Does SEO Require Coding?
No, you don't.
But, there's nothing wrong with understanding the basics of how the internet, search engines, and websites function and how they are interconnected and blend each other. I am an SEO consultant, and I organize myself aim to study at least the basics of HTML, CSS, and JS.
Not so I can build a website from the start. Fortunately and, thanks to the tools such as elements, you don't need to know programming to create a beautiful website, look professional, and fully optimized in minutes.
I am more confident than before; serious SEO professionals must know the best top SEO consultants services in Dubai...
- How to work internet - IP address, TCP / IP, HTTP / HTTPS, DNS, TLS, etc.
- How to Work Search Engines - Entities, Web Crawlers (Search Bots), Sitemap.xml, Robot.txt, Algorithm search, Search Index, etc.
- How websites function - HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, etc.
Now more than before, I believe severe people about learning SEO in depth must, to some extent, understanding the basics of the points I mentioned above.
By achieving that, you will have a much deeper and meaningful understanding of how the entire process works more integrally and effectively.
I'm not sure what you mean by 'SEO programming.' I write code in my capacity as SEO, but it's not the fundamental requirement or task of most SEO.
If you mean, 'make SEO software,' then there is no correct answer - the pros and cons of any language apply here. Java often occurs in desktop applications in SEO (such as screaming frogs) because it is easy to make it cross-platform to maximize your potential customer base.
There is no longer specific to SEO that makes any language better than others for web-based SEO software. We often prefer Python as a backend language for data analysis but does not mean the only choice for you. The best language is what you know if you write code.
If you talk more about making SEO improvements to the website, then the basics you need are HTML and CSS - not really 'programming' languages. Beyond that, JS is also beneficial. Everything else depends on the backend language written site. SQL in some forms is a practical addition that is good for analyzing data. The best language in this case is what your client uses.
Finally, another area that might write code is to do statistical analysis on the data, which is commonly used when analyzing SEO experiments' results. Here, Python or R may be the best choice. The 'Why' part of the answer is included here: Why is the Python Language choice for data scientists?
SEO does not require coding, but you must have some basic knowledge about HTML. You must know HTML tags and why we use this tag according to SEO perspective. Basic HTML tag
1. Title Tags: Long Tag Titles around 50-60 characters including spaces
Syntax
<Head>.
<Title> page title </ title>
</ Head>
2. Tag Description: The length of the title tag is around 150-160 characters, including spaces
Syntax
<Head>.
<Meta Name = "Description" Content = "This is a page description" />
</ Head>
3. Keyword tags: Enter 6-8 keywords in keyword tags
Syntax
<Head>.
<Meta Name = "Keyword" Content = "Keyword1, Keywords, Keywords6" />
</ Head>
4. Canonical Tag:This tells the search engine robot on the Canonical tag website is the primary copy of the website and avoids duplication problems because of many URLs.
<Link Rel = "Canonical" href = "domain website" />
5. IFrame Tag: If you want to take resources from other websites without making duplicate content, then iframe tags use. It pinned videos from YouTube. Slide from Slide Share, Map from Google Map, and Content for advertisements.
<iframesrc = "youtubelink></ iframe>
6. Tag image: search engine crawler does not read photos, but the alt tag's text is red by the crawler. So use keywords in alt tags and titles.
<src = "path of image," alt = "keyword" />
