SEO and Google Analytic Support

[cdmcdermott]

I am trying to figure out how to setup and configure google analytics and SEO

I have set the following in my config.yml file:

params:
env: production

googleAnalytics: UA-XXXXXX-1 # Ive added my property ID here

analytics:
google:
SiteVerificationTag: "XYZabc" # not sure what I need to put here ?

What else do I need to configure to get google analytics and SEO working

Thanks

[BDHU]

One is your tracking ID, another one is your verification tag. As long as your website is verified the verification tag doesn't really matter

[cdmcdermott]

ok perfect I think the analytics is now working. How does the SEO work? Once we have set the env to production what else do we need to do ?

[BDHU]

Generally, you should be good to go. Make sure you actually inform the search engine about the new URLs by, e.g. submitting a sitemap to webmaster. You are probably better off searching for how to improve SEO for a website as that is a much larger subject to cover. Examples like including proper tags, descriptions, etc. There are plenty of examples online both covering Hugo specifics and more general stuff regarding SEO.

[benedicttwl]

Submitting a follow-up question, can I set it up with GA4?

In config.toml,

[params.analytics.google]
SiteVerificationTag = "G-XXXXXXXX"

The Analytics support pages said to add the Global site tag (gtag.js) script into the head section of the HTML.

I added this to the public > public > index.html file. But I have no idea if I'm doing it right.

[aormsby]

Did this ever work for you? I'm having trouble figuring this out as well.

[aormsby]

Never mind, I have it. I used the G-xxxxx tag for both of the params.

googleAnalytics: G-xxxxx


analytics:
    google:
        SiteVerificationTag: "G-xxxxx"

Don't know if that's necessary, but it works! Posted this for others in case they look here.