diff --git a/_includes/meta.html b/_includes/meta.html
index ce9f841..b54766f 100644
--- a/_includes/meta.html
+++ b/_includes/meta.html
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
-    <meta charset="utf-8" />
     <meta content='text/html; charset=utf-8' http-equiv='Content-Type'>
     <meta http-equiv='X-UA-Compatible' content='IE=edge'>
     <meta name='viewport' content='width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0'>
 
     {% if page.excerpt %}
-    <meta name="description" content="{{ page.excerpt| strip_html }}" />
     <meta property="og:description" content="{{ page.excerpt| strip_html }}" />
     {% elsif page.description %}
-    <meta name="description" content="{{ page.description }}" />
     <meta property="og:description" content="{{ page.description }}" />
     {% else %}
-    <meta name="description" content="{{ site.description }}">
     <meta property="og:description" content="{{ site.description }}" />
     {% endif %}
     <meta name="author" content="{{ site.name }}" />
diff --git a/_layouts/default.html b/_layouts/default.html
index ced909a..82873ed 100644
--- a/_layouts/default.html
+++ b/_layouts/default.html
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
   <head>
-    <title>{% if page.title and page.title != "" %}{{ page.title }} – {% endif %}{{ site.name }} – {{ site.description }}</title>
-    {% seo %}
+    <title>{% if page.title %}{{ page.title }} – {% endif %}{{ site.name }} – {{ site.description }}</title>
+    {% seo title=false %}
     {% include meta.html %}
 
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{{ site.baseurl }}/assets/style.css" />
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       <div class="wrapper-masthead">
         <div class="container">
           <header class="masthead clearfix">
-            <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/" class="site-avatar"><img src="{{ site.baseurl }}{{ site.avatar }}" /></a>
+            <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/" class="site-avatar"><img src="{{ site.avatar }}" alt="{{ site.title }}" /></a>
 
             <div class="site-info">
               <h1 class="site-name"><a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/">{{ site.name }}</a></h1>
