We build websites with SEO in mind and always stay up to date with the new features Wix offers. Wix platform aims to make it really easy for search engines to discover and read your website. New tools are constantly given us to improve SEO of the websites of our clients.
Recently Wix implemented SEO Assistant, a new integrated tool that allows us to define SEO strategy for websites and lets us keep track on the improvement of all possible areas of SEO: keyword optimization, meta tags, content structure, image optimization, and others.
The SEO Assistant is currently only available on Blog, although it will be rolled out to more verticals and tools in the near future.
How Wix SEO Assistant can help
Analysis and Recommendations: SEO Assistant analyzes your page's content and settings and generates a list of optimization tasks. These tasks include recommendations on how to improve your page's SEO and instructions on implementing them.
Task Labels: Each task in the SEO Assistant is labelled based on its importance and impact on your page's ranking. The labels are categorized as Critical, High, Medium, and Low. Critical tasks are of utmost importance and should be prioritized, while Low tasks offer advice for improving your page's ranking and appearance in search results.
Focus Keyword: The SEO Assistant allows you to specify a focus keyword for your page. This keyword helps search engines understand the topic and relevance of your content. Tasks related to the focus keyword provide recommendations on optimizing various elements like title tags, headings, subheadings, body text, URL slug, and more.
Keyword Ideas (Optional): You can explore keyword research functionality powered by Semrush. Semrush is a comprehensive SEO tool that offers a wide range of features, including keyword research, competitor analysis, back-link analysis, and more. It provides valuable insights into your website's performance and helps you identify keywords that can drive organic traffic to your site. Read more about Wix and Semrush integration here Wix & Semrush Integration. SEO Keywords Research
Task Types: The SEO Assistant presents different types of tasks based on your page's content and settings. Some common task types include adding the focus keyword to title tags, headings, and subheadings; writing alt text for images; optimizing meta descriptions; including markup for rich results; and more.
How to use Wix SEO Assistant
Log in to your Wix account and access the Editor
Navigate to the post you want to optimize and access the SEO Assistant.
Set a Focus Keyword that represents the main topic of your page\post. This helps the SEO Assistant provide targeted recommendations.
Review Tasks related to your page's SEO, presented by the tool.
Expand each task to view the provided recommendations and follow the instructions to implement the suggested optimizations.
After making the recommended changes, save your page and publish it to make the optimizations live on your website.
No doubt, Wix Blog SEO Assistant is a very valuable tool for optimizing blog posts and improving their visibility in search engine results. Remember that it is designed to provide guidance, but it's still important to have a basic understanding of SEO principles. Continuous effort and monitoring are necessary for long-term SEO success. If you're looking to learn more about Wix SEO and how to optimize your Wix website for search engines check our blog regularly!