What is Search Engine Optimization?It is good to know about SEO because although it's main purpose is to get websites to the top of search engine rankings.
“All major search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo have primary search results, where web pages and other content such as videos or local listings are shown and ranked based on what the search engine considers most relevant to users. Payment isn’t involved, as it is with paid search ads.” (Search Engine Land) Watch the video to the right to learn the basics of Search Engine Optimization, or SEO. In addition, the Search Engine Optimization PDF from Google provides more details on the basics of Search Engine Optimization. It also offers a lot of guidance regarding good website design. |
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Make a Decision
Depending upon the purpose and intended audience for your site, your site can be available via the following choices:
- Password protected - only visitors with a password can access your site.
- Open access, available to those who have the URL.
- Open access, found through a web-based search (e.g., a Google search).
Want to increase the chances your Weebly site will be found?
Step 1:
Prepare your Weebly to be found by a Google Search by following the steps in this Weebly blog.
Step 2:
Submit a sitemap to Google so that Google will know the site exists. You do this by signing into Google Search Console with a Gmail login - if you don’t want your personal account to be tied to her website's Google presence, create a new gmail account.
With Google Search Console, you can see how your website performs in search results, including analytics on rankings, clicks, and what people search when they click on your site. It will also notify you of any errors Google detects, such as pages redirecting or not loading.
If you want to monitor the site's overall performance more closely, Google Analytics provides much more detailed reports. It's connected to Google Search Console, and it will be able to tell her how people get to her website and how they use the website.
Good SEO practice is universal to all search engines. You might want to take the time to branch out and run an SEO with Bing and Yahoo.
Prepare your Weebly to be found by a Google Search by following the steps in this Weebly blog.
Step 2:
Submit a sitemap to Google so that Google will know the site exists. You do this by signing into Google Search Console with a Gmail login - if you don’t want your personal account to be tied to her website's Google presence, create a new gmail account.
With Google Search Console, you can see how your website performs in search results, including analytics on rankings, clicks, and what people search when they click on your site. It will also notify you of any errors Google detects, such as pages redirecting or not loading.
If you want to monitor the site's overall performance more closely, Google Analytics provides much more detailed reports. It's connected to Google Search Console, and it will be able to tell her how people get to her website and how they use the website.
Good SEO practice is universal to all search engines. You might want to take the time to branch out and run an SEO with Bing and Yahoo.