The default movable type 4 template does not display title, meta descriptions and meta keywords at the HTML header. This can be frustrating to some SEO freaks out there, although meta tags are not too important compared to the page content but its nice to see your descriptions in included in the search engines result page and not some random text.
I have modified my header template to use the meta descriptions based on the page content. lots of MTIf tags are needed. If you are familiar with Movable Type Tags this will be easier for you.
Here is my new title, meta description and meta keyword tag from the header template in movable type.
I have modified my header template to use the meta descriptions based on the page content. lots of MTIf tags are needed. If you are familiar with Movable Type Tags this will be easier for you.
Here is my new title, meta description and meta keyword tag from the header template in movable type.
<$MTGetVar name="page_title"$> - <$MTBlogName encode_html="1"$>
<$MTBlogName encode_html="1"$>
<$MTBlogName encode_html="1"$>: <$MTGetVar name="page_title"$>
; "Mostly Harmless")
; "Dragonball Evolution Movie")
; "Life the Universe and Everything")
; "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe")
; "the-ultimate-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy.jpg")
; "Angels And Demons")
; "StarCraft: Brood War")
; "Eagle Eye")
; "Linksys Compact Wireless G USB")
; "We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things")
Thanks for writing a post on this. I am a huge believer in having custom meta data to support the content on individual pages. How has this worked for you? Have you been happy with the results?