I wrote a special metatag mvc3 helper that will do just that. It works with resources when using multiple languages (if required):
public enum MetatagType { /// <summary> /// Used for Title meta tag. /// </summary> Title, /// <summary> /// Used for Description and keyword meta tag. /// </summary> MetaData, /// <summary> /// Used for noindex, nofollow meta tag. /// </summary> Robots } public static class MetatagExtensions { #region Public Methods public static MvcMetaTag MetaTag(this HtmlHelper helper, MetatagType metaType) { return new MvcMetaTag(helper, metaType); } #endregion public sealed class MvcMetaTag { #region Constructors and Destructors public MvcMetaTag(HtmlHelper helper, MetatagType metaType) { this.Helper = helper; this.MetaType = metaType; } #endregion #region Properties /// <summary> /// Gets or sets Helper. /// </summary> private HtmlHelper Helper { get; set; } /// <summary> /// Gets or sets MetaType. /// </summary> private MetatagType MetaType { get; set; } #endregion #region Public Methods public MvcHtmlString Render() { var sb = new StringBuilder(); if (this.Helper.ViewContext.RouteData.DataTokens.ContainsKey("area")) { sb.Append(this.Helper.ViewContext.RequestContext.RouteData.DataTokens["area"].ToString().ToLower()); sb.Append('_'); } sb.Append(this.Helper.ViewContext.RequestContext.RouteData.Values["controller"].ToString().ToLower()); if (this.Helper.ViewContext.RequestContext.RouteData.Values["action"].ToString().ToLower() != "index") { sb.Append('_'); sb.Append(this.Helper.ViewContext.RequestContext.RouteData.Values["action"].ToString().ToLower()); } var resourcemng = SharedResources.ResourceManager; var meta = new StringBuilder(); switch (this.MetaType) { case MetatagType.MetaData: meta.AppendLine( String.Format( "<meta name=\"description\" content=\"{0}\" />", this.Helper.ViewData["Description"] ?? resourcemng.GetString(string.Format("md_{0}", sb)) ?? string.Empty)); meta.AppendLine( String.Format( "<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"{0}\" />", this.Helper.ViewData["Keywords"] ?? resourcemng.GetString(string.Format("mk_{0}", sb)) ?? string.Empty)); break; case MetatagType.Robots: meta.AppendLine( String.Format( "<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"{0}\" />", this.Helper.ViewData["Robots"] ?? resourcemng.GetString(string.Format("mr_{0}", sb)) ?? string.Empty)); break; case MetatagType.Title: meta.AppendLine( (string)(this.Helper.ViewData["Title"] ?? resourcemng.GetString(string.Format("mt_{0}", sb)) ?? string.Empty)); break; } return new MvcHtmlString(meta.ToString()); }
Then in your _Layout.cshtml file you use it like this: ...
<head runat="server"> <title>@Html.MetaTag(MetatagType.Title).Render()</title> @Html.MetaTag(MetatagType.MetaData).Render()
...
In your resource file, you should add the following (Controller-> Home, Action-> Index):
mt_home → Homepage Title
md_home → description of the home page here
mk_home → home keywords
for the page mt_home_about → about the name, etc.
You also have the option of overwriting metadata from resources in specific views, such as Index.cshtml:
@{ ViewBag.Title = "New TITLE"; ViewBag.Description = "New Description"; }