{"id":206,"date":"2020-05-08T23:28:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T23:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/docs\/?post_type=wpwax_directorist&#038;p=206"},"modified":"2021-04-11T09:39:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T09:39:55","slug":"search-engine-optimization-seo","status":"publish","type":"wpwax_directorist","link":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/documentation\/directorist\/advanced-settings\/search-engine-optimization-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"Search Engine Optimization (SEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Search Engine Optimization is necessary to get visibility on the SERPs. Directorist is a 100% SEO-friendly plugin. We developed this plugin based on the major search engine ranking factor so that each page gets a higher priority in the search engine result page. Directorist is also Yoast compatible which is one of the best SEO plugins in WordPress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To do SEO for your directory website navigate to the <strong>WP Admin Dashboard \u2192&nbsp;Directory Listings \u2192&nbsp; Settings \u2192&nbsp; Advanced \u2192&nbsp; Title &amp; Meta (SEO)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/1-directory-listings-settings-advanced-titles-meta-1024x422.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/1-directory-listings-settings-advanced-titles-meta-1024x422.png 1024w, https:\/\/directorist.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/1-directory-listings-settings-advanced-titles-meta-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/directorist.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/1-directory-listings-settings-advanced-titles-meta-768x316.png 768w, https:\/\/directorist.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/1-directory-listings-settings-advanced-titles-meta-1536x632.png 1536w, https:\/\/directorist.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/1-directory-listings-settings-advanced-titles-meta.png 1919w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>SEO with Directorist<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Title and Meta info are important ranking factors for SEO. All the pages used by Directorist are well configured with those SEO terms. Directorist uses page title or listing title for Title and Meta Title, listing description is used for Meta Description. However, default Title and Meta info can be set for the following pages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Add Listing Page<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/directorist-seo-add-listing-page.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3854\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">All Listing Page<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/directorist-seo-all-listing-page.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3856\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">User Dashboard Page<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/directorist-seo-user-dashboard-page.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3858\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Author Page<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/directorist-seo-author-page.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3859\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Category Page<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/directorist-seo-category-page.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3860\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Single Category<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/directorist-seo-single-category-page.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3861\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">All Locations Page<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/directorist-seo-all-location-page.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3863\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Single Location Page<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3864 lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/directorist-seo-single-location-page.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"657\" height=\"206\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/directorist-seo-single-location-page.png\" data-was-processed=\"true\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Registration Page<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/directorist-seo-registration-page.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3865\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Login Page<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/directorist-seo-login-page.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3866\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Search Home &amp;&nbsp; Result Page<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/directorist-seo-home-result-page.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3867\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s all about changing meta title and meta description for different pages  in Directorist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2298,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-206","wpwax_directorist","type-wpwax_directorist","status-publish","hentry","wpwax_directorist_category-advanced-settings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wpwax_directorist\/206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wpwax_directorist"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wpwax_directorist"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}