dpla/frontend — pull request #36 by AudreyAltman (2014-10-01 19:46:42+00:00)
Title: Title and description tags SEO (7666, 7667)

This makes some changes to `meta` and `title` tags for search engine optimization. It addresses #7666 and #7667.

[#7666](https://issues.dp.la/issues/7666) (Remove "Welcome" from front page title)
Before these changes, the home page contained these tags:
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Welcome · Digital Public Library of America

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After these changes, the home page contains these tags:
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Digital Public Library of America

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[#7667](https://issues.dp.la/issues/7667) (Add meta description tag)
This introduces the following to the `head` of the homepage:
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The home page already has the following tag:
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However, this tag (above) is not being picked up by Google, possibly because the website was not fully Open Graph compliant before these changes. In order to be Open Graph compliant, these tags are introduced to every page:
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