Configure Product Meta Information

Product meta information controls how your product pages are understood by search engines and how they appear in search results. In DecoNetwork, you can configure the page title, meta keywords, meta description, and indexing behavior to improve visibility and ensure your listings accurately represent your products.

In This Article

• Prerequisites
• Why Configure Product Meta Information
• How to Configure Product Meta Information
• Best-Practice Tips
• Troubleshooting
• FAQs
• Additional Resources

Prerequisites

Why Configure Product Meta Information

Configuring meta information helps ensure your product pages are discoverable, relevant, and clearly represented in search results.

• Improve search visibility: Help search engines understand your product content.
• Control search result appearance: Define the title and description customers see in search listings.
• Increase click-through rates: Use compelling descriptions to attract more visitors.
• Manage indexing: Exclude low-value or duplicate pages from search results when needed.

How to Configure Product Meta Information

Step 1: Open the product in Admin

1. Log into your DecoNetwork Website.

2. Browse to Admin → Products.

   

   

3. Locate the product you want to edit.

4. Open the product by:

   • Clicking the product name, or
   • Clicking the product code, or

   • Clicking on the Manage button beside the product, then selecting Edit Product.

     

   The product properties will be shown in the main work area, with a menu at the left to select property categories. General will be selected by default.

Step 2: Open the Meta Information settings

1. In the product settings menu (left-hand panel), click Meta Information.

   

   The Meta Information settings will load in the main workspace.

Step 3: Configure the meta fields

1. For each field you want to customize, enable Override default.
2. Enter your product’s meta information:

   • Page title: Displayed in the browser tab and often used as the search result title.

     Note: The page title automatically includes -[STORE_NAME], which is dynamically replaced with your store name.
     

   • Meta keywords: Optional keywords describing the product (used by search engines).

     

   • Meta description: A short summary that may appear in search engine results.

     

3. Optionally configure indexing:

   • Enable Prevent search engines from indexing this page: to exclude the product from search results.
   Note: Enabling indexing prevention adds a noindex meta tag to the page HTML, instructing search engines not to include the page in search results.

   This is useful for preventing duplicate content on the product page from coming up in the search results for your site and redirecting traffic to more relevant pages on your site.

   

Step 4: Save your changes

1. Click Save or Save and Continue.

   Your updates will apply immediately, but search engines may take time to reflect the changes.

Best-Practice Tips

• Write clear, descriptive titles: Include the product name and key identifiers.
• Focus on readability: Write meta descriptions for humans, not just search engines.
• Avoid keyword stuffing: Use natural language instead of repeating keywords.
• Use overrides selectively: Only override defaults when you need more control.
• Apply noindex intentionally: Use it for duplicate, seasonal, or low-value pages.

Troubleshooting

Changes are not reflected in search results

• Search engines may take time to re-crawl your page.
• Ensure you clicked Save after making changes.
• Confirm Override default is enabled for edited fields.

Page is missing from search results

• Check if Prevent search engines from indexing this page is enabled.
• Verify the page is publicly accessible and not restricted.

Page title appears differently than expected

• Remember that -[STORE_NAME] is appended automatically.
• Check for browser or search engine caching.

FAQs

What is product meta information?

It is data associated with a product page, such as title and description, that helps search engines understand and display the page.

What does "Override default" do?

It allows you to replace the system-generated meta values with custom content for that product.

What happens when I enable indexing prevention?

A noindex meta tag is added to the page, preventing it from appearing in search engine results.

Are meta keywords still important?

They are optional and used by some search engines, but they are less influential than titles and descriptions.

Additional Resources

• How to Optimize Your DecoNetwork Website with Keywords and Meta Data
• How to Configure a Website Page's Meta Title and Description