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| ======SEO for GetSimple Sites====== | ======SEO for GetSimple Sites====== | ||
| - | GetSimple has many features designed to help you optimise your site for better search engine rankings. | + | This article is not intended as a complete guide to SEO, only to highlight how certain features of GetSimple can be used for SEO purposes. It refers directly to statements made in [[http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/static.py?hl=en&page=checklist.cs&tab=1095579&from=1095579&rd=1|Google Webmaster Academy]]. |
| + | ====Google Says: Create useful page titles==== | ||
| - | [[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. | + | The GetSimple Default themes provide individual pages with html titles in the format **//Site Name - Page Heading//** which google says is at least adequate. 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. |
| - | ====Google says: Create useful page titles==== | + | ====Google Says: Use informative URLs==== |
| - | 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. | + | *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** | ||
| + | ====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 can manually submit the sitemap to google or use [[http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=183669&topic=8476&ctx=topic|robots.txt]] | ||
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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. | ||
seo_for_getsimple.txt · Last modified: 2013/04/25 20:58 by Timbow
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