SEO Optimization & Social Sharing

HugoBlox includes built-in SEO capabilities designed to deliver rich search results and high performance.

Built-in Optimizations

Your site automatically includes these industry-standard optimizations:

• ✅ 100% SEO score in Google Lighthouse
• ✅ JSON-LD structured data for rich search results
• ✅ Open Graph & Twitter Cards for social sharing
• ✅ Canonical URLs to prevent duplicate content issues
• ✅ Sitemap & Robots.txt generated automatically
• ✅ PWA Manifest for installable apps
• ✅ llm.txt to welcome LLMs and AI agents
• ✅ Responsive Icons generated automatically

Configuration

Customize how your site appears in search results and social media by editing config/_default/params.yaml.

Site Identity

Define what kind of entity your website represents to help search engines understand your content.

config/_default/params.yaml

marketing:
  seo:
    site_type: Person
    org_name: 'My Organization'
    description: 'Researcher at Hugo Research Group.'
    twitter: 'elonmusk'

Option	Description
site_type	Choose Person for personal sites or an Organization subtype (e.g., Organization, Project, LocalBusiness).
org_name	(Optional) Your organization or project name. Defaults to the site title.
description	Used for search results and social previews.
twitter	Your Twitter/X username (without @) for social card attribution.

Verification

Verify site ownership with major search engines to access their webmaster tools.

config/_default/params.yaml

marketing:
  verification:
    google: "your-code"
    bing: "your-code"
    baidu: "your-code"
    yandex: "your-code"
    pinterest: "your-code"

Tip

You can get these codes by registering your site with Google Search Console, Bing Webmaster Tools, etc.

Sharing Image

Set a default image that appears when your site is shared on social media.

1. Create an image named sharing.png or sharing.jpg.
2. Place it in the assets/media/ folder.

• Directoryassets/

  • Directorymedia/

    • sharing.png

Search Engine Submission

Once your site is live, you should submit it to search engines to speed up indexing.

1. Get your Sitemap URL: Your sitemap is automatically generated at /sitemap.xml.

   • Example: https://your-site.com/sitemap.xml

2. Submit to Search Consoles:

   • Google Search Console
   • Bing Webmaster Tools
   • Baidu