You are content with your new, modern website with us, now the next step is to optimize it properly with the search engines. You can have a beautiful website, but it’s very important for us to also follow our checklist to ensure it outranks your competition.
When it comes to customized WordPress websites, we follow these steps below:
- Optimize the Homepage Title keeping title length close to 60 characters
- Include your target keywords and optimize the Homepage Meta Description
- Make sure that there is only one H1 tag on your homepage
- Make sure that all images have an ALT text
- Compress images to load fast using wp-smush
- Include your business name in the logo filename and ALT text
- Make sure that your homepage has text content so it’s SEO friendly
- Optimize homepage loading speed as this is important in Google’s eyes
- Consider moving to a VPS or a quicker server
- Use a streaming service for Video such as youtube so page speed stays consistent
- Make sure that your website is mobile friendly
- Make sure that homepage has an SSL installed
- Add Call to Action buttons to help users find your product or services pages
- Add elements such as reviews or Facebook integration to show the company’s social media involvement
Looking to further optimize your website? Contact us today and we can help make sure your website is up to par and ranks well on the major search engines. We are recognized as a Top Website Design Company on DesignRush.