Ben Finkleas UL TIMATE List of Essential Drupal SEO Modules

April, 2010
Shhhhhhh! This is the UL TIMATE list of SEO modules for Drupal 6! This list will give you a completely unfair advantage over your competition so keep it close to the vest, will ya? Email suggestions to [email protected]. All modules listed are non-core Drupal modules. Many of these modules are covered in step-by-step detail in Bens book, Drupal 6 Search Engine Optimization. Do you need more help with your SEO? Do you want a guaranteed positive ROI? Contact the Volacci team for all your Drupal SEO and online marketing needs: http://www.volacci.com/get-started or call (512) 417-6364. Looking for a SPEAKER for your next customer or team event? Contact Ben: [email protected] or (512) 632-4222.

Changes Since Last Month

Added the Performance section. Added the Boost module to the Performance section. Added the Authcache module to the Performance section. Added the hCard module to the Optional SEO modules section. Added the Vertical Tabs module to the Essential SEO modules section. Added the Administration Menu module to the Essential SEO modules section.

Essential SEO modules

The SEO Checklist Module provides a checklist with download links and admin shortcuts to most modules and tasks needed during the SEO process. The Drupal SEO Checklist module helps you keep track of the SEO tasks needed for your site. It doesn't do any SEO by itself it's a checklist with links to download and configure most of the modules listed here. It also puts a date stamp on each task as you complete it so it's very handy if you're working on more than one site or you would like to report the work you've done to a boss or client. o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/seo_checklist o T configure this module's settings, follow this link: http://www.yourDrupalsite.com/admin/ settings/seochecklist Administration Menu Module provides a menu across the top of the site to make it easier and faster to navigate to the Drupal admin screens. CONFIDENTIAL!!! page 1 of 6 TOP SECRET!!!

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o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/admin_menu Vertical Tabs Module provides vertical tabs on the node add form. It makes the SEO Checklist Module easier to use. o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/vertical_tabs Site Verification Module helps you validate your site with search engines and other providers. o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/site_verify o T configure this module's settings, follow this link: http://www.yourDrupalsite.com/admin/ build/site_verify Google Analytics Module helps you keep track of visitors. o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/google_analytics T configure this module's settings, follow this link: http://www.yourDrupalsite.com/admin/ o settings/googleanalytics Page Title Module allows you to set <title> tags for nodes throughout your site. o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/page_title oken module to function Download: http://drupal.org/ Note: The Page title requires the T project/token o T configure this module's settings, follow this link: http://www.yourDrupalsite.com/admin/ settings/page_title Pathauto Module automatically creates search engine friendly URLs based on the title of your content. o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/pathauto o T configure this module's settings, follow this link: http://www.yourDrupalsite.com/admin/ settings/pathauto Path Redirect Module helps create proper redirects. o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/path_redirect T configure this module's settings, follow this link: http://www.yourDrupalsite.com/admin/ o settings/path-redirect Visit the following link in order to create and change paths: http:// www.yourDrupalsite.com/admin/settings/build/path-redirect Global Redirect Module fixes some common URL problems when clean URLs and Pathauto are turned on. o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/globalredirect T configure this module's settings, follow this link: http://www.yourDrupalsite.com/admin/ o settings/globalredirect Taxonomy Title Module allows you to set <title> tags for taxonomy terms throughout your site. o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/taxonomy_title CONFIDENTIAL!!! page 2 of 6 TOP SECRET!!!

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There are no links to the admin site. Set taxonomy <title> on each term page. Meta Tags Module (formerly known as the Nodewords module) gives you full control of the meta tags on your site, nodes, categories, views, and so on. o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/nodewords o T configure this module's settings, follow this link: http://www.yourDrupalsite.com/admin/ user/permissions XML Site Map Module creates a Sitemaps.org compliant, search engine readable, dynamic sitemap. o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/xmlsitemap Note: Be sure to get the 2.0 or higher version of the module Step-by-step configuration instructions have been provided in URL List Module creates a plain text sitemap that lists every URL on your Drupal site. Use it if you can't use the XML Sitemap module o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/urllist o T configure this module's settings, follow this link: http://www.yourDrupalsite.com/admin/ settings/urllist Site Map Module creates a plain text sitemap. o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/site_map T configure this module's settings, follow this link: http://www.yourDrupalsite.com/admin/ o settings/sitemap Syndication Module offers a web page which centralizes all of the RSS feeds generated by Drupal. o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/syndication T configure this module's settings, follow this link: http://www.yourDrupalsite.com/admin/ o content/syndication Menu Attributes Module allows you to specify some additional attributes for menu items such as id, name, class, style, and rel. o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/menu_attributes T configure this module's settings, follow this link: http://www.yourDrupalsite.com/admin/ o content/menu_attributes Site Verification Module assists with search engine site ownership verification. o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/site_verify o T configure this module's settings, follow this link: http://www.yourDrupalsite.com/admin/ build/site-verify Scheduler Module allows you to schedule when nodes are published. o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/scheduler T configure this module's settings, follow this link: http://www.yourDrupalsite.com/admin/ o settings/scheduler CONFIDENTIAL!!! page 3 of 6 TOP SECRET!!!

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Read More Link Module allows you to create customized, SEO-friendly Read more links. o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/ed_readmore o T configure this module's settings, follow this link: http:// www.yourDrupalsite.com/admin/ settings/ed_readmore HTML Purifier Module helps fix poor html on user generated content. o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/htmlpurifier T configure this module's settings, follow this link: http://www.yourDrupalsite.com/admin/ o settings/filters Mollom Module provides spam protection via the powerful Mollom service. o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/mollom o T configure this module's settings, follow this link: http://www.yourDrupalsite.com/admin/ settings/mollom Search 404 Module shows a keyword search instead of the standard 404 Page Not Found error message. o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/search404 o T configure this module's settings, follow this link: http://www.yourDrupalsite.com/admin/ settings/search404 Google Website Optimizer Module helps you integrate your site with Googles Website Optimizer service. This will allow you to do A/B and multivariate testing. o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/ google_website_optimizer o T configure this module's settings, follow this link: http://www.yourDrupalsite.com/admin/ settings/google_website_optimizer Taxonomy Title Module adds an additional "Taxonomy Term Page - Title" field allowing administrators to configure a specific heading for each Taxonomy term page. o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/taxonomy_title

Optional SEO modules

RobotsTxt Module dynamically generates the robots.txt file on multiple Drupal installations. Make use of this module if you have multiple sites running off a single Drupal installation and you need different robots.txt files for each site o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/robotstxt hCard Module Adds a configurable microformats hCard block to your site. T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/hcard o T configure this module's settings, follow this link: http://www.Y o ourDrupalsite.com/admin/ settings/hcard CONFIDENTIAL!!! page 4 of 6 TOP SECRET!!!

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Google News sitemap generator Module creates an XML sitemap that meets the specification for Google News. T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/googlenews o T configure this module's settings, follow this link: http:// www.yourDrupalsite.com/admin/ o settings/googlenews T Searches Module shows you what people are searching for on your site. op T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/top_searches o T configure this module's settings, follow this link: http://www.yourDrupalsite.com/admin/ o settings/ top_searches Open Calais Module provides access to the free OpenCalais tool from Reuters. T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/opencalais o T configure this module's settings, follow this link: http:// www.yourDrupalsite.com/admin/ o settings/calais RDF Module provides RDF functionality and interoperability. Its required for the Open Calais module. T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/rdf o T configure this module's settings, follow this link: http:// www.yourDrupalsite.com/admin/ o settings/rdf More Like This Module provides links to related content based on taxonomies or words you specify. It works very well with the OpenCalais module T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/morelikethis o T configure this module's settings, follow this link: http://www.yourDrupalsite.com/admin/ o settings/morelikethis Autoload Module does not provide functionality directly. It is required by the More Like This module. T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/autoload o Node Hierarchy Module helps create hierarchy in your site which is good for SEO. T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/nodehierarchy o Alinks Module dynamically turns specific words on your site into links. T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/alinks o Digg This Module facilitates links to the popular social bookmarking site Digg. T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/diggthis o Service Links Module adds links to several popular social bookmarking sites. T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/service_links o

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Social Media modules

Activity Stream Module builds a lifestream for you by aggregating your social activities all in one place. Bookmarks on Del.icio.us and Ma.gnolia, pictures on Flickr, music on Last.fm, posts on your blog, or any site that supports RSS or Atom feeds. o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/activitystream Add to Any Share/Bookmark Button helps readers share, save, bookmark, and email your pages and stories using any service, such as Facebook, Twitter, Delicious, Digg, and over 100 more social bookmarking and sharing sites. Services are updated automatically. o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/addtoany

Performance modules
Boost provides static page caching for Drupal enabling a very significant performance and scalability boost for sites that receive mostly anonymous traffic. o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/boost NOTE: This module requires a unique installation process. Please see the README file included in the module download for best results! Authcache offers page caching for both anonymous users and logged-in authenticated users. This allows Drupal/PHP to only spend 1-2 milliseconds serving pages, greatly reducing server resources. o T download this module, follow this link: http://drupal.org/project/Authcache NOTE: This module requires a unique installation process. Please see the README file included in the module download for best results!

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