The eCommerce SEO Survival Guide For Your Online Store

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Are you thinking this?

What SEO techniques can I use on my eCommerce site?

That is so common for many online store owners.

Can you blame them anyways?

There is so much to SEO that it just leaves you overwhelmed and not sure where to turn, or start.

The great thing is:

There are a ton of resources on SEO that help your eCommerce website out big time.

Afterall,

44% of online shoppers begin by using a search engine.

One great thing is many of the website builders like Shopify already have the SEO tools in place.

So:

After you read about H tags, image alt tags, and so on. You’re going to be able to use them on your site faster because you’re going to understand them way better.

Let’s Learn The Basics:

Table of Contents

H1 Tags

An easier way to think of this is on your product page it would be whatever your product is.

So for instance, if your product is “Jiffy Peanut Butter” that would be your H1 tag.

Here is a video to break it down better for you.

Other Valuable Resources:

How To Use H1-H6 HTML Elements Properly

Heading And Why You Use Them

How To Use HTML Title Tags

Image Alt Tags

Since your running a eCommerce website there is a great change you’re going to have a ton of pictures of all your products. An image ALT tag can really help out.

Understand a bit better? If not, imagine you were telling someone what a picture was about that couldn’t render it. Let’s say a 2012 Ford Mustang LX Red.