#1240 – EFSEO and SH404SEF

Hi

I don't see why it would be a problem to use both, but I haven't tested that (and I won't).

It's normal that meta and title are empty in sh404SEF. Joomla and sh404SEF works in different way, we use the URL of a page to attach meta and title, while Joomla attach them directly to an article.

So basically, you choose to use one or the other.

A difference also is that because we use URL, we can setup title and meta for ANY page on your site, even if Joomla has no provision for it (other than article pages, other extensions, ect).

Rgds

Hi

As I started a year ago to fill meta in Joomla articles, now I need to delete all meta in my article to have theme automatically generated by sh404?

No, you don't need to delete anything. If you have done that, they will always be used. You can add new ones in sh404SEF.

However, because of the difference in the way things are stored, we cannot retrieve the Joomla ones, so we cannot display both ours and the Joomla ones in the meta manager.
This is not very convenient as you won't know if you have already created meta for a given page or not.

But again, if you don't transfer meta from Joomla to sh404SEF, nothing is lost and they'll still be displayed by Joomla directly.

Rgds

Hi

And in the meantime i was writing this, i realize that SH404 doesn't generate automatically keywords and description... Right? I need to add them manually in the component?

Absolutely. And we will never do that.

First keywords. Just don't spend one second of your time on them. They are not used by search engines, not even read from your page. One exception is Baidu, the main Chinese search engine. So if you want to rank in Chinese language countries, that's something you want to do.

As for description, they are only useful if you actually write them, whether directly or as part of a product description. Description are not used for ranking either, only to be displayed in search results - sometimes.
A few lines of PHP is not going to figure out what a good description is. And if you don't write a good one, then better just let google pick what he thinks is best. But the only good solution here is to write them manuallY;

Rgds