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SEO for GetSimple Sites

GetSimple has many features designed to help you optimise your site for better search engine rankings.

Google Webmaster Academy is a good authority for what's important in basic SEO.

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 Custom Title plugin which will allow you to write whatever you wish in the title of each page.

Google Says: Use informative URLs

  • 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

In the CKEditor click on each image and easily check and edit the alt text.

Google Says: Provide relevant page descriptions

Easily done in Page Options

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.

An html sitemap can be made by several plugins or in the same way as any page.

Google Says: Have a useful 404 page

Easily done in GetSimple - Custom 404 Page

Google Says: Add the +1 Button

And the other social links as well are added by plugin or manually.

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