How to Optimize Images for SEO on Squarespace Websites

I'm typically pretty optimistic when it comes to doing search engine optimization (SEO) for Squarespace, my blogging/content management system (CMS) of choice. Most of what you need is available either out-of-the-box or through a few manual tweaks. Optimizing images for SEO on Squarespace are no exception and come with their own little subtleties. Today we'll explore SEO for images on Squarespace and help drive more traffic to your website.

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Foursquare, Gowalla and Facebook Places Widgets for Squarespace

A few weeks ago, Squarspace founder and president Anthony Casalena announced some planned enhancements to the web's best publishing and blogging platform. Since then they've quietly rolled out their new Locations social widget, giving you the ability to integrate your Foursquare, Gowalla and/or Facebook Places stream into your Squarespace blog or website. Today we'll take a look the new Squarespace Locations widget and how to install it.

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New Squarespace Site Resources on Our Anniversary

Today marks the one year anniversary of Big Picture Web's move to Squarespace as a blogging platform. It seems like just yesterday I was importing my blog posts from my old Drupal site during the free two week trial. And now here I am with a seasoned Squarespace site, fifty-some blog posts, two designs and one year later. To celebrate, today Big Picture Web is rolling out two new Squarespace resources for your site to thank the awesome blogging/website platform for a year of solid service.

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The Secret to Superb Squarespace Designs

Big Picture Web has been on Squarespace for nearly a year now and finally invested in a the professional Squarespace design you're seeing today. And while Squarespace makes it easy for anyone to design and create a beautiful website, is there any way to beat professional Squarespace designs? This week we look at the secret behind superb Squarespace designs and roll out a brand new directory of Squarespace design talent.

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Using Google Analytics to Measure Your Contact Form

A blog can be an excellent source of new business. But if you don't have a measurement tool in place, it can be difficult, if not impossible to know which topics are bringing in leads or sales. Did you know you can easily set up a Google Analytics goal funnel to measure your contact form? Today you'll find out which blog posts are creating new business as we look at creating a goal funnel to measure your contact form.

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