SEO-friendly websites balance great UX, performance and semantic HTML. Start with clear headings (H1/H2), descriptive meta titles and descriptions, and structured data (JSON-LD) for entities and articles. Optimize images, serve critical CSS inline and defer non-critical scripts to reduce time to first meaningful paint.
Technical considerations
Implement server-side rendering or pre-rendering for content pages, use canonical URLs, and ensure crawlable navigation. Use sitemaps and robots.txt to guide crawlers and validate pages with Search Console tools.
This is a starter outline—expand with checklist items, example markup and a testing workflow for developers and content teams.