Search Engine Optimization

1. Content

2. Meta Headers

3. Duplicate Content

Consolidate duplicate URLs^[link1] - canonical URL

<link rel="canonical" href="https://wackowiki.org/doc/Doc/Français">

should be useful for pages

https://wackowiki.org/doc/Doc/Français?show_comments=1
https://wackowiki.org/doc/Doc/Français?show_files=1
https://wackowiki.org/doc/9ngSaIBaMjWw

to avoid duplicate content penalty from Google.

Can the link be relative or absolute?
rel="canonical" can be used with relative or absolute links, but we recommend using absolute links to minimize potential confusion or difficulties. If your document specifies a base link, any relative links will be relative to that base link.

301 redirects
Noindex (Usually “noindex, follow”)
Rel=”canonical”

4. URLs

5. Seo Friendly Url

Request handling^[link2]

6. Non-existing Pages

7. robots.txt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robots_exclusion_standard

8. XML Sitemap

http://www.sitemaps.org/
- Your Sitemap files must use UTF-8 encoding.^[link3]
- https://wackowiki.org/doc/xml/sitemap.xml

8.1. Ping Sitemap

Google: https://www.google.com/ping?sitemap=https://example.com/sitemap.xml
~~Microsoft: https://www.bing.com/webmaster/ping.aspx?siteMap=https://example.com/sitemap.xml~~
~~Yandex: https://webmaster.yandex.com/ping?sitemap=https://example.com/sitemap.xml~~

Build and submit a sitemap^[link4]

 https://www.google.com/ping?sitemap=https://example.com/sitemap.xml

9. IndexNow

IndexNow is an easy way for websites owners to instantly inform search engines about latest content changes on their website.

IndexNow^[link5]

POST /indexnow HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Host: <searchengine>
{
	 "host": "www.example.com",
	"key": "",
	"urlList": [
		"https://www.example.com/url1",
		"https://www.example.com/folder/url2",
		"https://www.example.com/url3"
	]
}

10. TrackingCode

How to Add Matamo/Piwiki Tracking Code?^[link6]

Links

[link1] https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/139066?hl=en
[link2] https://wackowiki.org/doc/Dev/NewFeatures/SeoFriendlyUrl
[link3] https://www.sitemaps.org/faq.html#faq_output_encoding
[link4] https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/sitemaps/build-sitemap?hl=en
[link5] https://www.indexnow.org/
[link6] https://wackowiki.org/doc/Forum/Integrations/HowToAddMatamoPiwikiTrackingCode