We always hear that SEO feels like a huge mystery.
You don’t know exactly what it is, but you know you need it. You have some ideas but aren’t sure if you’re doing everything you’re supposed to.
With the right Squarespace SEO strategy, your website can work FOR you—helping the right people discover your business while you’re busy doing what you do best.
Our Squarespace SEO Checklist includes:
Keywords
What they are, research tips, and how to finalize your keyword strategy.
All the settings
A comprehensive list of all the settings and how to add keywords to Squarespace.
Website content
Best practices for images and website copy. Squarespace blog SEO guidelines and prompts.
Analytics
All the basis to get you started with Google Search Console.
Squarespace SEO FAQ’s
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SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization, and refers to techniques that help your website appear higher up in Google search results.
Example: After improving their website’s SEO, The Wedding Studio now comes up as the 3rd result when you Google “Nashville wedding planner”. They weren’t even on the 1st page before!
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Here are the top places to add keywords to Squarespace websites. We cover each one in detail in the Squarespace SEO Checklist.
Your sitewide SEO Title and Description
SEO Titles and Descriptions
Your website copy itself
Image names
Blog post content
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While the concepts and principles in the guide are applicable to any site, it also includes the exact settings and fields you’ll want to fill in specifically in Squarespace. We’ll tell you exactly where to find everything in the backend of your Squarespace website.
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Keyword stuffing is the practice of using a bunch of keywords to the point of sounding unnatural and hurting your SEO.
Example: “Best wedding planner in Nashville TN for creative event planners, wedding coordinator nashville, planning a wedding in nashville”
Squarespace SEO Checklist Contents
01 How to make a keyword list: how to brainstorm, expand your list, research stats, and finalize your strategy.
02 How to add keywords to Squarspace: where to configure sitewide SEO settings and fill in SEO fields on each page.
03 How to optimize your website copy and images for SEO: how to read through your website copy and make SEO improvements, and how to make sure images are optimized.
04 Squarespace blog SEO tips: how to brainstorm blog posts with SEO in mind, then optimize your blog posts.
05 How to connect your Squarespace website to Google Analytics: the process of setting up Google Search Console, verifying your indexing. and leveraging your analytics.
I’m Kathryn, Founder of Crème Brands
I’m the founder and creative director of Crème Brands, an award-winning luxury brand & site agency. Since 2013, my team and I are focused on elevating businesses to an exclusive look and feel, to help business owners reach the next level.
My biggest passion is helping business owners (you!) find confidence that you didn’t know was possible.
You already have all the pieces. I’m here to help you put them together so you can stop delaying your dream.
SEO is FAR too powerful for you to keep putting off
Rank higher in Google search results. Get instant access to our step-by-step guide on how to add keywords to Squarespace.