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WTF is SEO?

WTF is SEO Search engine optimization

In the world of digital marketing, SEO (Search Engine Optimization) has become an essential tool for businesses looking to increase their online presence and visibility. SEO is a process that involves optimizing a website or webpage to rank higher in search engine results pages (SERPs) such as Google, and ultimately will increase organic traffic to your website. But WTF is it? Let’s dive deeper into what SEO is and how it works.

How it works

SEO involves both technical and creative elements to improve the ranking, drive traffic, and increase the awareness of a website. The technical aspect involves optimizing the website’s structure and code, such as improving site speed, optimizing the use of meta tags and headings, and ensuring the site is mobile-friendly. The creative aspect involves producing high-quality content that meets the needs of users and satisfies search engine algorithms.

Search engines, like Google, use algorithms to determine which websites should rank higher in the search results. The algorithm considers several factors, including relevance, authority, and user experience.

  • Relevance refers to how well the content matches the user’s search query. Is it answering the question they were looking for and how long are they staying on your page?
  • Authority refers to the website’s credibility and how well it’s established as an authoritative source on the topic. Think are people visiting, engaging, and resharing?
  • User experience includes the website’s loading speed, mobile-friendliness, and ease of use.

How to improve your SEO?

To improve the ranking of a website, SEO involves optimizing each of these factors. For example, to improve relevance, SEO professionals conduct keyword research and include relevant keywords in the content and metadata of the website.

To improve authority:

  • Create high-quality backlinks
  • Improve your social media presence
  • Ensure that your website is regularly updated with fresh, relevant content.
  • To improve user experience, optimize the website’s structure and code, ensure it’s mobile-friendly, and make it easy to navigate.

One of the key benefits of SEO is that it’s a cost-effective way to drive traffic to a website. Organic traffic, or traffic from search engines, is FREE (we all love free), and optimizing a website for search engines can provide long-term benefits. Additionally, SEO can improve the quality of traffic by targeting users who are actively searching for products or services related to the website’s content.

Long story short, you need SEO. It is a critical component of digital marketing that involves optimizing your website’s structure, content, and code to rank higher in search engine results pages. It is a wallet-friendly aka free way to drive traffic and improve the quality of traffic to a website. By focusing on relevance, authority, and user experience, businesses like yours can increase their online presence, and visibility, and ultimately drive MORE leads and sales which is why you’re here in the first place.

Need help with your SEO? Let’s chat! Alpha Align Agency is a full-service marketing agency that offers a number of robust Search Engine Optimization services from local SEO, technical SEO, and content SEO. Contact us to learn more. 

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