{"id":3588,"date":"2023-01-11T10:51:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T05:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cloudnowtech.com\/blog\/?p=3588"},"modified":"2023-01-11T10:51:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T05:21:41","slug":"10-tips-to-craft-a-more-seo-friendly-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cloudnowtech.com\/blog\/10-tips-to-craft-a-more-seo-friendly-site\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Tips to craft a more SEO-friendly site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How many SEO experts does it take to change a light bulb, lightbulb, light bulbs, lamp, lighting? \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jokes aside, your website is your store, your business, and your lifeline. And its very existence depends on one little acronym &#8211; SEO, or Search Engine Optimization. There are three factors that contribute to your ability to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">build SEO-friendly websites<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Website design<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Content<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Competition<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your SEO strategy needs to help you tick each of these boxes. Here are some tips to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">build an SEO-friendly website<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>It all starts with the algorithm<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your SEO strategy must keep pace and align with the ever-evolving requirements of search spiders. The algorithms keep changing, so tie up with the right strategist to help ensure your SEO plan is dynamic.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Create content that engages<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reaching a wider audience and ensuring they spend more time on your site is a core element of the SEO strategy. You need to make your users want to share your content or page. Increased engagement means better rankings and more organic traffic directed to your site.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Make content easy to find<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During development, did your <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">web application development services<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provider prioritize easy, natural, and seamless navigation? This includes easy access to content for your users with one click, or two at most, through well-considered navigation planning. And don\u2019t forget search engine spiders need to find and index your content easily too, which is where sitemaps are important.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Who\u2019s creating your content?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Content created and optimized by AI is an SEO trend that allows for faster and more relevant content creation. But it\u2019s a thin line you\u2019re walking here &#8211; simply generating content can be detrimental rather than productive, and humans still need to play a role in evaluating and editing content to ensure originality and relevance.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Show and tell<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to images and video, show, but don\u2019t forget to tell. In other words, caption all images and videos. This is an often overlooked but winning SEO strategy, ensuring search spiders capture information that would otherwise not be visible to them. Use relevant keywords here to ensure photos and videos rank during organic searches.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Keeping it fresh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the saying goes, content is the reason the search began in the first place, so keep adding fresh content regularly. Replace or renew older articles with newer content and presentation. Do whatever it takes to give your audience a fresh feel.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fast and light<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lighter website loads faster. You don\u2019t want to annoy a visitor with a picture-heavy slow-loading page, just as you don\u2019t want them to be intimidated by content that is confusing or difficult to understand. Keep it simple, keep it light.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>A big first impression<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your website\u2019s domain name is also an important SEO factor. Your domain name needs to be SEO-friendly and reflect industry perception so that every time a visitor looks for a particular service, product, or requirement, your site shows up. Tip? Choose a domain name that allows you to stand out in the industry.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>The path to success<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The URL paths of your pages are important for search engine performance too. Search engines rank equivalent pages with human-readable, SEO-friendly URLs higher than machine-readable URLs. So website.com\/page-name is far better than website.com\/index.php?p=1532&amp;id=837<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Improve your website, off your website<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most important pointers in SEO strategy is to ensure that you connect with the audience and the best way to do this today is through social media. Social media helps direct more traffic to your website, resulting in enhanced visibility.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The right SEO strategy can provide a great ROI as it leads to higher ranking and improved engagement. Looking for <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">web application development services<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that take SEO strategy into account from the ground up? Talk to us!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many SEO experts does it take to change a light bulb, lightbulb, light bulbs, lamp, lighting? \ud83d\ude42 Jokes aside, your website is your store, your business, and your lifeline. And its very existence depends on one little acronym &#8211; SEO, or Search Engine Optimization. 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