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- | Article needed here covering basic SEO for GS | + | ======SEO for GetSimple Sites====== |
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+ | GetSimple has many features designed to help you optimise your site for better search engine rankings. | ||
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+ | [[http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/static.py?hl=en&page=checklist.cs&tab=1095579&from=1095579&rd=1|Google Webmaster Academy]] is a good authority for what's important in basic SEO. | ||
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+ | ====Google Says: Create useful page titles==== | ||
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+ | The GetSimple Default themes provide individual pages with html titles in the format **//Site Name - Page Heading//** exactly as suggested by Google. If you don't want to be tied to that format you can change it by editing the template or install the [[http://get-simple.info/extend/plugin/custom-title/240/|Custom Title]] plugin which will allow you to write whatever you wish in the title of each page. | ||
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+ | ====Google Says: Use informative URLs==== | ||
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+ | *In **Settings** tick the check box that says **//Use Fancy URLs//**. | ||
+ | *In **Page Options** use the **//Custom URL (Slug)//** field to make the urls end how you want | ||
+ | *If necessary use the **Custom Permalink Structure** in **Settings** | ||
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+ | ====Google Says: Create great alt text==== | ||
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+ | In the CKEditor click on each image and easily check and edit the alt text. | ||
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+ | ====Google Says: Provide relevant page descriptions==== | ||
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+ | Easily done in Page Options | ||
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+ | ====Google Says: Prepare two sitemaps==== | ||
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+ | GetSimple automatically creates an xml sitemap in the right format in the root of your site. You may need to manually submit the sitemap to google. | ||
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+ | An html sitemap can be made by several [[http://get-simple.info/extend/search.php?q=sitemap&search=Search+Repository|plugins]] or in the same way as any page. | ||
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+ | ====Google Says: Have a useful 404 page==== | ||
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+ | Easily done in GetSimple - [[404|Custom 404 Page]] | ||
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+ | ====Google Says: Add the +1 Button==== | ||
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+ | And the other social links as well are added by [[http://get-simple.info/extend/search.php?q=social&search=Search|plugin]] or manually. |