Keyword Editing

Your Page's Title, Description, and Keywords are crucial to how your page is indexed and displayed by the search engines. And, while this information is important, most is not even displayed by the browsers. A few moments updating this information, and visitors will have a much easier time finding your site.

To display the Keyword Editor press the Keyword Editor Button:

Whenever the Keyword editor is visible, it automatically tracks the selected page and shows you that page's indexing information. It even looks at the words currently on the page, easing the task of picking appropriate keywords.

Update Keywords

Synthesis allows you to modify the following keyword fields: title, description, and keyword. A list of potential keywords, extracted from your page's text, is also provided.

You can change any of these fields by selecting the appropriate text box, and entering your changes. When you are finished you must press the Save button to write the changes back to the page.

Title Field

The <title> tag identifies the document in a number of ways. Most browsers use it to label the window displaying your page. Similarly, the title is used in the history list, and provides the default value for bookmarks.

You should use a title that uniquely identifies your page, as much as possible, in preference to more generic ones like 'Home Page'.

Description Field

The description <meta> tag is used by many (but not all) of the search engines as the page description when they report your site. For this reason, it should be carefully done. Be aware that the search engines that do use you description may not display the whole thing.

Keywords Field

The keyword <meta> tag is used to provide search keywords that aren't found in the page's text. There is some debate whether these tags are worth the bother, as the number of search engines using them falls. (Apparently, too many sites used misleading keywords to draw visitors.)

Potential Keywords Field

This is a list of keywords taken from the text on the page. This list can give you ideas for appropriate keywords for the keywords <meta> tag. It can also be used to see if likely search keywords appear in the text. It is recommended that you include, in your page's text, all of the words you'd expect visitors to use when searching for you.

Save Keywords

Pressing the Save Keywords button: writes the updated keyword fields back to the web page. This sets the <title> tag, along with the <meta> tags for the description and keywords.

Re-scan Page

Pressing the Re-scan Page button: re-scans the document and resets the keyword fields back to what is currently saved in the web page.

Example

Synthesis comes configured with an example site that you can experiment with. Click the Generator tab and you're ready to go. (If the example site is not shown when you select the Generator tab, make sure that File >View > Example is checked.)

In this example we're going to move a file between two folders.

While the Title, Description, and Keywords are the keys to indexing your site, few sites keep this information accurate and up to date. With an integrated Keyword editor, this task becomes trivial.

Change the Title

Make sure that the Keyword Editor is displayed by selecting the keyword toolbar button: This button toggles the Keyword Editor, so pressing the button again will cause the Keyword Editor to be hidden again.

1. Select the home.html file in the Site window. If the file is already selected, select another file, and then reselect home.html. The keyword information will now be displayed in the editor.
2. Edit the title text box.
3. Press the save button: to update the web page.
4. Double-click the home.html file to view the updated web page in your browser. The Title bar (at the top of your browser window) will now have the updated title.

You must press the save button if you want to save any changes. You can return to the current keywords at any time by pressing the refresh button

While the Title, Description, and Keywords are the keys to indexing your site, few sites keep this information accurate and up to date. With an integrated Keyword editor, this task becomes trivial.

Whenever you have the Keyword editor visible, it automatically tracks the pages you're working with, and shows you that pages indexing information. It even looks at the words currently on the page, easing the task of picking appropriate keywords. A few moments updating this information, and surfers will have a much easier time finding your site.