Improving SEO

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Possibilities to improve SEO (content first)

• [ ] adding meta description for every sub page & focusing on one keyword per page → better information on google search

• [ ] meta description for gitpod.io that awakes curiosity. Including keyword: online IDE (very important) possibly webas well

• [ ] longer title? Currently, 30 characters - 40 recommended

• [ ] using keywords in headlines <h..> → LSI keywords like code editor, compiler, java, JavaScript, python, web ide github

• [ ] adding keyword online IDE in URL?

• [ ] if using bold fonts, highlighting keywords with it

• [ ] using keywords in alt-tags for images

• [ ] generally more text on gitpod.io, currently 286 characters- suggested 300 - 500 sames counts for sub pages

Generating backlinks via comments with a link.

• [x] https://www.telerik.com/blogs/top-5-javascript-online-ides-to-use-in-2019,

• [x] https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/cloud-ide-developers/

• [x] https://www.cloudways.com/blog/top-ide-and-code-editors-php-development/

• [x] https://hackr.io/blog/best-java-ides

• [x] https://www.developerdrive.com/9-best-free-cloud-ides/

• [x] https://ourcodeworld.com/articles/read/200/top-7-best-free-web-development-ide-for-javascript-html-and-css

• [x] https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-IDE-for-web-development-in-2019

• [x] https://zapier.com/engineering/best-cloud-ides/

• [x] https://en.softonic.com/solutions/what-are-the-best-cloud-ides#

• [x] https://www.codewall.co.uk/some-of-the-best-ides-to-use-in-2018-2019/#comment-1781

• [ ] https://en.softonic.com/solutions/what-are-the-best-ide-for-nodejs?utm_expid=.CzNYPj_ZSwWPjo4AdF-leA.0&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fen.softonic.com%2Fsolutions%2Fsearch%3Fq%3D%2Bide#, https://en.softonic.com/solutions/what-are-the-best-ide-for-c-and-c?utm_expid=.CzNYPj_ZSwWPjo4AdF-leA.0&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fen.softonic.com%2Fsolutions%2Fsearch%3Fq%3D%2Bide, https://en.softonic.com/solutions/what-are-the-best-lightweight-ide-for-java?utm_expid=.CzNYPj_ZSwWPjo4AdF-leA.0&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fen.softonic.com%2Fsolutions%2Fsearch%3Fq%3D%2Bide

Generating backlinks via guest posts. Possible websites: https://alistapart.com/about/contribute/, https://contribute.hackernoon.com/, https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/contribute/, https://www.smashingmagazine.com/write-for-us/, https://scotch.io/write-for-us, https://blog.newrelic.com/, https://codecondo.com/write-for-us/

• [ ] backlink from the Theia article on wikipedia

Platforms to register

• [x] https://startuptracker.io/

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Detailed information for every page on https://derdigitaleunternehmer.de/seo-ranking-verbessern/

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More information: https://www.woorank.com/de/www/gitpod.io

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• [x] Use lowercase canonical links (when multiple case-combinations are available, Netlify forcefully redirects to the lowercase version, so using non-lowercase canonical URLs hurts our SEO)