Web Design & SEO: How They Work Together
Web design determines how people experience your site. SEO determines whether people find it. Google evaluates both.
Where They Overlap
- Mobile responsiveness
- Page speed & Core Web Vitals
- Site architecture & navigation
- User engagement signals
How Design Impacts SEO
- Site structure & URL hierarchy
- Content layout & heading structure
- Image optimization
- Internal linking
SEO-First Web Design Process
- Research — keyword & competitor analysis
- Architecture — URL structure & page hierarchy
- Wireframe — SEO elements in place
- Design — branding & visual polish
- Develop — semantic HTML & technical SEO
- Launch & Iterate — monitor & refine