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Overview

  • Has a 14-day free trial
  • Location services integrated well into website builder 

  • Ability to easily import content from other platforms when switching web hosting (no need to manually copy and paste content) 

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  • Great for nontechnical clients
  • Minimal maintenance required
  • Easy to configure basic functionality 
  • Includes many design templates to start from 
  • Simple to integrate existing, external apps into Squarespace SquareSpace website (social Media accounts, Google Drive, MailChimp (newsletters), payment platforms, scheduling/calendar apps, etc.
    • Some premium integrations associated with commerce functionality (i.e payment platforms) are only available with upgraded Business and Commerce subscription plans
  • Suitable for small, e-commerce businesses that sell only a few products or services because of integration capabilities with payment and appointment booking platforms
    • Squarespace SquareSpace has its own Commerce platform that is available with upgraded Business and Commerce subscription plans
  • Promotional pop-ups functionality only available with upgraded Business and Commerce subscription plans
    • Good for capturing client email addresses within Squarespace SquareSpace for marketing or business analytics purposes

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  • Needs third-party solution called ISUU for uploading PDFs
  • There is no way to host PHP scripts in Squarespace SquareSpace without an additional plugin 
  • Many limitations

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Step 4: Confirm the page that is being exported 

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How to create a background video and get its URL

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Click here for details on how to build a non-profit site on SquareSpace 

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) in SquareSpace

SEO factors that can be improved on SquareSpace’s platform:

  1. SEO Description for each page -- add title and page descriptions
    1. Include keywords that are related to page contents
    2. Unique descriptions for each page to increase scope of traffic
    3. Consistent description updates to help generate/direct traffic to website
  2. Image Description
    1. Readable file names
    2. Make sure images are nimble (under 500KB)
  3. Verify site with Google Search Console
    1. Check URL slugs of each page on the site