Enhance SEO of the website

content/posts/welcome.md

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 date = '2025-01-08T17:04:09+01:00'
 draft = false
 title = 'Welcome to My Blog'
+description: "Introduction to Masood's Digital Space and its purpose."
+tags: ["cloud", "tech", "blog"]
+categories: ["blog"]
 image = "/images/welcome.jpg" 
 +++
 

hugo.toml

@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 baseURL = 'https://masoodazizi.com/'
 languageCode = 'en-us'
 title = "Masood's Digital Space"
+description = "A blog about cloud architecture, DevOps, and more."
+author = "Masood Azizi"
 theme = "paper"
 
-[markup]
-  [markup.goldmark]
-    [markup.goldmark.renderer]
-      unsafe = true
-
 [[menu.main]]
 name = "CV"
 url = "/cv/"
@@ -18,6 +15,19 @@ name = "Contact"
 url = "/contact/"
 weight = 2
 
+[sitemap]
+  changefreq = "weekly"
+  priority = 0.5
+  filename = "sitemap.xml"
+
+[markup]
+  [markup.goldmark]
+    [markup.goldmark.renderer]
+      unsafe = true
+
+[permalinks]
+  posts = "/:title/"
+
 [params]
   # color style
   color = 'linen'                           # linen, wheat, gray, light

static/robots.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+User-agent: *
+Allow: /
+Sitemap: https://www.masoodazizi.com/sitemap.xml

themes/paper/layouts/_default/baseof.html

@@ -52,3 +52,11 @@
     {{ partial "footer.html" . }}
   </body>
 </html>
+
+<!-- open_graph_metadata -->
+<meta property="og:title" content="{{ .Title }}">
+<meta property="og:description" content="{{ .Params.description }}">
+<meta property="og:type" content="website">
+<meta property="og:url" content="{{ .Permalink }}">
+<meta property="og:image" content="{{ .Params.image | absURL }}">
+<meta property="og:site_name" content="{{ .Site.Title }}">