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How to Optimize Your Stories for Search

5 min readJan 29, 2020
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An illustration of a block with a happy face, an eye, and several cogs with eyes on them.
Illustration: Kawandeep Virdee
, Medium’s SEO product manager. Make sure to follow these guidelines — these are simple ways to further grow your readership.

Update the SEO settings for your story

Set the SEO Title

Set the SEO Description

Use tags

Link to your other posts where relevant

Use images

Structure your posts

Promote your stories on social media

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