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Victor Hugo, a SEO tool for Hugo based sites (opinions pls)

27 points by javhackernews 6y ago

javhackernews 6y ago
Code is a mess, but that's the general idea. Will clean it up with time and blood, like papa taught me. Any input is welcomed.
- andrewxdiamond 6y ago
  You posted this to hacker news, you’re gonna get opinions whether you want them or not
- pvg 6y ago
  You can put Show HN: at the start of your title if you're looking for feedback on something you've made.
mjsweet 6y ago
Why is jQuery a dependency for an SEO plugin for a static site generator like Hugo?
- SquareWheel 6y ago
  Normally I'd say it's not a big deal, but it looks like jQuery is barely being used here. It shouldn't be too hard to eliminate in this case.
  - javhackernews 6y ago
    To be honest, I did it in 48hs while doing 10 other things. I actually wasn't even sure where I was going with the whole thing until it was done. Now comes the work of purifying the code into vanilla js and making things neat. But, yes, jQuery has no place there.
marshallford 6y ago
FYI: There is another hugo related project under the same name. https://github.com/netlify-templates/victor-hugo https://github.com/netlify-templates/victor-hugo
technion 6y ago
>Check for passive voice in your copy. I know this is a meta statement but I cannot possibly believe that this is the sort of thing that would cause Google to downrank your site. A quick search informed me there are thousands of SEO blogs on the dangers of passive voice. But as with a lot of this industry, the reading appears to be along the lines of "it reads better and I'm sure Google would rate that".
- vasco 6y ago
  That's what you get with adversarial optimisation like this. If we actually knew what worked for the algorithm, the algorithm wouldn't work as people would immediately game those published vectors of optimisation.
- SquareWheel 6y ago
  I agree it almost certainly has no effect on bot-ranking. It may influence those clicking on the results though.
  - javhackernews 6y ago
    It does influence in those clicking the results.
- hackerman123469 6y ago
  SEO is not always about ranking in a search engine but also about appealing to the people searching. Of course you want to rank high but you also want people to click on your content.
bajcmartinez 6y ago
Looks very promising honestly. I was looking for something like it, I'll check the code another day but I saw some weird dependencies like jQuery, I guess I'm fine if they never get shipped on build. Thanks for the contribution!

27 points by javhackernews 6y ago

Code is a mess, but that's the general idea. Will clean it up with time and blood, like papa taught me. Any input is welcomed.

andrewxdiamond 6y ago
You posted this to hacker news, you’re gonna get opinions whether you want them or not
pvg 6y ago
You can put Show HN: at the start of your title if you're looking for feedback on something you've made.

mjsweet 6y ago

Why is jQuery a dependency for an SEO plugin for a static site generator like Hugo?

SquareWheel 6y ago
Normally I'd say it's not a big deal, but it looks like jQuery is barely being used here. It shouldn't be too hard to eliminate in this case.
- javhackernews 6y ago
  To be honest, I did it in 48hs while doing 10 other things. I actually wasn't even sure where I was going with the whole thing until it was done. Now comes the work of purifying the code into vanilla js and making things neat. But, yes, jQuery has no place there.

marshallford 6y ago

FYI: There is another hugo related project under the same name. https://github.com/netlify-templates/victor-hugo https://github.com/netlify-templates/victor-hugo

technion 6y ago

>Check for passive voice in your copy. I know this is a meta statement but I cannot possibly believe that this is the sort of thing that would cause Google to downrank your site. A quick search informed me there are thousands of SEO blogs on the dangers of passive voice. But as with a lot of this industry, the reading appears to be along the lines of "it reads better and I'm sure Google would rate that".

vasco 6y ago
That's what you get with adversarial optimisation like this. If we actually knew what worked for the algorithm, the algorithm wouldn't work as people would immediately game those published vectors of optimisation.
SquareWheel 6y ago
I agree it almost certainly has no effect on bot-ranking. It may influence those clicking on the results though.
- javhackernews 6y ago
  It does influence in those clicking the results.
hackerman123469 6y ago
SEO is not always about ranking in a search engine but also about appealing to the people searching. Of course you want to rank high but you also want people to click on your content.

bajcmartinez 6y ago

Looks very promising honestly. I was looking for something like it, I'll check the code another day but I saw some weird dependencies like jQuery, I guess I'm fine if they never get shipped on build. Thanks for the contribution!