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SEO Half Day Project Map

Five hours of focused done-for-you time towards improving your on-page SEO.

Notes for Jaleesa

• Check out your 404 page vibesafcandles.com/404

If someone lands on a page that isn’t there - this helps them t0 keep exploring your site! And google likes them too : )

• Watch this behind the scenes:

• Fixed 5 broken links fixed, shown in the before and after below!

Tips for Jaleesa

• Verify your site with google search console. Follow these instructions.

This task is best for you to do because it requires your google login.

• If you are Multilingual - Weglot is a website translation plugin that offers one free language on any SQSPS site.

• Google is an algorithm, not a human! It has some really particular preferences, down to the exact character count of page titles and descriptions, As you grow, try and think of designing the web pages for your clients, and the SEO titles/descriptions/url slugs for Google.

SEO Basics Cheat Sheet

SEO titles = Exactly 50 to 60 characters

SEO Descriptions = Exactly 150 to 60 characters

Image Sizes = Under 250kb

Urls = 3 to 6 words in length

Ensure there are ample words on each page! Sneak some words into your simpler pages (events, blogs and products dont actually count as words on the main page - so take some time to write a little intro paragraph at the top, or at the bottom of the page to highlight some information.

Steps

Scan (and fix!) site for broken links

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Optimized Page meta titles

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Optimized Page meta descriptions

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Optimize heading/paragraph structure

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Blog tags

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Label all images with Alt Tags

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Resize all images to be under 250kb

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Create (and link!) a custom 404 Page

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Make site public

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Accessibility compliance

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Location/timezone/language settings

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Walk through of analytics dashboard in SQSPS.

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Lengthen all URL slugs to 3-6 words

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Ensure all outside links open in a new tab

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Wrap up & Future Goals

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