SEO (Search Engine Optimization) - Our-Hometown https://our-hometown.com Your Newspaper's Future, Today. Wed, 05 Feb 2020 10:03:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://our-hometown.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-our-hometown-block-no-texxt-32x32.jpg SEO (Search Engine Optimization) - Our-Hometown https://our-hometown.com 32 32 Improving SEO: Including “Article Category” in your URL structure https://our-hometown.com/docs/improving-seo-including-article-category-in-your-url-structure/ Fri, 19 Jul 2019 15:17:26 +0000 https://our-hometown.com/?post_type=docit&p=21664 In a recent blog post, SEO Best Practices: Structuring URLs for your news site, we talk about the best practices you can apply to your URL structure to improve your SEO. For those looking to improve their website’s SEO performance here’s a quick tip you can apply today. Steps on including ‘article category’ in your URL structure in WordPress: From your WordPress Dashboard, look for the link titled OHT Settings       […]

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]]> In a recent blog post, SEO Best Practices: Structuring URLs for your news site, we talk about the best practices you can apply to your URL structure to improve your SEO.

For those looking to improve their website’s SEO performance here’s a quick tip you can apply today.

Steps on including ‘article category’ in your URL structure in WordPress:

  1. From your WordPress Dashboard, look for the link titled OHT Settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Find the checkbox that reads: “Articles’ category in permalink”

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Check the box and save your settings to update the URL structure

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your new URL structure will be: website.com/articles/category-name/article-title/

The change should result in search engines picking up your article more frequently if it is placed in a relevant category.

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]]> Applying / Submitting for Google News https://our-hometown.com/docs/applying-submitting-for-google-news/ Tue, 17 Apr 2018 15:09:16 +0000 http://our-hometown.com/?post_type=docit&p=19076 If your site isn’t listed in Google News yet, you can submit your site using this form. First, make sure to get your site Google Webmaster verified – you can place the code for verification on the All in One SEO General Settings page. For inclusion in Google News, make sure you are abiding by Google’s general Webmaster guidelines as well as Google’s Google News specific guidelines. In these guidelines there are several technical requirements […]

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]]> If your site isn’t listed in Google News yet, you can submit your site using this form. First, make sure to get your site Google Webmaster verified – you can place the code for verification on the All in One SEO General Settings page.

For inclusion in Google News, make sure you are abiding by Google’s general Webmaster guidelines as well as Google’s Google News specific guidelines. In these guidelines there are several technical requirements and quality guidelines, most of these are met by the virtue of using our WordPress-based platform.

You can visit Google’s Google News quickstart guide here to get started.

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