Drupal Advent Calendar Day 8: SEO Tools and Features in Focus
The Drupal Advent Calendar, published by James Shields, features Search Engine Optimization (SEO) as the focus for Day 8. Represented by an image of a magnifying glass over a rising graph and the Drupal icon, the entry highlights the SEO tools available in Drupal Starshot. These tools aim to simplify SEO tasks for marketers and site builders, offering modules and default configurations designed to improve search visibility. Key features include fields for meta-tag setup, HTML and XML sitemaps, and a pre-configured Robots.txt module. The SEO Checklist module provides a structured approach to optimizing site performance. However, some anticipated features were not included, such as the Real Time SEO for Drupal module and an integrated SEO dashboard. The former requires patches to function within Drupal CMS, while the latter is expected to be replaced by a panel in the main Drupal dashboard following a user experience review. Jim Birch of Kanopi Studios contributed insights for the update.