Hi, I’m using Newspaper by tagdiv because it’s a super powerful theme that allows you to make whatever kind of website you want, to customize it as you want.
Because the technical part of a website is very important in indexing in google news and discover, I want to ask some questions to the owners of websites (and tag div teams) that use newspapers and are successful in google news and discover.
1. What seo plugin do you use? I oscillate between Yoast SEO and Rank Math. (PRO Variant)
2. What type of structured data do you use? Article/NewsArticle/BlogPost, etc.
3. What speed optimization plugins do you use without disturbing the way google bot or visitors access the site? (Sometimes delaying the js, combining or optimizing the css can improve the page score in web vitals, but google or the visitors will suffer, so the site will also decrease in traffic + exposure)
4. What blocks do you use? For example, it could be a ranking factor in google news and discover the way we choose to present our content on the website, and the newspaper tag div has a lot of blocks, which do you use and do you get the best results?
5. What other plugins or elements do you use in single post and do they help you?
For example, I try to offer a great deal of transparency, we have details about the author, the date the article was written and much more.
The site I am talking about is https://mobilehub.ro/ and we are trying to optimize it very well.
Since I installed Newspaper, we have noticed a small decrease in the occurrences in google news and discover (screen from gsc), so any advice or example to follow would be good for me because with this theme I am sure I can solve certain problems.
If anyone is interested in helping me, can they visit the site, analyze it and tell me what needs to be improved?
Have a nice day and thank you!
Hello @Marian!
1. We recommend using the Yoast SEO plugin.
2. Check this screenshot: https://prnt.sc/y9fyj1
3. Check out this useful guide: https://www.xtechkr.com/optimize-newspaper-theme/
4. The most useful block is the flex block: https://forum.tagdiv.com/flex-block-settings-guide/
5. It is very important to have fewer elements for a better performance and to express your information very lightly. Better customizations can be made with the cloud-based single templates. Take a look in Cloud Templates for a variety of models that you can choose from, import, and use on your website.
Check out this guide too: https://www.semrush.com/blog/how-to-optimize-for-google-discover/?kw=&cmp=EE_SRCH_DSA_Blog_EN&label=dsa_pagefeed&Network=g&Device=c&utm_content=622527976003&kwid=dsa-1754979170525&cmpid=18361923498&agpid=140825934385&BU=Core&extid=60109334086&adpos=&gclid=Cj0KCQiAx6ugBhCcARIsAGNmMbh9UsQVogup_evO9-dt8U3_A2YpgyIkllmstIzbXYf_JVB-EzUQlUMaApb8EALw_wcB
Thank you for your feedback!
Thank you very much for the recommendations! We will take these into account.
