Configuration / Setup
How to Setup Smart SEO
Setting up Smart SEO is easy, it just takes a few clicks to integrate it in your Shopify store: If Smart SEO is not integrated, on the homepage, you should see a status "Not integrated ". Click the Setup button: This will take you to the Setup page of Smart SEO, where all you have to do is to click the Integrate button (https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/89299e9d44e77000/image1tFew readersJSON-LD structured data in Smart SEO
What is structured data? Structured data, often implemented using the JSON-LD format, is a way of providing search engines with additional information about the content on a web page. This allows search engines to better understand the context of the content and display it in more relevant ways in search results. For online stores, implementing structured data can be particularly beneficial. By providing search engines with additional information about products, such as their price, availabFew readersHow to uninstall Smart SEO.
How to uninstall Smart SEO Many of the apps in the Shopify Apps store require you to remove their integration before they are deleted from the Apps section of your Shopify admin. Smart SEO is no exception. So if you have decided to stop using our app, please click on Settings in the Sidebar menu: You will then be redirected to the Smart SEO Setup page. To remove the app integration, pleaseFew readers
Managing your SEO
How to manage your Meta Tags
Meta tags are snippets of text in the HTML code of a webpage that provide information about the page's content to search engines and website visitors. They typically include a page's title and description. Properly managing meta tags can help improve a website's visibility in search results, as well as enhance the user's experience by providing clear and concise information about the content of the page on the Google search results page. By optimizing meta tags, website owners can attract moreFew readersHow to set the Alt Tags for images
Under the Alt Tags page in Smart SEO, you may set the alt tags for your Products, Collections, Articles and images used in your theme: When you go to Alt Tags -Products, you will see a list of all your products and their images. Next to each image, you will see it's current alt tag and an Edit icon, that will allow you to edit it: (https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/89299e9Few readersBroken Links
Broken links are hyperlinks, that no longer lead to valid web pages. These links can negatively impact a website's search engine ranking and overall user experience since they lead to a 404 error page. Thankfully, Smart SEO can help you with fixing broken links in your store. Broken links can occur for many reasons: The page has been deleted. The page has been moved and the link wasn’t updated. There’s a typo in the URL. The link is pointing to the wrong page. In this documentation yFew readersBacklinks
Backlinks are links to your website from external sites. For example, if someone links one of your pages on their website, or, in a social media post. Every week, Smart SEO provides you with updated information on your backlinks, which you can use when working on the off-site SEO of your store. Types of backlinks How to manage backlinks 1. Types of backlinks There are 3 types of backlinks: Live - those are the active backlinks. This means that the link is still visible on the wFew readersSitemap
An XML sitemap is a website file on your website, that lists the pages you want search engines to index. It also helps search engines understand your website structure and they also use it to when re-indexing your website, to see the newly added pages that are supposed to be indexed. In Shopify, the Sitemap is automatically generated for each store on the platform. It is accessible by adding /sitemap.xml after your domain name in the browser, after the domain name of your store, for examplFew readers
Speed performance
Page speed in Smart SEO
Our Page speed feature is a great way to improve the speed performance of your store. It is a lightweight JavaScript script which is added to your store, that preloads pages on hover and accelerates page navigation by making subsequent page loads nearly instant. By using Page speed, store owners can improve their site's user experience by reducing page load times, which can lead to lower bounce rates and increased engagement. The script works by using predictive algorithms to analyze the user'sFew readersHow to optimize the images in your store
Image optimization is crucial for a web store for several reasons. First, it can significantly improve the page load time, which is crucial for providing a good user experience and reducing bounce rates. Secondly, optimized images can also improve the store's search engine optimization (SEO), as they can be indexed more easily by search engines. This, in turn, can help increase organic traffic to the store. Lastly, well-optimized images can also enhance the visual appeal of the store, making itFew readers