Free Tutorials for Squarespace SEO
On this page, you’ll find a collection of tutorial videos that can help you optimize different parts of your Squarespace site so it shows up higher in search results. You’ll learn how to enable your SSL and how to add meta data to an individual page or post. Google loves it when you describe your content with keywords in your metadata, so it’s a great place to optimize your site for search!
Here are some quick links to the free tutorials that will help you with your Squarespace SEO:
→Top 7 Squarespace SEO Myths: debunked!
→ How to enable your SSL in Squarespace
Top 7 Squarespace SEO Myths: Debunked!!
Top 7 Squarespace SEO myths that aren't true:
Squarespace is bad for SEO
Alt tags are for Google
Once you publish your site, Google will rank it
Duplicate content is bad and you'll get penalized for it
Social is a BIG rank factor
Google ignores pop-ups
Page speed matters a LOT when it comes to your search engine rank
How to enable your SSL in Squarespace
SSL stands for secure sockets layer, and it's an added level of security for a website that is considered an industry standard. Google considers sites with an SSL as higher quality content and will rank it higher in search results than those without one.
Source: developers.google.com/search/blog/2014/08/https-as-ranking-signal
P.S. SORRY ABOUT THE AUDIO! 😬 Theis tutorial is getting a much-needed upgrade, but the steps are the same.
To turn on your SSL in Squarespace, follow these steps:
From your main menu, select Settings
Scroll down and click on Advanced
Scroll down and click on SSL
Toggle on Secure (Preferred)
Optional: Toggle on HSTS Secure
Save your changes
How to add metadata to a page in Squarespace
Important info: This tutorial is specific for pages, and the process is slightly different for blog posts, products, and projects. This is also not guaranteed to be the text displayed on a search engine. Search engines are constantly changing algorithms to determine what content to display, but adding this information to a page is still considered a best practice.
Pro Tip: Try to include a keyword or phrase you want to rank well for. Do NOT throw a ton of keywords in here to spam search engines; keep this readable and related to the content of this page.
Click pages on the top of your menu
Hover over the title of the page you want to add a meta title and description to, until you see the gear icon appear
Click on that gear icon to open your page settings menu
Select SEO, your second option
Under SEO title, add your meta title, and under SEO description add the meta data you want to use for the description of your page.
Select save on the top left-hand side
How to add an alt tag to an image in Squarespace 7.1
Select the image block
Click on the edit option
Under the link options, you’ll see a space to add the alt tag
Write text that describes the image. You can also include a keyword or phrase that is related to the page content that you want to rank higher in search results.
By following these simple yet effective Squarespace SEO tutorials, can set your website up for success on search engines, helping it rank higher so the people looking for it can find it.
