{"id":1265,"date":"2018-04-27T13:55:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T13:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstsiteguide.com-seo\/"},"modified":"2023-10-04T07:52:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T07:52:42","slug":"wordpress-seo","status":"publish","type":"guide","link":"https:\/\/firstsiteguide.com\/wordpress-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress SEO Guide for Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"
This guide was developed to take the mystery out of search engines \u2013 how they function and how to make your WordPress website<\/a> optimized for SEO using the best practices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To help you with WordPress SEO, we will cover search engine optimization (SEO) basics, how they should be applied to websites, web design, and online content. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After you finish reading this guide, you\u2019ll be fully acquainted with the WordPress SEO process, and you\u2019ll understand a large portion of the mechanics behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Table of contents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n SEO is the method of increasing a website\u2019s visibility and ranking on search engine results pages. SEO helps us to create sites that are more search-engine friendly and that deliver a better user experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many things influence a website\u2019s visibility, including design, on-page keywords, and links. Furthermore, a lot of the elements of SEO aren\u2019t well known. As a result, people can\u2019t take full advantage of SEO to improve the ranking of their websites and content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s important to keep in mind that search engines use algorithms that are still growing and developing. Also, search engine updates are created to help search engines deliver higher quality results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To explain it in simple terms, SEO works on the following principle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Every time you send new ranking signals, the crawlers will revisit your page and update the information in the database. It can either improve or reduce your site\u2019s ranking based on the quality of the newly discovered data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You have a purpose for creating your website, and you want people to be able to find it. Knowing SEO can help you to build your audience. You\u2019ll know what design elements to prioritize and learn how to create content that will have high exposure and offer satisfying quality for your visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, without SEO, all your hard work will be for nothing since having a website with limited visibility is almost as bad as having no website at all. Finally, if you don\u2019t have enough visitors, knowing SEO can help you to figure out exactly why your site lacks visibility and guide you in taking steps to improve your rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WordPress comes with some SEO settings that you can use instantly to improve the ranking of your website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are the three basic WordPress SEO settings that you should configure the moment you log into your dashboard<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Did you know that WordPress has a built-in option that allows users to discourage search engines from crawling your website? To ensure your site appears in the search results<\/a>, you need to make sure that it is not switched on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can access the setting via Settings > Reading. Find the \u201cSearch Engine Visibility\u201d setting and make sure that you didn\u2019t check the box in front of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is SEO?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How SEO works<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Why SEO is important<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Basic WordPress SEO settings <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Check WordPress site settings <\/h3>\n\n\n\n