SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. A search engine is a tool that helps people find information online. Examples of search engines are Google, Bing, Yahoo!, etc.
SEO: Why it Matters
Search engine optimization is a way to optimize your website to help provide better information to search engines which, in turn, makes it easier for prospective and current families to find your site.
Search engines crawl and index websites. This means they go out and catalog information about all the content available on the internet. When someone enters a search into a search engine, the search engine uses an algorithm to assess all of its indexed content and provide a list of the best website results based on that person’s search. So, what can you do to promote more traffic on your website and better search engine rankings? Let's look at some SEO basics.
Keyword Research
SEO has a lot to do with understanding what people are searching for when they're looking for schools online. What keywords and terms are they using when they type a search into their search engine?
Title Tags
A title tag is the official title of your website page, describing what your page is about. It tells search engines and end users what they will read on your page. It appears at the very top of your page above the address bar and is the title in search engine results.
Meta Tag Descriptions
Meta tag descriptions can help improve click-through rates from search engine results pages. This, in turn, can improve your rankings. Meta descriptions should include keywords and compel the end user to visit your website.
SEO Content Guidelines
Learning a few tips and tricks on how to create optimized content will help bring people to your website and entice them to stay and interact with your website, boosting SEO.
Alt Text
Alt text provides image descriptions to search engines, helping them to understand the image and index them properly helping with your SEO rankings.
URL structure
Optimizing your site's URL structure can help search engines understand what content is on your page as well as make it easier to share your URL because they are shorter and more descriptive.
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