Static Site SEO

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Titles and Descriptions

Our static pages incorporate meta data and open graph tags each time the page/site is built. This provides maximum information to boost your ranking in search engines. If you have meta data already set up in Joomla! or the YOAST WordPress plugin this will be imported when you migrate from Joomla! or WordPress. 

See the example from this page where the meta data description in the header includes the key phrases we wish to target for search i.e. "meta description" or "open graph tags".

Keyphrase analysis and Flesch reading score

The screenshot is an example of the key phrases used for this page. The title of the page is "static site seo" which also appears in the description and is our focus keyphrase. Key phrase analysis provides some metrics as to the usage of this phrase within the site. It appears in the title and description which is longer than the 150 character target. Furthermore this phrase is only used on one page  which is better for search engines.

When writing content try to determine which key phrases you would are relevant. This will provide a useful guide to determine the topics to include in an article. Another example is "Flesch reading score" which is also a keyphrase for this article but not the primary (focus) one. To add weight to this phrase it is included in the heading for this section and headings are used by Google to better understand the content on the page.

For example Flesch reading score is another key phrase within this article but not the primary (focus) key phrase. To add weight to this phrase it is included within a header section within the page and head as are a known ranking factor for search engines.

In addition to key phrase analysis YouDoCMS calculates the Flesch reading score which is a measure of the readability of text. It uses two variables to determine the readability score:

Our implementation calculates the score and gives an indication of long sentences plus over used prominent words which could be replaced with syllables.

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SEO and Sitemap.

An XML sitemap is a list of your website's URLs. This provides is a  roadmap which search engines use to determine what content is available and how to reach it. YouDoCMS builds a W3C standard xml sitemap which is updated each time the website is built and deployed. A sitemap helps search engine bots find new or updated pages faster, therefore, the indexation process and subsequent inclusion in search results will also be faster.

Furthermore a sitemap can help search engines can find pages that were not discovered while crawling the website. This can be the case where URL's are only available through search or included within content such as lists rather than through a navigation menu.

Site maps are particularly useful if the site has been recently updated or relaunched. This will ensure the entire site is indexed on the next visit rather than waiting for the bot discover outdated content.