SEO Framework and WP Super Cache

Hi @tomasahl,

I’m glad it all works well ??

In short: preemptive cache loading (preloading) helps dynamic pages being fed faster to the end-user. It eliminates the “lag hit” for the first user whom visits the page.
Preloading doesn’t make any difference for any consecutive visitor.

When a page is being generated (either dynamically or through preloading), so will the respected SEO output. Then, the output will be stored in the caches and all is well.

The only culprit might be HTTP output headers.
However, TSF doesn’t alter output headers for regular pages. It only does so for the sitemap (i.e. to indicate it’s a sitemap).

So, you might wish to check out if your sitemap is outputted correctly. However, if you still have concerns about other data, you can test that out too.
You can read about testing that data right here:
https://theseoframework.com/about/validating-your-websites-metadata/

All in all, everything should work well! A faster website is also good for SEO.
Here’s more about that: https://theseoframework.com/seo-tips/speed-up-the-web/

If you still have doubts, let me know. Cheers!

Hi and thanks.
The sitemap looks like this:
https://tomasahlbeck.com/sitemap.xml
At the end the new entries are listed. The index-page has an old date, but since I don’t really know if this is a good sitemap I would be very grateful if anyone/someone could find the time to see if it is correct.

With regards

Tomas A

Hi Tomas, nice to see different people from various professions here making their own stuff with wordpress and especially with TSF ?? While @cybr is technical mastermind behind the plugin, I’m trying to chime in when it comes to content and SEO copywriting or just everyday use of plugin to help him ??

I manage close to 50 sites, so I will just give you advice from my own experience. Your website is delivering pretty much what is expected, it is reasonably fast and I honestly think any technical optimization will most likely have marginal impact in terms of attracting new visitors. Don’t make a mistake of going full nuclear on technical optimization, if you really want to do SEO, you should focus now on content. Your articles are mostly just gig announcements – although I understand it is great for your fans, google thinks of this as a poor quality content. Few articles around 1600 words would be much more beneficial than meddling with plugins and over-optimizing. There is also a question of language – writing in English is targeting the whole Internet population, writing in Swedish only few millions. But Swedish content has less competition in absolute numbers, so you can go more local. Now I am not expert on SEO in comedy field, but I would definitively write one article focused locally, keywords along the lines “stand up comedian oslo”. Since you are doing standup, videos would help you a ton. So there is plenty of options how to help your SEO. TSF (and its sitemap) is doing most of the important technical stuff for you automatically; if setup correctly. Spend your time on content.

That being said, I see you have both http and https version available, i would recommend to stick with SSL version and redirect http to https. You just have to add this to your .htaccess file.

# BEGIN Force http to https
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^(.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L] 
</IfModule>
# END Force http to https

Then be sure to have both http and https version of your website in google search console, set preferred version to https there. Then go to google analytics and check if you are tracking https.

There is a ton of articles on this, just google “wordpress https”. If you have any questions (content or technical), shoot!

Wow, this was MUCH more than I expected as feedback. Ever so grateful.
Yes, I have a tendency to get stuck in things I have no idea why I do, so straightening me out and tell me to focus on posting is something I really needed to hear ??
I will work according to your tips. If I am ever close to your hometown I will treat you to a beer and free entry to my show if course.
Once again-huge thanks!

/T

• This reply was modified 7 years, 7 months ago by Tomasahl. Reason: Misspellings on a mobile phone

I’m glad you find my tips helpful, but I need to add, that this is pretty generic stuff.

The thing you really need to do, is to define the purpose of the website and then try to achieve what you want. Do you really need more visitors? Why they should visit your page? I get that now I can find where are performing, but what else? Do you really need SEO for that? I think most people will find you on google by name, or if you give them URL on card, or it is on poster. Most folks wanting comedy are looking for clubs and venues, not single comedians (I assume).

Do you want to sell merch, CD’s, books? Is it just for fun? Think big picture. Whenever I have a new client from field I am not familiar with, I simply look at others websites. Check out https://louisck.net/ and such, maybe smaller time comedians.

Make sure you are not wasting your time, lots of peeps and corporations are doing SEO without actually having clear goal.

Thanks. Yes, my goal is to inform about my gigs and tours, and to get bookers to find me.
I am probably going to move the non-standup msterial to another webpage.
The SEO is to get bookers andclubs to find me. But I think I’ve optimised it enough as it is now.
One article a day in the future ??

Hi @tomasahl,

I was going through old topics to see if I’ve overlooked anything.

I see your site’s using Autoptimize, and also HTTP/2.
I also see you’ve enabled the script merging option. This, in combination with HTTP/2, is redundant. Even more so, it reduces performance.

Also, it breaks your website’s layout (i.e. white text on white background) ??

I suggest disabling script merging, and you’re back on track again ??
Best of luck!