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There are countless pages on virtually any topic on the internet. For example, if we enter the question, “How does SEO work?” into Google, the search engine finds around 2.7 million pages or documents. And this is only the part of the internet that Google has crawled and indexed\u2014namely, the pages that Google has discovered and considered important enough to include in its index.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Becoming Visible When People Search<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If someone searches on Google for exactly what you offer but your website doesn\u2019t appear, it’s as if your business doesn’t exist online at all. This is exactly where Search Engine Optimization (SEO)<\/em><\/strong> comes in. The goal is for your content to be found when people search and to appear as high as possible<\/strong> in the results. Websites that rank high on Google get more attention, clicks, and often, and ultimately more customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Does Google Actually Do?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When someone searches for something on Google, the search engine<\/a> does not scan the entire internet, but rather its own index<\/strong>. This index contains billions of web pages that were previously discovered and analyzed by so-called crawlers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google doesn’t just evaluate whether a page contains a specific word\u2014it aims to deliver the best possible answer<\/strong> to a question. This means content must be clear, useful, and relevant to the search query.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We explain exactly how Google finds and evaluates content in the first part of our SEO guide.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Is SEO So Important?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

SEO<\/a> is one of the most sustainable<\/strong> measures in online marketing. While paid advertising stops working as soon as the budget runs out, a well-optimized website can remain visible in the long term<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEO also brings qualified traffic<\/strong>: people who are actively searching often already have a specific need. If you\u2019re visible with the right content at that moment, you have a clear advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Studies show that a large share of website traffic<\/strong> comes from organic search<\/strong>\u2014especially via Google. And most clicks go to the top three results on the search results page.1<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Does SEO Include?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At its core, SEO consists of two main parts: On-page SEO<\/strong> and Off-page SEO<\/strong>. Together, they create a website that Google can reliably crawl, understand, and classify as relevant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On-page SEO<\/strong> covers everything that happens directly on your website. This includes a solid technical foundation (e.g., a functioning structure, fast loading times, and mobile usability), a clear information architecture<\/strong>, and content that is easy to understand, complete, and helpful. The goal is to make it easy for Google to access your website and to quickly deliver users exactly what they are looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Off-page SEO <\/strong>refers to everything that happens outside the website\u2014above all, backlinks. Links from other sites act as recommendation signals <\/strong>for Google: the more trustworthy, topically relevant, and high-quality these recommendations are, the more your site\u2019s authority<\/strong> grows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In summary, this means: SEO involves building a website in a way that allows Google to easily process it and correctly interpret<\/strong> its content. The foundation for this is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n