It seems to be a common train of thought that a website should be designed and launched first and an SEO strategy implemented thereafter. I've worked with plenty of clients over the past 7 years who have insisted that this is the right way to do it. This is understandable as most people are likely to consider what will be seen by their client or customer before considering what won't be seen. This article will not cover SEO tasks that particularly change the look of the pages

SEO Specialists focus on many factors to ensure that their client's websites are seen online by the right audience. Each factor can be seen as an in-depth SEO strategy topic within itself and could easily be a reason to employ a full time SEO strategist to work within a digital marketing department to ensure that it is done correctly and with best practice. These factors include (but are not limited to): Keyword Strategy Backlinks/ link building Content marketing Off page SOE