🚀 SEO Setup Completion Checklist for Curators Hub

✅ Completed Items

Technical SEO

Content & Pages

Configuration

📋 Still Need to Complete

1. Required Images/Icons 📸

You need to create and add these images to /assets/images/:

Favicons & App Icons:

SEO Images:

2. Google Services Setup 🔧

Google Analytics:

  1. Create Google Analytics account
  2. Get tracking ID (GA4 property)
  3. Replace G-XXXXXXXXXX in _config.yml with your actual ID

Google Search Console:

  1. Verify ownership of www.curatorshub.co.za
  2. Submit sitemap: https://www.curatorshub.co.za/sitemap.xml
  3. Monitor indexing and search performance

3. Social Media Accounts 📱

Update these in _config.yml with real accounts:

4. Domain & Hosting 🌐

DNS Setup:

GitHub Pages Configuration:

  1. In repository settings → Pages
  2. Set source to “Deploy from a branch”
  3. Select main branch
  4. Add custom domain: www.curatorshub.co.za
  5. Enable “Enforce HTTPS”

5. Content Optimization ✍️

All Blog Posts:

Curator Profiles:

6. Performance & Technical 🏃‍♂️

Image Optimization:

Performance:

GDPR/POPIA Compliance:

🛠️ Quick Action Items

Immediate (Before Deployment)

  1. Create favicon package - Use RealFaviconGenerator
  2. Set up Google Analytics - Get tracking ID
  3. Create social media accounts - At least Twitter and LinkedIn
  4. Add CNAME file with your domain

After Deployment

  1. Submit to Google Search Console
  2. Submit to Bing Webmaster Tools
  3. Share on social media for initial traffic
  4. Monitor performance with analytics

🎯 Tools to Use

SEO Analysis

Icon Generation

Image Optimization

Testing

📞 Next Steps

  1. Generate the required images using the favicon generator
  2. Set up Google Analytics and Search Console
  3. Configure domain DNS to point to GitHub Pages
  4. Test everything before going live
  5. Submit sitemap to search engines
  6. Create social media presence

Need help with any of these items? Let me know! 🚀