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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 purposesIt 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.
  
 ====Google Says: Have a useful 404 page==== ====Google Says: Have a useful 404 page====
- +GetSimple ​404 page will by default include the site navigation links, but you can customise it further ​- [[404|Custom 404 Page]]
-Easily done in GetSimple - [[404|Custom 404 Page]]+
  
 ====Google Says: Add the +1 Button==== ====Google Says: Add the +1 Button====
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