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Get Discovered on Day One: SEO with Codestax 🚀

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) helps your pages surface at the top of Google and other search engines. Codestax simplifies SEO by automating best practices and making optimization straightforward.

This guide walks you through optimizing your Codestax-generated pages for improved discoverability.

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🎯 Automatic SEO Metadata

Codestax can automatically generate and apply essential metadata to improve how search engines index your site:

  • Title Tags – Dynamically generated based on page content.
  • Meta Descriptions – AI-written summaries to boost clicks.
  • Keyword Suggestions – Based on your content and structure.

💡 Tip: Include “Follow SEO best practices” in your prompt to have metadata included automatically.

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🗺️ Generate a Sitemap

Sitemaps guide search engines through your site. Codestax makes sitemap creation easy.

Steps to Generate a Sitemap:

  1. Prompt: Create a sitemap for my project.
  2. Download the generated sitemap.xml.
  3. Submit it to Google Search Console under the Sitemaps section.

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🤖 Control Crawlers with robots.txt

The robots.txt file lets you tell search engines what they can and can’t index.

Steps to Add a robots.txt File:

  1. Prompt: Generate a robots.txt file for my site.
  2. Customize the file to allow/block specific paths.
  3. Upload it to the root directory of your site.

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🧱 Optimize Headings & Structure

Properly structured headings help both users and search engines understand your content.

Codestax ensures:

  • H1 tags are clear and unique per page.
  • H2/H3 tags are used for logical grouping.
  • Headings include relevant keywords where needed.

✅ Best practice: Only use one H1 per page and follow a hierarchy with H2s and H3s.

Internal linking helps both SEO and usability by improving site navigation.

How to Add Internal Links:

  1. Prompt: Suggest internal links for this page.
  2. Insert links manually into your content.
  3. Use clear, keyword-rich anchor text.

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⭐ Enhance with Schema Markup

Schema helps search engines show rich snippets (e.g., ratings, FAQs, etc.).

How to Use Schema with Codestax:

  1. Prompt: Generate schema markup for this page.
  2. Copy the JSON-LD output.
  3. Paste it into your page and validate with Google.

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🚀 Advanced SEO Tips

  • Use alt text and compress images.
  • Avoid duplicate content across pages.
  • Target long-tail keywords to capture niche searches.
  • Update content regularly to stay relevant.

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🖼️ Customize Social Preview Images

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Option 1: Let AI Do It

Upload an image and prompt:
Can you update the social preview image to this one?

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Option 2: Manual GitHub Update

  1. Click Edit Code in the top-right of Codestax.
  2. Connect to GitHub (if not already).
  3. Navigate to the public folder in your repo.
  4. Replace og-image.png with your new image.
  5. Name the new image og-image.png.
  6. Redeploy to apply changes.

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❓ FAQ

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How long does it take Google to index my site?

Anywhere from a few hours to a few days. Submitting a sitemap speeds this up.

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Why isn’t my page ranking?

Double-check your sitemap submission and confirm SEO best practices are followed.

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Does Codestax support mobile SEO?

Yes! All Codestax projects are optimized for mobile-friendly layouts by default.

Need more help? Ask in Chat Mode to troubleshoot, optimize, and refine your project!