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Ensuring that your website stands out from its competitors can be a difficult task. But by mastering search engine optimisation (SEO) and making your website SEO-friendly, you will be taking a major step towards getting noticed.<\/p>\n

To make your website SEO friendly, consider these 3 aspects:<\/p>\n

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  1. Your onsite SEO<\/strong>: your website’s content<\/li>\n
  2. Your meta description<\/strong>: including title and description<\/li>\n
  3. Your offsite SEO<\/strong>: citations, reviews and backlinks<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    To learn how to ensure your cite gets noticed, watch this short video from Andre Buxley, one of the Head Tutors on the University of Cape Town Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) online short course<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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    Do you want to make your website SEO-friendly or carve out a career in SEO?<\/h5>\n

    Target your technical skills and tune your analytical mind, with the UCT Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) online short course<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    TELL ME MORE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The quickest way to get your business noticed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":40956,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[125],"article-format":[],"class_list":["post-1142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career-advice","tag-marketing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHow to make your Website SEO-friendly | FAQs - GetSmarter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ensuring that your website stands out can be a difficult task. 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