdad ", " gracias ", " el ", " alli ", " ellos ", " luego ", " entonces ", " esos ", " estos ", " aquellos ", " pienso ", " travéz ", " fecha ", " fechas ", " para ", " demasía ", " bajo ", " hasta ", " incierto ", " arriba ", " hasta ", " use ", " usuarios ", " versión ", " muy ", " vía ", " querer ", " fué ", " camino ", " nosotros ", " bien ", " fueron ", " fuimos ", " no fuimos ", " cuando ", " dónde ", " cual ", " quién ", " quienes ", " porque ", " ancho ", " con ", " sin ", " palabra ", " malo ", " peor ", " podría ", " escrito ", " www ", " yes ", " ya ", " tu ", " tú ", " tus ", " AFAIK ", " IIRC ", " LOL ", " ROTF ", " ROTFLMAO ", " YMMV ")
);
$replace = ' ';
$new_keywords = str_replace($order, $replace,$new_keywords);


//remove duplicate words
$new_keywords = preg_replace("/([,.?!])/"," \\1",$new_keywords);
$parts = explode(" ",$new_keywords);
foreach ($parts as $p){
if(strlen($p)>3){
 $unique[] = $p;
 }
}
$unique = array_unique($unique);
$unique = implode(" ",$unique);
$unique_keywords = preg_replace("/\s([,.?!])/","\\1",$unique); 

//make CSV list
$order   = " ";
$replace = ',';
$unique_keywords = str_replace($order, $replace,$unique_keywords);
$unique_keywords = str_replace(",,", ",",$unique_keywords);

if (substr($unique_keywords,0,1) == ",") {
 $unique_keywords = substr($unique_keywords,1);
}

if (strlen($unique_keywords) > 5) {
  $METATAGS['keywords'] .= $unique_keywords;
  }
?>

Well i basically changed "strtolower" to "mb_strtolower" as spanish characters like "ó, í, etc didn't showed the ? character. I also put part the removes the punctuation before the one that removes the common words as words that appeared with a dot at the end weren't deleted (for example "I will see this soon." -- soon wouldn't be deleted).

In addition, I put a minimum of characters for the keywords:

PHP:

<?php
foreach ($parts as $p){
if(strlen($p)>3){
 $unique[] = $p;
 }
?>

Also, for spanish speakers I have included the stopwords list of phpbb (+ a few others i needed in my website).

Hope it helps

Berty

Sorry for double post (I don't undestand why you have edit disabled for registered users...).

What file is available in ALL modules (even the ones I create myself)?

I would like to make a "Global function" for meta tag generation.

Phoenix

edit is disabled because certain members in this community behave dishonestly - we're sorry that affects the genuine ones, but it's the unfortunate state of the internet these days.

Berty

Ok I understand.

So, in which file should I put the function for the metatag generation so that it is available on all modules?

Phoenix

I can't answer that because I haven't been through the posts, but you might consider this mod by BrokenCrust
» dragonflycms.org/Diges...ils/id=46/

Berty

I just need to know in which file I can put a function so that the function is sure to be available on all my modules.

Berty

Sorry for jumping in again.

Well I created a function (well its basically to generate the meta tags. I found out that the best file to have this function defined is in index.php (copy this code without the <?php ?> at the end of the file, just before:

Code::

if (defined('HEADER_OPEN')) { require_once('footer.php'); }

PHP:

<?php
function metatags_gen($description,$data){
global $METATAGS;
//Process Meta Tags
//Created by spacebar
//Updated by Berty
//09/21/2008

//Generate dynamic description
$order   = array("\r\n", "\n", "\r");
$replace = ' ';
// Processes \r\n's first so they aren't converted twice.
$new_desc = str_replace($order, $replace,strip_tags($description));
$order   = array('"');
$replace = ' ';
// Processes " so tags work.
$new_keywords = str_replace($order, $replace,$new_desc);

$description_output = substr($new_keywords,0,255);
$echoar=$new_keywords;
//Generate dynamic keywords
$new_keywords = " ".$new_keywords." ";
$new_keywords = mb_strtolower($data . " " . $new_keywords);

//Remove punctuation, etc
$order = array("   ","  ","[","]","}","{",",",".",":",":","!","(",")");
$new_keywords = str_replace($order, " ",$new_keywords);

//Remove common words
$order = array(" a "," about "," after "," against "," all "," almost "," also "," am "," an "," and "," another "," any "," are "," around "," as "," at "," b "," be "," because "," been "," before "," behind "," being "," both "," but "," by "," c "," came "," come "," comes "," could "," d "," did "," do "," does "," done "," e "," each "," either "," etc "," ever "," every "," example "," f "," few "," for "," from "," g "," go "," h "," had "," has "," have "," here "," how "," however "," i "," if "," ii "," iii "," in "," include "," included "," including "," into "," is "," it "," its "," iv "," ix "," j "," just "," k "," l "," m "," many "," may "," midst "," might "," my "," n "," nbsp "," neither "," never "," next "," no "," nor "," not "," now "," o "," of "," often "," on "," once "," or "," other "," others "," our "," over "," p "," put "," q "," r "," s "," same "," shall "," should "," since "," so "," some "," something "," sometimes "," soon "," such "," t "," than "," that "," the "," their "," them "," then "," there "," these "," they "," this "," those "," through "," to "," too "," toward "," u "," under "," underneath "," until "," us "," use "," used "," uses "," using "," usually "," v "," very "," vi "," vii "," viii "," w "," was "," we "," went "," were "," what "," when "," where "," whether "," which "," while "," who "," why "," with "," within "," without "," would "," x "," xi "," xii "," xiii "," xiv "," xix "," xv "," xvi "," xvii "," xviii "," xx "," y "," you "," your "," z ", " LOL ", " ROTF ", " ROTFLMAO ", " YMMV ");
$replace = ' ';
$new_keywords = str_replace($order, $replace,$new_keywords);


//remove duplicate words
$new_keywords = preg_replace("/([,.?!])/"," \\1",$new_keywords);
$parts = explode(" ",$new_keywords);
foreach ($parts as $p){
if(strlen($p)>3){
 $unique[] = $p;
 }
}
$unique = array_unique($unique);
$unique = implode(" ",$unique);
$unique_keywords = preg_replace("/\s([,.?!])/","\\1",$unique); 

//make CSV list
$order   = " ";
$replace = ',';
$unique_keywords = str_replace($order, $replace,$unique_keywords);
$unique_keywords = str_replace(",,", ",",$unique_keywords);

if (substr($unique_keywords,0,1) == ",") {
 $unique_keywords = substr($unique_keywords,1);
}

if (strlen($unique_keywords) > 5) {
  $keywords_output = $METATAGS['keywords'].$unique_keywords;
  }
return array('description'=>$description_output, 'keywords'=>$keywords_output);
}
?>

On article.php you will have to put (just before "require_once('header.php');"):

PHP:

<?php
$METATAGS = metatags_gen($hometext, $story['title'].' '.$story['cattitle']);
?>

You can put this on all the modules you want. You just have to put:

PHP:

<?php
$METATAGS = metatags_gen("Description", "keyword1 keyword2 keyword3");
?>

fishingfan · Newbie Offline Joined: Aug 19, 2008 Posts: 7

My version changed from previous to limit the number of keywords to the most common ones.

PHP:

<?php
function metatags_gen($description,$data){
global $METATAGS;
//Process Meta Tags
//Created by spacebar
//Updated by Berty
//09/21/2008
//Hacked about by FishingFan
//to return up to 6 most common keywords
//23/02/2009

//Generate dynamic description
$order   = array("\r\n", "\n", "\r");
$replace = ' ';
// Processes \r\n's first so they aren't converted twice.
$new_desc = str_replace($order, $replace,strip_tags($description));
$order   = array('"');
$replace = ' ';
// Processes " so tags work.
$new_keywords = str_replace($order, $replace,$new_desc);

$description_output = substr($data,0,255);
$echoar=$new_keywords;
//Generate dynamic keywords
$new_keywords = " ".$new_keywords." ";
$new_keywords = mb_strtolower($data . " " . $new_keywords);

//Remove punctuation, etc
$order = array("   ","  ","[","]","}","{",",",".",":",":","!","(",")");
$new_keywords = str_replace($order, " ",$new_keywords);

//Remove common words
$order = array(" a "," about "," after "," against "," all "," almost "," also "," am "," an "," and "," another "," any "," are "," around "," as "," at "," b "," be "," because "," been "," before "," behind "," being "," both "," but "," by "," c "," came "," come "," comes "," could "," d "," did "," do "," does "," done "," e "," each "," either "," etc "," ever "," every "," example "," f "," few "," for "," from "," g "," go "," h "," had "," has "," have "," here "," how "," however "," i "," if "," ii "," iii "," in "," include "," included "," including "," into "," is "," it "," its "," iv "," ix "," j "," just "," k "," l "," m "," many "," may "," midst "," might "," my "," n "," nbsp "," neither "," never "," next "," no "," nor "," not "," now "," o "," of "," often "," on "," once "," or "," other "," others "," our "," over "," p "," put "," q "," r "," s "," same "," shall "," should "," since "," so "," some "," something "," sometimes "," soon "," such "," t "," than "," that "," the "," their "," them "," then "," there "," these "," they "," this "," those "," through "," to "," too "," toward "," u "," under "," underneath "," until "," us "," use "," used "," uses "," using "," usually "," v "," very "," vi "," vii "," viii "," w "," was "," we "," went "," were "," what "," when "," where "," whether "," which "," while "," who "," why "," with "," within "," without "," would "," x "," xi "," xii "," xiii "," xiv "," xix "," xv "," xvi "," xvii "," xviii "," xx "," y "," you "," your "," z ", " LOL ", " ROTF ", " ROTFLMAO ", " YMMV ");
$replace = ' ';
$new_keywords = str_replace($order, $replace,$new_keywords);


//remove duplicate words
$new_keywords = preg_replace("/([,.?!])/"," \\1",$new_keywords);
$parts = explode(" ",$new_keywords);
foreach ($parts as $p){
if(strlen($p)>3){
 $unique[] = $p;
 }
}
//rank the keywords!!!
$rank = array_count_values(array_map('strtolower', $unique));
arsort($rank);
//
$un = array_keys($rank);
//return up to 6 keywords
$n=1;
$words = "";
$max = sizeof($un);

while ($n < $max && $n < 6) {
    $words = $words.",".array_shift($un);
    $n++;
}
//print_r("KEYS:\n".$words."\n");
if (strlen($words) > 5) {
  $keywords_output = $METATAGS['keywords'].$words;
}
return array('description'=>$description_output, 'keywords'=>$keywords_output);
}
//END OF META HACK!