How to add meta keywords and meta description to your nopCommerce site

If you are running an online business (e-Commerce store), it is very important to have an online presence so that your customers (or online shoppers) can easily find you over the web. In order to have an online present, you need to have a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategy. Optimizing your site for search engines can certainly help every store owner or online business owner get more traffic on the store site and more traffic means more business.

Meta keywords and meta descriptions are quite important elements in search engine optimization for your website. Meta keywords should always be related to your meta description and the products / services you offer on your store site. Both elements also needs to be relevant to the content on  your site as everything works hand-in-hand when it comes to search engine optimization.

Today, we will go over the process of adding meta keywords and meta description to your nopCommerce site.

Login to your store site as an admin and go to: Administration section > Configuration > Settings > General and Miscellaneous Settings






On the "General and Miscellaneous Settings" page, go to the 2nd tab "SEO settings":




On this page (tab), you can enter the meta keywords and meta description in the following options:



Default meta keywords: The default meta keywords for pages in your store. You can override these for individual categories / products / manufacturer pages.

Default meta keywords: The default meta description for pages in your store. You can override this for individual categories / products / manufacturer pages.

SAVE changes - That's all!

A copy of this article is also available on Arvixe Blog.