Overview of SEO Settings within the Drag and Drop Editor
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- What is SEO?
- SEO is short for Search Engine Optimization, or the practice of making edits to your site so that it is picked up and is ranked higher on search engines when people lookup phrases or keywords related to your site.
- Why is SEO important?
- SEO determines what page, and how high up on pages within online searches you show when people search topics related to your website. Did you know that only about 7% of users look past the first page of search results when looking up a question?
- What features does WebsiteBuilder include in the drag and drop editor to help with SEO?
- Free SLL.
- Mobile editor to optimize the site to make it responsive for all different devices.
- Fast Load Times.
- Ability to customize page titles and descriptions as they appear on search engines.
- Quickly link to internal pages.
- Sitemap automatically created and updated.
- Allows you to add alt text to any stock photos or uploaded images.
- Ability to add a custom Social Share Image that displays when sharing your website on social media.
- Ability to submit your website to search engines.