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When applied correctly, metadata helps relevant pages rank higher in search results. It can help Canadians access and share the critical information they are looking for.  | When applied correctly, metadata helps relevant pages rank higher in search results. It can help Canadians access and share the critical information they are looking for.  | ||
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| + | *Digital presence: Metadata and search engine optimization [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LNSgWUfWCP3nDb1zyDN3vxwWCAcWrjKo/view (Google slides)][[:File:TMC COVID Metadata and SEO 2020-04-17 for presentation.pptx|(PowerPoint)]]  | ||
*Search engines use certain metadata fields such as metatitle, description and keyword as ranking factors, for results display, and to create rich snippets; the Canada.ca search engine boosts the metatitle, description, and keyword fields; additionally URL is a relevancy and minor ranking factor.  | *Search engines use certain metadata fields such as metatitle, description and keyword as ranking factors, for results display, and to create rich snippets; the Canada.ca search engine boosts the metatitle, description, and keyword fields; additionally URL is a relevancy and minor ranking factor.  | ||
*Social media sites (tweets, posts) are pulling: title, description  | *Social media sites (tweets, posts) are pulling: title, description  | ||
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**'''Keywords''' should include relevant words from the page as well as their commonly known synonyms  | **'''Keywords''' should include relevant words from the page as well as their commonly known synonyms  | ||
**'''URLs''' should use plain language keywords from the title and be separated with hyphens  | **'''URLs''' should use plain language keywords from the title and be separated with hyphens  | ||
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| + | *Digital presence: Metadata and search engine optimization [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LNSgWUfWCP3nDb1zyDN3vxwWCAcWrjKo/view (Google slides)][[:File:TMC COVID Metadata and SEO 2020-04-17 for presentation.pptx|(PowerPoint)]]  | ||
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When applied correctly, metadata helps relevant pages rank higher in search results. It can help Canadians access and share the critical information they are looking for.
- Digital presence: Metadata and search engine optimization (Google slides)(PowerPoint)
 - Search engines use certain metadata fields such as metatitle, description and keyword as ranking factors, for results display, and to create rich snippets; the Canada.ca search engine boosts the metatitle, description, and keyword fields; additionally URL is a relevancy and minor ranking factor.
 - Social media sites (tweets, posts) are pulling: title, description
 - In the context that we are in, focusing on these ones will give you the most benefits:
- Title must be unique, accurately summarize, and distinguish the page content. It should be short and start with the most important keywords (in case it is truncated in search results.)
 - Description should provide concrete additional information about what the users will find on the page, or what task they can complete.
 - Keywords should include relevant words from the page as well as their commonly known synonyms
 - URLs should use plain language keywords from the title and be separated with hyphens
 
 
Resources
- Digital presence: Metadata and search engine optimization (Google slides)(PowerPoint)
 
Use this worksheet to help apply the right COVID metadata in AEM: