Website SEO & Publishing Guidelines

Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Version 1.0 for The Entrepreneurial DNA of India

Objective

This project is not a blog. It is a long-term Knowledge Initiative documenting the entrepreneurial spirit of India's industrial cities. Therefore, SEO should support the content—not dictate the content.

Our Priority: Reader Experience → Brand Building → SEO (Never the other way around)

1. Website Structure

Create a separate main navigation tab for "The Entrepreneurial DNA of India" with the following hierarchy:

Important: This should NOT appear under Blogs.

2. Page Title (SEO Title)

Example for Morbi:
"Morbi – One City. One Story. One Entrepreneurial Spirit | The Entrepreneurial DNA of India"

Maximum: 60 characters preferred

3. Page URL

Keep URLs extremely simple and clean:

/morbi
or
/morbi-entrepreneurial-dna

Avoid: dates, numbers, special characters, and long URLs

4. Meta Description

Length: Approximately 150–160 characters

Example: "Discover the entrepreneurial spirit that transformed Morbi into one of India's most remarkable manufacturing cities. Chapter One of The Entrepreneurial DNA of India."

5. Page Hierarchy

Every article must follow this structure:

6. Featured Image

Every chapter will have ONE ORIGINAL IMAGE created exclusively for the project.

Rules:
  • Original AI-generated artwork
  • No stock images
  • No copyrighted photographs
  • No logos or advertisements
Style: Monochrome pencil sketch or Minimal premium editorial artwork

7. Image File Name

Use descriptive filenames that Google can understand:

morbi-entrepreneurial-dna.jpg

Avoid: IMG001.jpg, image123.jpg

8. Image ALT Text

Original illustration representing Morbi, Gujarat, for Chapter One of The Entrepreneurial DNA of India.

Every image should have meaningful ALT text for accessibility and SEO.

9. Article Length

This keeps the reading experience excellent and maintains reader engagement.

10. Reading Time

Display reading time to help readers understand the time commitment:

Reading Time: 4–5 Minutes

11. Keywords

Use keywords naturally. Never stuff keywords.

Example Keywords for Morbi:
  • Morbi
  • Morbi Gujarat
  • Ceramic Industry
  • Ceramic Tiles
  • Manufacturing Cluster
  • Industrial Cluster
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Entrepreneurial Spirit
  • Gujarat Manufacturing
  • Family Business
  • Exports
  • Manufacturing Ecosystem

12. Internal Linking

Every article should link to:

Later, create a sequential link structure: Morbi → Rajkot → Ahmedabad → Surat → Vadodara → Gujarat

13. External Links

Only link to genuinely useful, authoritative sources:

Never link to random blogs.

14. Social Sharing (Open Graph)

OG Title: Morbi – One City. One Story. One Entrepreneurial Spirit

OG Description: Discover what truly built Morbi—not its industries, but its entrepreneurs.

OG Image: Project-specific image (1200 × 630 pixels)

15. Social Image Size

Preferred: 1200 × 630 pixels

Suitable for: LinkedIn, Facebook, WhatsApp, X (Twitter)

16. Mobile Optimisation

Very important for user experience:

17. Typography

This project should feel like reading a premium publication.

18. Author

Rajiv Bakshi
Founder
Possible Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Links: Author Page | LinkedIn | Website

Important: No promotional paragraph or sales message.

19. About the Project

Display at the end of every article:

About The Entrepreneurial DNA of India

The Entrepreneurial DNA of India is a long-term knowledge initiative by Rajiv Bakshi to document, understand and celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit that has shaped India's industrial cities. Through this project, each city is explored not merely for what it manufactures, but for the entrepreneurial character that built it.

20. Next Chapter

Display a "Next Chapter" section (initially disabled until published):

Next Chapter
Rajkot

21. Search Engine Indexing

Ensure the following:

22. Performance

Target: Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) under 2.5 seconds

Action: Compress images and optimize assets

23. Schema Markup

Implement Article Schema with the following:

24. Breadcrumbs

Home → The Entrepreneurial DNA of India → Cities → Morbi

25. SEO Philosophy (MOST IMPORTANT)

Never alter the article for SEO.

Instead, help Google understand the article. The article is written for entrepreneurs. SEO is written for search engines. Do not compromise one for the other.

Quality Checklist (Before Publishing)

  • Page Title added
  • Meta Description added
  • Clean URL
  • H1 correct
  • H2 correct
  • Hero Quote displayed
  • Featured Image added
  • ALT Text added
  • Image compressed
  • Reading Time displayed
  • Author added
  • About the Project added
  • Next Chapter placeholder added
  • Internal Links checked
  • Mobile layout checked
  • Page speed checked
  • XML Sitemap updated
  • Page indexed

Final Editorial Principle

The Entrepreneurial DNA of India is not a content marketing campaign.

It is a long-term body of original intellectual work. Every article should be treated like a chapter in a book rather than a blog post.

Build for the next 20 years, not for the next 20 days.