• SEO Redirects

  Redirects are necessary when a location page is moved or changed.  These redirects are managed by a special location field called "redirect". Setup To create a new field for redirects, click Data > Fields and create a new field.  Choose redirect for the name as shown below: [](https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/153961367/848091c1d3bad598d1e0f671/image.png?expires=17Few readers

• Template Synchronization

  MetaLocator can extract the template of your Website from the page on which our Interface installation code is installed.  Subscribers to our SEO Add-on can pull the template from their Website to automatically adapt landing pages to their Web site. This is established as a background process which runs on a regular basis to keep the system in sync. This process works by finding the MetaLocator interface installation code within the page, and pulling theFew readers

• Generate a sitemap

  MetaLocator can generate a sitemap.xml file, which is available on your custom SEO domain. E.g. locations.yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml. The sitemap contains a dynamically generated XML sitemap file based on the data in your account and the various Interface settings. It contains an entry for each location page and each directory page, which may include country pages, state pages, city pages and so forth. To update this file on-demand based on recent changes, in the Interface Builder, check the fFew readers

• Reverse Proxy for location landing pages with Apache on Ubuntu

  This tutorial covers the adjustments to your Web server required for creating a reverse proxy.  This allows for your location landing pages to appear under a sub-directory of your Web site such as www.yourwebsite.com/locations as opposed to locations.yourwebsite.com or other address. This tutorial is for the Apache Web Server running on Ubuntu Linux.  Other [operating sFew readers

• SEO Page Templates

  This guide discusses creating location pages in the Interface Builder. This is the preferred method of creating Location Pages using the latest templating technology available from MetaLocator. MetaLocator's SEO solution includes Directory Pages and Location Pages. The directory represents the hierarchy of pages for each geographic area. E.g. city level pages, state level pages and so forth. The Location Pages are the single pages created for each location in your MetaLocator data. [![](https:Few readers

• SEO domain options

  When MetaLocator generates the SEO-optimized landing pages, we create a sitemap, a hierarchical directory and a series of landing pages for each location.  These pages are automatically generated and available at .locationlandingpages.com. A static, crawl-able link to this URL is placed beneath your Interface and is included automatically in the code we provide for that Interface. Some customers prefer a different URL for their location pages.  Most commonly, customers requFew readers

• Configuring Reverse Proxy with IIS on Windows

  This tutorial covers the adjustments to your Web server required for creating a reverse proxy in IIS.  This allows for your location landing pages to appear under a sub-directory of your Web site such as www.yourwebsite.com/locations as opposed to locations.yourwebsite.com or other address. This tutorial is for IIS running on Windows 2008 R2.  Other [operating systems aFew readers

• SEO Site Maps

  To generate a sitemap.xml file login to MetaLocator as an Administrator and click Interfaces, then the name of the Interface. Under the Ellipses menu shown below, choose "Generate Site Map". A sitemap.xml will be generated and a notification will be delivered upon completion. It will be posted to your hosted domain, e.g. locations.yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml [](https://dFew readers

• Hosted Landing Pages SEO Guide

  This document outlines the concepts, features and steps necessary for fully taking advantage of MetaLocator's Hosted SEO features.  MetaLocator's SEO features allow the content you upload to MetaLocator to be indexed and understood by Google.  Hosted SEO is included in Professional and higher accounts. This guide focuses on the practical, SEO-relevant aspects of configuring MetaLocator as opposed to an overall guide to search engines, SEO best practices and SEO in general. MetaLocator's SEFew readers