aliases:
  - Search Engine Optimization
permalink: publish/seo

SEO

Obsidian Publish sites are automatically optimized for search engines and social sharing cards. You can also customize page metadata with descriptions, permalinks, and images.

Note that you can disallow search engine indexing, in your site options.

Google Search Console

To track SEO with Google, register your site on Google Search Console. You can also follow our recommended steps to set up Google Analytics.

Sitemap

The sitemap for your Publish site is available at /sitemap.xml, for example:
https://help.obsidian.md/sitemap.xml

The sitemap is also available as an RSS feed at /rss.xml:
https://help.obsidian.md/rss.xml

Permalinks

Consider using Permalinks to define permanent URLs on your site.

Metadata

Page metadata can be customized using Properties, which can be useful for social sharing cards.

Property	Description
`publish`	See Automatically select notes to publish.
`permalink`	See Permalinks.
`description`	See Description.
`image`	See Image.
`cover`	See Image.