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What is SEO Level 3?

SEO Level 2 caused there to be N pages, each with an area filled with different permutations of search phrases. The permutations, however, are limited to that area.  You may be on the Fremont/hypnotherapy/weight loss version of the page, but the rest of the page does not particularly emphasize Fremont or hypnotherapy or weight loss.

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Introducing TERMs

When a link for a SEO permutation is clicked, it sets , , and in the opened page to whatever had been the value for the first category, the second, etc.  (Not passed in is what those categories were called, that is why it is "term1" and not $catname)

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Syntax of TERM references

Syntax: { $term1 text-to-use-if-not-set-by-other-means }
Whatever is in the brackets will be replaced by TERM1, if set. Otherwise the rest of the text will be used.

This syntax differs from {$categry_name} in that a default value can be assigned.  This default value is needed because sometimes the content will be shown without a SEO incoming link assigned term values.

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SEO Expansion Friendly Site Title

SEO links reset the page title.
For example, this page's title is HotDoodle Support.

Unless you declare otherwise, SEO links set the page title to be their permutated article titles. A link to the article "Fremont" combined with article "Tax" becomes site title Fremont Tax.

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SEO Description

As with the site title, the site description should fold in SEO term replacement.

SCS { TERM1 Utah} { TERM2 Air Conditioning repair and air conditioner service}: 30 highly experienced and educated employees offering great service at a fair price since 1982

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Meta Keywords

As with the site title, the site keywords can fold in SEO term replacement.

The Quick Fox,  Fremont, The Quick Fox  Fremont, LDS CONTRACTOR, LDS CHURCH CONTRACTORS

Unlike site title, the keywords are NOT passed in via SEO generated link, so the only way it gets customized is to embed TERMs.

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Other Expansions

{ $SITE_TITLE } -- ala HotDoodle Support
   Whatever the current <title>value might be</title>
 
{ $SITE_DESCRIPTION }
    Whatever the current meta description might be. Here it is

Support guide for HotDoodle.com web sites.

 
{ $DOMAIN }
-- ala hotdoodle.com 
    The current domain, just the name, no http added.
    Note: This support.hotdoodle.com site has special rules that overrode these expansions.

{ $URL } -- ala http://hotdoodle.com/?action=show_unlimited_articles&title=Checklist&view=Default&catid=10&cid=2116&module=articlemodule&src=51094044deecb 
    The full current URL

 
Make the Landing Page Intro Text Exactly Match the Meta Description

For best SEO, the meta description should also be present in the page.  (It is not cler that the meta descrition has any impact anymore, but it is still a best practice to have ONE good description and to have it both as the meta description and on the page.)

Having a clean description with SEO in it both helps win SEO, and it helps win conversions.   Compare
  Offering bookeeping, payroll, audits in the East Bay Area including Milpitas, Newark, Union City, Hayward, Fremont .
to
  Offering Fremont Tax Preparation for 30 years.

Did you really read the first one, or did your eyes glaze?   How about the second one?   The more targeted the more attractive the description is for humans and for SEO.


The easiest way to obtain this is to use { $SITE_DESCRIPTION } as your introductory text -- this is suggested in the checklist for SEO level 2.   Now embed TERM references into this description (edit from Administration / Configure Site -- at least until you get into the domain specific SEO level.)

 
Go and Embed TERMS into the twinking stuff

Now that you have a TERMs capability, go and embed it into the header and footer text you developed earlier.   These have the real advantage of matching the search.
   Tax preparation in Fremont

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Go Embed TERMS Elsewhere

Look over your basic text and description and embed the TERMs usage.

Consider

The Quick Fox Fremont Contractors serving all your HVAC needs

Notice that Salt Lake City turned into Provo above,
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Use Search Engine View

The pages menu in the HotDoodle toolbar has a search engine view that shows the page without HTML. If you enter a search link into the form you will get a count of the number of occurances of the search terms, and the terms will be marked in the text.

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