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The Metatag Module
Set up your Drupal site's meta tags along with specifying how your social media will appear when linking to pages, along with Schema information in one powerful Drupal module.
Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 03/17/2023 - 18:19
How to Add Default Metatags for a Specific Content Type

So you've got your Metatag module installed and defaults configured for the Global, Front page, and Content. However, you want slightly different meta tags for several of your content types. Here's how you do that.

Tracy Cooper Fri, 03/17/2023 - 17:43
How to Add Meta Tag Fields to Your Content Types in Drupal

So you have your Meta tag module installed and all the default meta tags configured. However, you still need to tweak the meta tags for a specific page, but the meta tag fields aren't showing up in the edit interface. Here's how to get those to show up for the various content types.

Go to Manage > Structure > Content Types. This displays the Content types listing page. 

Tracy Cooper Fri, 03/17/2023 - 16:50

Set up Cron

Cron is a system built into your server that runs maintenance tasks on a regular basis. The Drupal cron tasks maintain and clean up your Drupal site. It does things like check for updates, index content, and rebuild XML sitemaps.

The Google Tag Manager Module

These instructions work for both Drupal 9 & 10! Installing Google Tag Manager to your Drupal site adds a layer of complexity, but it's far more flexible & powerful than Google Analytics (GA4) alone.

The Advanced CSS/JS Aggregation Module

The Advanced CSS/JS Aggregation module aggregates and compresses CSS and JavaScript files to make your site run faster. Speed became a ranking factor in 2010. All else being equal, the faster site will rank higher in Google.

I Got 99 Problems, But Drupal Crawl Errors Ain't One!

Keep your website crawl error free using these modules

Crawl errors are the bane of every digital marketer-- they seemingly pop up over night and their numbers grow exponentially. Luckily for Drupal marketers there a number of techniques you can use to minimize the number of crawl errors that occur and more easily resolve these types of crawl errors on your website. However, before we get started, let's first review a few common crawl errors that you're likely to run into:

What Is Drupal?

What is Drupal? Get some key concepts about Drupal as well as some useful tips before jumping into SEO on your or your clients' Drupal websites.