Posts tagged with "seo"

How to handle sitemap.xml generation when running multiple Jekyll sites under a single custom domain on GitHub Pages — and why it matters for AdSense approval.

Many Jekyll themes — especially minimal forks — ship without proper head and body tags. Browsers don't care. Bots do. Here's how to check and fix it in five minutes.

I audited my Jekyll sitemap and found that 262 of 434 URLs were auto-generated tag pages, category pages, and pagination — most with a single post. Here's how to clean it up without losing anything.

My GDPR implementation was too aggressive — it hid the AdSense script from Google's verification bot. Here's how I separated verification from ad serving while keeping GDPR compliance intact.

After another AdSense rejection, I shifted focus from technical fixes to E-E-A-T — Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness. Here's what I changed and why.

Another AdSense rejection with no specific details. Documenting the debugging process, fixes implemented, and the frustration of opaque rejection messages.

Building a comprehensive SEO health check system for Jekyll sites with GitHub Actions, Lighthouse CI, and automated link validation - Part 2 of the Jekyll SEO series.

How to resolve Google Search Console redirect warnings and canonical URL conflicts in Jekyll sites hosted on GitHub Pages.

After running this Jekyll-based website for a couple years (since July of 2023), I’ve learned valuable lessons about optimizing Jekyll sites for GitHub Pages. This blog initially started as a consolidation of several blog websites I’d published over the years. This is Part 1 of a two-part series covering the foundational optimizations that have made the biggest difference for my homelab blog.