Categories: SEO, UX Posted: May 20, 2025February 19, 2026 by Ben Bogard Search engine optimization (SEO) is essential because it helps websites become more visible to people who are actively searching for relevant information, products, or services. Higher visibility in search results increases organic traffic, which is typically more valuable than paid or referral traffic because users are intentionally seeking what you offer. Strong SEO also builds credibility and trust—users tend to view sites that rank highly as more authoritative and reliable. SEO involves optimizing both technical and content-related elements of a site so that search engines can easily understand, index, and rank it. This includes keyword research, content quality, site structure, metadata, page speed, mobile-friendliness, and accessibility. Implemented well, SEO ensures that your content is aligned with user intent and that your website performs efficiently, providing a better overall user experience. We use Yoast SEO, a popular WordPress plugin that simplifies many SEO tasks, making it easier to implement best practices without requiring deep technical expertise. It provides real‑time content analysis to help optimize pages for specific keywords, suggests improvements to readability, and ensures your metadata (titles, descriptions) is properly formatted. Yoast also manages technical components such as XML sitemaps, canonical URLs, and schema markup—elements that help search engines better understand your site. Together, these tools support a comprehensive and user-friendly approach to SEO implementation.