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Did you know that All in One SEO can automatically generate SEO titles and descriptions for your pages?
This can be a huge timesaver if you have lots of pages.
Here we'll help you with easy-to-follow steps to automatically generate SEO titles and descriptions based on formats you can create.
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IMPORTANT:
Whilst it's possible to automatically generate your SEO titles and descriptions, this can lead to poor quality titles and descriptions which will be ignored by search engines. The best titles and descriptions are ones you write yourself.
Controlling SEO for Pages
To get started, click on Search Appearance in the All in One SEO menu and then click on the Content Types tab.
Scroll down and you should see a section for Pages where you'll see the Preview, Page Title and Meta Description.
NOTE:
These settings will be hidden if Show in Search Results is set to No. This is because you've chosen to not have your pages appear on search engines. Change Show in Search Results to Yes if you want your pages to appear in search engines.
The Preview shows an example of how your pages may look in search results based on the Page Title and Meta Description formats you set.
Setting the Page SEO Title Format
To set the SEO title format that will be used to automatically generate SEO titles for your pages, click on one of our smart tags shown above the Page Title field.
You can also type the hash character ( # ) in the field to display a list of available tags you can choose from.
You can also enter text in the Page Title field or combine text with the smart tags and there’s an emoji picker where you can add an emoji.
Whatever you set in the Page Title will apply to all your pages. However, you can override this in the Edit Page screen where you'll see a Page Title field in the AIOSEO Settings section.
Setting the Page SEO Description Format
You can set the SEO description format that will be used to automatically generate SEO descriptions for your pages by using the Meta Description field.
This field works in the same way as the Page Title field. You can select from one of the smart tags displayed above the field, or type the hash character ( # ) in the field to display a list of available tags you can choose from.
You can also enter text in the field or combine text with smart tags and there’s an emoji picker where you can add an emoji.
Whatever you set in the Meta Description will apply to all your pages. However, you can override this in the Edit Page screen where you'll see a Meta Description field in the AIOSEO Settings section.
That’s all! You’ve now set the SEO title and description formats for your pages.