Well, SEO stands for ‘Search Engine Optimization’, which is the process of getting traffic from free, organic, editorial, or natural search results in search engines. It aims to improve your website’s position in search results pages. Remember, the higher the website is listed, the more people will see it.

There are 4 types of SEO

We know you didn’t devote yourself to the art of web design to be bothered by search engine optimization. But how you put together a web design can have a great impact on SEO.
As a web designer, a few things you should know about search engine optimization include:
How to properly use header tags like <h1>, <h2>, and <h3>
How the part of a link that identifies a specific page — aka a slug — can influence organic search rankings
How to optimize images to speed up loading times and decrease the bounce rate — which is the percentage of visitors who only view one page on your site and then navigate away without taking any actions
Of course, we can’t distill the complexities of SEO into three bullet points. If you’d like a helpful introduction to search engine optimization, I found Search Engine Optimization All-in-One For Dummies highly informative and simple to understand with practical examples that is easy to follow and duplicate in the real world.

In short, SEO is crucial because it makes your website more visible, and that means more traffic and more opportunities to convert prospects into customers. Check out the SEO tools you can use for optimal ranking.

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