Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a practice that aims to increase the quality and quantity of traffic to your site and its referencing. It is just as important to consider the search engines as the users you are trying to contact when you are optimizing your site.
Where to find this feature?
The optimization of your site can be done at two levels: the general site and of its individual pages.
Optimization of the general site
In order to configure the optimization of your site, you need to go to the "Website" application and then click on the "SEO" tile.
Websites > [website] (if you have several websites) > SEO
You will find on this page the metadata fields for the suffix, the keywords and the description of your website, as well as the image displayed when sharing your site (on social networks for example).
The SEO section includes the following information:
Suffix - Added to the Title tag of all pages.
Keywords - Up to 60 characters. The title of your page will appear in browsers and search results.
Sitemap - A sitemap is a file, often in XML format, that lists all the important pages on a website. It allows search engines like Google to efficiently crawl and index your site’s content. For more details on the benefits and adding a sitemap, check out this article.
Image - Image displayed when the site is shared on social media.
Description - Up to 165 characters of text that describes your organization and site.
It is important to use terms specific to your site and your organization so that search engines can assign your site to the searches of people trying to reach you.
The Indexing section allows you to index or not index your site. A site that is not indexed is not taken into account by search engines.
Optimization of your pages
In order to configure the optimization of your pages, you have to go to the Website" application, click on the "Pages" tile, choose the page you want to configure and then click on the "SEO" tab.
Websites > [website] (if you have several websites) > Pages > [page] > SEO
You will find on this page the metadata fields for the page title tag, the description of this page and its canonical URL.
The Search Engine Optimization tab of your pages contains the following information:
Page title tag - Up to 60 characters. The title of your page will appear in browsers and search results.
Description - Up to 165 characters of text that summarizes the content of the page.
Canonical URL - Indicate the URL of the page under which a search engine should index this page
It is important to use terms specific to the page you configure so that search engines can assign the right page to your site based on its content.
Go further
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If your NPO organizes events, you know that social media is an important communication channel to promote them.
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Optimizing the preview of an event on social media
Image optimization on Yapla
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Frequently Asked Questions
Once optimized for search engines, does my site appear in search results immediately?
The prioritization of your site by the search engines is done first by its optimization and then, gradually, the more traffic your site gets.
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