How Does SEO Work?
This article was published on May 16, 2022
Categorized in: SEO
These days SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is so common that you may not even really think about it. However, it certainly is a vital component of digital marketing. You may understand that implementing an SEO plan could help you gain more visibility in the search engines, but that might be where your knowledge end. Before you implement an SEO strategy, you might be wondering, how does SEO actually work?
What is Search Engine Optimization?
SEO is a type of digital marketing approach used to optimize your website’s rankings on search engine platforms like Google. It makes your website attractive to search results recommended by search engines to users. Your website will acquire more traffic promoting your business or brand through search engine optimization.
This is made possible by search algorithms made by companies such as Google. These algorithms constantly change to accommodate new strategies and techniques. It makes convincing google to suggest your website to searchers a never-ending fight.
How Does SEO Work?
It is important to understand that when users search for material, search engines try to deliver relevant results to the user’s queries. After all, it is the searcher that is considered the search engine’s customer, and the search engine wants to deliver the best possible experience.
Search engines achieve this by first undertaking crawling. Crawling is a technique used by search engines to discover web pages and the content on those web pages. Crawlers, also known as spiders, collect information such as links and keywords. This is the reason why linking and backlinking is vital to SEO.
After crawling, search engines undertake indexing as the next step. It involves storing all the web content acquired and indexing it in a certain order. Once indexing is completed, the search engine will analyze the different pages against their ranking factors. They include speed, mobile-friendliness, and backlink profile, among others that search engine companies don’t share.
What Strategies are Involved with SEO?
You can group these tactics into three different categories. Content marketing is one such tactic. Having engaging content on your website will increase the website’s traffic. More visitors to your website means better rankings. Good engaging content is relevant to what a particular audience is looking for. The more relevant your content is, the more likely a search engine will deliver your website to the search results.
Another tactic is on-page SEO. This takes place on your website and gives you all the control of adjusting the SEO practices. Some of the on-page SEO factors you can control are the title tag, meta description, and internal links.
Off-page SEO is another tactic that takes place off your website. This tactic involves trust, which ensures your website is legit and can be safe for website visitors. Another factor is the social status which includes the likes and shares by website visitors.
Why SEO is Important?
SEO provides more visibility for your website. Improving the presence of your website translates to more traffic. Building trust and credibility in your website is another reason why SEO is crucial. Another significance of SEO is it assists you in understanding your respective audience. You can study their search patterns and customize your website regarding their needs.
The ultimate goal of SEO is to provide the best experience to the users. With fewer clicks, users should conveniently find the information they are looking for. Therefore, optimizing your website for search engines is a crucial task that cannot be overlooked.
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About the Author: Brick Marketing President, Nick Stamoulis
Nick Stamoulis is a digital marketing expert and President of Brick Marketing. With 25+ years experience, he specializes in solving complex digital marketing challenges through SEO, content marketing, social media, PPC, email marketing, SEO for AI (GEO) and conversion optimization.
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