https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Jed.trow 2026-04-22T23:30:41Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.43.5 https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/index.php?title=Search_engine_optimization&diff=90674 2011-09-29T04:41:44Z

<p>Jed.trow: </p> <hr /> <div>Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in Moodle is limited however there are several steps that can be taken to improve search engine visibility and ranking.<br /> <br /> - Enable the opentogoogle setting in siteadmin &gt; security &gt; site policies<br /> <br /> - Have a simple site name that is clean and obvious<br /> e.g. [Organisation Name] E-Learning<br /> <br /> - Set the site description (Used by many themes as the metadata)<br /> <br /> - Set course descriptions (Also have the course links on the front page otherwise descriptions will not be crawled)<br /> <br /> There are other factors that come into play in SEO such as amount of content, website traffic and website trust. In short, lots of relevant content and lots of traffic.<br /> <br /> == Google listing text ==<br /> <br /> The text that Google lists next to your website is taken from the meta description tag. You can fill this information in the Admin &gt; Site Settings area of Moodle.<br /> <br /> == Google blog search ==<br /> <br /> The [http://blogsearch.google.com/ Google blog search], despite its name, lists any site with RSS or Atom feeds, which includes all the Moodle forums.<br /> <br /> They will soon have a manual submission process but for the time being you need to ping a weblog update service.<br /> <br /> *[http://www.google.com/help/about_blogsearch.html About Google blog search]<br /> <br /> == Google site maps ==<br /> <br /> Site maps allow you to tell Google exactly what pages you have and when your site changes. You do this by creating a 'sitemap' using a program you can download from them, or alternatively just point them at your RSS feed.<br /> <br /> *[https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/docs/en/about.html About Google sitemaps]<br /> <br /> == Moodle settings ==<br /> <br /> The ''opentogoogle'' variable in Administration &gt;&gt; Configuration &gt;&gt; [[admin/config|Variables]] may be set to 'Yes' to allow Google to enter your site as a Guest. In addition, people coming in to your site via a Google search will automatically be logged in as a Guest. However, people can just read the content from Google's site without ever visiting your site.<br /> <br /> ==Links to and from other sites==<br /> <br /> Linking is a major contributor to SEO. If you link to reputable sites your ranking will increase, but more importantly other sites linking to you will increase your ranking.<br /> <br /> Other sites linking to you is very important, but you cant just go and create 30 sites with a link to your site because Google is smarter than that. Reputation is important to Google and 100 links from small sites with no reputation won't count for a single link from say www.time.com.<br /> <br /> == Other methods ==<br /> <br /> Of course, the standard stuff applies:<br /> * Making your content interesting<br /> * Linking to relevant sites and getting relevant sites to link to you (within reason)<br /> * Making your site accessible (as Google sees roughly the same things as a blind web surfer with JavaScript turned off)<br /> * Getting bloggers in your field to talk about your site (this seems to be the current best method)<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> *[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=36180 Using of meta-tags in Moodle] forum discussion<br /> *[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=44672 Google and Lesson] discussion<br /> <br /> [[Category:Administrator]]<br /> <br /> [[ja:サーチエンジン最適化]]</div>

Jed.trow https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/index.php?title=Search_engine_optimization&diff=85984 2011-07-13T03:29:39Z

<p>Jed.trow: </p> <hr /> <div>Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in Moodle is limited however there are several steps that can be taken to improve search engine visibility and ranking.<br /> <br /> - Enable the opentogoogle setting in siteadmin &gt; security &gt; site policies<br /> <br /> - Have a simple site name that is clean and obvious<br /> e.g. [Organisation Name] E-Learning<br /> <br /> - Set the site description (Used by many themes as the metadata)<br /> <br /> - Set course descriptions (Also have the course links on the front page otherwise descriptions will not be crawled)<br /> <br /> There are other factors that come into play in SEO such as amount of content, website traffic and website trust, in short lots of relevant content and lots of traffic.<br /> <br /> == Google listing text ==<br /> <br /> The text that Google lists next to your website is taken from the meta description tag. You can fill this information in the Admin &gt; Site Settings area of Moodle.<br /> <br /> == Google blog search ==<br /> <br /> The [http://blogsearch.google.com/ Google blog search], despite its name, lists any site with RSS or Atom feeds, which includes all the Moodle forums.<br /> <br /> They will soon have a manual submission process but for the time being you need to ping a weblog update service.<br /> <br /> *[http://www.google.com/help/about_blogsearch.html About Google blog search]<br /> <br /> == Google site maps ==<br /> <br /> Site maps allow you to tell Google exactly what pages you have and when your site changes. You do this by creating a 'sitemap' using a program you can download from them, or alternatively just point them at your RSS feed.<br /> <br /> *[https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/docs/en/about.html About Google sitemaps]<br /> <br /> == Moodle settings ==<br /> <br /> The ''opentogoogle'' variable in Administration &gt;&gt; Configuration &gt;&gt; [[admin/config|Variables]] may be set to 'Yes' to allow Google to enter your site as a Guest. In addition, people coming in to your site via a Google search will automatically be logged in as a Guest. However, people can just read the content from Google's site without ever visiting your site.<br /> <br /> == Other methods ==<br /> <br /> Of course, the standard stuff applies:<br /> * Making your content interesting<br /> * Linking to relevant sites and getting relevant sites to link to you (within reason)<br /> * Making your site accessible (as Google sees roughly the same things as a blind web surfer with JavaScript turned off)<br /> * Getting bloggers in your field to talk about your site (this seems to be the current best method)<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> *[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=36180 Using of meta-tags in Moodle] forum discussion<br /> *[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=44672 Google and Lesson] discussion<br /> <br /> [[Category:Administrator]]<br /> <br /> [[ja:サーチエンジン最適化]]</div>

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