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Jekyll SEO Best Practices: Get Your Static Site Ranking in 2025

A practical guide to SEO for Jekyll sites — from configuring jekyll-seo-tag and sitemaps to structured data, Core Web Vitals, and canonical URLs.

· 6 min read

Search engine optimisation for Jekyll sites starts from a strong position. Static HTML files served from a CDN load fast — and page speed is a confirmed Google ranking factor. Without plugin overhead or database queries, Jekyll sites routinely achieve excellent Core Web Vitals scores.