Why Search Engine Optimization Matters For Your Business

Jordan Poynter
4 min readFeb 19, 2021

Search engine optimization is for driving traffic and results in the current online marketing and business promotion world. As a business owner or a website developer/designer, you need to manipulate local SEO to increase leads, engagement, and sales.

How Does SEO Work?

Search Engine Optimization comprises several strategies, actions, and perfect practices, all of which are intended to improve your website’s ranking on SERPs. There are three common types of SEO; on-site, off-site, and technical SEO.

1. On-Site SEO

It consists of anything you can control on your site to increase rankings. Key points include;

Creating and optimizing content, title tags, internal links, image optimization, and keyword optimization.

Google uses on-site SEO to rank your site. By doing it right, you will improve your site’s ranking and your online visibility significantly.

Optimizing on-site SEO also makes your website user-friendly. The result is a better general user experience and greater brand loyalty.

2. Off-Site SEO

This refers to anything you do outside of your website to improve your rankings on SERPS. Key points include;

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Jordan Poynter

Founder Elevated Edge Marketing | Partner Modern Concrete Contractors | Charlotte, NC