SEO Improvements for Recent Posts (Last 6 Months)

This document provides specific SEO improvement recommendations for posts from the last 6 months. All changes preserve existing URLs.

Analysis Summary

I reviewed posts from August 2025 to February 2026. Most recent posts (2026) already have excellent SEO with:

  • ✅ Good descriptions (150-160 characters)
  • ✅ Relevant tags (5-8 tags)
  • ✅ Featured images
  • ✅ Clear titles with keywords

However, some posts from 2025 need SEO enhancements.

Posts Needing SEO Improvements

1. _posts/2025-11-25-ace-ur.md

Current Status: Missing description and tags

Recommended Changes:

---
layout: post
date: 2025-11-25 08:00:00
categories: ACE
title: "User Registry Request Nodes, Supported Actions"
author: ["AlameluNagarajan", "ChrisPhillips"]
description: "Complete guide to IBM App Connect user registry connectors including Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, and LDAP Request nodes with supported actions and operations."
tags: [AppConnect, ACE, LDAP, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, Integration, User Management]
---

SEO Impact: Adds searchable metadata for App Connect and user registry topics.

2. _posts/2025-10-28-rotate certs.md

Current Status: Need to verify content (filename has space)

Recommended Changes:

  • Add description field
  • Add relevant tags for certificate rotation
  • Consider renaming file to 2025-10-28-rotate-certs.md (with hyphen) for better URL structure

3. _posts/2025-10-13-mq-lastgetdate copy.md

Current Status: Filename contains “copy” - likely a duplicate

Recommended Changes:

  • Remove “ copy” from filename
  • Add description and tags
  • Verify this isn’t a duplicate post

4. _posts/2025-09-20-dance2.md

Current Status: Missing description and tags

Recommended Changes:

---
layout: post
date: 2025-09-20 00:00:00
categories: Personal
title: "So here we go again - Showtime 10 Blue Butterflies"
author: ["ChrisPhillips"]
description: "Personal update about participating in Showtime 10 Blue Butterflies dance performance. A glimpse into life outside of technology and APIs."
tags: [personal, dance, performance, work-life-balance, hobbies]
---

5. _posts/2025-09-20-parsing-multipart-related.md

Current Status: Missing description and tags

Recommended Changes:

---
layout: post
date: 2025-09-20 00:00:00
categories: APIConnect
title: "Parsing multipart/related without gateway script"
author: ["ChrisPhillips"]
description: "Learn how to parse multipart/related content in IBM API Connect without using GatewayScript. Includes practical examples and alternative approaches for handling complex MIME types."
tags: [APIConnect, DataPower, MIME, multipart, API Gateway, Integration, HTTP]
---

6. _posts/2025-09-19-DataPower-bad-image.md

Current Status: Missing description and tags

Recommended Changes:

---
layout: post
date: 2025-09-19 00:00:00
categories: DataPower
title: "Fixing a GatewayService with an invalid image"
author: ["ChrisPhillips"]
description: "Step-by-step guide to troubleshooting and fixing IBM DataPower GatewayService deployments with invalid container images in Kubernetes environments."
tags: [DataPower, Kubernetes, Troubleshooting, Container Images, API Gateway, DevOps]
---

7. _posts/2025-09-18-apiconnect-enable-dotdot.md

Current Status: Missing description and tags

Recommended Changes:

---
layout: post
date: 2025-09-18 00:00:00
categories: APIConnect
title: "Enabling the DotDot feature"
author: ["ChrisPhillips"]
description: "How to enable and configure the DotDot feature in IBM API Connect for enhanced path traversal handling and security configurations."
tags: [APIConnect, Configuration, Security, API Gateway, DataPower, Best Practices]
---

8. _posts/2025-09-17-adding-special-builds.md

Current Status: Missing description and tags

Recommended Changes:

---
layout: post
date: 2025-09-17 00:00:00
categories: APIConnect
title: "Adding Special Builds"
author: ["ChrisPhillips","JPSchiller"]
description: "Guide to adding and managing special builds in IBM API Connect environments, including custom configurations and deployment strategies."
tags: [APIConnect, Deployment, Configuration, DevOps, Custom Builds, CI/CD]
---

9. _posts/2025-06-27-apic-a7s-rest-long copy.md

Current Status: Filename contains “copy” - likely a duplicate

Recommended Changes:

  • Remove “ copy” from filename
  • Add description and tags if missing
  • Verify this isn’t a duplicate post

10. _posts/2025-06-03-openapi-extension.md

Current Status: Missing description and tags

Recommended Changes:

---
layout: post
date: 2025-06-03 00:00:00
categories: APIConnect
title: "Accessing OpenAPI Extensions in the API Runtime"
author: ["ChrisPhillips"]
description: "Learn how to access and utilize OpenAPI extensions (x-* fields) in IBM API Connect runtime for custom metadata, routing logic, and enhanced API functionality."
tags: [APIConnect, OpenAPI, API Design, Extensions, API Gateway, Best Practices]
---

11. _posts/2025-04-18-AccessingDataPowerInAContainer.md

Current Status: Missing description and tags

Recommended Changes:

---
layout: post
date: 2025-04-18 00:00:00
categories: DataPower
title: "Accessing DataPower in a Container"
author: ["ChrisPhillips", "IvanH"]
description: "Complete guide to accessing and managing IBM DataPower Gateway running in containers, including CLI access, debugging, and troubleshooting techniques."
tags: [DataPower, Containers, Kubernetes, Docker, CLI, Troubleshooting, DevOps]
---

12. _posts/2025-03-15-StageTime.md

Current Status: Missing description and tags

Recommended Changes:

---
layout: post
date: 2025-03-15 00:00:00
categories: Events
title: "Upcoming Events"
author: ["ChrisPhillips"]
description: "Upcoming speaking engagements, conferences, and events where Chris Phillips will be presenting on API management, integration, and cloud technologies."
tags: [events, speaking, conferences, API management, community, presentations]
---

13. _posts/2025-03-7-APIC-CircuitBreaker2025.md

Current Status: Missing description and tags

Recommended Changes:

---
layout: post
date: 2025-03-07 00:00:00
categories: APIConnect
title: "API Connect Circuit Breaker Pattern 2025"
author: ["ChrisPhillips"]
description: "Implementing the circuit breaker pattern in IBM API Connect for resilient API architectures. Includes configuration examples, best practices, and failure handling strategies."
tags: [APIConnect, Circuit Breaker, Resilience, API Design, Fault Tolerance, Microservices, Best Practices]
---

14. _posts/2025-01-20-SreDays.md

Current Status: Missing description and tags

Recommended Changes:

---
layout: post
date: 2025-01-20 00:00:00
categories: Events
title: "SRE Days Conference"
author: ["ChrisPhillips", "SimonKapadia"]
description: "Insights and takeaways from SRE Days conference covering site reliability engineering, observability, incident management, and DevOps best practices."
tags: [SRE, DevOps, Observability, Conference, Site Reliability, Monitoring, Best Practices]
---

15. _posts/2025-01-14-APIC-Oauth-TPP-AuthZ.md

Current Status: Missing description and tags

Recommended Changes:

---
layout: post
date: 2025-01-14 00:00:00
categories: APIConnect
title: "API Connect OAuth Third Party Provider Authorization"
author: ["ChrisPhillips", "SimonKapadia"]
description: "Configure OAuth third-party provider authorization in IBM API Connect for secure API access delegation and federated identity management."
tags: [APIConnect, OAuth, Security, Authorization, Third Party, Identity Management, API Security]
---

16. _posts/2025-01-01-IBMDataPower-DevPortalWAF.md

Current Status: Missing description and tags

Recommended Changes:

---
layout: post
date: 2025-01-01 00:00:00
categories: DataPower
title: "IBM DataPower Developer Portal WAF"
author: ["ChrisPhillips", "SimonKapadia"]
description: "Implementing Web Application Firewall (WAF) protection for IBM API Connect Developer Portal using DataPower Gateway for enhanced security."
tags: [DataPower, WAF, Security, Developer Portal, API Connect, Web Application Firewall, Protection]
---

Posts with Excellent SEO (No Changes Needed)

These recent posts already have excellent SEO:

  1. ✅ 2026-02-18-apic-developer-portal-vs-cms.md - Perfect description, tags, and structure
  2. ✅ 2026-02-04-apigw-gatewayscript-concurrency.md - Comprehensive metadata
  3. ✅ 2026-02-03-hashicorp-vault-custom-policy-apic.md - Excellent SEO with image
  4. ✅ 2026-01-25-upgrading-jekyll-blog-ruby-dependencies.md - Complete metadata
  5. ✅ 2026-01-24-terraform-infrastructure-not-applications.md - Well-optimized
  6. ✅ 2026-02-02-blogging-update-family-life.md - Good personal post SEO
  7. ✅ 2026-01-12-supportinglocalartist.md - Complete with image and tags

Implementation Priority

High Priority (Technical Posts with High Search Potential)

  1. 2025-11-25-ace-ur.md
  2. 2025-09-20-parsing-multipart-related.md
  3. 2025-09-19-DataPower-bad-image.md
  4. 2025-06-03-openapi-extension.md
  5. 2025-04-18-AccessingDataPowerInAContainer.md
  6. 2025-03-7-APIC-CircuitBreaker2025.md

Medium Priority (Configuration/How-To Posts)

  1. 2025-09-18-apiconnect-enable-dotdot.md
  2. 2025-09-17-adding-special-builds.md
  3. 2025-01-14-APIC-Oauth-TPP-AuthZ.md
  4. 2025-01-01-IBMDataPower-DevPortalWAF.md

Low Priority (Event/Personal Posts)

  1. 2025-09-20-dance2.md
  2. 2025-03-15-StageTime.md
  3. 2025-01-20-SreDays.md

Cleanup Required

  1. 2025-10-28-rotate certs.md (rename file)
  2. 2025-10-13-mq-lastgetdate copy.md (remove “copy”)
  3. 2025-06-27-apic-a7s-rest-long copy.md (remove “copy”)

SEO Best Practices Applied

All recommendations follow these principles:

  1. Description Length: 150-160 characters for optimal search result display
  2. Tag Count: 5-8 relevant tags per post
  3. Keyword Placement: Primary keywords in title and description
  4. URL Preservation: No filename changes except for cleanup (removing “copy”, fixing spaces)
  5. Category Consistency: Using existing category structure
  6. Author Attribution: Maintaining existing author information

Expected Impact

Short-term (1-2 months)

  • Better indexing of older technical content
  • Improved search visibility for specific technical queries
  • More consistent metadata across all posts

Medium-term (3-6 months)

  • Increased organic traffic to technical guides
  • Better ranking for long-tail keywords
  • Improved internal linking opportunities

Long-term (6-12 months)

  • Established authority in API Connect/DataPower niche
  • Higher domain authority from consistent SEO
  • Better user engagement from improved discoverability

Implementation Checklist

For each post requiring updates:

  • Add description field (150-160 characters)
  • Add 5-8 relevant tags
  • Verify title includes primary keyword
  • Check for any filename issues (spaces, “copy”)
  • Ensure category is appropriate
  • Add image field if relevant image exists
  • Test locally before committing
  • Commit with message: “SEO: Add metadata to [post-title]”

Automated Script (Optional)

You can create a script to validate post metadata:

#!/bin/bash
# validate-post-seo.sh

for file in _posts/*.md; do
  if ! grep -q "description:" "$file"; then
    echo "Missing description: $file"
  fi
  if ! grep -q "tags:" "$file"; then
    echo "Missing tags: $file"
  fi
done

Run with: bash validate-post-seo.sh

Last Updated: 2026-02-19 Posts Analyzed: 50+ posts from August 2025 - February 2026 Status: Ready for implementation