Re: Adding Keyword metadata to ImageJ.net site

Posted by ctrueden on
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Adding-Keyword-metadata-to-ImageJ-net-site-tp5011594p5016488.html

Hi Nathan,

> I was wondering how to add meta keyword tags to my page so that
> Google/Bing/etc. can find my page when people do general searches for
> my plugin's function?

More than one year after you asked this question, we have done a thorough
review of all installed modules on the wiki, and found that there is
already one that suits this purpose. It is called Add_HTML_Meta_and_Title.
Usage is described here:

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Add_HTML_Meta_and_Title

I believe it will let you add keywords to your wiki page(s) easily. If you
are still interested, give it a try, and let us know how it goes.

Regards,
Curtis

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On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 7:54 AM, Mark Hiner <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi Nathan,
>
> >I believe the process isn't too time/work intensive on your end
>
> It is extremely simple to install an extension like this on our end so it
> is not an inconvenience to request a feature like this, and your
> justification is completely reasonable.
>
> Unfortunately - I installed MetaKeywords but it looks like it requires a
> newer version of MediaWiki than we're running right now. Upgrading our
> system is non-trivial but it's certainly something we will have to do
> eventually. When we do, I'm hoping we can immediately enable MetaKeywords.
>
> Thank you for informing us about this feature - it definitely will help to
> motivate a MediaWiki upgrade.
>
> Best,
> Mark
>
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 3:15 PM, Nathan Hotaling <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
> > TLDR: Keywords serve an important purpose in modern search, especially
> > when dealing with technical content where synonyms are prevalent.I was
> > always taught to have syntactical homology between sentences in technical
> > writing. For example, if I refer to a process as characterization in one
> > sentence, I should not refer to the same process as analysis later in the
> > document. This sort of homology leads to a more clear document and lowers
> > reader's work to figure out what had been done or how something was done.
> > However, referring to the process as "analysis" isn't wrong it's just not
> > homologous with the document. So if someone Google's "analysis" then my
> > document doesn't show up even though it is about that exact process.
> > Further, Google gives priority to keywords and phrases based off of
> > frequency of occurrence in the document as well as by proximity to main
> > headers. Thus, just by including a sentence with the googled words
> doesn't
> > mean it will be indexed correctly.  The inclusion of keywords allows for
> > the parsing of synonyms, and importance of words without having to create
> > gimmicky sentences early in paragraphs.  Ultimately, you are right, I
> could
> > spend time using all the synonyms for my program in the opening few
> > sentences below class 2 headers so that search engines would give them a
> > high priority.  However, the cost would be clarity, ease of
> > reading/understanding, and as compared to site that do allow for
> keywords,
> > a lower priority placed in search engines for results from ImageJ.net
> > pages.  Generally, these detracters won't matter that much  for plug-ins
> > that don't have commercial analogs but for those plugins that are meant
> to
> > be a free alternative to commercial software this could lead to the
> plugin
> > not being found/used.Also, from a site administrator point of view:
> > enabling keywords will increase traffic to ImageJ because
> Google/Bing/Yahoo
> > preferentially search keywords and prioritizes their value over in-line
> > text.  More eyes equals more people helped, equals more science being
> done,
> > equals (hopefully) better science being done.  I feel as though if you
> are
> > trying to reach the average Biologist who doesn't know how to search the
> > myriad of plugins available for ImageJ, you are much more likely to hook
> > them by bringing them immediately (as the first link in their search
> engine
> > search) to the page that they are looking for. Rather than making them
> > click on the top 6 links and sort through the content.  Ultimately,
> > enabling keywords in ImageJ.net would allow for faster and more accurate
> > searches both within the site and within search engines, so I feel as
> > though the time it takes to insert the necessary .php would be worth it.I
> > believe the process isn't too time/work intensive on your end, as the
> > instructions here:
> > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MetaKeywordsTag  appear to be
> > straightforward.  I could be wrong, I've never done anything like that.
> > And if I am, let me know and I'll drop it.  I was just curious what the
> > rational was to not enable keywords.Nathan
> >
> > > Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 16:46:22 -0600
> > > From: [hidden email]
> > > Subject: Re: Adding Keyword metadata to ImageJ.net site
> > > To: [hidden email]
> > >
> > > Hi Nathan,
> > >
> > > > I was wondering how to add meta keyword tags to my page so that
> > > > Google/Bing/etc. can find my page when people do general searches for
> > > > my plugin's function?
> > >
> > > Isn't it enough to just describe your plugin's function using those
> > > keywords, such that indexing engines pick up on those words?
> > >
> > > You can also add categories, like:
> > >
> > > [[Category:Segmentation]]
> > >
> > > at the bottom of the page, to categorize your plugin. And feel free to
> > make
> > > up new categories if you think they are generally useful.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Curtis
> > >
> > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Nathan Hotaling <[hidden email]>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm relatively new to ImageJ plugin creation but I am trying to
> create
> > a
> > > > page for my plugin.  I was wondering how to add meta keyword tags to
> my
> > > > page so that Google/Bing/etc. can find my page when people do general
> > > > searches for my plugin's function?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I've already tried the below (from
> > > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MetaKeywordsTag)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > <meta name="keywords" content="List, Keywords" />
> > > >
> > > > and
> > > >
> > > > <metakey>ListOfKeywords</metakey>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Neither add keywords.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Nathan
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