Increasing Website Traffic Using PHP
It’s no secret that one of the most powerful things you can do to help your business prosper is increasing your website’s search engine optimization. Search engine optimization, or SEO allows you to reach as many potential customers as possible. Though it is incredibly effective at increasing market penetration, SEO is still a concept that many businesses are unable to effectively use. Though it may seem complex to many, SEO can be easily attained with the help of PHP programming and certain on page functions that can be created with PHP. If gaining new customers and reaching the largest audience possible is your goal, then our company can help.
What is PHP?
PHP is a very widely used, open sourced and server side scripting language, perfect for use on web-pages and embedding right into HTML for increased functionality. Unlike simple HTML, PHP has the ability to start and end inside the webpage’s script, allowing web developers the ability to add advanced features to a page without making a script too complex or convoluted for it to be worked on in the future. PHP is also incredibly versatile, being functional on all operating systems and every widely available internet browser. PHP can even be used to create programs as complex as desktop applications, creating functional, powerful, and easy to use tools and widgets for web-pages in the specific language; it’s very simple.
SEO with PHP programming.
Oftentimes when search engines look for pages to display, dynamic looking and slower loading web-pages are skipped over in favor of simpler and faster loading ones. Though PHP programming oftentimes may be used to create dynamic web-pages, this dynamic appearance can easily be streamlined for search engine optimization purposes. Using PHP, HTML header files can also be set to vary based on the page being viewed, creating a wider range of descriptive titles and meta tags. This ensures that any search engine will read the highest number of important and relevant tags on your page. PHP is also capable of altering any variables that may be viewed by a search engine based on which page is being viewed, using nothing but the URL specific to that page. In addition to server side optimization, PHP can also be used to create user friendly website tools relating to your business that can be extremely effective in drawing in customers. Websites that are both inviting and interactive consistently generate higher usership and traffic, enabling them to climb higher on the results page of any search engine. By using functional webpage tools like cost calculators that users can interact with, traffic to your website will inevitably increase and more and more customers will see your site.
Though PHP may seem complicated, it is an incredibly powerful tool that our company can use to help you increase your search engine optimization market exposure to gain an immense increase in profits. With the use of PHP, you can ensure that your business will prosper with a website that is optimized and user friendly.
Stephan Boehringer is the CEO of Get The Clicks, a web marketing company. Stephan has over 20 years of experience in the field of web marketing, and has been a speaker and consultant for many years. Stephan is passionate about web marketing and helping their clients be the best they can be.
Stephan Boehringer graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services.