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Webflow SEO Checklist by Higglo Digital

This 10 step checklist covers the essential steps that you need to take to get the most benefit from Webflow SEO!

Step 1.

— Head to your page settings.

Scroll down to the area shown in this image.

— Place your Title Tag here.(60 characters or less.)

— Place your Meta Description here. (160 characters or less.)

— Make sure to complete this for each page.

— Feel free to jump to Step 11 while you're in the page settings.

Step 2.

— Click on Publish in the top right of Designer.

Enable all Advanced options shown in this picture.

— This helps with page load speed.

Step 3.

— Go to Project Settings. (Top left of Designer.)

— Click on the Publishing tab.

— Set your Default Domain. We strongly recommend the "www." version.

-Not setting a Default domain could cause duplicate content. This could hurt rankings or even de-index the pages from Google.

-Most DNS managers (I.E. Google Domains) do not support the "non www." version. Also know as the "root domain". Yours may, check with your DNS manager.

-Want to host on the root domain/non www. version with Google Domains? We have a solution! Email Us!

Step 4.

— Click on the SEO tab.

Disable Indexing of your webflow.io domain.

Step 5.

— Setup your robots.txt

— Click this button ↓ and paste in your robots.txt

Enable Auto-generate Sitemap.

Step 6.

— Place your Google Site Verification code here.

— You will find this in your Google Search Console settings.

— Place your website URL in the Global Canonical Tag URL section.

— This needs to match your Default Domain.

Step 7.

— Click on the Fonts tab.

— Upload your font files manually.

Click here to learn how to download you Google fonts.

— Setting up your Fonts this way speeds up your website.

Step 8.

— Click on the Integrations tab.

— Place your Google Analytics Measurement ID here.

Step 9.

— Head back to the Designer.

— Go to the Assets Panel. Keyboard shortcut is "J".

— Hover over any image and click the gear () icon.

— Add Alt Text to every image.

— This helps with SEO and  Accessibility.

Step 10.

— Click on any link in your project and set the Preload option to Prefetch.

— This improves the UX a lot and makes navigating between pages much faster.

— You may not want to use this on every link if there is an excessive amount like within a nav bar or footer.

Step 11.

— Head to your page settings.

— Scroll down to the Open Graph settings.

— What are open graph settings? They show up when sharing your website link on social media.

— These are easily filled in by sharing your page title tag and meta description.

— However you may want to use different settings for your social media. There is not necessarily a right or wrong answer

— To get your image link, head to the asset panel.

— Hover over the image you want to use and click the gear (⚙) icon.

— Click on the link icon.

— Paste that link in your Open Graph URL.

If you need more help with Webflow SEO, we would be happy to help! Give us a message here or reach out via email! :)

Testimonial

"Partnering with Higglo for our SEO needs has been a game-changer for Motivity. We have been overly impressed with how quickly our rankings for critical keywords has improved, and consistently see more and more organic traffic month over month. We are incredibly impressed with the results and whether you're in a niche or broad market, we highly recommend their SEO services to anyone looking to grow their online presence."

Brian Curley

Brian Curley

Motivity, Chief Creative Officer