I’m new to Backdrop CMS and would like some simple guidance on improving SEO. I’m looking for easy steps, basic settings, or recommended modules that can help improve visibility on search engines. Any beginner-friendly tips would be really helpful.
Most helpful answers
Comments
Welcome to Backdrop CMS!
To start, I recommend two basic modules: https://backdropcms.org/project/seo_meta and https://backdropcms.org/project/easy_xmlsitemap.
I hope they are documented well enough.
Most fields have explanatory descriptions.
Good luck!
I recently did this for my website and it increased my PageSpeed score significantly. I just installed and configured the following modules:
- Alt/Title Default (to set default values for 'alt' attributes on images)
- Easy XML sitemap (to generate a search-engine-friendly sitemap)
- Metatag & Metatag: OpenGraph (to add metatags to the site and allow it to display nicely when linking)
https://backdropcms.org/project/metatag
https://backdropcms.org/project/xmlsitemap
https://backdropcms.org/project/imagefield_tokens
These are more powerful modules, in my opinion.
Google indexes websites with good traffic faster, so distribute links to your content in every possible way.
I understand how tokens work, but not so much their practical use in image alt/text (maybe caption?) text. Could you give an example or two?
Start with clean URLs, add Pathauto and Metatag modules, submit your XML sitemap to Google Search Console, and keep your content original and well-structured.
Hi. I use the "[node:title] | [site:name]" tokens for the main image of news articles, blog posts, and similar publications. It's a quick and practical automatic ALT.