[steemit] Add SEO meta fields to posts

[leap8]

Components

Adding a new post at https://steemit.com/submit.html

Proposal

Issue:

It is currently not possible to optimize steemit posts for search engines using meta tags.

Solution:

Add optional input fields to the post submission form that will be used for the meta tags on post pages:

1. Meta Title text input which will go into the tag
2. Meta Description text input which will go into the tag
   These fields can go below the “tags” field.

Mockups / Examples

Benefits

Help Google rank steemit pages higher

Providing accurate well-structured data for search results to Google will help Google rank steemit pages higher in search results and that will bring more visitors to the steemit.com web site. Good titles with the right keywords and well written descriptions that are defined in the meta tags help search rank algorithms decide whether to rank a web site higher. Steemit.com already has a head start on other web sites because of its size and amount of high quality content. This can be that small push that puts thousands of steemit posts on the 1st page of search results.

Increase click through rate

One of the ranking factors for pages to move up in the search results is how many times people click on a result once it’s displayed (CTR). There are way to optimize meta titles and meta descriptions to increase CTR. Doing this with actual post titles and first lines of content is not recommended because the writing becomes targeted to search engines and not natural to read.

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Comments

[ocupation]

That is great proposal, if google realy do that steemit will be bigger and bigger. Cheers

[leap8]

thank you!

[cutemachine]

We also would need other elements such as canonical and many more.

The rel=canonical element, often called the “canonical link”, is an HTML element that helps webmasters prevent duplicate content issues. It does this by specifying the “canonical URL”, the “preferred” version of a web page. Using it well improves a site’s SEO.

Thanks for taking the initiative.

[leap8]

Thank would be a nice addition too :-)

[haniaking]

really nice post

[erikvantools]

This îs awsome idea i think :) will be more easy But Im scared about ADS i dont wanna see ADS on steemit :)

[leap8]

thanks! This has nothing to do with ads. It will just help users optimize their posts for higher Google rankings

[onos]

Thank you for the contribution. It has been approved.

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