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Take your online presence to the next level with search engine optimization (SEO). This simple guide will teach you everything you need to do to get started.<\/p>\n
for Wes Walls<\/a> <\/strong>from Bandzoogle<\/a><\/p>\n Yes recently he made a music website<\/a>you can take your online presence one step further by optimizing your band’s search engine ranking.<\/p>\n This is called SEO (Search Engine Optimization) for musicians, and it makes it easier for your fans to find the information they want about you. <\/p>\n Whether you want to discover the best SEO keywords for musicians or want your songs, social profiles, and events to show up in Google searches, this checklist will help you get started.<\/p>\n Brainstorm, research, and make a list of keywords you want to rank well for. The list can be short: just your group name with some variations.<\/p>\n Make sure you choose an SEO friendly platform to host your website.<\/p>\n Add all relevant content to your website that you have available, organized into separate pages, such as:<\/p>\n Your artist biography Your music with lyrics Your videos and images Your concert calendar Your product for sale<\/p>\n Make sure you have a custom band website domain name.<\/p>\n A website with a secure domain will rank better in Google search results.<\/p>\n Add a custom title tag and meta description for each page on your site Make sure each page has text content Arrange h1\/h2\/h3 header tags on each page Add alt text to images when possible<\/p>\n This will help tell Google what each unique page on your website is about.<\/p>\n For example, make a store page<\/a> on your website if you want to rank for store-related keywords.<\/p>\n Instagram BioFacebook PageYouTube Video DescriptionsTwitter ProfileTikTok BioBandsintown Artist PageBandcamp Artist Page<\/p>\n And link to any other major platform where you have an active presence.<\/p>\n It could be press articles about you or places you play.<\/p>\n Use consistent information across all platforms.<\/p>\n Includes full descriptions for each video.<\/p>\n This markup is automatically included in your website code if you have created a Bandzoogle website and are using the relevant features.<\/p>\n MusicGroup schemaSameAs schemaMusicAlbum schema MusicEvent schema<\/p>\n Monitor search engine traffic regularly.<\/p>\n If this checklist seems overwhelming, tackle what you think is possible for you. with Music web SEO<\/a>, even starting somewhere is a good first step. And if you’ve built a website with us, you’re already ahead of the game.<\/p>\n If you want to advance your SEO, check out our 5-part series that breaks things down step-by-step. You’ll start here: SEO for Musicians: Start with the Fan Journey<\/a><\/p>\n We hope this checklist helps you get started on improving your music website SEO!<\/p>\nSEO Checklist for Musicians<\/h2>\n
\u25a2 Create a list of keywords<\/h3>\n
\u25a2 Create a side website<\/h3>\n
\u25a2 Add a lot of content<\/h3>\n
\u25a2 Set up a custom domain name for your website<\/h3>\n
\u25a2 Secure your website with HTTPS<\/h3>\n
\u25a2 Optimize your website content for search engines:<\/h3>\n
\u25a2 Give every page on your site a nice, descriptive URL<\/h3>\n
\u25a2 Add content pages to your website for the target keywords you want to rank for <\/h3>\n
\u25a2 Link to your website from all your profiles and social platforms:<\/h3>\n
\u25a2 Add links to your website that point to all of your social profiles<\/h3>\n
\u25a2 Try to have other third-party websites link to your band’s website whenever possible<\/h3>\n
\u25a2 Add your website domain to Google Search Console<\/h3>\n
\u25a2 Submit your website’s XML sitemap to your Google Search Console<\/h3>\n
\u25a2 Distribute your music as widely as possible using professional best practices<\/h3>\n
\u25a2 Post tour dates on established gig listing websites in addition to your own website<\/h3>\n
\u25a2 Create a Wikipedia entry for your band if possible<\/h3>\n
\u25a2 Create a Wikidata.org entry for your band<\/h3>\n
\u25a2 Create a MusicBrainz entry for your band<\/h3>\n
\u25a2 Create videos for each of your songs and upload them to YouTube<\/h3>\n
\u25a2 Advanced Option: Integrate or optimize schema markup on your website<\/h3>\n
\u25a2 Set up Google Analytics to measure visits to your website<\/h3>\n