If you're watching this then you're probably worried about your website's
google search rankings but don't worry if you follow our advice
your website will surely land on the first page of google search results
hi there i'm Anna at 10Web a managed WP hosting platform powered by
google cloud and in today's video we're going to talk
about what exactly a seo for wordpress is
and why you really need that we'll tell you why wordpress is seo friendly
and why keeping the best seo practices is important for your website
also don't forget to subscribe to our channel as in our future videos we're
going to dive deeper into seo tips and tricks now
let's first of all understand what seo for wordpress is when you google
something do you open the first result brought to you or do you scroll down
to see the last ones i think the answer is logical the higher
is the website in the search results the higher are the chances that the
user will tap on it so that's why most of the websites have some
special practices to make their website appear in the
top rankings of google yandex bing or other famous search engines
these practices are called seo or in other words search engine optimization
practices now if you want your wordpress website
to gain more traffic you certainly need to know how to
improve your seo for wordpress but now let's jump to another important
question is wordpress good for seo fortunately for wordpress users
wordpress is very seo friendly and we'll briefly explain why and here
is where wordpress comes in handy its themes and plugins are made to make
sure your visitors love their experience with your website
decreasing your bounce rate and give it a good signal to search engines
another very important feature is that wordpress is optimized for mobile usage
let's admit it we all scroll the web with our phones whenever we are going to
work or having a lunch or just whenever we have a couple of minutes to spare
according to broadband search mobile traffic grew by 222 percent in the last
five years what this means is that more of your
customers now are going to visit your page via mobile and you need
to make sure that your website can handle it
lucky for wordpress users however there isn't a lot to worry about
as most of the wordpress themes are already optimized for
mobile usage next advantage of wordpress is that you can
integrate your social media to your website now technically
social media is not a part of the seo but we all know that they go hand in
hand together and integrating your social media to
your website can really help you boost your rankings and social media
indirectly influences the traffic of your website now with
wordpress adding your social media is super easy as you have special
customized buttons that help you embed your social media to your posts
and help your viewers share it with others
and finally wordpress has a lot of plugins and services
specifically designed for your website's seo such as
image optimization plugins speed up services
xml sitemap creators and a bunch of other tools that will really make your
seo practices easy and fast but we won't run ahead of us as this is
an entirely new topic that we will cover in upcoming videos in
more detail now let's see why is seo so important
for wordpress well you do want to get traffic to your website right
but you don't want to spend much money on that seo helps you to gain audience
organically without spending too much money on ads according
to JoelHouse 93 of the traffic comes from the search
engines and if the seo practices are kept you
will generally get a higher conversion rate than with traditional
marketing strategies in short good seo is like a magic trick
that instantly improves your website's performance and
brings you profit so if you want your website to grow you
really need to pay attention to it and as we've mentioned if you are a
wordpress user then you already have a lot of good
tools that will help you with all of these advantages
you still need to know some more seo tricks and tips so that
you can outgrow your competitors take a look at our own example
with the right wordpress seo practices such as keyword researching link
building content optimization and many other things we've
had an overall 245 organic traffic growth within just
one year and this is how cool seo can be and you
can get the same results or even better if you follow
a good wordpress seo practices which we'll share in our upcoming videos
in short seo will make sure you appear high in search results
fortunately for wordpress users wordpress is already
seo friendly which means that your website will automatically make you
better than your competitors it is focused on user
experience is optimized for mobile usage helps you
integrate your social media and has a bunch of cool plugins and
services so don't forget that you can get
yourself an already seo optimized website with our 14 day free trial on
10web.io and if you found this video helpful give
it a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel
as we are going to cover all the seo basics and best practices
very soon if you have a specific wordpress seo topic that you would like
us to include let us know in the comment section down
below take care and i'll see you in another video