Configuring SEO Settings: Best Practices and Steps

SEO Settings help your website appear on Google and other search engines so customers can find your store easily.

Why This is Important

Before you submit your sitemap to Google Search Console, it is important to set up all SEO settings properly so that Google picks the right information about your store, products, and pages.

Set Your Store Name and Meta Details

1. Login to your Zepio admin panel.
2. Go to Settings > SEO Settings.
3. Under Global SEO Settings, enter:
   • Store name – your website or business name.
   • Meta title – what you want to show as your site’s title on Google.
   • Meta description – a short description about your store for search engines.

You will see a Google Search Preview showing how your store will look on search results.

Upload Social Media Sharing Tags

1. Scroll to Social Media Sharing Tags.
2. Upload an image that will show when you share your store or products on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.
   • Recommended size: 1200x630px
   • Formats: jpeg/jpg/png

This helps make your links look attractive when shared on social media or WhatsApp.

Configure Page SEO Settings

1. Scroll to Page SEO Settings.
2. Add prefix or suffix for page titles if you want something to appear before or after every page title automatically (example: “Buy Now |”).
3. Add prefix or suffix for page descriptions if needed.

This keeps your page titles and descriptions uniform and improves SEO.

Other SEO Boost Features

• Sitemap Generator – Generates your sitemap file for search engines.
• Fast Page Speed Boost – Keeps your pages loading fast.
• Product Schema Markup – Helps Google understand your product data better.
• Auto Alt Text for Images – Adds automatic descriptions to your images.
• Site Snippet Size – Manages how your store appears in Google search previews.
• 404 Fixer – Fixes broken links automatically.
• Image Turbo with CDN – Makes your images load faster across different locations.

Save All Changes

After configuring everything, scroll down and click Apply changes to save.

Generate and Submit Sitemap to Google

1. Under Sitemap Generator, click Generate Sitemap.
2. Copy the sitemap URL generated.
3. Submit this URL to your Google Search Console account.

Important:
Always configure all SEO settings first (store name, social sharing tags, page prefixes, etc.) before submitting the sitemap. This ensures Google indexes your store with the correct titles, descriptions, and images from the start.

Note

Setting up SEO properly helps more customers find your store online. Take time to set all sections correctly before generating and submitting your sitemap for best results.