SEO Guide

Managing Your Portfolio SEO with Dunked

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is crucial for ensuring your portfolio gets discovered online. Dunked provides powerful yet easy-to-use SEO tools to help your work rank higher in search results. This guide will walk you through managing your SEO settings effectively.

Where to Find SEO Settings

SEO settings in Dunked can be found in several places:
  1. Projects: When creating or editing a project
  2. Pages: When creating or editing a custom page
  3. General Settings: For site-wide and homepage SEO settings

Understanding SEO Fields

SEO Title

The SEO title (or title tag) is one of the most important SEO elements. It appears as the clickable headline in search engine results and browser tabs.
  • Recommended length: 50-60 characters
  • Best practice: Include relevant keywords that describe your content
  • Auto-population: Dunked automatically uses your project/page title as the SEO title if you don't specify one
If you've enabled "Append Site Title" in your general settings, Dunked will automatically add your site name after your SEO title (e.g., "Project Name - Your Portfolio"). In this case, you'll have fewer characters available for your custom title.

SEO Description

The meta description appears as the preview text under the title in search results. While not directly a ranking factor, a compelling description can significantly improve click-through rates.
  • Recommended length: 145-160 characters
  • Best practice: Provide a concise summary of the page content with relevant keywords
  • Auto-population: If left empty, Dunked will automatically use the first 160 characters of your content

Google Search Preview

Dunked provides a real-time preview of how your page will appear in Google search results. This helps you visualize how your SEO elements will look to potential visitors.

Using AI to Generate SEO Content

Dunked includes an AI assistant to help create optimized SEO content:
  1. Fill in your project/page title and content first
  2. Click the "Generate" button next to the SEO title or description field
  3. Dunked AI will analyze your content and suggest an optimized title/description
  4. Review the suggestion and click "Accept" if you're satisfied
Important: The more content in your title and description, the better the AI results will be.

SEO Best Practices in Dunked

  1. Use unique titles and descriptions for each project and page
  2. Include relevant keywords naturally in both titles and descriptions
  3. Monitor character counts using the built-in counter (turns orange when approaching the limit and red when exceeding it)
  4. Preview your changes in the Google Search Preview section
  5. Update SEO settings when you make significant changes to your content

Homepage SEO Settings

Your homepage SEO is particularly important as it's often the first page search engines index:
  1. Go to Admin → Settings → General
  2. Scroll to the SEO section
  3. Set your Homepage Title and Description
  4. Decide whether to append your site title to all page titles
  5. Use the AI generator for optimization suggestions

Final Tips

  • Regularly review your SEO settings as you add new content
  • Focus on creating descriptive, accurate titles rather than keyword stuffing
  • Consider your audience and what they might search for to find your work
  • Use the character counters to ensure your titles and descriptions display properly in search results
By properly configuring your SEO settings in Dunked, you'll improve your portfolio's visibility in search engines and attract more potential clients to your work.