Add meta description tags to each page

[sbarber2]

Google Lighthouse reports that we can raise our Lighthouse SEO score from 90 to 100 by adding unique <meta name="description" . . . . /> elements to each web page.

Here's an example of how to do this for our Jinja2 template html files:

Here's one for index.html:

...
{% extends 'base.html' %}

{% block head %}
<meta name="description" content="Plant Tracer is an educational web application to help students explore the genetics of plant movement"/>
{% endblock %}

{% block body %}
....

[simsong]

We probably care about the SEO score of planttracer.com <http://planttracer.com/>, but why the app?

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On Oct 22, 2024, at 8:44 AM, Steve Barber ***@***.***> wrote: Google Lighthouse reports that we can raise our Lighthouse SEO score from 90 to 100 by adding unique <meta name="description" . . . . /> elements to each web page. Screenshot.2024-10-22.at.8.38.17.AM.png (view on web) <https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/376de5d0-9df9-40a3-9a54-a2b381787c42> Here's an example of how to do this for our Jinja2 template html files: Here's one for index.html: ... {% extends 'base.html' %} {% block head %} <meta name="description" content="Plant Tracer is an educational web application to help students explore the genetics of plant movement"/> {% endblock %} {% block body %} .... — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#609>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAMFHLD2IRRXXAKYOTFWI7TZ4ZCBBAVCNFSM6AAAAABQMNGX6KVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43ASLTON2WKOZSGYYDKMZVGA2DQMI>. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.

[sbarber2]

Is there a downside to all pages having a description, apart from effort? That is, not why, but why not?

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[simsong]

None that I can think of.

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[sbarber2]

And thanks for the suggestion! I just added meta description tags to planttracer.com: Plant-Tracer/web-static#15