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The Importance Of A User-Friendly Approach To SEO
In recent years, Google has preferred a user-first approach to SEO. Design and usability make a huge difference in SEO. Gone are the days when Google allowed the black hat techniques of SEO. Now the user is everything. Google’s latest update regarding Panda and Core Web Vital indicates that Google prioritizes user experience (UX). We must prioritize that users get quality results and the best experience through our website. The best SEO services always give priority to user experience, as it helps them to rank higher on SERPs.
So how can we do that? Here are a few steps that help you to make your site user-friendly and give a boost to your ranking on SERPs.
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Know the Discomfort of Users
To know in a nutshell what are the reasons for the high bounce rate and why people do not like your website or content, you should first analyze your website traffic through Google Analytics. You can take the help of heat mapping software to get the correct recording of the website. All of this helps you to know what is or is not the most liked by traffic to our site. After getting enough data, you can apply a suitable strategy to work on all those areas to improve site performance.
Test Everything on the Website
After analyzing the defects on the website, you should not immediately go to change the elements of the website. First, you have to analyze which changes are necessary and provide the best benefits to the website. That’s why we do A/B testing, this helps us analyze which changes work best for us. A/B testing is also known as split testing. It is an experimental process in which we compare two or more variations of web pages and analyze which one gives the correct result. If you get suitable results then you can apply the changes but if the results are not as per your desire then you need to try some other things. All this helps you to improve the performance of your site and hence testing is important. Make sure the changes you are making are not harming your site.
Know the Design Fundamentals
The Web design of your website should be accurate and give an unforgettable experience to the user. You don’t have to make your web design the most incredible or glamorous, but it should look simple and understandable to the user. You can take the help of professional UI/UX designers or learn on your own. A user-friendly web design helps to engage more visitors and maintain the bounce rate of the website, so ultimately it gives a positive signal to the search engines and improves ranking on SERPs.
Gives Priorities to Users
In SEO, prioritizing search engines like Google algorithms, sitemaps, fear of backlinks, etc. has not affected the audience. Viewers need quality content or a user-friendly website that they can easily access from any device. So always give priority to providing users with what they want from your website. Provides superior UI and responsive design, high-quality content, good navigation, etc. that keeps users engaged for a long time and satisfies the user’s point of view