Understand On page SEO Techniques
Your search engine optimization plan is split into two parts: on-page SEO and off-page SEO. Both are critical to the success of an SEO effort, but they are on opposing sides of the coin.
Off-page SEO focuses
on boosting the authority of your domain through content development and
earning backlinks from other websites, whereas on-page SEO focuses on
optimising elements of your website that are under your control. To grasp the
difference between the two, you must first understand how search engine
algorithms function. Let's dissect it.
What exactly is On-Page SEO?
On-page SEO
(sometimes known as "on-site" SEO) is the process of improving
various aspects of your website that impact search engine rankings. A variety
of ranking variables, such as site accessibility, page speed, optimised
content, keywords, title tags, and so on, decide where your website appears in
search engine results pages. On-page SEO is concerned with optimising the
elements of your website over which you have control and can make changes.
On-page SEO
checklist: How can you ensure that your on-page SEO methods are effective?
Here's a handy checklist for on-site adjustments to help you curate your plan.
Tags for titles
Include your desired
keywords in the title tag of every page on your website. Many recommended
practises go into creating a good title tag.
- Your
title tags should be no more than 55-60 characters long (including spaces)
- Bring
the keyword closer to the start of the title (ONLY if it sounds natural)
- Don't
overuse terms.
- Include
a pipe bar (|) at the end of the title tag to separate the brand.
- Example:
"Web Development | iSyncEvolution Pvt Ltd."
Headings (H1)
Because headings are
often the biggest words on the page, search engines give them somewhat more
weight than the rest of your page material. Working your goal keywords into the
headlines of each web page is a fantastic idea, but make sure you appropriately
represent your website's outstanding content.
Limit your H1s to one
per page; all other headers should be H2 or H3.
URL organisation
If feasible,
incorporate keywords into your URLs. However, don't go altering all of your
present URLs merely to include keywords. You should not update existing URLs
unless you intend to redirect them to your new ones. Consult a specialist
before proceeding.
- Label
your directories and files in a way that is understandable to users.
- Don't
use the same term twice in your URL. Keywords are useful, but using too
many of them degrades the user experience.
- For
instance, /keyword-research-competitive-keyword-research?
- Make
URLs as brief as feasible.
Image alternative
text
Any content
management system should allow you to add "alt text" to all of your
website's photos. This text is not visible to the ordinary visitor;
nevertheless, screen reader software uses alt text to assist blind internet
users in understanding the content of your photographs. Search engines scan
photos in a similar manner, so include some important keywords while correctly
describing the image will assist search engines in understanding the content of
your website.
Adding an alt
property to each picture ensures that your website complies with WCAG (Web
Content Accessibility Guidelines). When creating alt text, keep the following
in mind:
- In 8-10
words, describe the image in detail.
- Include
your desired keyword in the places where it sounds the most natural.
- Include
a geo-locator, if applicable (e.g., London)
Pages that load
quickly, also known as page load speed
To give the greatest
user experience, Google strives to assist its users find what they're searching
for as soon as possible. As a result, optimising your pages for quicker loading
helps your site rank better in search results.
Google PageSpeed
Insights is a tool that analyses your site on both mobile and desktop. and then
offer suggestions for improving page performance. There are also a few fast
ways to get rid of whatever is clogging your site and delaying page load time.
Consider the following key site speed factors:
- HTTP
request reduction
- Ensure
that the server response time is 200ms.
- Configure
browser caching to last at least a week.
- Activating
Gzip compression
- Image
sizes of less than 100kb (.jpg, .png, .gif)
- Putting
all CSS in a separate style sheet
- All
JS, CSS, and HTML should be minified.
- Above-the-fold
content loading should be prioritised.
Mobile Compatibility
Google has promoted
mobile page loading time as a significant ranking indicator in recent years.
How can you determine
whether your website is mobile-friendly? You may enter the URL of the website
into this test, and Google will tell you how friendly it is based on its
current algorithm.
Aside from mobile
page load, website design must consider mobile user experience. A Mobile
Usability Report, which reveals any flaws your website may have, is one
technique to analyse and improve website layout for mobile.
Page content
The information on
your pages should be beneficial to visitors. They must be able to locate what
they're seeking for if they search for anything too precise to reach your page.
It must be simple to read and useful to the end user. Google has several
methods for determining if your material is beneficial.
- Aim
for a minimum of 500 words of text. Although there is no perfect method
for determining how many words should be on a page, Google appears to
favour pages with a lot of outstanding content surrounding your chosen
keywords.
- Copy
must be original to each page, not repeated from other pages on your site,
and should directly answer the search queries of your visitors.
- Bring
the term closer to the start of the title, but ONLY IF IT SOUNDS NATURAL.
Internal Linking
Internal links to
other pages on your website are beneficial to both users and search engines.
Here's an internal link to another blog article on our site that discusses
internal linking in further detail. That's quite meta.
example of internal
link
When creating
internal links, make sure the anchor text is meaningful. The clickable text in
a hyperlink is known as anchor text (usually indicated by blue font colour and
underline). Make sure the term or phrase you use is relevant to the website
you're linking to in order to optimise your anchor text.
On-page SEO
guarantees that both potential consumers and search engine robots can read your
site. Search engines can quickly crawl your web pages, grasp what your site is
about, and traverse the structure and content of your website with strong
on-page SEO, ranking your site accordingly. As a best practise, incorporate 1-3
relevant internal links in your page text.
Schema Markup
Adding structured
data to a page helps Google better analyse the content. Google also utilises
structured data to provide "rich results" in SERPs, such as a recipe
with start ratings or step-by-step directions with an image carousel. These
rich results frequently appear at or near the top of SERPs and have greater
click-through rates than standard organic listings.
Google prefers schema.org vocabulary for structured data and supports JSON-LD format. They also
give a useful Rich Results Test Tool for validating your code. While there
are several methods for adding structured data to your website (plugins, Google
Tag Manager, etc.), it's always advisable to hire a professional if you're not
comfortable writing code.
Tags for Social Media
Sharing your material
on social media shows Google that people think it relevant, useful, and
trustworthy. Not every page on your site is shareable, but you may maximise the
ones that are by following these guidelines:
- Check
that Open Graph tags and Twitter Cards are enabled.
- Make
it simple by include "twitter this quote" links or social
sharing buttons in each article.
Core Web Vitals
The user experience
is critical to the long-term success of a website. Google introduced Core Web
Vitals in spring 2020, a standard collection of signals that they consider "essential"
to all users' web experiences.
These signals are
used to quantify the user experience with a website, ranging from page visual
stability and load speed to interactive interactions.
- Largest
Contentful Paint (LCP) - evaluates perceived page loading speed and
indicates when the bulk of the page content has been downloaded.
- First
Input Delay - measures the user experience of a user's first interaction
with a website.
- Cumulative
Layout Shift - calculates the amount of layout shift on visible page content
and gauges a page's visual stability. Images with no dimensions,
dynamically injected material, online fonts generating FOIT/FOUT, and
other embeds with no dimensions are common culprits.
To get your LCP
score, go to Google PageSpeed Insights and ensure that your page hits LCP
within 2.5 seconds. To do this, disable any superfluous third-party scripts,
upgrade your web host, enable "lazy loading" so that page components
load only when visitors scroll down the page, and disable any huge page
elements that may be slowing it down.
Adding height and
width measurements to each new site element is one of the easiest ways to
improve cumulative layout shift. Also, avoid placing new material on a page
above current content (unless responding to user interaction).
Page Experience
Google is developing
a new ranking signal (expected to be released in 2021) that favours websites
with favourable user experiences.
Core Web Vitals will
be combined with mobile friendliness, secure surfing, HTTPS security, and
invasive interstitial standards to create the 'page experience signal.'
"Optimizing for
these characteristics makes the web more pleasurable for users across all web
browsers and surfaces, and helps sites grow toward user expectations on
mobile," according to Google. We believe that as people become more
engaged and can transact with less friction, this will contribute to company
success on the web."
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