SEO in itself is a very large subject area; however, in this recipe we will cover some of the most effective methods of optimizing your site within Drupal. We will see how to configure custom page titles, bespoke URLs, and how to generate an XML sitemap and submit it to the search engines.
To complete this recipe, install the following modules:
Once installed, enable the following features of the modules:
Pathauto
Token
Page title
XML sitemap
XML sitemap engines
XML sitemap menu
XML sitemap node
We will start by editing the Article content type to enable custom page titles, and inclusion in the XML sitemap. We will then optimize the URLs that are generated for the Article type, and finally, we will configure the XML sitemap:
1. Select Structure from the admin menu, then select Content...