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How to Improve Your Website’s SEO

by Vinuka Wathsara, QA Engineer

About search engine optimization


Search engine optimization (SEO) is about helping search engines, such as Google and Bing, to:

        ⦁ Find the information you publish on your website. (web content)

        ⦁ Rank your website against similar websites.


Search engines try to find the most relevant web content to match with a user’s search term. You can help your site to rank better against search terms by understanding how:


        ⦁ Customers search for your products and services.

        ⦁ Search engines decide which content is more relevant.



Taking these steps can help to improve your website's SEO.





  ⦁ Understand your online customers


Similar to conventional marketing, enhancing your website and Understanding how your clients behave is the first step in SEO. Think about how someone may start their search for a good or service, for instance.


  ⦁ Awareness: The consumer starts looking for potential solutions using general search phrases after becoming aware of an issue that has to be fixed.For instance, "leaking tap."


        ⦁ Consideration: The customer is looking for answers that best suit their demands now that they are aware of their issue. They may begin to use search terms that incorporate a region, a product characteristic, or a product category.'Plumber in Townsville,' for instance.



        ⦁ Purchase: The customer is prepared to make a purchase and typically knows where they will make it. They frequently conduct a straight search for the service provider.For instance, "ABC Plumbing."


Knowing which keywords to target in your web content will be made easier by having an understanding of your client's search habits.


       ⦁  Use keywords on your website


When a customer conducts a search, they utilize keywords, which are words or phrases. For instance, both "flowers online" and "where can I buy flowers online" are regarded as keywords.


Use keywords that are pertinent to your enterprise, your offerings, or your region. Any terms that a client would look for can be used as a keyword or phrase.


Tip: Watch out for keyword stuffing. Your SEO campaigns may suffer as a result. Be certain that your writing still reads naturally.


        ⦁ Refresh your page content often


Search engines will visit your website more frequently if you consistently update the material. The more often they visit, the quicker they can find new material on your website. Also possible are some ranking advantages.


Examples of new content you can add include:

       ⦁ Information on new products or services you're selling

       ⦁ Customer success stories

       ⦁ Videos or stories about your products or services

       ⦁ News related to your business, products, or services.

Additionally, it's crucial to check the existing web content pages on your website at least once every six months and delete any outdated information.


⦁ Gain referrals from other websites


Search engines consider how many other websites link to or cite your page as well as your entire website when ranking your web pages. Search engines view links from other websites as a recommendation of the truthfulness, applicability, and value of your information.


However, not all recommendations are equally weighted. Referrals from websites with a high reputation have more weight than those from sites with a lower reputation. Your website will rank higher the more credible websites that link to it.


An essential component of SEO is finding ways to make the words clients use to search for you match the language used on your website. Include well-known words or phrases on your website. Use these words in your page titles, page content, or even the file names for your page's images.



Use meta tags in your content

The text in your website's code known as "meta tags" does not appear on your web page. These tags provide additional information to search engines and browsers about the subject matter of your website and content. Meta tag examples include:

       ⦁ Meta description - a description of what your page is about

       ⦁ Title - your page title which displays in the browser tab

       ⦁ Alternative text - tagged on media such as images as a text alternative of the media.


Your meta description may occasionally appear in the search results displayed by search engines.

         ⦁ Stay up to date on the latest SEO techniques

     ⦁ Stay up-to-date on what search engines are placing importance on when ranking web pages

          ⦁ Lookout for new keywords that are relevant to your products and services

         ⦁ Stay up-to-date on new search behaviors and technologies (such as the use of voice search or image search).

Search engines can alter how they rank websites and produce search results by utilizing online information, including meta tags. To maintain a high rating for your website, be sure to:

Published : 08/14/2023