>>> [!note] Migrated issue <!-- Drupal.org comment --> <!-- Migrated from issue #1774590. --> Reported by: [couturier](https://www.drupal.org/user/835716) >>> <p>SEO Checklist is the most used, most recommended module for Drupal SEO that I know among high-level Drupal developers in my area. After hearing this module spoken about so highly over two years, I finally took the plunge and started working through it on a test site. As a result, I'm seeing a few things that I think could be improved going into a Drupal 8 release based on the ever-changing SEO landscape. Not being a programmer myself and probably not qualified to adjust any code, I'm doing what I can by closing and combining old issues and making a consolidated list. Consider the following suggestions for 8.x (or implemented earlier into 7.x-4.x if time allows):</p> <ul> <li>Several people have debated this issue, <a href="http://drupal.org/node/1698954">Developer/admin modules don't belong in checklist</a>. Maintainer Ben Finklea disagrees, feeling that the items under "Tools" should stay for speed reasons. I'll list these items in order. <ul> <li><strong>Admin Menu</strong> module - My opinion is that the Admin Menu has been somewhat duplicated in format with the D7 release, plus the Admin Menu module has created site breakdowns for me and others I know in interfering with other modules. Is it worth the risk of suggesting people use this when it doesn't apply directly to SEO and can create problems that novice users may have a hard time tracing back to this module?</li> <li><strong>Elements</strong> module - This is confusing to me, as a non-programmer, as to how it applies to SEO.</li> <li><strong>Security Review</strong> module - I think this should stay. Security of a site is an intrinsic element of SEO, and this module helps pinpoint vulnerabilities.</li> <li><strong>Module Filter</strong> module - Site speed is an important part of SEO, and every unnecessary module slows down a site. You want to encourage people to cut their module list to a minimum, and for the larger sites that need a module list filter, this functionality does not seem to apply directly to SEO. Won't they find this on their own without putting it in SEO Checklist?</li> </ul> </li><li><strong>Page Title</strong> module is being combined in functionality with <strong>Meta Tags</strong>. Most people I see are now using Meta Tags only, so I'd recommend taking out Page Title. <em>Update: one of the few final features that Page Title has that is late in coming to Meta Tags is adding page numbers to Views or taxonomy term pages that have pagination. This can now be done in Meta Tags, and improvements underway to make the process more friendly in the UI are documented at this issue: <a href="http://drupal.org/node/1337750">Using [current-page:page-number] to avoid duplicate page titles in Views</a></em>.</li> <li><strong>Scheduler</strong> module - is this important for SEO? Someone else asked this, too, at <a href="http://drupal.org/node/1427740">http://drupal.org/node/1427740</a> while also mentioning the following about the <strong>Read More Link</strong> module:<br> <blockquote>Does the Read More Link provide SEO advantages now given that the title is hidden in existing read more links?</blockquote> <p> I don't know what he means by this, so I'm just quoting him.</p></li> <li><strong>AddThis</strong> module - An SEO expert I talked to in August 2012 has said he is switching away from AddThis to <strong><a href="http://share.lockerz.com/">Lockerz</a> (aka AddToAny)</strong> because it includes Google+ which he said is going to be pushed by Google and become an important social network in time. Also, you don't need a module to install either AddThis or Lockerz (unless maybe you want the bookmarking features to appear by default at the end of articles?). Just add a block formatted in Full HTML. Are the Service Links module and Facebook social plugins integration module duplicated somewhat by Lockerz? Make sure to remind people to host the Lockerz icon (and other third-party services like Facebook social plugins) locally or else page loading will be slowed way down.</li> <li><strong>Geographic</strong> - I'm not seeing a clear way to add the geo meta tag using the Meta Tags module, however the Open Graph options do offer a few geographic tagging abilities. Many SEO experts question how relevant the geo tags are (reference <a href="http://www.lullabot.com/articles/location-location-location-seo-google-places-structured-data-and-geositemaps">this article</a>). I think either the Meta Tags module should be updated to include a geo tag (this is discussed at <a href="http://drupal.org/node/1278146">Ensure all meta tags are supported</a>) or this should be dropped from the SEO Checklist. Also note that someone requested at <a href="http://drupal.org/node/1596458">this issue</a> (which I've closed as a duplicate) that configuration of the Open Graph tags should be added to the checklist.</li> <li><strong>Boost</strong> - Almost every time I've heard someone tell me to use the SEO Checklist, they add in the same breath, "But do not use Boost!" Apparently, the developers I know have had conflicts with Boost and other modules.</li> <li>Finally, maintainer <a href="http://drupal.org/node/1202738">Ben Finklea has suggested</a> that the following three modules be added: <ul> <li>Google +1 <a href="http://drupal.org/project/google_plusone">http://drupal.org/project/google_plusone</a></li> <li>Readability <a href="http://drupal.org/project/readability">http://drupal.org/project/readability</a></li> <li>Schema.org <a href="http://drupal.org/project/schemaorg">http://drupal.org/project/schemaorg</a></li> </ul> <p>A Google+1 button can be added to any site without a module. See <a href="http://drupal.org/node/1412042">these instructions</a>. Although, after having a Google+1 button on my own site for over a year, the only thing it has done has been to slow down my page loading speed and bring in almost no activity. People can Google+ from the Lockerz function, so I took off the individual Google+1 button.</p></li> <li>Acquia has developed an <a href="http://www.acquia.com/products-services/acquia-network/cloud-services/seo-grader">SEO grader</a> that I experienced as part of a usability trial. They offered a few hints not included in the SEO Checklist, including maximization of site speed which is crucial for high ranking with Google, that might be nice to incorporate.</li> </ul> <p>I loved working through the SEO Checklist as it is and picked up some valuable help. I also enjoyed learning about <a href="http://www.volacci.com/">Volacci's</a> SEO services for Drupal. I've taken the time to post this issue because I truly think SEO Checklist is the best Drupal SEO module available and that it can continue to be so for D8. A lot of people are depending on this module, and I'd like to see them get the most updated help available from it. Thanks!</p>