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Drupal Search Engine Optimization

By : Ric Shreves
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Drupal Search Engine Optimization

By: Ric Shreves

Overview of this book

Drupal is a free and open-source content management system and content management framework written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is used as a back-end system for at least 1.5% of all websites worldwide ranging from personal blogs to corporate, political, and government sites. SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is the process and techniques by which you optmize the content and style of your site in order to induce more people to view it. Drupal SEO will help you develop and execute an effective search engine optimization strategy for your site. From planning to implementation, the book covers best practices in contemporary SEO. In Drupal SEO you will learn how to develop a dynamic and productive SEO campaign. Covering both the basics of campaign development as well as the daily work it takes to maintain your SEO competitiveness, this book will show you how to produce a distinct and appropriate strategy for your site. In particular you will learn key phrase selection and competitor analysis and the correct groundwork for your dynamic SEO campaign. Drupal SEO will then show you, by finding the right combination of extensions, how to supercharge your site. You will also be given a guided tour of key SEO services, like Google and Bing Webmaster, in order to implement a progressive and effective link building campaign. You will then learn key expert tips and tricks to enable you to build SEO-effective content which will take your site from invisible to unmissable with little effort.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)

Chapter 3. Useful Extensions to Enhance SEO

One of the clear advantages of the Drupal system is the existence of a large number of extensions that can be plugged in to expand the functionality of the default system. A number of these extensions are designed to enhance your ability to achieve search engine optimization. Like the extensions in other categories, the SEO extensions are of varying functionality and quality. In this chapter, we look at a number of SEO extensions with the goal of helping you understand exactly what they can do and why you might want to consider adding them to your Drupal site. We then look at the configuration of some of the more complex extensions.

Topics covered in this chapter include:

  • How to find extensions for your Drupal site

  • Our list of the top SEO-related extensions for Drupal 7

  • How to install and configure common SEO extensions

Note

Note that the extensions in this chapter are all compatible with Version 7.x of Drupal; most also offer versions compatible with...