{"id":143703,"date":"2022-06-28T01:59:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T06:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/?p=143703"},"modified":"2023-05-12T09:44:30","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T14:44:30","slug":"seo-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/seo-process\/","title":{"rendered":"The SEO Process in a Nutshell (4 Steps)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Search engine optimization (SEO) is the practice of growing a website\u2019s traffic from organic search results. Here are the four general steps of the SEO process:<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Get your technicals right<\/strong> - make sure your website is crawlable and indexable. <\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Find a keyword to target<\/strong> - the topic of your page and the main source of organic traffic.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Create an optimized page<\/strong> - both users and Google want useful and interesting content. <\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Build links to the page<\/strong> - links are one of the most important ranking factors.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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    In this article, I\u2019ll explain and demonstrate how this process works using some of the SEO tactics Ahrefs used to grow into a 9-figure SaaS company.<\/span><\/p>\n

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