# True Love Story — SEO Notes

## What's already built into these files (on-page SEO — done)
- **Unique title + meta description on every page**, tuned toward what couples
  actually search (e.g. "Wedding Videographer South West WA", "Wedding
  Videography Pricing from $1,500").
- **Canonical URLs** on every page (prevents duplicate-content issues).
- **Open Graph + Twitter tags** — links shared to Facebook/Instagram/messages
  show a proper title, description and photo.
- **Structured data (JSON-LD), all validated:**
  - `LocalBusiness` / `ProfessionalService` on every page — name, area served
    (all your towns), price range, socials, email.
  - `FAQPage` on the home page — can earn expandable Q&A results in Google.
  - `VideoObject` × 5 on the Films page — tells Google about each wedding film.
- **Descriptive, keyword-rich image alt text** (locations + "wedding film /
  videography") on every photo.
- **Performance:** hero images load with priority; below-the-fold images are
  lazy-loaded; the whole site is static with minimal JavaScript = fast, which
  Google rewards. Mobile-responsive throughout.
- **`sitemap.xml`** (all 4 pages, with priorities) and **`robots.txt`** that
  allows crawling and points to the sitemap.
- One clear `<H1>` per page, clean internal linking, `lang="en-AU"`.

## Sitemap — yes, there's one to submit
`sitemap.xml` is in this bundle and will live at
**https://www.truelovestory.me/sitemap.xml** once uploaded. After go-live:
1. Go to Google Search Console (search.google.com/search-console) and verify
   ownership of truelovestory.me (easiest via your DNS or an HTML file).
2. Sitemaps → enter `sitemap.xml` → Submit.
3. (Optional) Do the same in Bing Webmaster Tools.
This tells Google about all four pages at once and lets you see what you rank
for.

## The bigger levers — off the website (this is where local ranking is won)
On-page is the foundation; for a local wedding videographer these matter more:
1. **Google Business Profile** — the #1 thing. Claim/optimise your listing
   (google.com/business): service area, category "Wedding Videographer",
   photos, link to the site. This is what shows for "wedding videographer near
   me".
2. **Google reviews** — ask past couples. Volume + recency of reviews is a
   major local ranking signal.
3. **Consistent listings** in wedding + local directories (Easy Weddings,
   WedShed, local WA directories) with identical name/contact details.
4. **Backlinks from venues you film at** — ask Aravina Estate, Caves House,
   Incognito House etc. to list you on their preferred-suppliers pages.
5. **Content over time** — the videographers who rank have individual wedding
   blog posts ("Sean & Dee's Aravina Estate wedding film") and location pages
   ("Margaret River wedding videographer"). This wins the long-tail searches.

## Nice-to-haves I can still add
- Compress/resize the hero photos (they're large 2250px files) — I can do this
  if you drop the image files in, and localise them into the site at the same
  time so it's fully self-contained.
- A favicon from your logo.
- A blog/weddings section structure for ongoing content.