Melanie GormanFounder, Crownsville Media · SEO and website expert for mental health businesses

First steps in an SEO project

20 Mar 2024 · 1 min

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In this segment, the speaker emphasizes that after deciding to start an SEO project, the first critical step is selecting a website platform. They list common platforms—Weebly, Wix, WordPress, Squarespace—highlighting that each offers different SEO capabilities, with some being more favorable than others. Drawing from professional experience, the speaker states a personal preference for WordPress, noting its long‑term reliability for themselves and their clients. The core message is that the platform choice determines which SEO fields are available and shapes the subsequent project workflow.

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Once you've decided that you're ready to do an SEO project, the very next thing to consider is your website. So there's lots of different website platforms out there— Weebly, Wix, WordPress, Squarespace. They all have different options in terms of SEO. Some are better, some are worse. As an SEO professional, I stick with WordPress. WordPress has done right by me and my clients for a very long time, but you have to decide for yourself what website you want to be on. From that decision, you're able to figure out what SEO fields are available and how you need to proceed with the project.