--- title: Best SEO posts of 2022 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted SEO posts of 2022, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/tags/seo/best-of/2022 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/tags/seo/best-of/2022 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best SEO posts of 2022 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted SEO posts of 2022, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of SEO — 2022 1. 1 [](/posts/google-search-is-dying-rrp9wxjuh "Google Search Is Dying") Article Hacker News · 5y Google Search Is Dying Reddit is currently the most popular search engine. The only people who don't know that are the team at Reddit, who can’t be bothered to build a decent search interface. The long answer is that most of the web has become too inauthentic to trust. Google is no longer producing high quality search results in a significant number of important categories. 196 20 2. 2 [](/posts/why-use-nextjs--wkvj6vhdh "Why use NextJS?") Article Community Picks · 4y Why use NextJS? Next.js allows you to develop fast and user-friendly web applications and static websites using React.js. It is a ReactJS framework for building server-rendered web applications. It includes a number of features out of the box, such as Automatic code splitting, filesystem-based routing, hot code reloading and universal rendering. 106 17 3. 3 [](/posts/javascript-seo-best-practices-tz3qqhijp "JavaScript SEO best practices") Article asayer · 4y JavaScript SEO best practices JavaScript is a popular programming language used by more than 80 percent of U.S. stores. Google’s webmaster is saying: The JavaScript frameworks were first implemented on the client side only while inviting much trouble in client-side rendering. The worst thing is that the wrong website or a wrong page could appear on the search results. This will eventually resolve on its own but could cause issues. 95 1 4. 4 [](/posts/seo-tips-for-next-js-sites-rpajin0cq "SEO Tips for Next.js sites") Article asayer · 4y SEO Tips for Next.js sites Next.js is an open-source react framework tool created by Vercel. It enables you to use React to create server-side rendering and static web applications. Next.js has a few different techniques and APIs that developers can use to ensure we’re providing as much SEO value as possible. 72 1 5. 5 [](/posts/seo-tools-i-used-to-grow-my-sites-to-20k-visitors-month-gayf0kvjz "SEO tools I used to grow my sites to 20k+ visitors/month") Article Community Picks · 4y SEO tools I used to grow my sites to 20k+ visitors/month Fathom Analytics Fathom is privacy first analytics for the web. The Fathom team provides docs for a variety of platforms and JAMstack site builders, including Gatsby, ConvertKit, Next.js, Vue, Webflow, Wordpress. 67 4 6. 6 [](/posts/how-to-use-javascript-to-automate-seo-with-scripts--f8a1wx2tl "How to Use JavaScript to Automate SEO (With Scripts)") Article Community Picks · 4y How to Use JavaScript to Automate SEO (With Scripts) Programming and automation are increasingly popular topics in the SEO industry. Learning to automate tasks with JavaScript will help you build a more solid foundation to dissect how JavaScript or its implementation may be affecting your site’s organic performance. The web development industry moves at an incredibly fast pace, and JavaScript is at the center of it. With this, you can create and save the same type of functions. 60 1 7. 7 [](/posts/i-quit-my-job-to-make-free-web-tools-dhsjph7jo "I quit my job to make free web tools") Article Hacker News · 5y I quit my job to make free web tools I quit my job to make free web tools. Of all the side projects I've done over the years, most failed, with only two standing the test of time. I'm optimistic that it should be possible to grow to €4000 ($4600) revenue with €3000 ($3450) pre-tax profit. 49 3 8. 8 [](/posts/5-free-tailwindcss-landing-page-templates--1q9tjwxyq "5 Free tailwindcss landing page templates.") Article DEV · 4y 5 Free tailwindcss landing page templates. Free tailwindcss landing page templates for the community. All templates come included with the assets and in 2 versions: a HTML version and a React(Nextjs) version. 47 2 9. 9 [](/posts/seo-tips-for-developers-bjakfjxec "SEO Tips for Developers") Article freeCodeCamp · 4y SEO Tips for Developers This article will go over the top 10 tips to boost your SEO and grow your website. Reaching top positions in the search engine results pages with your website is one of the fastest ways to drive traffic to your site. Improve your navigation so readers don’t get lost or stuck trying to find what they came for. Remove annoying pop-ups that distract users from reading your content. 44 1 10. 10 [](/posts/generate-10x-seo-traffic-from-google-using-next-js-b6icolwa4 "Generate 10x SEO traffic from Google using Next.js") Article SaaSBase · 5y Generate 10x SEO traffic from Google using Next.js Next.js is a React-based tool that can dynamically generate content pages at scale. It can be used to create landing pages that speak directly to users' search intent. Next.js can statically generate your dynamic React components into HTML with a single command. These HTML pages are indexable, crawlable, and Search Engine optimized. 41 2 11. 11 [](/posts/you-suck-at-googling-5-tips-to-improve-your-search-skills-0iz5wmdsz "You suck at Googling: 5 tips to improve your search skills") Article The Next Web · 5y You suck at Googling: 5 tips to improve your search skills Google’s ranking system has a fraction of a second to sort through hundreds of billions of web pages, and index them to find the most relevant and (ideally) useful information. A search on Google provides links with content written by known or unknown authors, based on a ranking system that either follows the preferences of the user, or the collective popularity of certain sites. 33 4 12. 12 [](/posts/pre-rendering-techniques-in-next-js-for-react-8vio--mgy "Pre-rendering Techniques in Next.js for React") Article asayer · 4y Pre-rendering Techniques in Next.js for React Next.js for React The Next.js brings friendly and welcome solutions to some problems in the React framework. Some solutions include out-of-the-box support for routing, SEO optimization, etc., and in particular, different pre-rendering techniques. OpenReplay is self-hosted for full control over your data. 27 2 13. 13 [](/posts/www-vs-non-www-which-is-better-for-seo--ikrz0fsnu "WWW vs non-WWW: Which is Better for SEO?") Article Community Picks · 4y WWW vs non-WWW: Which is Better for SEO? For most of the history of the internet, most websites used a “www” prefix followed by a domain name. The WWW prefix is used to help identify a web address or location. Modern browsers are starting to hide the www part of websites in the search bar. This means fewer redirects occur when using non-www URLs for sites with plenty of direct traffic. 21 4 14. 14 [](/posts/complete-guide-react-seo-considerations-and-solutions-zhbiupmig "Complete Guide: React SEO Considerations and Solutions") Article Prismic · 4y Complete Guide: React SEO Considerations and Solutions SEO or Search Engine Optimization is the process in which we can optimize our content and website for better performance on search engines like Google, Bing, etc. Today we’re going to focus on the technical side and how we as developers can play our part when handling React SEO. By the end of this post, you should have a good understanding of why SEO is important. 20 15. 15 [](/posts/glyphs---a-remake-of-my-favourite-tool-5impc4vv "Glyphs - A Remake of my favourite tool") Article Product Hunt · 4y Glyphs - A Remake of my favourite tool Recently, Glyph.io redesigned its stunning Glyph tool to be more accommodating to programmatic SEO. As a daily user and being unable to contact the makers, I had to recreate the old experience. 18 16. 16 [](/posts/why-next-js-and-nuxt-js-are-becoming-popular-gpccyzrks "Why Next.js and Nuxt.js Are Becoming Popular") Article Syncfusion · 4y Why Next.js and Nuxt.js Are Becoming Popular Next.js and Nuxt.js are getting more popular among web developers all the time. Both technologies make it easier for developers to create various web apps, but each has its own set of best practices and is designed to cater to different business objectives. The Problem with React and Vue Modern frameworks such as React.js could help us overcome these limitations. 18 2 17. 17 [](/posts/server-side-rendering-with-laravel-inertia-js-vue-js-vg7ai1w-j "Server side rendering with Laravel + Inertia.js + Vue.js") Article DevDojo · 5y Server side rendering with Laravel + Inertia.js + Vue.js Inertia's SSR (server side rendering) is really important so you should have SSR whenever you are building a SPA (single page application) This is not an issue if you are using Laravel's default templating system, which is Blade. To solve this problem and make our website work even without Javascript enabled we'll need to somehow render everything on and the server side and serve all the resulted HTML on page-load.Luckily Inertia ships with some tools to help us tackle this issue. 18 1 18. 18 [](/posts/real-time-apps-why-node-js-is-the-ideal-choice-t9shj-j80 "Real-Time Apps: Why Node.js is the Ideal Choice") Article Data Science Central · 4y Real-Time Apps: Why Node.js is the Ideal Choice Node.js is evolving as the best option to develop such apps where speed is the most important aspect along with scalability. It is the technology of choice for real-time apps that are data-intensive and connected to IoT devices. It offers:Data syncing: Thanks to the ability to use the non-blocking I/O feature, sharing of data between the server and client is accelerated. 17 1 19. 19 [](/posts/thank-you-2021-edition-css-tricks-e8r4uk2te "Thank You (2021 Edition) | CSS-Tricks") Article CSS-Tricks · 5y Thank You (2021 Edition) | CSS-Tricks The site saw 88m pageviews this year down 6% from the 93m last year. A \~3% drop in organic search traffic was largely responsible for the dip. Unique Visitors are up year over year to 26.3m from 25.8m, suggesting more different people came to the site this year. 17 20. 20 [](/posts/asking-google-to-index-your-page-8t-s3loke "Asking Google to index your page") Article Flavio Copes · 4y Asking Google to index your page You can ask Google to index a specific page that you just wrote, so it's indexed (added to the Google results) faster. I think this is only useful for new websites, so as I'm working on a new website I figured I’d test it.Assuming you have set up your domain on Google Search Console, go on URL inspection and enter the page you want to be indexed at the top. 15 1 21. 21 [](/posts/how-and-why-you-should-use-next-js-with-django-ydbl4j8hu "How and why you should use Next.js with Django") Article LogRocket · 4y How and why you should use Next.js with Django Next.js is a frontend JavaScript framework built on React’s UI library that is lightweight, server-rendered, and flexible. Django is a free and open source web development framework that provides a flexible, efficient, and easier way to build web applications. Next.js and Django together simplifies implementing CRUD features. You should also create your views file as a Python file. 12 22. 22 [](/posts/web-design-development-news-collective-745-heiqggez "Web Design & Development News: Collective #745") Article Codrops · 4y Web Design & Development News: Collective #745 The last inspirational website of the week is Constance Souville Portfolio. Get inspired SynapseIndia Transformational solutions and digital growth, enhance your shopify/e-commerce store and mobile app. 10 23. 23 [](/posts/10-actionable-image-optimization-hacks-to-try-now-faji9ulto "10 Actionable Image Optimization Hacks to Try Now") Article WP Mayor · 4y 10 Actionable Image Optimization Hacks to Try Now Google’s image sitemap guidelines say that you can choose to either include your images and posts all in the same sittingemap or create a separate sitemaps for images. Use an Image Content Delivery Network to help you load images much faster. 11 1 24. 24 [](/posts/how-to-add-seo-meta-tags-in-your-next-js-apps-osfnaw9g3 "How to add SEO Meta tags in your Next.js apps") Article Hashnode · 4y How to add SEO Meta tags in your Next.js apps Next.js has an out-of-the-box support for SEO. You can use open-graph meta tags to control how links are displayed on social media platforms. 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