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Search Engine Optimisation

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is the practice of making your platform's public content discoverable in search engines. ActiveManage builds many of the foundational SEO elements into every page; this article covers them and how to tune.

SEO checklist UI showing each item with green/amber/red status: Page titles ✓, Meta descriptions ✓, Sitemap.xml ✓, Canonical tags ✓, Open Graph tags ✓, JSON-LD structured data, robots.txt, page speed

What the Platform Does for You

  • Page titles: Generated per page from content + site name.
  • Meta descriptions: Per-page summary for the search result snippet.
  • Canonical tags: Resolves duplicate-content concerns.
  • OpenGraph and Twitter Card tags: Rich link previews when shared.
  • JSON-LD structured data: Schema.org markup for articles, products, FAQs, breadcrumbs.
  • Sitemap.xml: Auto-generated, includes every public page and record URL.
  • Robots.txt: Auto-generated, with sensible defaults for what to crawl vs not.
  • Friendly URLs: See the friendly URLs section.
  • Page speed: CSS/JS bundling, image optimisation, CDN serving.
  • Mobile-friendly: Every page responsive.

What You Should Tune

  • Per-page title and description for important pages.
  • Open Graph image per important page for richer link previews.
  • Internal linking — every page should be reachable from another page within 3 clicks.
  • Content quality — search engines reward depth and originality.

Worked Examples

  • Marketing site: Every page has hand-crafted title + description; OG image per page; structured data for organisation, breadcrumbs, FAQ.
  • Knowledge base: Article schema markup on every article; internal linking to related articles.
  • eCommerce: Product schema with price, availability, ratings; site-level breadcrumb schema.
  • Local business directory: LocalBusiness schema per listing.