Topic description

Each topic has a description in which you can provide a summary of the main content of your topic. This description acts as the meta tag, which is both beneficial to your users and very important to your SEO ranking because it is one of the main elements indexed by the Search Engines. While there is no limit to the meta description length, it is recommended that you write a summary of 50 to 160 characters containing your focus keywords, since Google usually truncates snippets to 155-160 characters. Keep it long enough to be descriptive of your topic and cover your keywords, but short enough to appear properly on google search.

To add and edit a topic description, open your topic in the content editor:

1. In the document outline on the left, select your intended topic.
2. Click the options menu indicated by three vertical dots next to the topic title >> Settings. (You can also get to the topic settings through the options menu on the top right, next to the publish button.)
   
3. Find the description field under the slug, and add or edit your topic description using your focus keywords. You will get a real-time preview of what your topic will look like in the search results as you add or edit the description.
4. Click the SAVE button on the top right to save your changes. You can click Back to go back to the content editor.