Modify SEO in community pages

---
title: Modify SEO in community pages
description: If an auto-generated SEO meta tag does not meet your needs, you can modify or replace the tag.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/customer-service-management/communities/seo-communities-modify.html
release: brazil
product: Communities
classification: communities
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 3
breadcrumb: [Community pages that support SEO data, Community Service Portal, Configuring communities, Communities, Customer Service Management]
---

# Modify SEO in community pages

If an auto-generated SEO meta tag does not meet your needs, you can modify or replace the tag.

## Before you begin

Role required: sp\_admin

**Important:**

Starting with the Brazil release, Communities is being prepared for future deprecation. It will be hidden and no longer installed on new instances but will continue to be supported. For details, see the [Deprecation Process \[KB0867184\]](https://support.servicenow.com/kb_view.do?sysparm_article=KB0867184) article in the Now Support Knowledge Base.

## About this task

The source code for this example question page \(ID **community\_question**\) shows the **description** meta tag \(highlighted in yellow\) that the Communities application injected into the page.

\[Omitted image "seo-question-page.png"\] Alt text: Community question page example about a router overheating after a firmware upgrade with options for the Community to subscribe to, reply to, or upvote this question.

```
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en" ng-app="sn.$sp" ng-init="portal_id =
'5b49418bdb4aa200b1f6f78eaf96195f'" style="height: 100%" class="page-
{{page.sys_id}} v{{page.sys_id}}" data-page-id="{{page.sys_id}}"><head sp-
metatags=""><title>Routing and Switching - Router overheating after firmware 
upgrade - Community</title><meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge;
IE=10"></meta><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-
scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no"></meta><meta name="apple-
mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes"></meta><meta http-equiv="cache-control"
content="public"></meta><meta http-equiv="cache-control" content="no-cache">
</meta><meta http-equiv="cache-control" content="max-age=0"></meta><meta http-
equiv="pragma" content="no-cache"</meta><meta name="description"
content=Routing and Switching - Tomahawk (5000 Series) - My 5000 series router
has been overheating since I upgraded the firmware couple of days ago. Anybody"
custom-tag=""></meta><link href="favicon.ico?v=4" rel="shortcut icon"></link>
<link href="images/mobile/apple_touch_snc.png?v=09-26-2017_1830" rel="apple-
touch-icon"></link><link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"
href="/styles/css_includes_$sp.cssx?v=09-26-2017_1830"></link><link
href="styles/scss/sp-bootstrap.scss?
portal_id=5b49418bdb4aa200b1f6f78eaf96195f&amp;v=21989c86db6dc300b14a75921f9619
d9" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></link><link rel="stylesheet"
type="text/css" href="styles/sp-patch.css?v=21989c86db6dc300b14a75921f9619d9">
</link><link href="/styles/scss/csm-styles.scss?
portal_id=5b49418bdb4aa200b1f6f78eaf96195f&amp;v=7d88d886db6dc300b14a75921f9619
71" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"></link><link type="text/css"
rel="stylesheet" href="/scripts/icon-fonts/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.cssx?
v=09-26-2017_1830"></link><script data-description=NOW session, user_name, 
etc">window.NOW = window.NOW || {};
      //record watch / presence
      window.NOW.session_id = '302E95AADBA14700B14A75921F9619A0' ;
      window.NOW.user_name = xxxxxxx
      window.NOW.user_id = '6816f79cc0a8016401c5a33be04be441' ;

```

The **description** meta tag text is made up of three data fields that are taken from the **communitiy\_question** record. In the tag, the values are separated by a hyphen character.

-   The first portion of the **description** meta tag is the value of the `forum name` field in the question record. In the example, the forum name is `Routing and Switching`.
-   The second portion of the tag is the value of the `topic` field in the record — `Tomahawk (5000 Series)` in the example.
-   The third portion of the tag is generated from the first 100 characters of the `body` field in the record — `My 5000 series router has been overheating since I upgraded the firware couple of days ago. Anybody`.

In addition to the **description** meta tag for a question page, the Communities application injects a **title** tag \(highlighted in blue\). The title is generated dynamically using two values from the **communitiy\_question** record:

-   Forum name \(`Routing and Switching` in the example\)
-   Short description \(`Router overheating after firmware upgrade` in the example\)

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** &gt; **Service Portal** &gt; **Pages**.

2.  In the list of portal pages, click the **ID** of the page to update \(in the example, **community\_question**\).

    See the list of [pages in Communities that support SEO data](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/customer-service-management/communities/communities-seo-data.md).

3.  On the Page form:

    -   Modify or add meta tags in the **Meta tags** related list.
    -   Modify the **Dynamic page title** by modifying the structure of the title text or by modifying or replacing the variables that generate the text. The variable definitions appear in the **Dynamic page variables** related list.
    \[Omitted image "seo-page-form.png"\] Alt text: Two screenshots: first displaying page details and highlighting the Dynamic page title field, second highlighting the Meta tags tab and Dynamic page title variables tab with the related list.


**Parent Topic:**[Community pages that support SEO data](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/customer-service-management/communities/communities-seo-data.md)