SEO

Problem

• Most ppl outside of CSESoc only know about Crossangles

  • Because our apps do not appear in search results when looking up something like “unsw timetable planner”

• Interestingly, when searching “unsw timetable planner” in Bing and DuckDuckGo, Notangles appears (still after Crossangles tho )

Solution

• Fix Notangles' app’s search engine optimisation (following options are taken from: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/seo-starter-guide)

• Have text describing what our app is about that is visible when the user loads the page → With this we can just move some of our info we have to appear below our timetable.

  • “Notangles is a UNSW timetable planner, brought to you by CSESoc Dev. It's an easy to use drag-and-drop tool that allows you to plan your course classes and add to your calendar, even before term class registration opens. We have many features including support for custom events, auto-timetabling and sharing timetables with friends.”

• Add a main h1 heading

  • This has been added to the Footer, above the text describing what our app is about.

• Have the following better/more keywords in our meta tags:

  • "notangles, crossangles, bojangles, UNSW, timetable, timetabler, planner, plan, calendar, trimester, trimesters, semester, term, social timetabling, schedule, csesoc, myUNSW, student, academic, organise, organize, courses, classes, auto-timetabler, University of New South Wales, tool, study, app, manage, personalise, customise"

• Change the description meta tag to:

  • content="An interactive drag-and-drop timetable planner to help UNSW students plan and organise their course classes every trimester. Created by CSESoc Dev, we have many features including support for your own custom events, auto-timetabling and sharing timetables with friends. Organise your studies, find ideal class times with friends and take control of your academic life. Start planning now!”