Adding key words in MyBB for SEO

SEO is very very important for any website or forum or blog. MyBB does not provide the option to add key words by default but here are few easy steps for you to add them for Search engine optimization.

1) First, login to Admin Control Panel ( ACP ) , then click on template&Style then click on Template on left side

2) Click on Search/Replace tab

3) Search headerinclude and click on find and replace, It will show you result, click on header file of default template

<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="{$lang->latest_threads} (RSS 2.0)" href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/syndication.php" />
</link><link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="{$lang->latest_threads} (Atom 1.0)" href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/syndication.php?type=atom1.0" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset={$charset}" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/jscripts/prototype.lite.js?ver=121"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/jscripts/moo.ajax.js?ver=121"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/jscripts/general.js?ver=121"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/jscripts/popup_menu.js?ver=121"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{$theme['css_url']}" />
<script language="Javascript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
var cookieDomain = "{$mybb->settings['cookiedomain']}";
var cookiePath = "{$mybb->settings['cookiepath']}";
var newpm_prompt = "{$lang->newpm_prompt}";
var deleteevent_confirm = "{$lang->deleteevent_confirm}";
var removeattach_confirm = "{$lang->removeattach_confirm}";
var loading_text = '{$lang->ajax_loading}';
var saving_changes = '{$lang->saving_changes}';
// -->
</script>
{$newpmmsg}</link>

</link><link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="{$lang->latest_threads} (Atom 1.0)" href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/syndication.php?type=atom1.0" />

<!--

var cookieDomain = "{$mybb->settings['cookiedomain']}";

var cookiePath = "{$mybb->settings['cookiepath']}";

var newpm_prompt = "{$lang->newpm_prompt}";

var deleteevent_confirm = "{$lang->deleteevent_confirm}";

var removeattach_confirm = "{$lang->removeattach_confirm}";

var loading_text = '{$lang->ajax_loading}';

var saving_changes = '{$lang->saving_changes}';

// -->

</script>

{$newpmmsg}</link>

4) Find the next line :

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset={$charset}" />

1	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset={$charset}" />

5) After that line post the following code changing the content:

<meta NAME="DESCRIPTION" CONTENT="Here i put the description of my forum" />
<meta NAME="KEYWORDS" CONTENT="here, i, put, the, keywords, of, my, forum" />

1 2	<meta NAME="DESCRIPTION" CONTENT="Here i put the description of my forum" /> <meta NAME="KEYWORDS" CONTENT="here, i, put, the, keywords, of, my, forum" />