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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]]. |
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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. | + | |
| ====Google Says: Create useful page titles==== | ====Google Says: Create useful page titles==== | ||
| - | 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. | + | 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: Use informative URLs==== | ====Google Says: Use informative URLs==== | ||
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| ====Google Says: Prepare two sitemaps==== | ====Google Says: Prepare two sitemaps==== | ||
| - | 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. | + | 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]] |
| 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. | 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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