Use this Wix SEO checklist to confirm the 12 settings that help Google find and understand your pages before you launch.
Wix gives you the tools you need to be found on Google, but they only work if you use them. This checklist covers the settings that matter most for a new site. Menu names in Wix change now and then, so look for the SEO or Marketing section of your dashboard and the SEO panel on each page.
Before you write anything
- Choose one main phrase per page. Decide what a customer would type to find that page. One page, one main phrase.
On every page
- Write a unique page title. Put the main phrase near the start and keep it to about 60 characters, so it is not cut off in results.
- Write a meta description. Around 150 to 160 characters that say what the page offers and why to click.
- Use one main heading. Your H1 should say what the page is about. Use smaller headings for sections.
- Clean up the page address. Short, readable words such as /wix-web-design, not a string of numbers.
- Name your images and add alt text. Describe what the image shows, in plain words. This helps accessibility and image search.
- Check the page is allowed in search. Make sure pages you want found are not set to hide from search engines.
For the whole site
- Connect Google Search Console. Verify your domain and submit your sitemap. Wix generates the sitemap for you.
- Use the built-in SEO checklist. Wix includes a guided setup that walks through the basics. Complete it.
- Check mobile and speed. Look at every page on a phone. Compress large images and avoid heavy effects on the first screen.
- Set up redirects if you changed any addresses. Use Wix’s redirect tool to send old links to new pages.
- Add your business to Google. If you serve a local area, create a Google Business Profile and link it to your site.
Be realistic
SEO takes weeks or months, and nobody can promise a ranking position. The settings above give a new site a correct start. After that, useful new pages and posts are what grow your traffic.
Want us to do this for you? See our SEO service or ask for a free check of your current site on the contact page.
