So finally we have reached our final goal. SEO compatible theme is making your website look presentable. Plugin YOAST SEO is already INSTALLED and ACTIVATED. Now the point How to Optimize Website for SEO, needs to be attended.
We have now to configure Yoast SEO on our website to have SEO support in action.
Why is SEO so critical for our Website or Blog ? Well , in layman terms, SEO helps promote the visibility of the website in eyes of Search Engines. Which helps website to Rank higher in search Results, in turn improving visibility of your website to audience.
Birds eye view on Basic SEO tricks can be read as 7 Methods of On Page SEO.
Additional Reference ( a bit detailed one – on Moz.com ) but very useful, can be read on SEO GUIDE for Beginners.
Now coming back to our final stage;
Configuring YOAST SEO;
After Login into website when you go to WordPress Dashboard, menu SEO is visible on the sidebar.
Enter Required details and save changes,
In order to get the Verification code / Meta Value of your website Click Here , Sign in with your Gmail account, if you are not already logged in.
After Logging in , Required to add property, It is your Website to be added here;
When you click ADD PROPERTY following screen pops up, We have to use alternate method instead of HTML File, click on drop arrow.
Following screen will come;
With clicked verify, we have added Google Webmaster tools in ore website , which helps us get insights of our website.
Now moving on to configure Yoast SEO;
In SEO at Dashboard, at General Tab , we Click on Configuration Wizard.
POP UPWINDOW WITH A CODE will appear. Select and Copy that Code
PERMALINK SETTINGS - This setting is aimed to make your blog post title become part of the post URL.
Go to WordPress Dashboard , bring cursor over Settings and click on PERMALINKS,
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