SEO capabilities

BaseKit V8 is designed to help users create sites that perform well on search engines

Sitemap

BaseKit generates a new sitemap.xml file every time a site is published.

Robots.txt

The robots.txt file is updated every time a site is published.

BaseKit V8 SEO basics

BaseKit V8 provides site-level and page-level fields for <meta> tags including keywords and descriptions

Site Settings > SEO Page

Fields:

  • Title: The site title
  • Language: The primary language of the content
  • Description: The site description <meta name="description">
  • Keywords: Relevant keywords for the site <meta name="keywords">
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Site Settings SEO page

Page Settings

Fields:

  • Title in navigation: The name of the page as it will appear in the site navigation
  • Page URL: The name of the page as it will appear in the URL. By default, matches the name of the page in the navigation
  • Title in Browser: The name of the page as it will appear in the browser <title> tag
  • Description: The site description <meta name="description">
  • Keywords: Relevant keywords for the site <meta name="keywords">
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Page settings

Custom Tags

Each page can have custom tags added using the Page scripts menu. These can also be used for Google webmaster tools verification.

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Page scripts used for custom meta tags

Open Graph

The Facebook Like widget has Open Graph tags. Further Open Graph support is planned.

Redirects

Page redirects are essential for retaining SEO ranking when URLs change. We support 301 (permanent) and 302 (temporary) redirects.

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Page redirects

Analytics

For Google Analytics, the user can add a tracking ID on Site settings > Analytics > Tracking ID. Alternatively, a custom tracking script can be added.

We plan to add basic in-app analytics in a future release

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Analytics ID

Social integrations

SEO can be influenced by many factors including social signals. Many BaseKit users have one or more social media accounts associated with their site.

The BaseKit site profile includes fields for many common social media applications and BaseKit templates can display these links as icons when the field contains a valid URL.

Facebook images can be imported directly from the image source dialogue box.

ApplicationWidget(s)Profile / Template
FacebookLikeYes
TwitterFeed
Tweet
Yes
LinkedInPersonal
Business
Yes
Instagram-Yes
Pinterest-Yes
Google+-Yes
YouTubeVideoYes

Store products and categories

Products elements are tagged with appropriate schema.org markup:

ElementMarkup
Productitemtype="http://schema.org/Product"
PriceAggregateOffer