SQUARESPACE SEO IN 2024 | Keywords, Website Settings, Content, Google Business and more!

[@RachelDevine-Intervention]

I have been struggling with SEO for the last year and quite frankly am not a big fan. However, I have an online business that grew from 0 to around 300 visits a month, mostly social media visits. After watching some of your videos my hate for SEO Is over and I am sure my website will reflect that this year. As they say, better late than never. I love this SEO in 24 video and it was easy to do all the steps. You make SEO feel lighter and easier. THANK YOU.

[@CharlotteOHara1]

Rachel, thanks for taking the time to leave such a thoughtful comment - it means so much! I'm truly thrilled that you've found the content here on my KZbin channel helpful - you've got this!!!! :)

[@RachelDevine-Intervention]

Thanks, I will learn from your videos, thank you again.

[@eddygill1724]

An excellent video, helpful and concise. Thanks.

[@CharlotteOHara1]

You're very welcome Eddy, thanks for watching :)

[@SarahOxby]

Thank you so much Charlotte, this is really helpful.

[@CharlotteOHara1]

I'm so glad, thanks for watching!

[@JazzW5254]

One of the more explanatory videos on this topic, thank you for posting it took forever to find someone that wasnt saying exactly the same thing as the next 5 people. Easy Sub and like

[@CharlotteOHara1]

Yay so happy to hear that Jazz!

[@JamesGadbury]

Thanks for this, most useful to get me going. I had already read a bunch of guides but this personal walkthrough is a great idea.

[@CharlotteOHara1]

Glad you enjoyed it James, thanks for watching!

[@maggiesanmiguel7278]

Thank you ❤!! I'm not tech savvy in the least and was literally in tears trying to figure SEO out. You've changed my world, my potential business and have helped me sleep knowing that I can probably do this on my own with your video to help me. You're a life saver!! 🎉❤🎉

[@CharlotteOHara1]

Thanks for the kind words Maggie, good luck with SEO on your Squarespace website - you've got this!

[@MeganBruney]

This is one of the most helpful videos I have clicked on to learn about SEO on a website. Thank you for walking me through step-by-step! Great video!

[@CharlotteOHara1]

Thanks so much Megan, I really appreciate that feedback :)

[@TheodoreMTogobo]

Really good information. Looking forward to seeing more seo google videos.

[@CharlotteOHara1]

Thanks Theodore, let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like to see for future vidoes!

[@onecreatemedia]

Thanks Charlotte - One of the few people that explains why and how we do this correctly - Well done !

[@CharlotteOHara1]

Glad you found this helpful, I'm so glad to hear it :)

[@Island_Aesthetics]

Thank you for this great video - I'm using this information to improve my detailing business' website on Squarespace! Very easy to follow along and execute

[@CharlotteOHara1]

So glad it was helpful - good luck with your website & SEO updates!

[@amandabishop6089]

This is so helpful! You are a wonderful teacher, thank you for explaining in a way that I can make sense of!

[@CharlotteOHara1]

Thank you so much Amanda, I really appreciate your kind comment :)

[@MarcAntoineForget]

Hi Charlotte, great video ! Would it be better to write a site description in multiple languages? I do business mainly in french and I sadly do not trust google translate when it comes to niche subjects ! Thanks Marc-Antoine

[@TheDozer99]

Your videos are so helpful!

[@CharlotteOHara1]

LOVE to hear that!

[@orincywhytedesigns]

I knew all this stuff but this is absolutely so well put together!! Will be sharing with my clients👌🏾

[@CharlotteOHara1]

Love to hear that, thanks so much Orincy!

[@triptipswithchris]

Excellent video, Charlotte! This helped me a lot to get started with SEO on my website. Subscribed and will be checking out more of your videos. Thank you!

[@CharlotteOHara1]

Love to hear it, thanks Chris!

[@katebradfield7714]

Thanks Charlotte - you the bomb!!!!

[@CharlotteOHara1]

Thanks for watching Kate, really appreciate it :)

[@scarlettfionareed]

This was super helpful, thank you! I'm saving it to come back to and also liked and subscribed. Also, the business you pulled up in Santa Cruz, Elite construction is a great company! Such a small world, I did business with them when I lived in Santa Cruz.

[@CharlotteOHara1]

Glad to hear that you found this video helpful, Scarlett! I actually made up a fake company for demonstration purposes in this video, it's not a real construction business :)

[@scarlettfionareed]

@@CharlotteOHara1 Yes I realize you made up a company for demonstration, but the one you used as an example exists :) Either way, love your content!

[@RMDcrystals]

So helpful! I've had my website for a little over a year now, and have just recently started to try and understand SEO. I'll definitely be checking out more of your videos 😊

[@CharlotteOHara1]

Amazing news RMD, good luck with SEO on your site - you've got this!

[@RiskyBiscuit561]

Great video! Extremely helpful! Thank you!

[@CharlotteOHara1]

That's what I like to hear, thanks for watching :)

[@dvhaulin]

Helpful information

[@CharlotteOHara1]

That's what I like to hear! Thanks for watching :)

[@MarkLandonJarvis]

Friendly, informed, and so very helpful. THANKS, Charlotte. Liked and subscribed!

[@CharlotteOHara1]

Thanks Mark!!

[@_SYDNA_]

Subscribed! Thanks for laying this out in such a digestible fashion. I may end up using this on another system but the principles are the same.

[@CharlotteOHara1]

Yay so glad this was helpful - good luck with SEO on whatever platform you end up with!

[@markdaltonvanisland]

thanks for the help, love the wake, bake go the Lake sticker on your laptop! Just an old locals saying-lol.

[@CharlotteOHara1]

LOL can't say I have that sticker in my laptop collection but it would be a fun one haha thanks for watching Mark

[@jasontitus2626]

Practical and helpful

[@CharlotteOHara1]

That was the goal, glad you liked it!

[@e-ken-mac7396]

AMAZING! Thank you for sharing this AND walking through the steps where we can understand!

[@CharlotteOHara1]

You're so welcome, thanks for watching :)

[@michellegauthierlifecoach9316]

This was super helpful, thank you so much for this great content.

[@CharlotteOHara1]

Glad you enjoyed it, Michelle!

[@feliciajackson444]

Thank you! Great step by step!

[@CharlotteOHara1]

You're welcome Felicia, thanks for watching :)

[@CathyCatieStrings]

thank you for a very helpful video - off to watch more!

[@CharlotteOHara1]

You're very welcome Cathy, thanks for watching!

[@H4Built]

Thank you for the great video. One question, what is the vertical character after the %s in the "SEO TITLE FORMAT"? That's not showing on mine.

[@CharlotteOHara1]

It's just a dash - on my Macbook it's above the Enter key (right side of the keyboard) :)

[@MikeWatkins-e5b]

Thank you for your in depth videos. New to the SEO world. I have watched many of your videos. regarding the SEO description, i know they are each specific to the page however, do you/ should you start each description with the 3 major parts, Name, what you do and where your located on each one?

[@hannahsaywell811]

amazing!!

[@CharlotteOHara1]

Thanks Hannah!!

[@HariSinghPhoto]

Thank you for the video. Very informative.

[@CharlotteOHara1]

Yay so glad you liked it!

[@naturalrhythmswellbeing]

Very Helpful! Thanks so much

[@CharlotteOHara1]

You're very welcome, thanks for watching!

[@rootrevivalsalon2024]

Excellent thank you so much

[@CharlotteOHara1]

You are very welcome

[@JohnnyB7]

Thank you Charlotte

[@CharlotteOHara1]

You're welcome Johnny, glad it was helpful!

[@KunkelWorksUSA]

Question: each page has “page settings” for GENERAL and for SEO. Both have the field for Optional page description. which one is more important for SEO?

[@CharlotteOHara1]

SEO description field

[@roxsacks]

Thanks for a great video! I would like to know how language affects Google Searches. For example, if I have French clients searching in French for something similar to my service but I am based in Brazil and therefore the site is in Portuguese, can do they find it? Do I need to make multiple language sites? Or does Google translate automatically? Thanks

[@CharlotteOHara1]

Hey! Multilingual SEO not my area of expertise but you could use a tool like Weglot to help with website translations to reach a wider audience :)

[@elizabethmaclean]

Thank you, Charlotte!

[@CharlotteOHara1]

You're so welcome Elizabeth, thanks for watching!

[@leegee123]

Great video- I have a question please- I updated me SEO appearance but when I search my site in Google it hasn’t updated- I waited 2 days but still no update- Google uses information from another part of my website 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@CharlotteOHara1]

Hey Lee! It's not uncommon for Google to take longer than 2 days to re-crawl & re-index your Squarespace website, still showing the old info from your site in the meantime. Just sit tight for a few more days :) you can always manually request if you need but patience is what i'd recommend haha

[@leegee123]

@@CharlotteOHara1 great thank you for your reply

[@TheDeny1121]

A very helpful video! I only have one question regarding the language everything should be written in: Should I write it in English or in my native language since my clients would search in Google in my native language?

[@CharlotteOHara1]

Great question! If the entire website is in another language then I would set up all the SEO settings in that other language because that's what your ideal website visitors will be using when doing online searches. However if your website is multilingual then that's a different story.... SEM rush has a great article on multilingual SEO that you can read HERE www.semrush.com/blog/multilingual-seo/

[@VeronicaMezzettiDraia]

Really helpful thank you 🙂

[@CharlotteOHara1]

You're so welcome Veronica!

[@FlorencioParaon]

Very helpful, thank you! Does it matter if it is linked to your personal Google account or a business account? I would like to keep it separate from my personal account.

[@CharlotteOHara1]

You can link your Squarespace website to your business account/email address, that's fine :)

[@robharrand]

Do I need to separate words (when naming photos) with a hyphen? Thanks.

[@CharlotteOHara1]

Hey Rob! No you aren't required to do that - it's just something I do for my own organization & to make it easier for me to read the full image file name :)

[@robharrand]

@@CharlotteOHara1 Oh ok cool. I was reading where Google wants photo names separated with hyphens for SEO (when crawling a website) but you're 100% sure there's no need to do that or anywhere on SquareSpace? Much appreciated. Great channel.

[@PenelopeCrescibene]

Hi! I'm new to my client's Square Space builder but not to SEO. Is there a place to add individual keyword phrases or a Focus keyword? Any possibility of connecting Rank Math or Yoast?

[@CharlotteOHara1]

No, Squarespace works differently from other platforms - keywords are integrated much more organically in the back end website settings and also on the page content itself :)

[@PenelopeCrescibene]

@@CharlotteOHara1 thanks for your response.

[@imexplode]

Do you do the first step after the site is live?

[@CharlotteOHara1]

Yes you'll get best results on a live site :)

[@rachaeldavies8146]

where is the link to the spreadsheet please?

[@CharlotteOHara1]

Hi Rachel, do you mean the Squarespace SEO Checklist? Here's the link :) www.charlotteohara.ca/ss-seo-checklist

[@ChigwellTreeServices]

thanks very usefull video, one thing is in each images in the blogs, if u double click the image , theres a section for title and under that section theres another bit underneath that says Write here, any idea what to type in that section'? thanks

[@CharlotteOHara1]

Glad you found this video helpful! are you talking about an image block used in a blog post?

[@JackP-t6w]

No I’m just talking bout the image in the blog or the website when you double click it … also what services do you offer; as I already have a site, but could do with some coaching on how to improve , are you familiar with semrush? Wondering how much u Charge PH for training and help with my seo if that’s something u do

[@HarmoniaAAxyridis]

Hi, so to connect like you did in the very beginning it is asking for a gmail account. I do not have a gmail account, must I create one? Thank you!

[@CharlotteOHara1]

Hi Harmonia! I believe yes you need a Google account, you can learn more about the process of connecting your Squarespace website with Google Search Console HERE support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/205813918-Verifying-your-site-with-Google-Search-Console

[@GoCHEMFREE]

I’m sorry, I can’t find the link to connect to Google My Business page. I offer online courses, no brick and mortar location. Do you still recommend it?

[@CharlotteOHara1]

Hi! Google Business is more important for businesses with physical locations that want to show up in local search results. So if your focus is online courses isn't not super necessary for you. I have a few videos on that topic here on my channel so watch those for more info :)

[@iamvictorperez1482]

Thanks 🙏

[@CharlotteOHara1]

You’re welcome!

[@livelife1899]

Thank you for making this video! If you are taking volunteers to do an SEO site audit video, I would love for you to critique my new website and offer improvements. :)

[@CharlotteOHara1]

If you're interested in a Squarespace website audit, I offer that paid service :) www.charlotteohara.ca/ss-seo-audit

[@livelife1899]

@@CharlotteOHara1 thank you!