How to Optimize Your Web Stories with All in One SEO

Google's Web Stories are an exciting and dynamic way to capture your audience’s attention. They offer visually rich, bite-sized content that’s perfect for today’s fast-paced digital world.

But to truly stand out and reach a wider audience, you have to ensure your Web Stories are optimized for search engines. That’s where All in One SEO comes in.

With our intuitive, user-friendly interface, you can easily optimize your Web Stories for maximum visibility—boosting your SEO, driving more visitors, and ensuring your content gets the attention it deserves—all with just a few simple clicks.

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Controlling SEO for Web Stories

To get started, click on Search Appearance in the All in One SEO menu and then click on the Content Types tab.

Search Appearance in the All in One SEO menu

Scroll down and you should see a section called Stories. This content type is generated by the Web Stories WordPress plugin from Google.

Web Stories' settings in All in One SEO

The Preview shows an example of how your content may look in search results based on the Story Title and Meta Description formats you set.

Setting the Title Formats

To set the title format that will be used to automatically generate titles for your stories, click on one of our smart tags shown above the Story Title field.

Web Stories' Story Title field in All in One SEO.

You can also enter text in the Title field. There’s also an emoji picker where you can add an emoji.

You can type the hash character ( # ) in the field to display a list of available tags you can choose from.

Typing the hash symbol displays a list of available tags to choose from

Setting the Meta Description Format

You can set the format that will be used to automatically generate meta descriptions for your web stories by using the Meta Description field.

This field works in the same way as the Story Title field. You can select from one of the smart tags displayed above the field, or type the hash character ( # ) in the field to display a list of available tags you can choose from.

Web Stories Meta Description field.

Save your changes, and that's it! Your Web Stories will be ready to be found by search engines!