📅 2025-06-01 — Session: Integrated GTM and optimized web performance

🕒 00:00–01:40
🏷️ Labels: GTM, Docusaurus, SEO, Web Performance, Node.Js, Yarn
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The session aimed to integrate Google Tag Manager (GTM) with a Docusaurus project and optimize web performance and SEO.

Key Activities

  • Integrated GTM into Docusaurus, ensuring proper placement of the <noscript> tag for compliance and functionality.
  • Implemented a comprehensive performance and analytics tracking checklist using Google PageSpeed Insights, Lighthouse, GA4, and GTM.
  • Conducted a detailed SEO analysis, focusing on structured data, PageSpeed optimization, and indexed page management.
  • Analyzed non-indexed pages and provided solutions for 404 errors and duplicate content without canonical tags.
  • Added a JSON-LD BreadcrumbList to enhance SEO and navigational structure.
  • Reviewed and improved canonical and hreflang tags implementation in Docusaurus.
  • Cleaned up node modules and rebuilt the project to ensure a consistent build environment.
  • Reviewed package manager cleanup steps, emphasizing the importance of lockfiles.
  • Addressed issues with Yarn Workspaces and standalone projects.
  • Provided a step-by-step guide for building and committing changes with Yarn.
  • Resolved a configuration error in Docusaurus related to future flags.
  • Verified post-deployment tasks to ensure successful deployment and SEO compliance.
  • Analyzed web traffic and provided recommendations for improving user engagement and SEO performance.

Achievements

  • Successfully integrated GTM and optimized SEO and web performance.
  • Implemented structured data and improved indexing status.
  • Enhanced development workflow with Yarn and Docusaurus.

Pending Tasks

  • Further analysis of web traffic data and indexing progress to enhance web presence.
  • Continued optimization of CSS/JS bloat and tree-shaking strategies.