{"id":1,"date":"2015-12-26T22:17:37","date_gmt":"2015-12-26T22:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.searchgurus.ca\/blog\/?p=1"},"modified":"2025-10-09T17:28:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T21:28:22","slug":"seo_friendly_website_design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.searchgurus.ca\/blog\/seo_friendly_website_design\/","title":{"rendered":"SEO Friendly Website Design is easier than you think."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.searchgurus.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SEO-Planning-Strategy-2015-12-26_17-41-15-300x241.png\" alt=\"SEO Planning Strategy 2015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.searchgurus.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SEO-Planning-Strategy-2015-12-26_17-41-15-300x241.png 300w, https:\/\/www.searchgurus.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SEO-Planning-Strategy-2015-12-26_17-41-15.png 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>There are a lot of different factors that go into a website and optimization of keywords is only part of the process.<\/p>\n<p>By taking the time at the beginning of a website build to determine what the SEO goals are, many times it makes more sense to use a custom website vs a CMS to properly achieve the desired results.<\/p>\n<p>Now before anyone starts sounding the alarm, CMS or Content Management Systems have a big role to play, but if not used correctly, end up creating security issues and much larger issues.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a website with under 50 pages,\u00a0it&#8217;s generally a smarter idea to have flat files.<\/p>\n<p>Wait, what?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, since speed is also a way search engines rank pages and a properly formatted website can load incredibly fast if it does not need to access a database multiple times per request to receive information about the site markup and contents.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The page speed is dramatic and allows the same website to be served to hundreds \/ thousands more customers, not to mention, a positive ranking signal for the search engines.<\/p>\n<p>Before you invest your time and energy into your website,\u00a0ask yourself a few questions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Does my website require more than 50 primary pages<\/li>\n<li>Will I be updating the site regularly<\/li>\n<li>Will I be updating the site or will someone else be applying the updates<\/li>\n<li>Is this included with my marketing services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are still not sure how to proceed, we welcome you to call our office to discuss your objectives and we can help you achieve your desired results.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Search Gurus 7-Phase Web Design Process (3 Minutes)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/unjm1peRp1A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When reviewing your current strategy, we compile a list of your digital assets and determine what we can leverage across multiple networks to provide a more intuitive and cluster based footprint. \u00a0Discover quickly the results of working with a proven strategy in place.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a lot of different factors that go into a website and optimization of keywords is only<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,30,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seo-fundamentals","category-technical-seo","category-web-design-build"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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