How to Optimize AMP Stories for Google Search Results

Specific SEO Tactics for AMP Stories

Here are the SEO tactics specific to AMP stories. Keep in mind these tactics aren’t comprehensive and should be utilized in conjunction with the standard SEO work being done for your web pages.

• Metadata: AMP stories have a built-in mechanism to attach metadata to a story. This ensures maximum compatibility with search engines and other discovery features that take advantage of metadata.
• Internal linking: Site owners should generously link to AMP stories from other pages, such as linking to them from the homepage or category pages where applicable.
• URL format: There is no need to indicate in the URL of a story that it is using the AMP stories format. Follow the same URL format as other web pages on your site.
• Page attachments: Page attachments can be used to present additional information in classic article form alongside your story.
• Image descriptions: Use meaningful alt text where appropriate.
• Video subtitles: Consider providing subtitles and/or captions for the videos in your Stories.

Specific SEO Tactics for AMP Stories

Here are the SEO tactics specific to AMP stories. Keep in mind these tactics aren’t comprehensive and should be utilized in conjunction with the standard SEO work being done for your web pages.

1. Metadata: AMP stories have a built-in mechanism to attach metadata to a story. This ensures maximum compatibility with search engines and other discovery features that take advantage of metadata.
2. Internal linking: Site owners should generously link to AMP stories from other pages, such as linking to them from the homepage or category pages where applicable.
3. URL format: There is no need to indicate in the URL of a story that it is using the AMP stories format. Follow the same URL format as other web pages on your site.
4. Page attachments: Page attachments can be used to present additional information in classic article form alongside your story.
5. Image descriptions: Use meaningful alt text where appropriate.
6. Video subtitles: Consider providing subtitles and/or captions for the videos in your Stories.