They might seem a good idea and if you really don’t have the time, or the knowledge to do proper Search Engine Optimization, then use a Metatags generator.

You can find several good once at the Joomla extensions site.
You can also find some “on the fly� Metatags generators, who change everything for you, if you change a few of the first lines of your page.

Here is why I don’t link to use them:
- They are not as good as you in creating good titles
- They are not as good as you in giving a good an well thought through Description of the content of the page
- They are just stuffing some keywords in the keyword tag, and you still have to change them for maximum results.

Joomla Metatag generator components

With Metatag Generators components, you database is filled in the right places, and you can mostly edit the tags, either on the page meta-info tab itself, or in the generator pages.
OpenSef comes with such an Metatag Generator included in the SEO Assistant tab.
Also the Metatags generator of iJoomla works well.

For both generators I suggest you set the options in the configuration fields to NOT overwrite the already filled in Metatag fields.

If you have a large website with multiple editors that don’t know how to write Metatags information, it will be a valuable extensions.
But if you run your own site, don’t use them, think for yourself. You are the expert on your sites topic.

On the Fly SEO ?

There are several Plugins that create “on the fly Metatags�.
What they do is basically read the first positions from the text area of your page and take that as the title, and mostly some more lines to create a description Metatag.
With the words included in the text the keywords are extracted.

For some people it will work great, less effort, and instant results…..

What I don’t like about it is that you don’t have control over the more important parts, it overwrites all you previous work.

But should you call this Search Engine Optimization for you Joomla Site?
Or are you just fooling yourself and taking the easy road?

Search Engine Optimization is more than just letting a program work some stuff into some fields for you.

You have to do research on Keywords, Optimize you text, site structure and more, and that is hard work!
Just running a Plugin or component might look nice to you now, but will it last in the long run and will it provide the right Search Engine Results you are after?

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No, Not really af course..
You just have to work hard and in the right way, getting the technical stuff ready and write good quality content and lots of it.

But I just couldn’t resist..
There is a lot of controversie at the moment about some statements and counter statements in the SEO blogosphere where post are made about if Search Engine Optimization is Rocket Science or just simple to do if you follow the standard Optimization Guidelines (SEO Basics Explained)

My mind just flipped matching two post together, the previous one, and the one I am talking to you about below.

I am reading (and get RSS Feeds) form several SEO Blogs, one them is the http://www.alledia.com/blog/
And they have done an Interview with Barrie North and they started with the first question about how he got into Joomla and what’s his background.

I started out as a rocket scientist. No – really!

And Barrie mentioned that he started out as a Rocket Scientist and that he has his Masters in Physics!

If you have read this Blog for a while you should know that I think Barrie is one of the best in Joomla SEO.
So the combination is easily made :-)

But besides this little Mind spin of mine, the Interview gives you some idea about the person Barrie North and his drive to share his information on Joomla.

He also points out that SEO isn’t what it used to be, that “old school” seo is indeed dead.
And I must admit that I also think SEO is a really fascinating concept and I want to add that you need to analyse your results to improve your knowledge.
So in that sense you could say its a bit like science….

Further there are some quality links to SEO resources in the Interview, so just go and read it yourself, just follow the links to Interview with Barrie North.

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For Joomla SEO you need to be a Rocket Scientist!

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