diff --git a/exampleSite/content/events/2017-ponyville/speakers.md b/exampleSite/content/events/2017-ponyville/speakers.md
index e536e7b60..0656f29b7 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/events/2017-ponyville/speakers.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/events/2017-ponyville/speakers.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 +++
 Title = "Speakers for Ponyville"
 date = "2016-12-08T20:55:58-06:00"
-PublishDate = "2016-12-08T20:55:58-06:00"
 type = "speakers"
 +++
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 8b5467860..21c0280c8 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ gulp.task('copy-icons', function(){
 
 // Removing the call to responsive-images
 gulp.task('default', function (callback) {
-  runSequence('copy-js', 'copy-css', 'process-html', 'copy-images', 'process-files', 'update-files', 'copy-other-files', 'copy-icons', 'copy-fonts',
+  runSequence('copy-js', 'copy-css', 'min-html', 'copy-images', 'process-files', 'update-files', 'copy-other-files', 'copy-icons', 'copy-fonts',
     callback
   )
 })
diff --git a/layouts/partials/head.html b/layouts/partials/head.html
index 92292208c..23c7775ae 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/head.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/head.html
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
 {{ .Hugo.Generator }}
 {{- partial "meta.html" . -}}
+{{ partial "head/seo.html" . }}
 <title>
     {{ $url := replace .Permalink ( printf "%s" .Site.BaseURL) "" }} {{ if eq $url "/" }} {{ .Site.Title }} {{ else }} {{ if .Params.Heading }} {{ .Params.Heading }} {{ else }} {{ .Title }} {{ end }} {{ end }}
 </title>
diff --git a/layouts/partials/head/seo.html b/layouts/partials/head/seo.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e3ae562a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/partials/head/seo.html
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{{ partial "head/seo/open_graph.html" . }}
+{{ partial "head/seo/schema.html" . }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/head/seo/google_news.html b/layouts/partials/head/seo/google_news.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6ba6028f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/partials/head/seo/google_news.html
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<!-- Output news_keywords taxonomy as Google news_keywords -->
+{{ with .Params.news_keywords }}
+	<meta name="news_keywords" content="{{ range $i, $kw := first 10 . }}{{ if $i }},{{ end }}{{ $kw }}{{ end }}" />
+{{ end }}
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diff --git a/layouts/partials/head/seo/open_graph.html b/layouts/partials/head/seo/open_graph.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d63152cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/partials/head/seo/open_graph.html
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<!-- Required Open Graph Info -->
+<meta property="og:title" content="{{ title .Title }}" />
+<meta property="og:description" content="{{ if .Description }}{{ .Description }}{{ else }}{{if .IsPage}}{{ .Summary }}{{ end }}{{ end }}" />
+<meta property="og:type" content="{{ if .Params.type }}{{ .Params.type }}{{ else }}website{{ end }}" />
+<meta property="og:url" content="{{ .Permalink }}" />
+{{ with .Params.images }}{{ range first 1 . }}
+	<meta property="og:image" content="{{ . }}" />
+{{ end }}{{ end }}
+
+<!-- Optional Open Graph Markup -->
+<meta property="og:updated_time" content="{{ .Date }}"/>
+{{ with .Params.audio }}<meta property="og:audio" content="{{ . }}" />{{ end }}
+{{ with .Params.locale }}<meta property="og:locale" content="{{ . }}" />{{ end }}
+{{ with .Site.Params.title }}<meta property="og:site_name" content="{{ . }}" />{{ end }}
+{{ with .Params.videos }}{{ range . }}
+	<meta property="og:video" content="{{ . }}" />
+{{ end }}{{ end }}
+
+<!-- If it is part of a series, link to related articles -->
+{{ $permalink := .Permalink }}
+{{ $siteSeries := .Site.Taxonomies.series }}
+{{ with .Params.series }}{{ range $name := . }}
+	{{ $series := index $siteSeries $name }}
+	{{ range $page := first 6 $series.Pages }}
+		{{ if ne $page.Permalink $permalink }}<meta property="og:see_also" content="{{ $page.Permalink }}" />{{ end }}
+	{{ end }}
+{{ end }}{{ end }}
+
+{{ if and  (isset .Site.Params "authors") (isset .Params "author") }}
+<!-- Article Specific Open Graph Markup -->
+{{ $author := index .Site.Params.authors .Params.author }}
+<meta property="article:author" content="https://www.facebook.com/{{ $author.social.facebook }}" />
+{{ end }}
+<meta property="article:publisher" content="https://www.facebook.com/{{ .Site.Params.social.facebook }}" />
+{{if .IsPage}}
+<meta property="article:published_time" content="{{ .PublishDate }}" />
+{{ end }}
+<meta property="article:modified_time" content="{{ .Date }}" />
+<meta property="article:section" content="{{ .Section }}" />
+{{ with .Params.tags }}{{ range first 6 . }}
+	<meta property="article:tag" content="{{ . }}" />
+{{ end }}{{ end }}
+
+<!-- Facebook Page Admin ID for Domain Insights -->
+{{ with .Site.Params.social.facebook_admin }}<meta property="fb:admins" content="{{ . }}" />{{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/head/seo/schema.html b/layouts/partials/head/seo/schema.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e34883417
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/partials/head/seo/schema.html
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<!-- Schema.org markup -->
+<meta itemprop="name" content="{{ .Title }}">
+<meta itemprop="description" content="{{ if .Description }}{{ .Description }}{{ else }}{{if .IsPage}}{{ .Summary }}{{ end }}{{ end }}">
+
+<!-- Output images -->
+{{ with .Params.images }}{{ range first 6 . }}
+	<meta itemprop="image" content="{{ . }}">
+{{ end }}{{ end }}
+
+<!-- Output all taxonomies as schema.org keywords -->
+<meta itemprop="keywords" content="{{ range $plural, $terms := .Site.Taxonomies }}{{ range $term, $val := $terms }}{{ printf "%s," $term }}{{ end }}{{ end }}" />
+
+{{if .IsPage}}
+<meta itemprop="wordCount" content="{{ .WordCount }}">
+{{ end }}
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diff --git a/layouts/partials/head/seo/twitter_cards.html b/layouts/partials/head/seo/twitter_cards.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..876f5836c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/partials/head/seo/twitter_cards.html
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{{ with .Params.images }}
+<!-- Twitter summary card with large image must be at least 280x150px -->
+	<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image"/>
+	<meta name="twitter:image:src" content="{{ index . 0 }}"/>
+{{ else }}
+	<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"/>
+{{ end }}
+
+<!-- Twitter Card data -->
+<meta name="twitter:title" content="{{ .Title }}"/>
+<meta name="twitter:description" content="{{ if .Description }}{{ .Description }}{{ else }}{{if .IsPage}}{{ .Summary }}{{ end }}{{ end }}"/>
+{{ with .Site.Params.social.twitter }}<meta name="twitter:site" content="@{{ . }}"/>{{ end }}
+{{ with .Site.Params.social.twitter_domain }}<meta name="twitter:domain" content="{{ . }}"/>{{ end }}
+{{ if isset .Params "author" }}
+	{{ $author := index .Site.Params.authors .Params.author }}
+	{{ with $author.twitter }}<meta name="twitter:creator" content="@{{ $author.twitter }}"/>{{ end }}
+{{ end }}
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