How To Improve Jekyll Seo

shawn phy / January 2024

Introduction

Seo refers to site engine optimization, and is the technology behind ensuring you appear in browser searches first. Jekyll has simple intergration to optimize your site for SEO purposes. This is achieved by use of jekyll plugins.

jekyll-seo-plugin

this is a plugin that is used to Ensure SEO without using much javascript.

Installing Jekyll SEO Tag

1. Add the following to your site’s Gemfile:

  gem 'jekyll-seo-tag'

1. Add the following to your site’s _config.yml:

  plugins:
    - jekyll-seo-tag

If you are using a Jekyll version less than 3.5.0, use the gems key instead of plugins.

1. Add the following right before </head> in your site’s template(s):

  {% seo %}