Help:Wiki University Wikitext--SEO

What are SEOs

 * SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization.
 * This is a 25 word or so statement of what the site has to offer the researcher which appears right under the name of the site in your browser.

Why SEOs are critical

 * When your site appears on the list of the browser, the 25 or so words will either appeal to the researcher or they may think you have nothing of interest to them and skip down to the next site on the list.
 * So what is said in those 25 or so words, can either get a person to FamilySearch Wiki or they will continue down the list.
 * Here is the Google manual for SEO: Google SEO guide

Also help with where you appear in the search results

 * Most browsers pay attention to the SEO and it figures in where it will show up in the search results.
 * Saying the right things might help you to make it to the first page of second page.
 * If your site is on page 27, chances are no one will ever see your site. Few have the patience to search through that many pages.

Where do we put SEO in the wiki?

 * They are at the very top of the page.
 * Check out this page and look at the very top.
 * Right under the breadcrumb trail is a small paragraph. This is the SEO.
 * If you will put Adair County, Missouri genealogy in the search box of your browser, you will probably see this site with its SEO maybe first on the list or on the first page.

 Exercises Check your answers >
 * Take our Lorem ipsum paragraph and place three made up references on it: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec sit amet iaculis metus. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Fusce elementum efficitur faucibus. Curabitur eleifend quis ligula ac ullamcorper. Curabitur eget suscipit turpis.
 * Place the references at the bottom of this paragraph.

 Quick Quiz
 * References can only so long.
 * A. True
 * B. False


 * References will only show up at the bottom of the page.
 * A. True
 * B. False


 * References are only for book and page numbers
 * A. True
 * B. False

Check your answers >